Member of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art

Specializing in museum quality works of art from ancient Greece, Rome, Near East, Egypt, Mesoamerica and South America, Owned by Samuel Merrin, The Merrin Gallery is recognized by international museums and collectors as being the top gallery in pre-Columbian and South American art, and among the top few galleries in the world for antiquities.

White marble Anatolian Stargazer kilia type Chalcolithic or early bronze age CA 3000-2500 BC. Sold by the Merrin Gallery to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Height: 6 3/4 Inches

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As the president of The Merrin Gallery, Inc., Samuel Merrin has been instrumental in creating many major collections in America and Europe. Clients include some of the leading museums of the world, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Sackler Art Museum at Harvard University, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Newark Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, as well as the British Museum, the Louvre, Egyptian Museum in Berlin, The Staatliches Museum Agyptischer Kunst in Munich, The Barbier-Muller Museum in Geneva Switzerland, and other museums in Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and Australia.

 

Wari Feather Headdress, 800-900 AD, H:39.37 cm Owned and sold by The Merrin Gallery , Inc.

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The Merrin Gallery, Inc. is owned by Samuel Merrin together with Moshe Bronstein; it was established in 1987. While formally incorporated that year, it is a second generation ancient art business founded by Edward Merrin in the mid 1960s, when he started dealing in pre-Columbian art, becoming an expert in this field. Samuel Merrin is an authority on pre-Columbian and ancient art from Eastern Mediterranean cultures. Samuel is often asked and gives appraisals for indemnifying major pre-Columbian and antiquities exhibitions for U.S. museums, and has authenticated works for auction houses, dealers, and leading museums.

A Very Important Egytian Painted Sycamore Fig Wood Sarcophagus for Neskhons Height: 74" Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI, ca. 990-940 BC Provenance: With Sheik Mahmud, Luxor, 1900. Liberty E. Holden, Cleveland, Ohio. Donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1901 Purchased by Samuel Merrin, The Merrin Gallery, Inc.

Edward Merrin's son, Samuel, who formally took over the business in 1999, has been involved with ancient art his entire life. As a child Samuel Merrin frequently visited his father's gallery and worked there during many summer vacations. Samuel was fascinated by the beauty and history of the objects he handled. After receiving a BA from Tufts University, Samuel Merrin worked at The Cloisters Museum and interned at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, both in New York.

Samuel Merrin is a recognized expert in the authenticity and value of ancient art from antiquities to pre-Columbian art, appraising ancient objects for I.A.A.A.T.A., various clients, and institutions. Samuel Merrin has coordinated several major exhibitions, and published accompanying catalogues of objects for sale. Samuel has often been quoted as an expert in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and many art magazines, as well as on live television.