ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S. the leading Turkish Auction house, announced that the sale of Turkish Paintings Calligraphy and Ottoman Arts in Istanbul achieved triumphant results and made 8 million Turkish Lira / US$ 5.3 million. The top lot of the sale, the masterpiece and catalogue cover lot Nazmi Ziya’s 1910 dated oil on canvas “Shepherd in red” was sold for 1.1 million Turkish Lira / US$ 740,000, (world auction record for the artist) Works by other Turkish masters such as Hikmet Onat, Feyhaman Duran and Naci Kalmukoglu also achieved strong prices. The auction was highlighted by the sales of Turkish Calligraphy masters. Monumental Illuminated Hilye by Kazasker Mustafa İzzet sold for 542,000 TL / US$ 361.000, (second highest price for a Hilye-i Serif) (World auction record was set by Kazasker Mustafa İzzet’s Hilye-i Serif which was sold for 1,150,000 TL / US$ 810.000 in Antik A.S.’s April sa