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 art and antiques, born of the joy of finding hidden things and bringing them to life.
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 Madison Avenue, 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 Hurriyet.
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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.