Chimú Whistling Stirrup-Spout Vessel
US $850.00 · or best offer
Fifty years of art & antiques in New York.
Dealer to the city, the United Nations, presidents, museums, and celebrities.
A curated collection from a life lived in New York and spent travelling the art and antiques markets of the world, born of the joy of finding hidden treasures and bringing them to life in the gallery.
From the Collection
A selection from the 189 works currently offered.
Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp with Orthodox Cross
US $3,900.00 · or best offer
Ifugao Seated Bulul (Anito) Rice Guardian
US $2,000.00 · or best offer
Armenian Memorial Rug, Dated 1916, Inscribed Karabakh
US $3,600.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Silver Amulet Necklace with Tugra Seal
US $390.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Illuminated Sufi Manuscript, Mecmua-i Eş'ar
US $5,800.00 · or best offer
ARKAS Magnetic Liquid Marine Compass, Copenhagen
US $1,250.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Calligraphy Scissors, Gold Damascened with Silver Handles
US $1,250.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Kütahya Tile Panel in a French Fruitwood Table
US $7,500.00 · or best offer
Chinese Lacquer “Taj Mahal” Screen Panels
US $1,200.00 · or best offer
Qadiriyya Sufi Ijazah Scroll, Dated Safar 1229 AH (1814)
US $4,400.00 · or best offer
Antique Gordes Prayer Rug (Seccade), Western Anatolia
US $2,800.00 · or best offer
Nias Adu Ancestor Figure Grouping
US $1,800.00 · or best offer
Huehuetéotl Effigy Offertory Vessel, Volcanic Stone
US $1,400.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Metal-Thread Panel with the Tughra of Abdul Hamid II
US $1,400.00 · or best offer
Caucasian Gence (Ganja) Runner
US $1,400.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Yalı Curtain in Brocaded “Zok” Weave
US $1,250.00 · or best offer
Caucasian Niello Silver Belt with Russian Maker's Mark
US $1,050.00 · or best offer
Bamun Bronze Ceremonial Mask with Raffia
US $950.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Silver Creamer with the Tughra of Abdülhamid II
US $875.00 · or best offer
Shiva and His Goddess, Colonial India, Late 19th Century
US $750.00 · or best offer
Kütahya Spherical Mosque Hanging Ornament
US $750.00 · or best offer
Orientalist Porcelain Plaque by Joe E. Heinz, 1902
US $750.00 · or best offer
Hand-Engraved Brass Brazier, Jerusalem, Mid-20th Century
US $725.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Yalı Curtain Panel, Zok Brocade, circa 1850
US $650.00 · or best offer
The Collection
Arranged by department, as in our eBay salerooms, each wing opens with a key piece.
Nayarit Seated Figure
West Mexico · with 24k gold
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Seljuk Silver Ring with Perched Bird, 12th–14th Century
US $725.00 · or best offer
Chancay Textile Fragment, Pre-Columbian Peru
US $675.00 · or best offer
Greek .800 Silver Spoon, Ioannina, Marked ΚΩΝ-ΟΣ
US $175.00 · or best offer
Anatolian Coin Purse in Coral, Green, and Cream Silks
US $85.00 · or best offer
Late Sasanian Silver Drachm with Zoroastrian Fire Altar
US $55.00 · or best offer
Department II
Regional & Tribal Art
African · Asian · European · Middle Eastern
Browse all Regional & Tribal Art
Ife Bronze Mask
Yoruba, Nigeria · early 20th century
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Bamun Bronze Transformation Mask, Cameroon
US $900.00 · or best offer
Baule Carved Wood Mask, Ivory Coast
US $800.00 · or best offer
Benin-Style Cast Bronze Snake Head
US $790.00 · or best offer
Large Hammered Copper Anklet, Congo
US $550.00 · or best offer
Mbole Hand-Forged Copper Anklet Currency
US $375.00 · or best offer
Large Carved Wood Bowl, Tuareg
US $285.00 · or best offer
Department III
Rugs, Carpets & Textiles
Caucasian · Anatolian · Persian · Textile fragments
Browse all Rugs & Textiles
Caucasian Kazak Rug, dated 1904
Hand-knotted wool · dated 1321 AH
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Armenian Priest's Vestment (Epitrachelion), Silk Brocade
US $650.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Embroidered Pillow Cover, Silk and Gilt Silver Thread
US $575.00 · or best offer
Antique Caucasian Rug, Herati Design
US $480.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Court Silk Brocade Fragment, Bursa or Istanbul
US $450.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Silk-Embroidered Linen Table Cover with Tughra Motifs
US $325.00 · or best offer
Aleppo “Zok” Kilim Fragment
US $285.00 · or best offer
