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TAMARIAN MODERN | A CURATED COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY HANDWOVEN RUGS | FREE SHIPPING 200 LOTS, NO RESERVES Live Auction: Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 1PM ET Public Preview at Tamarian Warehouse Location, 1407 Shoemaker Road, Baltimore, Maryland, 21209. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY: Sunday/Monday/Tuesday, December 8-10, 10AM-3PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% [...]

HALI Magazine, Issue 221, Autumn 2024 Article on Material Culture and Woven Legends founder George Jevremovic

FINE RUGS AND CARPETS FROM AMERICAN ESTATES Featuring the Abraham Moheban & Son Collection ~ 285 LOTS ~ Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: November 17-19, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception: Sunday, November 17, Noon to 4PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Absentee Bid [...]

FINE  FOLK  OUTSIDER ~ 448 LOTS ~ NO RESERVES Live Showroom Auction: Monday, November 18, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: November 15, 16, 17, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception: Sunday, November 17, Noon to 4PM Material Culture is excited to present The Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation Collection, featuring works by [...]

ETHNOGRAPHIC | TRIBAL | ANCIENT | ASIAN ARTS Live Showroom Auction: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 11AM ET Exhibition: October 25, 26, 27, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception: Sunday, October 27, 1PM to 4PM. Special Guest Speaker: Amyas Naegele, 2PM. BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms [...]

Thomas Wheelock Material Culture is honored to announce the sale of The Thomas Wheelock Collection of African Art, set to take place on October 28, 2024. This remarkable collection, assembled over decades, stands as the largest private gathering of Burkina Faso art in the world. It has been [...]

THE THOMAS WHEELOCK COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART ~ 230 LOTS ~ NO RESERVES Live Showroom Auction: Monday, October 28, 2024, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: October 25, 26, 27, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception: Sunday, October 27, 1PM to 4PM. Special Guest Speaker, Amyas Naegele, 2PM, “Man of the Flying Masks: [...]

ORIENTAL RUGS FROM AMERICAN ESTATES | 69 ~ 377 LOTS ~ NO RESERVES Live Showroom Auction: Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 10AM Public Exhibition: October 13-14, 11AM-4PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live Online: Online Bidding [...]

INDIA AND BEYOND | FINE ANTIQUE CARPETS FROM THE KHALILI COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES | NO RESERVES Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 1PM ET
 Public Exhibition: September 22-23-24, 11AM-4PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid [...]

AMERICA’S GOT RUGS! ANTIQUE, VINTAGE & MODERN RUGS FROM AMERICAN ESTATES CHANGE OF DATE: Due to Technical Internet Issues Beyond Our Control, This Auction Was Postponed on September 12. New Starting Date and Time: LIVE SHOWROOM AUCTION: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024, 10AM ET
 BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Absentee [...]

AUGUST ESTATES FINE ART, ANTIQUES, DECORATIVE ARTS, ASIAN ARTS, FURNISHINGS, ETHNOGRAPHICA 532 LOTS | NO RESERVES Live Showroom Auction: Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 10AM ET
 Public Exhibition: August 25, 26, 11AM-4PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Browse the Auction Catalog and [...]

INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE ARTS | NO RESERVES Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, July 31, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: July 29 - 30, 11AM - 4PM Please Note: If you wish to examine certain lots in person during the exhibition, please make an appointment and email the list of lot numbers ahead to [...]

SUMMER ESTATES | NO RESERVES | 585 LOTS FINE ART, ANTIQUES, DECORATIVE ARTS, FINE FURNISHINGS, ETHNOGRAPHICA, ORIENTAL RUGS Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, July, 17, 2024, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: July 14, 15, 16, 11AM-4PM Join us! Exhibition Reception & Outdoor Barbecue, Sunday, July 14, Noon to 4PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, [...]

SUMMER ESTATES NO RESERVES | 585 LOTS FINE ART, ANTIQUES, DECORATIVE ARTS, FINE FURNISHINGS, ETHNOGRAPHICA, ORIENTAL RUGS Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, July, 17, 2024, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: July 14, 15, 16, 11AM-4PM Join us! Exhibition Reception & Outdoor Barbecue, Sunday, July 14, Noon to 4PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, [...]

FINE ANTIQUE RUGS AND TEXTILE ARTS Featuring the John T. Wertime Collection with Other Fine Estates and Private Collections 2-Day Live Showroom Auction: June 17-18, 2024, 11AM ET DAY 1: RUGS, KILIMS, TRAPPINGS (LOTS 1 – 410) Live Showroom Auction: Monday, June 17, 11AM ET DAY 2: TEXTILE ARTS (LOTS [...]

