7/18/17. Pearls of insanity and stones of stupidity !
7/18/17
Doldrums , forever doldrums !
But never fear , no less than 8 major rug auctions and shows on schedule for the fall , even at this early date !
7/19/17
7/20/17
J.T. at “rugtracker” has a fresh post up online now titled “Karachov Case Study” that’s very informative if your area of interest is Caucasian carpets . Great work once again , as is the norm for John !
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7/26/17
Christie’s , NYC has one of their “Living with Art” sales scheduled on Aug . 23 that features 27 rugs and carpets . Unfortunately they for the most part fall into the decorative category. But if you are someone who must see everything take a quick look some of them are kinda nice !
7/27/17
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7/29/17
Celebrate “National Chicken Wing Day” !
Blast from the distant past , out of town visitors and talk of the old days !
7/30/17
More out of town visitors . And commerce !
Parting shot ?
“Despot” the childish tactics of the left wing zealots the “righteous right” moves forward in a progressive , positive and prosperous direction in 2017 ! , Sheik Frederich , 2017
Movie o the week , Hacksaw Ridge , 2016 .
Song o the week , Warlock , Burning the Witches on Burning the Witches , 1984 .
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7/10/17. Shameless self promotion!
7/10/17
Another week with only minor rug world news to look forward to , and then it was gone ?
7/11/17
7/12/17
Well , today’s Netherhampton rug and textile auction is nothing more than a footnote history now but if their posted sales numbers are even close to accruate then this particular little adventure turned out very well for them. From the numbers on ” the salesrooms” site it looks like they at least got bids on most everything in the offering , a fairly successful acomplishment in itself. Once again possibly moving a healthy number of pieces . That said a large portion of the posted prices were very consevative so if this stuff really sold a large amount of the lots sold very cheap. As usual with a Netherhampton sale there was nothing in the sale inventory to get the rug community buzzing , just a substancial number of items with very low pre- sale estimates so the anemic prices were to be expected. One small upside surprise for Ms Barrett and staff is that approx. 16 lots topped the £ 1,000.00 threshold . More than the last few sales so thats a modest plus .
Far from a major accomplishment but in the midst of the summer doldrims not bad either and as i always say sold is sold and the best kind of rug in a weak market is a sold rug so “kudos” to the Netherhampton crew and keep up the positive work !
As for the 3 lots i featured in the previous post they all sold but for very conservative figures .
Lot # 328 , Eagle gul torba . Pre-sale estimate £ 1-1,500.00 , sold for £ 750.00 w/o comm. Either this piece was just not good at all or someone got a very good deal . Time may possibly tell ?
Lot # 377 , Facharalo prayer rug . Pre- sale estimate £ 3-4,000.00 , sold for £ 2,500.00 w/o comm. A late, common but nice looking piece at a reasonably fair price if there were no unseen condition issues .
Lot # 463 , Neriz tree rug . Pre-sale estimate £ 4-600.00 , sold for £ 500.00 w/o comm. To my eye a cool design and i thought it would do much better but unfortunately not this time around . Then again maybe someone got a pretty good deal ? Post script , this piece went unsold after all !
7/13/17
More heat and humidity .
7/14/17
Via Con Dios , David Z. (Zablidowsky) , bassist for Adrenaline Mob , Trans-Siberian Orchestra and ZO2 . To young , and to soon . You will be remembered !
7/15/17
7/16/17
Out of town visitors , no commerce .
One small piece of Sunday auction news .
Butterschotch Auction gallery , Bedford Village , N.Y. held a general antique sale today that featured various oriental rugs and carpets one of which was modestly interesting .
Lot # 650a , Ladik prayer rug , pre- sale estimate $ 7-900.00 ended up selling for $ 2,200.00 + comm. A slightly better than average example , but with a fair amount of damage it brought a price commensurate with it’s condition . Destination Europe maybe ?
7/17/17
The Leslie Hindman general antique auction , Chicsgo Ill. is under way so in a short while we will have the outcome on lot # 156 . “Lotto” carpet cataloged as a Caucasian rug , pre-sale estimate $3-500.00.
