This week on hali.com, HALI’s editor Ben Evans reviews Frieze Masters, uncovering some of the most rewarding rug and textile discoveries and sales away from the headlines. We also explore how to determine the age of an antique carpet, as Michael Franses joins the knots between Olympia Auctions, Belgrade and Iran. Meanwhile, Olympia Auctions’ ‘Textiles and Carpets from the Collections of Pip Rau and Professor Paul Benjamin’ current sale closes on 25 October.
Lot 17, Bernheimer ‘Vase’ fragment. Est. $350k–500k, sold $448,00
Lot 44, Charles Deering ‘Dragon’ fragment. Est. $100k–150k, sold $89,400
Across our social media platforms, we looked at highlights from Sotheby’s ‘Magnum Opus’ evening sale, held in New York on 21 October. All 64 lots sold, achieving a total of $63 million, including premium. Among the standout results, a royal Louis XIV Savonnerie fragment, estimated at $50,000–70,000, realised $217,600, while a Von Hirsch garden carpet fragment sold for $192,000 and a ‘Portuguese’ Khurasan fragment achieved $76,800. Discover more highlights on HALI’s Instagram, with further coverage of the sale to follow next week.
