Hey folks,
I just bought two really nice rugs from a seller here in Iraq. I first saw these about a month ago, and haven't stopped thinking about them since, so when I saw them again the other day, I cracked and spent the money to get these. They're both silk on silk, around 700 kpsi (according to the seller, I haven't measured it myself), they're both supposedly from Qom, and have the signatures one would expect. To be brutally honest, I wasn't too worried about Qom authenticity. I haven't even measured the rugs. The large one is roughly 4.4 x 6.6ft, and the small one is roughly 2.4 by 4.2 ft. I loved the rugs, and spent a lot to get them. I'm here now asking how much these might be worth in the states.
I paid $10,500 for both of these. $8300 for the 4' x 6' and 2200 for the 2' x 4'. The dealer said the large one could fetch $14,000 in the states. I took that with a grain of salt, and haven't seen any rugs this size go for so much. The one thing I think these rugs have going for them is the colors. Since I first saw these, I've done a lot of internet searching on these Persian rugs, and haven't seen any with such a deep green color palate.
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