Browse the Virtual Catalog FINE ANTIQUE RUGS AND TEXTILE ARTS Featuring the John T. Wertime Collection with Other Fine Estates and Private Collections 2-Day Live Showroom Auction: June 17-18, 11AM ET Exhibition: June 14-15-16, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception and Refreshments, Sunday, June 16, Noon to 4PM Special [...]

FINE ANTIQUE RUGS AND TEXTILE ARTS Featuring the John T. Wertime Collection with Other Fine Estates and Private Collections 2-Day Live Showroom Auction: June 17-18, 11AM ET Exhibition: June 14-15-16, 11AM-4PM Join Us! 
Exhibition Reception and Refreshments Sunday, June 16, Noon to 4PM DAY 2: TEXTILE ARTS  (LOTS [...]

Browse the Virtual Catalog FINE ANTIQUE RUGS AND TEXTILE ARTS Featuring the John T. Wertime Collection with Other Fine Estates and Private Collections 2-Day Live Showroom Auction: June 17-18, 11AM ET Exhibition: June 14-15-16, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception and Refreshments, Sunday, June 16, Noon to 4PM Special [...]

FINE ANTIQUE RUGS AND TEXTILE ARTS Featuring the John T. Wertime Collection with Other Fine Estates and Private Collections 2-Day Live Showroom Auction: June 17-18, 11AM ET Exhibition: June 14-15-16, 11AM-4PM Join Us! 
Exhibition Reception and Refreshments Sunday, June 16, Noon to 4PM DAY 1: RUGS, KILIMS, TRAPPINGS [...]

Frantz Zephirin (b. 1968) Frantz Zephirin (b. 1968) is one of the most recognizable contemporary visionary Haitian painters working today. As a toddler he watched his uncle, the painter Antoine Obin, as he worked and by the age of 7, Frantz was making his own paintings of colonial [...]

FINE .FOLK .OUTSIDER ~ 500 PLUS LOTS ~ Featuring 142 Lots of Haitian Art (Lots 61-202) Live Showroom Auction: Monday, April 29, 2024, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: April 26-27-28 Exhibition Reception & Refreshments Noon to 4PM, Sunday, April 28 JOIN US! Special Guest Visiting Artist Frantz Zephirin (Haitian, b. 1968), [...]

Click to View the Catalog FINE .FOLK .OUTSIDER ~516 LOTS~ Live Showroom Auction: Monday, April 29, 2024, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: April 26-27-28 Exhibition Reception & Refreshments Noon to 4PM, Sunday, April 28 JOIN US! Special Guest Visiting Artist
 Frantz Zephirin (Haitian, b. 1968), Live Painting 
 Saturday [...]

INVITATION TO CONSIGN FINE ANTIQUE RUGS AND TEXTILE ARTS Featuring the John T. Wertime Collection with Other Fine Estates and Private Collections Live Showroom Auction: Monday, June 17, 2024 | Public Exhibition: June 14-15-16 Consignments accepted until May 3, 2024 | Contact: expert@materialculture.com Consign with Material Culture and [...]

SPRING FORWARD! DAY TWO FIELD FINDINGS & WAREHOUSE EXCAVATIONS A 2 DAY LIVE SHOWROOM AUCTION EXTRAVAGANZA ~ NO RESERVES ~ TEXTILE ARTS, DECORATIVE ARTS, GARDEN & ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, CURIOS, COLLECTIBLES, MUCH MORE | 437 LOTS Live Showroom Auction: Day 2, Wednesday, April 17, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: April 13-14-15, 11AM-4PM [...]

SPRING FORWARD! DAY ONE FIELD FINDINGS & WAREHOUSE EXCAVATIONS A 2 DAY LIVE SHOWROOM AUCTION EXTRAVAGANZA ~ NO RESERVES ~ ART, ANTIQUES, FURNISHINGS, ETHNOGRAPHIC & FOLK ART, DECORATIVE ARTS, FOUND OBJECTS, CURIOS, COLLECTIBLES | 575 LOTS Live Showroom Auction: Day 1, Tuesday, April 16, 10AM Public Exhibition: April 13-14-15, 11AM-4PM [...]

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ORIENTAL RUGS FROM AMERICAN ESTATES | 64 ~ 433 LOTS ~ NO RESERVES Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: March 24-25-26, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Opening & Refreshments, Sunday, March 24, Noon to 4PM BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms [...]

ETHNOGRAPHIC, ANCIENT, ASIAN & TEXTILE ARTS ~568 LOTS~ Live Showroom Auction: Thursday, February 29, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: February 26-27-28 Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live Online: Online Bidding Also Available on these Portals: Please [...]

