--March 18th, 2011--
Contemporary hand spun and hand carded Storm Pattern by Helen Ben of Inscription House
We’ve sorted through the 443(!) pictures that we took at last Saturday’s Smoki Museum Winter Navajo Rug Auction and selected 58 pictures that we thought you’d enjoy seeing. The auction was quite successful, with 51% of the lots sold and over $70,000 in gross sales. Several weavers attended and showed their work and the museum volunteers were fantastic. We will be back in Prescott on July 22nd and July 23rd and the summer event is even larger. Click here to see the entire picture gallery.
A beautiful vintage Teec Nos Pos weaving with vegetally dyed yarns
--March 15th, 2011--
A handsome vintage Storm Pattern variant with unusual vegetally dyed yarns.
On behalf of the Smoki Mueum, the weavers and other consignors at last weekend’s Winter Navajo Rug Auction, we would like to say “Ahé’hee”, which means thank you in the Navajo language. The auction was well attended and bidders were enthusiastic about many of the offerings. Because of the number of historic homes and pioneer families in the area, this auction always has a higher than average number of interesting vintage weavings and this one was no exception. Buyers were also tempted by very high quality pieces by artists like the Spider Rock Girls, Farah Nez and Geneva Shabi. Work of this caliber is not often available in an auction venue, but weavers are finding that auctions are a means of finding a market for their work during the slower winter season. We’re glad to provide this opportunity for both the weavers and buyers.
We’ll have a full gallery of pictures available by Thursday, but below you’ll see our auction team after Saturday’s event! We’ll soon be gearing up for the Friends of Hubbell Native American Arts Auction on May 14th.
From left, Bruce, Austin, Ashley, Hank, Virginia, Vicky, Kary and Sheri
--March 8th, 2011--
Below you’ll find a preview of fifteen of the rugs that will be in the Smoki Museum Winter Auction this coming Saturday. They are even more beautiful in person, so be sure to check them out when you arrive! Please contact us about any rug that you’d like to see more pictures of.
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--March 7th, 2011--
This Shirley Combs Ye'i will be one of the first rugs in the Smoki Museum auction this weekend. It is is 30"x40".
Our opening auction for 2011 in Tucson was a great success with over $70,000 in sales. We were so busy that we didn’t have a chance to take a single picture! Thank you, Tucson for a great first year in this venue.
Continuing with our Winter auctions, we are getting the rugs together for next weekend’s Smoki Museum Winter Navajo Rug Auction and the Shirley Combs Yei Bi Chei rug above will be one of the first rugs you’ll see on Saturday. The auction preview runs from 10 AM until noon and the auction will start at 1 PM. The auction will feature over 250 vintage and contemporary textiles. The pictures below are from last year and we’re excited to see the rugs coming in for this year’s event.
If you are a weaver with a rug to consign, please contact Sheri Burnham by email or at (928) 688-2777.
