Merrin Gallery on Facebook

"The Female Form in Ancient Art",
a publication by The Merrin Gallery (link to Facebook).

The Merrin Gallery has created a new page on the social-networking website, Facebook. It features updates on events, publications and news on the gallery and it's owner, Samuel Merrin. There is general information about Samuel, the galleries mission, and it's origin. The page also features contact details of The Merrin Gallery, as well as images of the gallery's past publications of antiquities.

The page also features brief, general information about the gallery. Most of it is well-known already, however, the following passage is quoted from The Merrin Gallery's page for your consideration:

There is scarcely a major museum in the United States that has not acquired works at The Merrin Gallery. Notable international clients include the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris, and the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.

Owned by Samuel Merrin and Moshe Bronstein, The Merrin Gallery is a second-generation ancient art business founded by Sam's father, Edward Merrin, in the 1960s. Today, Sam continues his father's legacy and has sold many well-known ancient art collections to private collectors and museums alike. An expert in ancient and pre-Columbian art, Samuel Merrin is often asked to authenticate works for auction houses, dealers, and leading museums.

You can find a link to the Facebook page below, it also features the wall and lets you "Like" the page. More independent news on The Merrin Gallery and Samuel Merrin coming soon.

Samuel Merrin and Art Sales

The official Samuel Merrin blog recently reported on the Merrin Gallery's recent (in terms of decades) philosophy of art sales – silent transactions at the client's wish. It is said that:

Over the past five decades, Edward and Samuel Merrin have acquired, and placed major ancient art collections with leading institutions and private collectors. Especially in the last few years, Samuel Merrin has acquired old collections from major families.

Working with the owners, who wanted the transactions kept confidential, he placed these valued objects of art 'quietly'. Celebrated as one of the great advantages of The Merrin Gallery, this has kept Samuel Merrin a major player in the art world—sometimes even rivaling Sotheby's and Christie's. Where, to purchase private collections and individual pieces, he has at times outbid both auction houses.