Locally I am going over to look at huge rug. Currently I only have one picture which certainly has the indication of a nice rug. Story is it was appraised 10 year ago for $28,000 ( I have heard that before for a terrible rug) seller doesnt know anything about it, and she will now take a best offer. Obviously a rug of that size doesn't have to be too high per sq to add up fast. I would actually think if would be woth more for a private party if it was smaller.

Question, if I was to buy such a rug, is there a market for this on ebay or elsewhere. I know some dealer take consignment, but I'm not sure in this market how available that is. If I paid, let's say $800 (saying this without knowing much at all about the rug, but simply wondering about market for large rugs). and was willing to wait 2 years would I be crazy to pass it up. I'm not a dealer, I have a great day job working in medical sales, but it's fun to do a little horse trading (I was originally from Montana and this type of things got in my blood).

I will try to get more pictures later.

Thanks

If it's a nichols it certainly would have been appraised that much if it were in great condition, and it could be a Nichols. But like you said, that's a load of crock in 99% of cases.

Like Krow said, most people want these 9x12 sizes,

But in reality, who is sending just one tiny photograph to you like this? We can look at this and make assumptions, but there's no substance to what we could say.

Can't tell you anything about that $800. What I can say is the rug is 240 square feet, and we've only seen a couple feet of that area so I wouldn't even be thinking about money at all yet.

Try to get photos like these posted of the rug. We'll help you however we can,

http://www.rugrag.com/po...nd-Oriental-Carpets.aspx

Forgive me if skeptical, I'm just curious because if you look at the upper left corner of the pic the rug ends but the design doesn't. this is not typical for a nichols

for the most part, yes.

don't be thrown off by the white knots, a lot of worn nichols rugs have them. wear should be even

http://www.rugrag.com/po...-Carpet-White-Knots.aspx

btuma,

you've brought a lot of awesome rugs to the forum. 64 would be about right for nichols knot density or therebouts.

Trading here and there can really be good.

If the rug were in decent shape, no big problems I could forsee spending a couple bucks looking to sell in 2 years. it's a good time frame.

12x20 is a monster rug, but it's possible if you get a good deal, it's well worth the wait. I'm not saying it's all bs: Are there rugs out there that would have appraised for 28k 10 years ago and now sell for 800 now? absolutely. But what's happened since? They don't want to get it appraised again? why 800 and not a clean 1k? it really could be a great deal tho, some people just want to sell and sell quick

Nichols rugs for the most part don't seem as moth prone as some others, but you still have to maintain the rug if it's in storage, y'know. A rug can't go unused for 2 years without a good cleaning first, and that can cost a couple bucks. If the price is right, that can mitigate costs of cleaning...

This is the thing. like you said and krow said, it's a big rug to have around. If you can use it in the meantime and enjoy it while having it posted to ebay looking for a buyer, why not. Some great deals in rugs turn up in the homes of old homes in the US, why not use it for utility, investment (in some cases) and flip it.

Btuma, I love rugs. If I were you in the position to buy and this rug were in very good shape, and a real nichols I would grab it why not. But the photo is too tough to tell if it's a good deal. A lot of times you have to go with your gut. You say you like traditional, I do too. But if you feel like it's a good deal, try it out.

We talk a lot about rugs on the forum. of course looking at pictures is nothing like seeing the rug, so there's only so much we can say with a snapshot.

Keep it up though, the more photos the better, and I think we all support the love for rugs in here :)

Can you tell why the design ended? was it no question hand made?

RugPro, my only concern regarding being a nichols is that it looked too nice to be 70 years old. Could this be a modern copy of a nichols. The rug looks exactly like this picture of a nichols, except much cleaner lines and jade rather than red. By exactly I mean two large florals coming from two corners, and the basis floral is the same.
I simply mentioned $800 as a suggested offer. She would be delighted to get $2,000, but she also just needs to get rid of a very large rug. Her mother was an Orientlal fan, as seen by the other examples and has a turn of the century wood floor house, but that is all going away. She did a very bad job of advertising so I don't think the rug is going anywhere.

To answer your questions....The orginal posted picture wasn't the corner so it only appears to end. Although the jade rug has even more elaborate design at the base of the floral than the picture below. There is no question it is a hand knotted rug

I will go back tomorrow get some pictures of the desired positions, post them and then see about buyng it on Sunday. A possible market might be an upscale Chinese restaurant. I would take it from your comments and from what I've read that a nichols is top of the class for Chinese rugs