Sotheby’s to host “Turkophilia Revealed”, a stunning exhibition of Ottoman art

PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced that it will present TURKOPHILIA REVEALED, an exhibition of Ottoman art in private collections, at Sotheby’s Paris, from 19th – 22nd September 2011. The exhibition, which will be held during the 14th International Congress on Turkish Art, will comprise important examples of silverware, ceramics, textiles, calligraphy and Turqueries. Edward Gibbs, Sotheby’s Senior Director and Head of Department, Middle East and Islamic Art said: ‚Sotheby’s is delighted to be hosting TURKOPHILIA REVEALED. This thought-provoking exhibition offers a rare opportunity to [...]

Sotheby’s Next Annual Turkish Contemporary Art Sale To Take Place on 7 April, 2011

LONDON.- Following the huge successes achieved by Sotheby’s in the field of Turkish Contemporary Art since pioneering international auctions in this collecting category in 2009, Sotheby’s confirms that its next sale of Turkish Contemporary Art will take place in London on 7 April, 2011. Sotheby’s is also delighted to announce that Elif Bayoglu, who joined the company in 2008 and has played an instrumental role in each of Sotheby’s auctions in this increasingly important field, has been appointed Head of Sale. [...]

Sotheby’s to Offer For Sale The Celebrated Collection of Stuart Cary Welch

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that in 2011 it will offer for sale the outstanding and scholarly collection of Islamic and Indian Art assembled by the late Stuart Cary Welch. This celebrated collection, which is estimated to realise in excess of £6 million, will be offered in London in two parts: Part I. The Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Arts of the Islamic World in April 2011, and Part II. The Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Arts of India in May 2011. Discussing the [...]

Sotheby’s Islamic Art Sales Series Achieves Record Sum of £25.3 ($40.3) Million

LONDON.- Sotheby’s Islamic Art Sales Series concluded this afternoon, realising an outstanding – above high estimate – total of £25,349,000 ($40,264,239) and a combined sell-through rate by lot of 64%. The total achieved represents a record sum for any Auction Series of Islamic Art ever staged. The exceptionally strong sum of £18,297,200 ($29,118,164) realised for today’s ‘Arts of the Islamic World Sale’, which was over £1 million above the high estimate for the sale, established the highest-ever total for a [...]

Sotheby’s Presents Its Strongest Arts of The Islamic World Sale Ever Staged

LONDON.- Following the resounding successes achieved in the field of Islamic Art at Sotheby’s, the company’s forthcoming biannual Arts of the Islamic Works Sale in London, which presents more than 400 lots, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 will be the company’s strongest ever staged. The auction contains a fine selection of rare objects, including weaponry, textiles, metalwork and manuscripts, ceramics, and paintings, which encompass a wide range of periods, spanning the 7th century through to the 16th, 17th, 18th and [...]

Sotheby’s Islamic Sale Doubles Its Pre-Sale Low Estimate

LONDON.- Sotheby’s bi-annual Arts of the Islamic World Sale, which presented for sale works of art that span from the rise of Islam in the 7th century through to the 19th century, today achieved the record total of £15,447,450 ($23,772,081), well in excess of pre-sale expectations (est. £6.3-9.1 million). The well-attended auction, which achieved sell-through rates of 93.1% by value and 72.8% by lot, was headlined by the sale of a newly discovered early 16th century Ottoman Ivory and Turquoise-Inlaid [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell Newly Discovered Ottoman Ivory and Turquoise-Inlaid Box

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 in its biannual Arts of the Islamic World Auction, it will present for sale an unrecorded and hitherto lost early-16th century Ottoman ivory and turquoise-inlaid box set with rubies. This unique treasure, crafted by Persian goldsmiths working for the Ottoman court for a high-ranking courtly figure, is believed to have been made to contain scales to measure the weight of gemstones and was not known to exist until its recent rediscovery. [...]