Hello, I am new here. I found your forum trying to find some info on a rug I just bought from craigslist. It is made in Iran, from the Hameden region, and made by the Lori tribe. It is 7'1"x12'10", and has a very unusual design (which is what caught my eye in the ad). The ad was taken down before I could copy the pic, and I don't have time to roll it out and take a pic of it until next weekend. My question, how can I find out about this rug from the id numbers, which are 18/617, Item number is k-8800. the rug is in perfect shape, and I paid $75 for it (hell of a deal). It is about 35 years old. Where can I go to research the id numbers? Is there such a site? The calculator on Rug Rag said is was worth between 3 and 5 thousand, but the design is so unusual (almost like american indian), I wanted to see if i could find some history on it.. Thanks in advance for any help to find out more on the id numbers. next weekend i will take some pics and post them here.

Thanks for responding Rug Pro. I am going out of town this week on business, but I will take the pics requested and post them here next weekend.

One more once: I am novice, I know little. I think you did amazingly; my take, this is authentic Luri, hand knotted, hand edged, and I think, special. Not sure re age.....but it wasn't made yesterday.

All the Luris are marked by asymmetry and a kind of whimsy, have a tribal feel... and I like that. I also think few of them have high KPSI.

I like you were immediately attracted. Now, we will await REAL info!!! I look forward to it, but Bravo, or Brava!!!

PS You can right click on yr images, and in drop down menu, chose "open with" and choose MS PAINT, one of the few things Mr. Gates got right....& resize that way, keying in percentages, you can lower the until U get right size...always the same percentage in both fields.....it don cost $600, you already paid for it in yr operating system.

Thanks, I will remember that, as I often have to downsize my pics to post online (I have a 9mp camera).

I just Googled, pls see this:

http://www.oldcarpet.com/luri.htm

I only learned in this commnity, rugs are sometimes priced by the square foot. I hate this but am trying to accept it. Given that, and as per above, being conservative, using $5....the lowest one, do the math!!!!!

YOU DONE GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! Really, really!!!!!!

I think I should start looking on Craigslist, boy!!!! Now partly owned by ebay I believe.

Thanks, I have already been to that site, some Lori's go for even more.

I love craigslist. there is so much good stuff on there if you know what you are looking for. Plus its all local people you deal with. If I had a pickup truck, I could have just today, bought a globe wernake roll top desk for $100, a possible real duncan phyfe end table for $75, and three red skeleton original paintings for $1500. People do not know what they have, and just want to get rid of stuff. I check Craigslist twice a day, and let a lot of really good stuff get away, because I do not have room for it. This rug, I made room for, lol.

For the third time today....I am novice and know little, so factor that in. I think you did well with these rugs re profits.....given my take is, those you just posted are machine made reproductions of classic styles.

I have great sense of adventure....but not in this arena, not even close. That's what happens when you have old wounds...and a grand trine in water natally, but everything has an upside and a downside.

So, I don't "snooze," but I do ruminate, obsess and struggle to arm myself with knowledge. Maybe I should move to Fresno! lol

Again, I am eager to learn more details from RugPro or others else who might weight in and knows stuff.

Sorry Jilly, I did not mean to imply anything by saying you snooze, you lose, other then when I see what I perceive as a deal, I act fast.

Thanks for responding Rug Pro, anything else you can tell me on the fiirst rug pics I posted? Does it appear to be a true luri, approx. value? The second pics I posted are of a garage sale find I already sold.

You never miss anything. but I am kinda proud that I got this one right.....cept there are two machine made ones, those he paid $5 for.....and osld each for 250.....which is OMG amazing, right? If I am learning so much, how come I don' t have a rug and sitll so confused??????

I still can't tell how old his Lori is.

Persian Hamadan is about as far as I would go to attribute because of how similar and profuse the variety in this area. Design is similar to some newer Kolyai and some Nahavand Rugs.

Certainly a bargain at $75. I can't believe the machine made was sold for so much, that's a bit high :(

LOL, I see your point now. Keep your eyes open, you'll find one.

Now, what I have just sped read thru via the above link.....just makes you wanna drink Hemlock. I mean U wanna be a wiseguy & a sociopath? Get a ski mask and an Uzi and show some gonads, OK? Get the Godfather trilogy, 5 DISK BOX SET, Ok?? Do not DABBLE.

Cowards.

Re the above, first of all, I, Jill postulated from the tag it might have been bought on ebay. RugPro did not. He said the tag appears to reflect a domestic importer.

So let us not tar RugPro wit dat brush.

Next, I am positive it is a good, handknotted rug made in Iran with excellent colors and design and in splendid condition.

Fact is, they are right this second, making Loris/Luris & other kinds of rugs in Iran. But that does not mean they can't also be good ones! Same deal with the other genres Pro considered, given nailing these things, I have learned right here, is FAR more daunting and complex than I ever could have realized.
So pls get more precise about "fake."

This rug is not fake. Unless you need it to be some priceless antique or the finest example of its genre that ever got loomed.

I also recall posting (when I saw the last two you posted, I thought they were machine made, Pro confirmed, and HE knows REAL stuff). I said, count yr blessings cause what you got for those two, small, unremarkable machined rugs was amazing. Pro said so as well though in more professional way as usual. lol

Forgive this.....but I think diminishing the lottery mindset in what you do, and I admire what you do.....would serve you well and bring you more joy!!!! Way I see it, you have had some major triumphs. When the goal becomes to find a Gutenberg Bible at a yard sale.....we become our worst enemies. Joy is most precious currency. You have the elements for major joy in yr rug & related Craigslist forays! HARVEST.

Trying to Get Over (do they say that in Fresno?) is polar opposite of.....GETTIN.

End of sanctimonious but heartfelt and well meaning lecture. lol

Did not mean to offend, forgive me if I did....what sparked was I want you to live joy in these wonderful adventures you are gifted to be moved to; seems to me you are doing spectacularly... and I was getting maybe sometimes, your determination to find a canary diamond among the shards of broken glass might compromise that.

That is all it was. Honest.