Live Showroom Auction: Monday, April 29, 2024 Public Exhibition: April 26-27-28 Consignments accepted until March 15   Consign with Material Culture and experience a hassle-free auction journey. Contact expert@materialculture.com or call (215) 438-4700. HOW TO CONSIGN UPCOMING AUCTIONS

View the Virtual Catalog MOUNTAIN HIGH | RUGS KILIMS TRAPPINGS ~302 LOTS~ Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: January 28-29-30, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception and Refreshments, Sunday, Jan 28, Noon to 4PM 1PM: Special Guest Speaker, James Opie, author of Tribal Rugs [...]

SELECTIONS FROM THE ROBERT L. PFANNEBECKER COLLECTION ~ 339 Lots ~ Live Showroom Auction: Monday, December 18, 2023, 11AM EST. Public Exhibition: December 16-17, 11AM-4PM. Join Us! Exhibition Reception/Refreshments, Sunday, December 17, 1pm – 4pm. (And don’t miss our Celebration of Folk Art on the same day!) (click for more [...]

View the Virtual Print Catalog THE RUSSELL S. FLING COLLECTION Fine Rugs and Textiles Live Showroom Auction: Monday, December 4, 2023, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: December 1-2-3, 11AM to 4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception, December 3, 1PM to 4PM Special Guest Speaker, Kate Fitz Gibbon, 2pm: “A Walk [...]

View the Virtual Print Catalog ORIENTAL RUGS & TEXTILES FROM AMERICAN ESTATES | 61 Live Showroom Auction: Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 10AM Public Exhibition: November 18-19-20, 11AM – 4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception, Sunday, November 19, Noon – 4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) BUYER’S [...]

OBJECTS OF INTRIGUE & STRANGENESS Live Showroom Auction: Halloween, Tuesday, October 31, 1PM ET Public Exhibition: October 28-29-30, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception, Saturday, October 28, Noon to 4PM, Including a Special 2PM Screening of the Just Released Horror Film, HERD (click here) Featuring a Collection of Fresh-to-the-Market Vampire Killing Artifacts [...]

YOSI BARZILAI Sarajo, the creation of Yosi Barzilai, was one of SoHo's premier gallery destinations for thirty-five years. Yosi, who hails from Israel and was exposed to Islamic art during his upbringing, embarked on this artistic journey after graduating from art school. Prior to that, he had worked [...]

Browse the Virtual Print Catalog SARAJO | THE YOSI BARZILAI COLLECTION Live Showroom Auction: Monday, October 23, 2023, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: October 20-21-22, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Catered Exhibition Reception, Sunday, October 22, 12 to 4PM YOSI BARZILAI Sarajo, the creation [...]

Ethnographic, Ancient, Asian & Textile Arts ~ 659 No Reserve Lots ~ Live Showroom Auction: Thursday, September 28, 2023, 9 AM ET Public Exhibition: September 25-26-27, 11AM – 4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live [...]

BIG TENT | RUGS & KILIMS ~ 447 No Reserve Lots ~ Live Showroom Auction: Thursday, September 21, 2023, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: September 19-20, 11AM-4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live Online: Online Bidding [...]

THE RUSSELL S. FLING COLLECTION | FINE RUGS AND TEXTILES Live Showroom Auction: Monday, December 4, 2023, 10am et Public Exhibition: December 1-2-3, 11am to 4pm Join Us! Catered Exhibition Reception, December 3, 1pm to 4pm    

BIG TENT 4 | Fine Art, Antiques & Decorative Arts, Asian & Ethnographic Arts, Much, Much More, Including Many Single Lot Lifetime Collections ~ 443 No Reserve Lots ~ Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: August 14-15, 11AM-4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions [...]

ORIENTAL RUGS FROM AMERICAN ESTATES | 59 ~ 443 Lots ~ Click to View the Virtual Catalog Live Showroom Auction: Monday, July 31, 2023, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: July 28-29-30, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Catered Exhibition Reception | Sunday, July 30, Noon-4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions [...]

ETHNOGRAPHIC & TEXTILE ARTS ~ 526 Lots, No Reserves ~ Live Showroom Auction: Thursday, June 29, 2023, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: June 26-27-28, 11AM-4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live: Please Note: There Are No Hidden [...]

BIG TENT 3 Fine Art, Antiques & Decorative Arts | Asian & Ethnographic Arts | Much More | 476 Lots, No Reserve Live Online Auction, Also Accepting Phone & Absentee Bids: Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: June 5-6, 11AM-4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) [...]

