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Navajo Rug Auction

Presented by Flagstaff Cultural Partners at Coconino Center for the Arts

October 17, 2009

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Flagstaff Cultural Partners and The Museum of Northern Arizona are pleased to host the Navajo Rug Auction. The auction will begin at 5:00pm following the auction preview from 10:00am-4:00pm. Over three hundred contemporary and vintage Navajo weaving, ranging in a variety of styles, will be put on the auction block for public bidding. Consignments will be accepted at Coconino Center for the Arts. Artists and other consigners are invited to bring their Navajo weavings on October 15th and 16th, between 11:00am-5:00pm. Experts will be on hand to view and select weavings. The auction will be led by auctioneers from The R.B. Burnham and Co. Trading Post. Specialists and experts in the field of Native American art and Navajo weaving will be on site to identify handspun, hand-carded and vintage pieces verses acrylic yarns to ensure quality items and prices. Information on how to evaluate and buy Navajo rugs will also be available. Before the auction participants are encouraged to handle the rugs and appreciate them up close. Detailed information and discussion about a specific piece, artist and other aspects of the weavings will be available before and after the auction by experts in the field of Navajo weaving and culture. Navajo Tacos and frybread will be also be for sale during the preview and auction.