![TURKISH SHAMSHIR: Late 18th century-1800. Brass hilt, formerly gilt with elegant cross guard and horn grips. 31 1/4" curved blade with double narrow back fullers. The forte with a large inscription panel each side, in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982391_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
Turkish Collectibles
![TURKISH SHAMSHIR: Late 18th century-1800. Brass hilt, formerly gilt with elegant cross guard and horn grips. 31 1/4" curved blade with double narrow back fullers. The forte with a large inscription panel each side, in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982391_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Bacchus Meerschaum Pipe,Greek Mythology,Wine God: Title: Bacchus Meerschaum Pipe,Greek Mythology,Wine God Materials: Meerschaum Dimension: 5.1 inch (13cm) Additional Information: Bacchus,Hand carved Meerschaum Pipe. Made in Turkey,Eskisehir by Meersc](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331738/178960846_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530593)
![Bacchus Meerschaum Pipe,Wine God,Greek Mythology: Title: Bacchus Meerschaum Pipe,Wine God,Greek Mythology Materials: Meerschaum Dimension: 5.5 inch (14cm) Additional Information: Bacchus Wine God,Hand carved Meerschaum Pipe. Made in Turkey,Eskisehir](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331738/178960903_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530593)
![Gun Meerschaum Pipe with Bullet Shaped Tamper: Title: Gun Meerschaum Pipe with Bullet Shaped Tamper Materials: Meerschaum Dimension: 5.9 inch (15cm) Additional Information: Gun Shaped Meerschaum Pipe with Bullet Shaped Tamper. Made in Turkey,Eskis](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331738/178960826_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530593)
News about Turkish Collectibles
![Turkish president fined for ‘insulting’ Armenia peace statue](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015_0304_Armenia_Turkish_friendship_monument_Mehmet_Aksoy_Kars_Turkey_lead.jpg)
Turkish president fined for ‘insulting’ Armenia peace statue
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s state-run news agency says a court has ordered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to pay 10,000 Turkish Lira (US$4,000) in compensation to an artist for calling his sculpture – meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia – a “monstrosity.” Erdogan expressed his dislike in 2011 of Mehmet Aksoy’s giant Monument […]
![Turkish president to change palace name, add religious connotation](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015_0116_Ak_Saray_Ankara_2014_002_large.jpg)
Turkish president to change palace name, add religious connotation
ANKARA (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he would soon re-name his controversial new presidential palace, adopting the name of the complexes surrounding imperial mosques. Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara that the Presidential Palace would, in the future, be known as the Presidential Kulliye and will contain a mosque, […]
![Cyprus welcomes home icons stolen after Turkish invasion](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013_1112_cyprusArtifacts_lead.jpg)
Cyprus welcomes home icons stolen after Turkish invasion
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) – Cyprus formally welcomed home from Germany on Tuesday scores of frescoes, mosaics and icons stolen from churches after the Turkish invasion in 1974 and returned after a long legal battle. The 173 Byzantine and post-Byzantine antiquities, which still show the damage caused when they were removed from around 50 Greek Orthodox […]
![Jasper52 presents Treasures of Time: Estate Designer Jewelry May 28](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/178015692_1_x.jpg)
Jasper52 presents Treasures of Time: Estate Designer Jewelry May 28
NEW YORK – On Tuesday, May 28, starting at 7 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale titled Treasures of Time: Estate Designer Jewelry, consisting of exactly 221 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Highlights include an 18K gold and diamond bracelet by the Italian jewelry firm of Roberto […]