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12 NOON: Refreshments LECTURES: 1PM: Pravina Shukla Folk Art in the Brazilian Interior 2PM: Henry Glassie Folk Art in Global Sweep 3PM: Special Screening Of the Award Winning Documentary Henry Glassie: Field Work (click to view trailer) (And don’t miss our Robert L Pfannebecker Collection/Auction Exhibition on the same day!) (click for more information) Between 2007 and the present, Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie conducted fieldwork in Northeastern Brazil, writing Sacred Art: Catholic Saints and Candomblé Gods in Modern Brazil, published in 2018, and Folk Art: Continuity, Creativity, and the Brazilian Quotidian, for sale first at Material Culture in December 2023. Pravina Shukla Pravina Shukla is Provost Professor of Folklore at Indiana University, and the author of The Grace of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment and the Art of the Body in Modern India, and Costume: Performing Identities through Dress. Henry Glassie Henry Glassie, College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, has written twenty books, including Passing the Time in Ballymenone, The Spirit of Folk Art, and Turkish Traditional Art Today, all named notable books of the year [...]

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 information) 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 Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price. We Sell Approximately 60-80 Lots Per Hour. Shown below are a small sampling of lots. Please go to one of the online portal links above to view the entire auction catalog.

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 in the Garden, Central Asian Suzani Embroidery and the Urban Textile Tradition” Kate Fitz Gibbon and co-author Andrew Hale have written six books on Central Asian art including IKAT, winner of the Wittenborn Prize for Best Art Book of 1996 and Uzbek Embroidery in the Nomadic Tradition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2007. She was editor and contributor to Who Owns the Past? Cultural Property, Cultural Policy and the Law, Rutgers University Press, 2005. Kate is an attorney in Santa Fe, New Mexico, specializing in art and cultural heritage law and estate planning. She is Executive Director of the Committee for Cultural Policy and editor of the online journal, Cultural Property News. She serves on the Art and Cultural Heritage Law Steering Committee of the American Bar Association and was a member of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee to the President from 2000-2003. Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) BUYER’S PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: [...]

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 PREMIUM: IN-HOUSE, PHONE, ABSENTEE: 25% Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live Online: Online Bidding Also Available on these Portals: Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price. We Sell Approximately 60-80 Lots Per Hour. Shown below are a small sampling of lots. Please go to one of the online portal links above to view the entire auction catalog.

Browse the Virtual Print Catalog FINE FOLK OUTSIDER ~ 547 LOTS ~ Live Showroom Auction: Wednesday, November 8, 10AM ET Public Exhibition: November 5-6-7, 11AM-4PM Join Us! Exhibition, Reception & Refreshments: Sunday, November 5, Noon to 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 Also Available on these Portals: Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price. We Sell Approximately 60-80 Lots Per Hour. Shown below are a small sampling of lots. Please go to one of the online portal links above to view the entire auction catalog.

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 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 Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price. We Sell Approximately 60-80 Lots Per Hour. Shown below are a small sampling of lots. Please go to one of the online portal links above to view the entire auction catalog.

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 in his family's diamond business, which, while lucrative, failed to satisfy his creative soul. Yosi, sometimes known as Joe, later joined forces with Sarah Penn, the renowned proprietor of Knobkerry, resulting in the birth of the amalgamated name Sarajo. Sarajo's initial establishment graced the intersection of Broadway and Prince, but it underwent six relocations, including a brief sojourn in Portland, Maine. Originally purveying a diverse array of ethnographic artifacts, Sarajo underwent a transformation into a distinctive gallery specializing in textiles and costumes. Its clientele comprised creative talents within the fashion and interior decorating industries, along with collectors and museums across the United States and around the globe. From luminaries such as Miuccia Prada and Peter Marino to icons like Kate Moss and Mick Jagger, the client roster attested to Yosi's unwavering commitment to offering the finest and most rare treasures. Under the new stewardship of Jess Petino, Sarajo has transitioned [...]

50% OFF ALL FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES, ART, ARCHITECTURAL, ETHNOGRAPHIC, TRIBAL, FOLK ART, TEXTILES, CERAMICS, LIGHTING, SCULPTURE, GARDEN, HOME…ON AND ON… 30% OFF ALL RUGS & KILIMS AND EVEN GREATER DISCOUNTS ON SELECTED ITEMS! SAT/SUN WEEKEND REFRESHMENTS BOTTOM LINE: WE NEED TO MAKE SPACE FOR MANY EXCITING NEW PROJECTS IN 2024 AND WE ARE HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO SELL, SELL, AND SELL SOME MORE… THIS IS TRULY A ONCE IN 30 YEARS EVENT!