Department IV
Books & Manuscripts
Manuscripts · Scrolls · Prints & works on paper
Browse all Books & Manuscripts
Arif Pasha, Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman
Paris, 1863 · chromolithograph
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Studer’s Birds of North America, New York, 1888
US $600.00 · or best offer
Milbert's Hudson River: 54 Facsimile Lithographs
US $550.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Sufi and Hanafi Theological Manuscript Codex
US $475.00 · or best offer
Arif Pasha, Ottoman Court Costumes, Plate 7, 1863
US $450.00 · or best offer
Latin Vulgate Bible Leaf, Book of Daniel 10–11
US $400.00 · or best offer
David Roberts, "Street Scene in Cairo", Egypt and Nubia, 1849
US $400.00 · or best offer
Armenian Alms Dish
Engraved copper
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C. L. Berger & Sons Engineer's Transit No. 1c, c. 1930s
US $625.00 · or best offer
Ottoman Tinned Copper Pouring Vessel, Mamluk Revival
US $600.00 · or best offer
Inscribed Armenian Brass Bowl, Dated 1926
US $595.00 · or best offer
Mamluk Revival Silver Sugar Bowl, Signed "Work of Ali"
US $585.00 · or best offer
Mughal Cast Bronze Ewer (Aftaba) with Lion-Head Handle
US $500.00 · or best offer
Sterling Silver Kiddush Cup, Hebrew Inscribed
US $460.00 · or best offer
Department VI
Ceramics & Porcelain
Tiles · Porcelain figures · Glass
Browse all Ceramics & Porcelain
Kutahya Star Tile
Polychrome ceramic · Türkiye
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Orientalist Porcelain Plaque by Joe E. Heinz, 1902
US $490.00 · or best offer
Continental Enameled Porcelain Box with Ormolu Mounts
US $225.00 · or best offer
Chinese Export Blue and White Plate with Garden Pattern
US $190.00 · or best offer
Kütahya Ceramic Border Tile in the Iznik Manner
US $180.00 · or best offer
Hexagonal Turquoise-Glazed Kütahya Tile
US $175.00 · or best offer
Dutch Delft Tile with a Pastoral Scene
US $95.00 · or best offer
Department VII
Cameras & Optical Instruments
Cameras · Scientific instruments · Optics
Browse all Cameras & Instruments
Wood Plate Camera, 7 × 9
Large format · in original case
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Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Stand IIa Microscope, No. 74142
US $625.00 · or best offer
Keuffel & Esser Engineer's Railroad Y Level, No. 5012½
US $475.00 · or best offer
C. Reichert Wien Brass Polarimeter, circa 1920
US $425.00 · or best offer
Graflex Speed Graphic 2¼ × 3¼, circa 1943, with Case
US $420.00 · or best offer
Nikon Nikkormat FT-N 35mm SLR Kit with Two Lenses
US $395.00 · or best offer
Graflex Century Graphic Medium Format Press Camera, circa 1950
US $350.00 · or best offer
Since 1976
From the bazaars of the old world to the Upper East Side near the UN, a half-century of connoisseurship.
- Top one percent of sellers in Middle Eastern antiques on eBay
- One hundred percent positive feedback
- Online since the trade first went online
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1976
The house is founded
FIL CARAVAN INC., Dealers in Art and Antiques.
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Since 1985
World Music Institute
Supporters from its founding, with the kilims of this house on the stage.
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1988
An Ottoman conference
Ottoman costume and the art of arms at the gallery, a full page in Hürriyet.
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1990
301 East 57th Street
The gallery on 57th Street, entrance at Second Avenue.
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1996
A samovar for Harvard
The Davis Center for Russian Studies presents it to Kathryn W. Davis.
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1995 to 2005
The United Nations
About thirty conference rooms laid with antique oriental rugs.
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The move
240 East 56th Street
New premises, Suite 2E.
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Early online
www.filcaravan.com
A website and an email address while most of the trade still worked by fax.
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2017
The collection goes to eBay
Now in the top one percent of sellers in Middle Eastern antiques.
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2026
The house comes back online
193 pieces catalogued, each with a page of its own.
- The whole history
Appraisals
Fair-market valuations for insurance, estates, and donations, backed by fifty years in the trade.