Visiting Anglo-Canadian collector Bob Bell at his home in the Cotswolds, Aaron Nejad finds a passionate, experienced and well-informed man who lives surrounded by an eclectic array of rugs, and who, despite the demands of a busy professional career, always finds time to enjoy and share. The following is an abridged article from HALI 199 – coming soon!
Udo Langauer’s upcoming sale of antique oriental rugs at Austria Auction Company’s Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna’s Singerstrasse on Saturday 15 December 2018 includes quality rugs from the excellent collection of the late Theo Häberli.
Henry’s Auktionshaus will be offering a selection of 416 lots at their special winter auction, ‘Collector Carpets’ on 8 December 2018.
Rippon Boswell & Co. will auction 273 lots including rugs belonging to the private collections of Dr. Harald Böhmer as well as Dr. Günther Rapp, at the Major Autumn Auction in Wiesbaden on 17 November 2018.
The Austria Auction Company sale at Palais Breuner in Vienna (and online through Live Auctioneers) on Saturday 29 September 2018 comprises 212 lots of mainly collectible rugs offered at very accessible starting prices. Here are some select highlights.
Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer previews Henry’s Auktionshaus’s large summer sale of ‘Collector Carpets and Textiles’.
Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer previews the ‘Collection Adil Besim’ sale at Dorotheum.
Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer previews Rippon Boswell’s Major Spring Auction.
In a new weekly feature, we highlight a book of rug and textile interest. This week we look at Turkmen Carpets. The Neville Kingston Collection.
The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair (LARTA) returns to Battersea Park 23-28 January 2018 taking place alongside The Decorative Antiques & Textile Fair
