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Above: A Kirman (Kerman) 'Vase Carpet' featured in
Sotheby's sale 7845 lot 100 from Southeast Persia: A Mid-17th century
in the size of 11'1" x 5' at a record sale price and per square foot
basis ($173,232.97 USD per square foot) and a record price of $9.599
Million!
Above: October 7, 2009, A 400 year old hand knotted
Safavid silk rug from Isfahan
Persia sold at Sotheby's London, shattering the highest price per
square foot
paid for an oriental rug. The Rug sold for for 2,729,250 GBP including
buyer Premium: $4,335,415.63 USD. Just ~ $100,000 short of the most expensive rug. A record
investment of $226,853.11 per square foot (measuring 3'7" x 5'4")
Above: Measuring 7'7" x 5'7", this is not only the
highest price paid for an Oriental Rug, but also the Second highest
investment per square foot. The rug was last sold in 1990 to tobacco
heiress doris duke who then donated it to the Newport Restoration
Foundation after her death. It was then auctioned at Christies in
2008. Originally
the rug was categorized as a Silk kashan,
but has since been re-evaluated as being what would more
appropriately considered an isfahan
dating to the early 1600's: A Silk
Safavid Carpet. Sold at Christies on June 3rd, 2008 at Christies
Auctioneers in New York City with a hammer price of $4,450,500! That
translates to $105,113.37 per square foot. SEE ENTIRE RUGRAG.COM AUCTION
BREAKDOWN!
Above: Measuring in at a mere 6'1" x 5'4", the current
world record for a Caucasian Oriental rug (Chelaberd Kazak) was sold by Freeman's Auctioneers in PA at a hammer price of $341,625.
That translates to $10,534.23 per square foot.
This 16th centruy Tabriz,
previously a Rothschild carpet, sold in 1999 at a Christies auction
in London for a cool $2,400,000. The carpet measures 21 feet 8 inches
by 11 feet 9 inches. That translates to $9,427.18 per square
foot.
Above: A Safavid Carpet from
the Late 16th Century, East Persia from the collections of Lili
& Edmond J. Safra offered by Sotheby's for $2,032,000 (including
buyer's premium) in November 2005. The carpet measures 27 feet 4 inches
by 11 feet 3 inches. That translates to $6,608.21 per square
foot.
Measuring in at only 3'8" x 3'9", this Chinese rug from the late Ming
Dynasty was sold by Sotheby's Auctioneers in New York at a hammer
price of $163,000 including buyers premium of 25%. That
translates to $11,854.55 per square foot.
Often the most costly and expensive rugs are those which are very large rugs. Carpets in excess of 12' wide often require custom made looms, and extended time under comission.
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