So as you might expect Lot # 156 did very well for the consigner selling for a well deserved $ 50,000.00 + comm. Certainly not an excessive figure for a piece of this type . Some of the other decorative items , particularly lot #’s 155 , 160 also did very well. Looks like with the amount of chatter this piece stirred up the internet it did the job for the Hindman Auction Gallery that their rug dept. did not do. Maybe in the future they should bring in outside help when dealing with the important pieces !
Still its good for the rug trade and collecting in general so hats off to them for a job decently done !
Violence and hate is a trait of the left wing Antifa, activists / anarchist which is childish and inappropriate in this day and age so get on board and act your age ! Sheik Frederich , 2017.
Movie o the week , The Magnificent Seven , 1960 .
Song o the week , Arch Enemy , The World Is Yours , 2017.
Read More7/3/17 Unusual situations in the mental cavity !
7/3/17
Unusually hot to start the new week.
7/4/17
Happy 4th of July !
7/5/17
One modest piece of fresh rug world news.
Netherhampton Salesrooms , Salisbury , U.K. is staging their Summer rug and carpet auction on July 12th.
So what you have to look forward to is approx. 345 lots of the usual menagerie of Netherhamton style items . However for some reason this sale struck me as in a way more interesting than the last few sale inventories Ms Barrett and staff have assembled . Maybe it is because we are in the midst of the summer doldrums and not much is turning up but at least a small handful of pieces in the group caught eye .
Three of which are posted below.
Lot # 328 , Eagle gul torba . Pre- sale estimate a very realistic £ 1-1;500.00 . Yes it is a late period example and a poor quality illustration. But that aside it appears to be in decent condition and these things are still relatively scarce .
Lot # 377 , Fachralo prayer rug . Pre-sale estimate £ 3-4,000.00 . Not rare at all but better than most Caucasian rugs that are included in a Netherhampton offering . If the piece is in good condition then pre- sale estimate is inline with the market value of similar examples.
Lot # 453 , Neriz tree carpet . Pre-sale estimate £ 4-600.00. A very fair starting point for a somewhat scarce item if the condition is decent .
All said and done the Netherhampton gang have assembled a prohibitively good group this time around , but times are sort of bumpy right now so lets just wait and see how things pan-out this coming Wednesday .
Again better than nothing !
7/6/17
Back on the quiet drum .
7/7/17
7/8/17
7/9/17
The holiday week ends on a bland note . And still pretty hot .
However sometimes boredom leads to peculiar acts !
It’s essentially over your head so don’t worry about it ? , Sheik Frederich , 2017.
Movie o the week , Yankee Doodle Dandy , 1942 .
Song o the week , Iced Earth , Seven Headed Whore on Incorruptible ,2017.
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6/26/17
Still quiet !
6/27/17
6/28/17
Not much happening as we head into the 4th of July weekend extravaganza but one very intriguing thing did turn up in a 2nd tier auction house in Chicago, Ill.
Leslie Hindman Auctions is holding a general antique sale on July 17-18 that features approx. 53 rugs and carpets , 7 textiles lots and 7 “vintage” tapestries. Nothing much in most all the sale inventory but one small rug included in the group is a real possible stand out .
Lot # 156 , cataloged as Caucasian rug is most certainly an early ” Lotto carpet” {3’5″x 5′ 10″} that should create a modest buzz in this very subdued rug market right now . This piece is sporting a ” Very ” conservative , uninformed pre- sale estimate of $ 3-500.00 which should wake up the rug world at least briefly . Its all over the internet and Facebook .
So now we can just sit back and wait to see what the outcome may be ?
6/29/17
Hardly ugly in my opinion .
6/30/17
Beginning of the 4th of July holiday weekend insanity !
7/1/17
Buckle up , let your hair down and have some fun !
7/2/17
Happy early 4th of July !!!
Ponder this thought , Democrats hate Republicans but Republicans don’t hate Democrats they just feel sorry for them ! , Sheik Frederich , 2017
Movie o the week , War Dogs , 2016 .
Song o the week , Suicidal Tendencies , Living For Life on World Gone Mad , 2016.
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