Bidspirit auctions | Soulis Auctions Auction Dec 14, 2025
Soulis Auctions, Dec 14, 2025. 132 lots, estimates 50 - 5000 $.
Soulis Auctions -
A landmark series of single-owner sessions to liquidate the estate of John Adair Jr. Mr. Adair was a very discerning and well-educated collector of Antique Caucasian and SW Persian rugs.
His passion for color and harmonic balance resulted in the careful selection of exceptional examples.
His passions for color and strong visual impact figure prominently in his other major collection: Post-war Modern Art.
These two passions will be combined for one striking offering in each of the five sessions necessary to liquidate his collections without reserve.
Jonathon Wadsworth, former director and head of Sothebys carpet department will be the rug specialist for these auctions.
Lots in this catalog (132)
- Lot 1: Jeff Koons (Born 1955) — $4,000 - $6,000
- Lot 2: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 3: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 4: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 5: Marcel Mouly (1918-2008) — $2,000 - $4,000
- Lot 6: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) — $2,000 - $4,000
- Lot 7: Sam Francis (1923-1994) — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 8: Peter Max (Born 1937) — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 9: Peter Max (Born 1937) — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 11: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 12: Leonardo M. Nierman (1932-2023) — $1,500 - $2,500
- Lot 13: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) — $1,500 - $2,500
- Lot 14: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 15: Hartwell Yeargans (1915-2005) — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 16: Marcel Mouly (1918-2008) — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 17: Peter Max (Born 1937) — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 18: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 19: Leonardo Nierman (1932-2023) — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 20: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 21: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $700 - $900
- Lot 22: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) Signed Agamograph — $600 - $900
- Lot 23: Leroy Neiman (1921-2012) — $600 - $900
- Lot 24: Rolph Scarlett (1889-1984) — $400 - $800
- Lot 25: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $600 - $800
- Lot 26: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $500 - $700
- Lot 27: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $400 - $600
- Lot 28: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $400 - $600
- Lot 29: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $400 - $600
- Lot 30: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $400 - $600
- Lot 31: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $400 - $600
- Lot 32: Giuseppe Barbale — $300 - $600
- Lot 33: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $300 - $600
- Lot 34: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $400 - $600
- Lot 35: Peter Max (Born 1937) — $400 - $600
- Lot 36: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $400 - $600
- Lot 37: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $400 - $600
- Lot 38: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $400 - $600
- Lot 39: LATE 20C. WOOL RUG AFTER WASSILY KANDINSKY — $400 - $600
- Lot 40: Neal Doty (1941-2016) — $400 - $500
- Lot 41: Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) — $400 - $500
- Lot 42: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $300 - $500
- Lot 43: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $400 - $500
- Lot 44: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $300 - $500
- Lot 45: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $300 - $500
- Lot 46: Peter Max (Born 1937) — $200 - $400
- Lot 47: Piero Dorazio (1927-2005) — $200 - $400
- Lot 48: Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely) (1934-2002) — $200 - $400
- Lot 49: Piero Dorazio (1927-2005) — $200 - $400
- Lot 50: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $300 - $400
- Lot 51: Takeshi Hara (1942) — $200 - $400
- Lot 52: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $200 - $400
- Lot 53: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $300 - $400
- Lot 54: Yaacov (Gibstein) Agam (Born 1928) — $200 - $400
- Lot 55: Takeshi Hara (1942) — $200 - $300
- Lot 56: Peter Max (Born 1937) — $200 - $300
- Lot 57: Marian Jesien (Born 1958) — $200 - $300
- Lot 58: Takeshi Hara (1942) — $150 - $300
- Lot 59: Guy Vandenbranden (1926-2014) — $150 - $250
- Lot 60: Jack Iii Graves (1988) — $150 - $250
- Lot 61: Leonardo Nierman (1932-2023) — $100 - $200
- Lot 62: Karel Appel (1921-2006) — $100 - $200
- Lot 63: AFTER VICTOR VASARELY — $50 - $75
- Lot 64: A LATE 19TH CENTURY SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 65: KAZAK THREE MEDALLION PRAYER RUG DATED AH1261 — $1,800 - $2,500
- Lot 66: A KUBA RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 67: A LATE 19TH CENTURY SHIRVAN 'FLOWER' RUG — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 68: FINE MARASALI PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 69: A FINE LATE 20TH CENTURY TURKISH KILIM, CENTRAL TURKIYE — $200 - $300
- Lot 70: A FINE SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG DATED AH 1295 / 1878 AD — $1,800 - $2,400
