Portrait of the Artist: The Howard Hodgkin Collection, Sotheby’s, London, 24 October 2017
The late British painter and printmaker Sir Howard Hodgkin’s wide-ranging collection is to be offered by Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday 24 October 2017.
News: auction
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Antique Oriental Rugs VIII, Austria Auction Company, Vienna, 14 October 2017
In Vienna, the 223 lots in Udo Langauer’s upcoming carpet sale, ‘Fine Antique Oriental Rugs VIII’ at Austria Auction Company’s Palais Breuner rooms on 14 October 2017, are divided into four main catalogue sections.
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Dorotheum, Vienna, 12 September 2017
The specialist sale: Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries is held at the Viennese auction house, Dorotheum at 4pm on 12 September.
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No reserve at Austria Auction Company, Vienna, 22 August 2017
Austria Auction Company and Udo Langauer’s busy schedule of sales of Antique Collector Rugs continues on 22 August 2017 in Vienna.
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Carpet Auction at Henry’s, Mutterstadt, 10 June 2017
Henry’s in Mutterstadt, Germany will hold its 9th International Special Auction of Rugs & Carpets on Saturday 10 June 2017. The 321 lots encompass a wide variety of late 19th and 20th-century Persian, Caucasian, Anatolian, Chinese, Tibetan and Turkmen rugs.
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Teppich Engelhardt at Rippon Boswell, 20 May 2017
The ‘Teppich Engelhardt’ liquidation sale at Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden on Saturday 20 May 2017 marks the end of an era for what was once one of post-war Germany’s largest and best known oriental carpet dealerships, Engelhardt of Mannheim.
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Salvago Collection Ottoman Textiles, Sotheby’s London 26 April 2017
Sotheby’s London sale of Arts of the Islamic World on Wednesday 26th April 2017 includes twenty lots (139-158) of Ottoman and East Mediterranean complex silks, velvets and embroideries from the outstanding collection of Argine Benaki Salvago, grande dame of Alexandrian society in the 1930s and considered ‘one of Europe’s most beautiful women, the toast of… Read more »
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Tapestry, Carpets & Textiles, Christie’s London, April 2017
The last week of April 2017 sees the textile arts represented in three separate Christie’s auctions. First, at King Street on on Tuesday 25th, ‘Noble & Private Collections I’ includes a number of European tapestries, notable among them a 16th century Franco-Flemish Millefleurs fragment. Also at King Street, on Thursday 27th, is ‘Art of the Islamic… Read more »
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Australian War Memorial in Canberra buys Enver Pasha’s ‘Gallipoli’ rug at auction
The sale of the Jacques Cadry Collection of oriental carpets, manuscripts and icons at Mossgreen Auctions in Sydney on 2 April 2017 set new records for sales in Australia and pointed to some emerging trends. Susan Scollay reports: Jacques Cadry (1910–2003) was a Persian-born carpet dealer who pioneered the business in Australia. Founded in 1952,… Read more »
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Success for the Vok Collection at Rippon Boswell
The well-attended auction of the third and final tranche of the Ignazio Vok Collection at Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden on Saturday 25th March 2017 was, like its predecessors, a great success.
