Interesting, tho not for me, but bet this is worth something; am I wrong? It's fine if I am, this is how we LEARN. It doesn't resemble any of Mr. O'Connell's examples posted in his Luri section tho. The Luris were very interesting historically-politically. Boy, this stuff is DENSE.
LINKMaybe someone might be interested; bet this goes for not a lot.
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Edit:
Found a LINK via Bob O'Connell, I came upon this:
http://www.oldcarpet.com...es/luri_239_155_new.jpg
I think the one on ebay, above, is more interesting if it really is a Luri.
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Another edit:
Just noticed something interesting re this vendor with the (probably) Luri: at least two clients appear to be dealers......dozens of purchases each. I find this interesting, maybe significant, and possibly corroborative of my initial take on this strange rug I doubt has much conventional market appeal to the average (normal?) consumer.
I hope someone sees this and offers some data.
I am so grateful that hand knotted Persian rugs were not a part of the SATs. lol
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WAIT!!!!! I just went back---info and chasing it is infinite---and saw clearly, that the HIGH BIDDER on this odd and interesting rug....is, you BET, one of the apparent dealers who has made dozens of purchases frm this vendor, all no reserve rugs, some for literally almost nothing!!!!
Recently, ebay began to obfuscate the identity of bidders during an auction. But common.....this was easy to nail just by the bidder's number of feedbacks: 171; they matched one of the "dealer" guy customers, and he offers nothing to sell on ebay. Like Jilly, he only buys. IN HIS CASE, probably all RUGS. Yes, CHECKED FURTHER: just in the last 30 days, 78% of his bids have been with THIS VENDOR.
I think this guy is cleaning up. I DO!
I might bid.....hopefully, someone will share some info before I do something more stupid than usual. I need to get a little reckless and make a practice rug purchase. I did email the vendor just now and asked age and KPSI. I had notihng to loose, right?
Where is the rehab for wut I got now???????? lol Too bad I don drink. It is 5AM; I need HKRA: Hand knotted Rugs Anonymous. Someone pls paste a link.