Old Rug Was Sold For 2000000 Dollars In 2017

An old navajo native american blanket sold for 1 5 million at auction and created a rags to riches story for its disabled owner loren krytzer.

Old rug was sold for 2000000 dollars in 2017. When i first posted our finished living room i purposefully neglected to mention our rug as i wasn t happy with its performance leaving it on. Here despite its great condition it was only expected to fetch 200 000 300 000. To maintain carpets consumers should apply stain resistant sprays to new carpets and freshly cleaned carpets. The most expensive rug ever sold is the sotheby s 17th century antique persian carpet which sold for 33 million shattering all records and becoming the most expensive rug ever sold the auction at sotheby s new york baffled everyone.

A rug is worth a thousand dollars in a highly trafficked room update. Krytzer was living on disability after a car accident led to a leg amputation when he saw a navajo blanket on an episode of antiques roadshow appraised at 500 000 and remembered he had one like. A rare example of this 300 year old rug was sold by auction house christie s in 2010 for 6 201 250. This should cover him for a while.

A broke california man is resting a little easier after he found out that his old family heirloom blanket was actually a navajo weaving from the 1800s worth 1 5. The rugs feature frayed edges on the shortest sides and come in a variety of designs and colors with no two rugs looking exactly alike. As of this afternoon there is a new antique rug that can boast the lofty distinction of being the most expensive rug ever sold at auction as a beautiful persian carpet sold for nearly 34 million today at a sotheby s auction in new york. Even as the rarest of masterpieces in handmade rugs it was expected to bring in around 10 million dollars but the unknown buyer was not willing to.

The rug measures in at 11 feet by 5 feet and was produced in the city of kirman in iran an area known for it s rug designers. What are some good tips for carpet care. See comments like the living room but isn t a necessity in every room more on that below. Antique seventeenth century persian rug shatters all auction price records and fetches nearly 34 000 000.

A n extremely rare and ancient chinese bowl has sold for a record price of almost 38 million 28 4m at auction. The nearly 900 year old porcelain bowl from china s northern song dynasty. Unless you have a dog or cat.