Oriental and decorative rugs ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet, a 17th-century Persian vase carpet from the Safavid period, sold at Christie's New York in 2013 for $33.7 million — the...
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Oriental and decorative rugs ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet, a 17th-century Persian vase carpet from the Safavid period, sold at Christie's New York in 2013 for $33.7 million — the highest price ever achieved for a carpet at auction, reflecting its extraordinary state of preservation, the refinement of its design, and the premium collectors place on Safavid Persian rugs above all other textile art from any culture or period.
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Transylvanian Rug (17th C, Ottoman) leads with 3 in 2016.
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Average value in 2016: 3 · median: 3.
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2013 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Most Expensive Rugs and Carpets Sold at Auction (All Time)
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Data Points
8
8 categories
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6 years
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Top Value
34
Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet (17th C, Persia)
Auction Price (Million USD) · 2013
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Auction Price (Million USD)
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Period
2008 – 2016
6 years of data
Statistical Summary — 2016
3
Maximum
3
Minimum
3
Average
3
Median
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