Believe it or not, if this family purchased this rug at a department store and/or through an interior decorator, the cost could very well have been $11,000 back in 2000. These rugs are called Peshawars and sometimes Oushaks - they are antique reproductions (and this is not a Haj-Jalili). This rug is hand-knotted and most likely Indian or Pakistani in origin. Rugs of this style are still in vogue and sell at designer prices. Rugs of this type, depending on the weave, will go for $1500-$2500 at a fair-priced rug establishment. If you are in love with this and it appears to be in good condition, I would buy it, as you may or may not come across this exact pattern again.

Thanks kindly to both of you for replying. I did do some internet research, and quickly concluded that I thought the rug was mis-represented as a Haj Jalili, from the information I was able to gather. I know i can pay $1700 for a rubber-smelling glued on rug at pottery barn, and I thought this was a better spend of my 2k. It's really pretty!