Dorotheum Rug & Textile auction, 25 February 2014
The auction ‘Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries’ at Vienna’s Palais Dorotheum on 25 February 2014 (4pm) offers a selection of pieces from many different countries.
Auctions
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1000 Ways of Seeing: Diverse Art from the Stanley Seeger Collection at SLO
The peculiarly impressive collection of Stanley J. Seeger (1930 – 2011) is to be sold at Sotheby’s, London on 5 – 6 March 2014. The items and works of art span 250 million years of history.
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Grogan & Co February Auction
As part of their February Auction, Massachusetts-based antique auctioneers Grogan & Company will be offering 77 lots of rugs, carpets and textiles.
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D’Elsa Schiaparelli Collection sold at Christie’s, Paris
The personal collection of D’Elsa Schiaparelli, entrusted to Christie’s by her granddaughter Marisa Berenson, was sold at their Paris saleroom on 23 January 2014, achieving a total of €1,683,750.
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Art of the South Seas at Bonhams, San Francisco
Bonhams Art of the South Seas auction in San Francisco on Sunday 9 February 2014 features an array of masks, shields, clubs, paddles and other South Seas artefacts. Amongst them, an incredible headband from Papua New Guinea constructed from multiple exoskeletons of the native Flower Beetle and woven plaited orchid stem, some decorated tapa bark-cloths,… Read more »
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World record for African figure seals a good year for African and Oceanic Art at Sotheby’s, Paris
Sotheby’s Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie sale in Paris on 11 December 2013 confirmed the saleroom’s position as the past year’s top venue for African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art.
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Some antique carpet and textile highlights at Rippon Boswell’s 30 November 2013 auction
The Friday afternoon viewing on 29 November 2013 was rather less well-attended than for past sales, but by the opening of the auction on the afternoon of Saturday 30th November, Rippon Boswell‘s Friedrichstrasse saleroom in Wiesbaden was reasonably full. Our impression, confirmed by auctioneer Detlef Maltzahn, was that bidding in the room was stronger than at… Read more »
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Joan Miró Aubusson tapestry sells online for €200,000 +
A Joan Miró tapestry, Personnages Rythmiques, sold for €204,000 ($280,800) on 29 November 2013 at the Auctionata Fine Art Auction, Berlin, setting a new world record for a tapestry sold online.
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Medieval Swiss tapestry sells for over £1million
A medieval North Rhine tapestry dramatically surpassed its £40,000–£60,000 estimate, selling for over £1.2 million at Sotheby’s Arts of Europe sale, London, 3 December 2013.
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Ottoman velvet smashes £100 estimate to fetch £46,800 in Sussex Auction
An Ottoman velvet panel with an estimate of £70–£90 sold for £39,000 (hammer price) at Bellmans, West Sussex on 6 December in its Antiques and Interiors sale.
