Appraise My Persian Carpets. When pricing a persian rugs the artistic value of the rug also plays a significant role in influencing the price of the piece. Quality of the piece dyes materials knot count age how old is the piece. While appropriate for insurance purposes these appraisals can be very misleading when it comes to selling your rug.
Opening up an auction catalog or trying to compare it with other rugs you think are comparable. In general a rug that has a very elaborate and complex pattern with a very busy field will be more expensive as compared to a rug with simple patterns and a plain field.
Most oriental rugs range from 7 7 knot count to 16 16 with 9 9 being a popular average.
Most oriental rugs range from 7 7 knot count to 16 16 with 9 9 being a popular average. Say you inherit a 12x18 foot rug and you were told that it is a persian tabriz over 80 years old it s not an exaggeration to say that it could be worth anywhere from 1 000 to 1 million. For this reason the sky is the limit when it comes to the possible price of a high quality rug. In general a rug that has a very elaborate and complex pattern with a very busy field will be more expensive as compared to a rug with simple patterns and a plain field.