ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S., the leading auction house in Turkey, will offer exceptional paintings by the most important Modern & Contemporary Turkish Artists. The auction will take place on October 22, 2011 at the Swissotel the Bosphorus and will present selected 175 lots among the finest which ever to have appeared on the market for the first time. Special collection will be exhibited in Antik A.S. galleries until 22nd of October. One of the highlights being offered in the sale is titled “The Pianist”, a large spectacular canvas by Fahrel Nissa Zeid (1901-1991) one of the most important Turkish artists whose 3 paintings had fetched over 1,000,000 USD in Antik A.S. auction and Sotheby’s auctions. The artist’s museum quality canvas in upcoming auction has a 300,000 USD auction starting price. Also an untitled abstract by Zeid fomr 1949, one of the rarest and most important work by the artist ever to appear at au