Oriental rugs

Oriental rugs over a hundred years old are rare and expensive. They hardly bring the fabulous prices they did in the early 1900's, when a hobby for collecting Persian and Turkish rugs swept the United States.

I have heard the story of one Ispahan for which a collector paid sixty thousand dollars. It was sold some years later at auction for five hundred.

But fine antiques are still far out of reach of the average budget.

A bargain may be picked up occasionally at auction, but unless you are an expert you can't be sure of values.