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Orient Stars Type A Star Kazak "Lot 1,
the famous type A Star
Kazak (estimated at DM 180,000), made for an
intense start; called at DM 120,000, bids
quickly reached DM 200,000 in DM 10,000
increments until the lot was knocked down at
DM 290,000. 342'200 Prices include a buyer's
premium of 18 %, provisional sales are not
listed. All prices in Deutsche Marks. Exchange
rate to the US-Dollar:
1,82 DM = 1,00 $"
"The evening auction held on 2nd October
1999 was a complete success. An international
audience of experts, collectors, dealers and
interested people crowded into the auction room
to watch as 88 carpets, flatweaves, embroideries,
textiles and fragments from the 'Orient Stars'
collection, compiled by the Stuttgart couple Waltraut
and E. Heinrich Kirchheim, were called for
auction." Rippon
Boswell Wiesbaden Orient Stars
Provenance:
Peter Bausback of Mannheim, Germany.
Waltraut
and E. Heinrich Kirchheim of Stuttgart,
Germany
Published in Kircheim,
E. H.: Orient Stars
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Seen on www.Cloudband.com
In an attempt to get buyers
into the right mood, the auction started with the
type-A Star Kazak
(1) formerly belonging to Mannheim's Peter
Bausback, who – since Eberhart Herrmann's
departure from Munich – is probably
Germany's premier dealer in oriental carpets. The
estimate of DM 180,000 was quickly surpassed in
an exchange between two telephone bidders and the
room, with a US buyer winning the day at DM
342,200. This was quite a reasonable price
considering that the Abadjian Star Kazak
changed hands for DM 1 million.
CATCH A FALLING STAR, Herbert
J. Exner, Auction Report, 10 November 1999
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Mike
Tschebul describes Star Kazak Rugss as a
"Non-mainstream Kazak Design, perhaps related to
bird rugs from Eastern Turkey". http://www.ne-rugsociety.org/newsletter/rugl95.pdf
The Abadjian Star Kazak Image published in Hali 49
p.15
A White Ground "Star" Kazak Rug, South
Caucasus
Sold for £196,250
February 2001
Christie's London, King Street
"Oriental Rugs & Carpets
Jo Kris, Director
This speciality department specializes in Oriental rugs,
carpets and distinctive tribal weavings. Highlights
include a Star Kazak (sold for a world record
$157,500)," http://www.skinnerinc.com/resources/a_departments.asp
Prices
achieved for top Caucasian rugs show how tempting copying
has become: in February, Christie's sold a Star Kazak
dated 1884 (4'10"x7'3") for $284,560, up from
$92,400 when it was sold in 1991. The new price almost
reached the record of $286,000 set for this type of rug
at Sotheby's in 1990. http://www.globalassignment.com/8-07-01/orientalrugs.html
Picture and Catalog Description from
www.Sothebys.com
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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