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The Thyssen Mughal Hunting Carpet at Sotheby's
This mid-17th century North Indian Mughal carpet, until recently furnishing the Swiss home of the late Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, sold at Sotheby's in New Bond Street, London, on 3 July 2013 (lot 23) for £314,000, approximately three times its lower estimate.
Auction of antique Asian textiles in Utrecht
The Dutch auction house Peerdeman’s special sale of Indonesian and Asian Textiles from a private European collection was held in their rooms at Mississippidreef 17, in the city of Utrecht, on Saturday 22 June with plenty of international trade in attendance.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
For the Record. Rippon Boswell's Lakai suzani
A new world record price at auction for a Central Asian suzani of any description was paid for on 25 May 2013 for the catalogue cover piece in Rippon Boswell's spring sale, lot 197, a large, densely intricate, blazingly colourful mandala-like ‘Lakai’ silk on silk embroidery…
Daniel Shaffer · 4 min
For the Record: The Bacri-Clark Kerman Sickle Leaf Throne Carpet
Michael Franses asks whether the Bacri-Clark throne carpet will be remembered for a world-record price ‒ US $33,765,000 ‒ or judged by the glowing words written about it each of the many times it has been exhibited?
Treasures, Princely Taste: Sotheby's London, 3 July
With just 49 high value objects dating from the Renaissance to the 20th century, Treasures 2013 at Sotheby's in New Bond Street on 3 July presents an mix of furniture and decorative art. All augmented by royal, noble or historic provenances, the sale promises 'a rich…
