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Peter Pap to bring Spring colour to New York Asia Week
To coincide with New York’s Asia Week, Peter Pap will showcase around 75 carefully selected antique oriental rugs, at a venue still to be announced (watch this space) from 20-30 March 2014
Ian Bennett remembered
It was with great sadness that we heard of the peaceful passing of our old friend and former HALI colleague Ian Bennett, in Bath, England, during the Christmas break, aged 68.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Sotheby's New York to sell distinguished carpets on 31 January
Sotheby’s New York will offer 175 lots of ‘Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections’ on 31 January 2014, making a genuine virtue of the value of provenance.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
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,…
In Memoriam: Ron Hort
Michael Phillips writes: After a long battle with serious health problems, Ronald Franklin Hort passed away shortly after returning home from exhibiting at last October’s Antique Rug and Textile Show in San Francisco.
