Christie S Carpet Auction

Sotheby s rug carpet department presents its upcoming auctions and auction results online catalogues and specialists insights.

Christie s carpet auction.

Iconic editorial photographer mark seliger is teaming up with christie s on a new advocacy campaign called radart4aid. Browse recent and historic results for christie s auctions auction closed collection du prince et de la princesse sadruddin aga khan. Over the past decade we have excelled in this category establishing a number of world auction records for rare and exceptional carpets. The star of the lot is cranach s lucretia cirica 1526 27 which is expected to sell for 1 8 million.

Among the other works on sale in the christie s auctions which take place on october 1 and 15 are pictures by camille corot and the barbizon school painter charles françois daubigny. Christie s expects it to bring as much as 3 2 million a startlingly conservative estimate given its sale history. Browse and bid online or contact our salerooms in london new york paris hong kong. This department offers fine rugs carpets and textiles from tribal peoples and villages as well as.

Browse christie s upcoming auctions exhibitions and events skip to main content auction results calendar auction results promo tile carousel marquee week 6 8 october 20th century new york. Founded in 1766 christie s offers premier auctions and private sales of the finest art antiques interiors jewelry watches wine and more. Dearle around the time of william morris s death in the mid 1890s failed to beat its own. In 1989 the carpet was sold at a german auction house for 718 700 then a world.

The initiative includes a global auction of seliger s renowned celebrity. Hammersmith carpet falls short of its own record may 4 2015 this handsome morris co hammersmith carpet designed by j h.