THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED GIVEN NEWLY PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS 4.13.2008Photographs are good, I can give you information regarding your rug for personal record, but please do not quote to sell these rugs or substantiate value for insurance purposes or other. Just for fun I ran these rugs through the appraisal tool and linked, but the values in writing are pretty much what the rugs would sell for Retail.
Rug-3x23: Newer Ivory Kerman Runner. Wool pile cotton foundation made in IRAN with KPSI around 140. This rug is early to late 1960's. something like this would be worth $1400 Retail in good condition without staining as shown.
As is, I would say more along the lines of
$800 to 900 Retail, significantly less for private party GIVEN THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.
Image 15: 3x9 Kerman. Wool pile, cotton foundation made in IRAN with KPSI around 154 (counted 11x14). I would say this is would be found in
retail for $700. Again, hand knotted, Iran, wool pile cotton foundation. Vintage 1960s.
IMG 0006: The Green Kerman... Wool pile cotton foundation made in IRAN. Not really a Persian rug per se, but Iranian. This is late 1950's early 60's vintage.
If this rug is in good to very good condition with no moth spots, no stains, no problems, no low areas, no significant matting of the pile,
I know people in the business who would have and would sell this rug in their stores for $5500 to $8400 depending on blooming of the pile (if no blooming, select "normal/original height" in "pile height" selection on appraisal tool. These rugs, as with most, the value will depreciate greatly when the rug shows the slightest signs of use, so take good care of it. Keep in mind, these prices are NY retail sellers final prices (going by a knot quality of 180 as counted), private party value would be significantly less. Condition is everything. If you think that one problem area does not affect value, it does...
Image 19: This last rug looks like a late 1980's mid 90's Pakistan Jufti carpet with traditional Persian Design. I would say this is something around $200 - 600 retail, probably on the lower end though. It is a tough one to really pinpoint without feeling the pile in person, or having a knot count.
Everything above is given that all else is fine with the rugs, no repairs or whatever other problems may exist. Good condition means there's slight blooming of the pile and some fringe wear, very good condition means there's slight wear to the fringe but no blooming of the pile. If there are additional problems to this which I have not seen, this would affect the value significantly. When I mention retail price, I'm talking about final price after whatever negotiating and sales discounts have been applied at a Reputable store that you know will be there in the long run: no possibility of getting scammed online or with deceptive tactics. Itinerant auctions or other no good ways of purchasing rugs from rug people, you could even pay more with much much higher risk.
