Freeman’s Philadelphia, Oriental Rugs, 22 May
Freeman’s sale in Philadelphia of Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles on 22 May 2013 includes a small group of good 19th century Caucasian rugs and kilims.
Freeman’s sale in Philadelphia of Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles on 22 May 2013 includes a small group of good 19th century Caucasian rugs and kilims.
The Andy Williams Collection of Navajo Blankets is to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on 21 May 2013.
In HALI 175, on page 136, the image of a yellow-ground Northeast Caucasian prayer rug, sold at Grogan’s in Dedham in January 2013, mistakenly accompanies the details and comment for an unusual Talish prayer rug sold by Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden in November 2012. Here are both rugs with the correct captions and comments.
A look at the changing fortunes of two 19th century Caucasian rugs at auction over the decades on both sides of the Atlantic
Skinner’s antique rug sale on 11 May in downtown Boston has several highlights that deserve attention from international collectors and dealers.
The regular Spring and Autumn Islamic and Asian week auctions in London see tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars’ worth of goods on offer across the full range of traditional mediums and materials, as well as 19th and 20th century paintings and contemporary works of art.
On 26 March 2013, a rare 19th century Maori kahu kiwi feather cloak was sold by the New Zealand auctioneers Webb’s in Auckland for NZ$46,000.