ANDREW TURNER EXHIBITION & AUCTION Live Showroom Auction: Monday, June 19, 2023, 1PM ET Public Exhibition: June 16-17-18, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Catered Exhibition Reception | Sunday, June 18, Noon-4PM Enjoy a relaxing video stroll through the Andrew Turner Collection... Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) [...]

Browse the Virtual Print Catalog ORIENTAL RUGS FROM AMERICAN ESTATES | 58 Antique Collectible and Decorative Oriental Rugs, Kilims, Trappings Live Showroom Auction: Monday, May 22, 2023, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: May 19-20-21, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Catered Exhibition Reception | Sunday, May 21, Noon-4PM Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid [...]

Browse the Virtual  Catalog FROM THE LANDS OF THE SUN The Richard Stewart Collection of Baluch and Navajo Weavings Each successful Baluch buyer will receive a complimentary copy of "From the Land of the Sun: The Richard Stewart Collection of Baluch Rugs, Bags & Trappings", including 103 [...]

ART 22 | FINE  FOLK  OUTSIDER Live Showroom Auction: Monday, April 3, 10AM Public Exhibition: March 31 to April 1-2, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Catered Exhibition Reception, Sunday, April 2, Noon to 4PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Also accepting phone and absentee bids. Absentee Bid [...]

Ethnographic, Folk, Ancient, Tribal & Asian Arts | Textile Arts 432 Lots Live Showroom Auction: Monday, March 13, 2023, 10AM Public Exhibition: March 10-11-12, 11AM – 4PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Also accepting phone and absentee bids. Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions [...]

SPRING ESTATES Celebrating A Century of Life on The Main Line— Featuring The Oakwell Estate, Villanova, PA With Other Fine Local & Regional Estates Fine Art, Antiques, Decorative Arts, Furnishings, Oriental Rugs, Tapestries, Garden Statuary, Much More… Live Showroom Auction at Material Culture Monday, April 24, 2023, 9AM Public Preview [...]

African Folk & Tribal Arts | 406 Lots Live Showroom Auction: Tuesday, January 31, 11AM Public Exhibition: January 29-30, 11AM-4PM JOIN US! Exhibition & Refreshments, Sunday, January 29, Noon to 4PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Also accepting phone and absentee bids. Absentee Bid Form | Telephone [...]

Oriental Rugs from American Estates 56 | 429 Lots Live Showroom Auction: Thursday, December 8, 2022, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: December 5 – 6 –7, 11AM-4PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Also accepting phone and absentee bids. Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) [...]

Seth J Hersh in Indonesia, 1970's A significant portion of my life was spent in Indonesia. I went to Indonesia as a drilling engineer in 1972. Those were heady days: two years out of college, working 24/7 for a week, running an offshore drilling rig in the Java [...]

DAY TWO: Ethnographic Arts | Textiles ~378 Lots~ Live Showroom Auction | Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 10AM Public Exhibition: November 11-12-13, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Reception and Refreshments, Sunday, November 13, Noon - 4PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions [...]

DAY ONE Ethnographic, Ancient, Tribal & Asian Arts ~562 Lots~ Live Showroom Auction | Monday, November 14, 2022, 10AM Public Exhibition: November 11-12-13, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Reception and Refreshments, Sunday, November 13, Noon - 4PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms [...]

The Dardashti Collection | Fine Antique Oriental Rugs & Carpets ~241 Lots~ Browse the Virtual Print Catalog Live Showroom Auction Monday, October 24, 2022, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: October 20 - 23, 11am - 4pm Join Us! Reception and Refreshments, Sunday, October 23, Noon - 4PM Browse the [...]

Sylvia and Philip Chaplain Collection Asian Art | Fine, Folk & Ethnographic Art | Decorative Arts Live Showroom Auction: Monday, September 19, 2022, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: September 16-17-18, 11AM – 4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception & Refreshments: Sunday, September 18, Noon – 3PM Also accepting phone and absentee bids.  [...]

When Artists Collect | Jimmy and Angela Clark Collection ~132 Lots~ Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: September 10-11-12-13, 11AM – 4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception & Refreshments: Sunday, September 11, Noon – 3PM Also accepting phone and absentee bids.  Browse the Auction Catalog and [...]

Join Us On A Video Stroll Carol Summers Collection A Treasury of Indian Folk Textiles ~243 Lots~ Live Showroom Auction: Monday, September 12, 2022, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: September 10-11, 11AM – 4PM Join Us! Exhibition Reception & Refreshments: Sunday, September 11, Noon – 3PM Also accepting phone [...]

Oriental Rugs & Kilims from American Estates | 53 ~296 Lots~ Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: August 29-30, 11am-4pm, Appointment required, contact frontdesk@materialculture.com Also accepting phone and absentee bids.  Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals:   Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid [...]

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