Ali & Hicham Aboutaam » Uncategorized http://www.aboutaam.org Phoenix Ancient Art Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:31:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Neolithic to Nebuchadnezzar http://www.aboutaam.org/neolithic-to-nebuchadnezzar-2/ http://www.aboutaam.org/neolithic-to-nebuchadnezzar-2/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:09:38 +0000 Sophie http://www.aboutaam.org/?p=148 (more...) Related posts:
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Phoenix Ancient t Art, Winged griffin flanking a scared tree, Phoenician, ca. 8th century B.C., ivory, H 10.6 cm 

 [Hicham] Aboutaam notes, “There are people who collect both Classical and Near Eastern art, but not everybody does that. Those who like Near Eastern art in general, feel that it is historically and archeologically superior to Classical art. Those who collect Classical art like, from time to time, to go out of the Hellenized world boundaries and back to earlier periods in the same region, a few millennia earlier. So they play a game of moving back and forth.”

 Amy Page, Neolithic to Nebuchadnezzar, Art & Antiques, November, 2010

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]]> Historically, antiquities have only been a very small part of the art market.  However, they are beginning to attract more attention from collectors and investors.  The black market for antiques has been restricted, causing tighter controls on access to antiquities, and this,  of course, raises the value of each antique and increases interest in this field. Tighter rules and lower supplies have made people more excited about antiquities.  Recently, a bronze head of Ptolemy of Mauretania from around 520 A.D. was sold at Sotheby’s.  Estimated to be worth up to $500,000, it sold for $960,000!

This excitement is certainly good news for antiquities galleries such as Phoenix Ancient Art, owned by Ali Aboutaam and Hicham Aboutaam.  They understand that antiquities don’t grab headlines the way that other art does – but that they are a great opportunity and a great investment.

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