UPCOMING EVENTS

UNM Press 2nd Annual Navajo Rug Auction

November 15, 2008

Prairie Star Restaurant at the Santa Ana Golf Club on the Santa Ana Pueblo
DIRECTIONS

Rug Preview-1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Auction begins at 3:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be available along with a cash bar.

Join serious collectors and amateur decorators for the 2nd Annual Navajo Rug Auction on November 15, 2008. Beautiful rugs ranging in price from less than $100 to room-sized pieces over $10,000 will be offered during the live auction. Proceeds from the auction will help build the Native American Series Endowment.

Rug Auction Press Release

UNM Press Aims to Raise $100,000 at Rug Auction

ALBUQUERQUE—On Saturday November 15, 2008, the Universityof New Mexico Press will hold its second annual public auction of nearly two hundred Navajo rugs as a fundraiser to support the publication of books by or about Native Americans. This year, the press aims to raise $100,000 from the sale of rugs. The auction will be held in the Prairie Star Restaurant at the Santa Ana Golf Club at 288 Prairie Star Road, just north of U.S. 550 in Bernalillo. The auction will be conducted by R. B. Burnham Native Auctions. A preview of rugs available for bidding will occur from 1pm to 3pm. The auction starts at 3:30pm.

“If you enjoyed last year’s rug auction, or more especially if you missed it, you are really going to love this year’s event,” comments Luther Wilson, UNM Press Director. “The venue is comfortable and spacious, and there will be a large collection of contemporary rugs from some of the best Navajo weavers.”

Ninety percent of the sale price for auctioned rugs will go to the weavers. “You are sure to find a rug you will want to buy—several we hope—and you will support both the weaver and UNM Press’s books on Native America,” says Wilson.

The rug auction is part of a series of outreach events by the Friends of the Press to raise funds for its five million-dollar Endowment Campaign launched in May of 2007. Monies collected at other fundraising events will go toward an endowment that will allow UNM Press to publish high quality children’s books and fine art and photography books, to defray increasing production costs, to perpetuate the press’s commitment to high editorial standards, and to help maintain its independence in a world of publisher consolidation.
To learn more about the UNM Press Endowment Campaign and how to contribute, call Christina Frain at 505-272-7183 or visit http://unmpress.com/fop.html. For more information about R. B. Burnham Native Auctions visit http://rbburnhamtrading.com/ .

 

 

 

Recent Events

On November 10, 2007, UNM Press held its first major fundrasing event, our First Annual Navajo Rug Auction. The auction was a huge success. There were fifty-one registered bidders in the crowd and over $36,000 worth of rugs were purchased. Thank you to all who attended and gave a beautiful rug a good home!