The 5th Baran Auction Achieves $1.4 Million in Sales / 59 Works Sold, with Masterpieces by Mirza Agha Emami, Agha Najaf, Mir Emad, Farshchian, Sadegh Tabrizi, Reza Mafi and Historic Artworks The fifth edition of the Baran Auction, specializing in calligraphy, Iranian and Islamic art, concluded with 86% of the works offered successfully sold, achieving total sales of 369.06 billion tomans (approximately $1.367 million). The highest-priced work of the auction was hammered down at 79 billion…
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The 5th Baran Auction Opens with a Special Reception for Artists and Art Collectors / PhotosThe 5th Baran Auction, a specialized auction dedicated to calligraphy and Iranian-Islamic arts, opened on Tuesday evening, October 27, 2026, with the presence of artists and art collectors.
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Mahboubeh Kazemi and Agha Najaf Naqqash-Bashi’s 200-Year-Old Masterpiece: From Safavid Courtly Festivities to the Refinement of Qajar Lacquer PaintingThis unique painting belongs to a distinguished, documented family in the history of Iranian art: Agha Najaf Naqqash-Bashi. A museum-quality work, it serves not only as an example of traditional visual aesthetics but also as a valuable resource for cultural and social studies.
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6 Record-Making Masterpieces of Civilizational and Traditional Art at Baran AuctionIn four editions of the Baran Auction — a specialized auction for calligraphy, Islamic art, and traditional civilizational works — many pieces have achieved remarkable records. Six such works are introduced in this article.
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Mahboubeh Kazemi Doulabi and The Middle Eastern Calligraphy Art EconomyDuring the special meeting "The Economics of Calligraphy Art and Its Contribution to the Advancement of Art and Cultural Economics" at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Mahboubeh Kazemi Doulabi, the manager of the Taraneh Baran Gallery and the creator of the Baran Auction, a specialized auction of calligraphy and Islamic Iranian arts, highlighted infrastructure points.
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Trump-Biden dipole and the Iranian art market from the perspective of Hossein Hashempoor/ Tehran auction, Baran auction over complex roadsTehran. (Iranart)-Hossein Hashempoor said that Describing these conditions, we are facing a crucial month for the art market in November.
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New information about the Fifth Baran Auction/ Mahboubeh Kazemi explainTehran.(Iranart)-The coronavirus has created special conditions for the fifth Baran auction, which is scheduled to take place in the fall but more deadly than Corona is procrastination and negligence which caused Turkey to pursue the claim of registering Istanbul as the capital of Islamic calligraphy in UNESCO.
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Mahboubeh Kazemi Doulabi Talks about Baran Auction and Iran’s art market after Covid-19TEHRAN –(Iranart) - The founder and manager of Taraneh Baran Gallery and Baran Auction explained the art situation in Coronavirus days.
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Folios from Shahnameh Extremely Welcome at Fourth Baran AuctionTEHRAN –(Iranart) - Five folios from a rare manuscript of the Shahnameh, the epic masterpiece of the Persian poet Ferdowsi, was the top lot of the 4th Baran Auction, which is dedicated to the sale of calligraphic paintings and calligraphy works.
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Fourth Baran Auction at Rayzan International Conference CenterThe fourth specialized auction of calligraphy, Iranian and Islamic art, Baran auction, was held at the Rayzan International Conference Center in Tehran on Friday. Founded and managed by Mahboubeh Kazemi Doulabi, Baran Auction offered 94 works of art to buyers and art collectors in its fourth edition, which ended with the sale of 69 works for astonishing 26.26 billion toman (over $2 million).