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Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart to sell tapestries from the Imperial House of Habsburg
Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart will present a series of five tapestries from the Imperial House of Habsburg, in the Fine Arts and Antiques auction, taking place 9-10 October 2013.
Ancient & Modern Research Award 2013
HALI and CORNUCOPIA announce Ancient & Modern: A Prize for Original Research also sponsored by Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's. The eighth annual grant of £1,000 for a research project to be awarded to a candidate younger than 25 or over the age of sixty.
Lucy Upward · 1 min
Sartirana: Antique carpets and textiles in Italy
The 9th edition of the Sartirana Textile Show closes on Sunday 22 September 2013. The location of the event, about an hour outside Milan, means that the show is quieter than it deserves to be since the quality of the presentation, material and dealers is of the highest order.…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Deadline Vienna – Austria Auction Company’s opening sale
Udo Langauer’s Austria Auction Company’s inaugural sale at the Novomatic Forum in Friedrichstraße on September 21, 2013 has a number of worthy collector carpets among the 200 plus lots on offer.
Koller Zürich Autumn carpet auction, 19 September 2013
Among the 120 diverse lots in Koller's carpet sale in Zurich on 19 September 2013 are a number of attractive and interesting tribal and village rugs, not all in prime condition, but generally at enticingly low estimates, as well as a dramatic Uzbek suzani.