- Lot 71: A BORDJALOU KAZAK RUG DATED AH1220/1805AD — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 72: AN AKSTAFA LONG RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 73: A FINE AND RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY KAZAK RUG — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 74: A LATE 19TH CENTURY SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 75: A LESGHI RUG, EAST CAUCASUS, DATED 1893/1895 — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 76: SHASEVAN SOUMAC, SOUTH CAUCASUS, LAST QUARTER 20TH CENT — $250 - $350
- Lot 77: A LATE 19TH CENTURY EAST CAUCASUS SHIRVAN RUG — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 78: A FINE AND UNUSUAL LATE 19TH CENTURY AKSTAFA PRAYER RUG — $2,400 - $3,400
- Lot 79: AN UNUSUAL LATE 19TH CENTURY KARAGASHLI RUG — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 80: A LATE 19TH CENTURY DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 81: A LATE 20TH CENTURY SHASEVAN SOUMAC RUG — $400 - $600
- Lot 82: A CIRCA 1900 EAST CAUCASUS SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 83: A KAZAK FACHRALO PRAYER RUG DATED AH 1310/1892 AD — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 84: A LATE 19TH CENTURY DAGHESTAN RUG — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 85: A MODERN TURKISH KILIM, CENTRAL TURKIYE — $250 - $350
- Lot 86: A FINE SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG CIRCA 1880 — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 87: A GENDJE RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 88: A FINE DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG DATED AH 1336 / 1917 AD — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 89: A FINE AND UNUSUAL LATE 19TH CENTURY AKSTAFA RUG — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 90: A QASHQAI SOUMAC, SHIRAZ, LAST QUARTER OF THE 20TH C. — $200 - $300
- Lot 91: AN UNUSUAL MARASALI PRAYER RUG DATED AH 1302/1884 AD — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 92: A LATE 19TH CENTURY MOGHAN SHASEVAN SOUMAC KHORJIN — $600 - $800
- Lot 93: A FINE KARACHOPH KAZAK RUG, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 94: A DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENT — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 95: A LATE 19TH CENTURY EAST CAUCASUS LESGHI RUG — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 96: FACHRALO KAZAK PRAYER RUG DATED AH1286/AD1869 — $2,400 - $3,400
- Lot 97: AN UNUSUAL QASHQAI KASHKOULI RUG, SECOND QUARTER 20TH C — $600 - $800
- Lot 98: A FINE MID 19TH CENTURY MARASALI PRAYER RUG — $5,000 - $7,000
- Lot 99: A RARE GENDJE PRAYER RUG DATED AH 1278/1861 AD — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 100: A SHIRVAN 'MOHARAMAT'PRAYER RUG DATED — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 101: AN AKSTAFA PRAYER RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 102: A LATE 20TH CENTURY QASHQAI SOUMAC, FARS RUG — $200 - $300
- Lot 103: BORDJALOU KAZAK RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 104: FINE DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER 19TH C. — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 105: AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE LATE 20TH CENT AZERI SOUMAC RUG — $300 - $400
- Lot 106: FINE, UNUSUAL QASHQAI SHEKARLU RUG LAST QUARTER 19TH C. — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 107: A FACHRALO KAZAK PRAYER RUG, DATED AH1330/1911AD — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 108: A FINE KARABAKH CHONDZORESK RUG CIRCA 1880 — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 109: A LATE 19TH CENTURY MARASALI PRAYER RUG — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 110: SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG, EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY — $2,400 - $3,400
- Lot 111: A MID 20TH CENTURY SENNEH (SANANDAJ) RUG — $300 - $400
- Lot 112: A LATE 19TH CENTURY SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 113: FACHRALO KAZAK PRAYER RUG, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH C. — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 114: FINE GABBEH RUG, FARS, WEST PERSIA, LAST QUARTER 20TH C — $250 - $350
- Lot 115: FINE DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $2,200 - $2,800
- Lot 116: AN AKSTAFA LONG RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 117: A LATE 19TH CENTURY TALISH RUNNER — $600 - $800
- Lot 118: FINE MARASALI PRAYER RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 119: A LATE 20TH CENTURY SHAHSEVAN SOUMAC — $200 - $300
- Lot 120: A FINE LATE 19TH CENTURY AKSTAFA PRAYER RUG — $2,400 - $3,400
- Lot 121: A FINE MODERN TURKISH KILIM, CENTRAL TURKIYE — $200 - $300
- Lot 122: FINE DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $2,200 - $3,200
- Lot 123: FACHRALO KAZAK PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $1,800 - $2,400
- Lot 124: A FINE GONAKHEND RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 125: FINE SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $1,800 - $2,400
- Lot 126: A LATE 19TH CENTURY AKSTAFA PRAYER RUG — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 127: UNUSUAL SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG, EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1880 — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 128: FINE KARACHOPH KAZAK RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 129: A LATE 19TH CENTURY SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG — $1,800 - $2,500
- Lot 130: A LATE 19TH CENTURY DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG — $1,800 - $2,400
- Lot 131: FINE DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $1,800 - $2,400
- Lot 132: RARE MOGHAN PRAYER RUG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $2,500 - $3,000
- Lot 133: A FINE RARE MOGHAN RUG, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH C. — $2,500 - $3,500