A Persian rug sold for a record $33 million at auction ... Most antique rugs don't draw anywhere near oil baron prices. Schenck has an 18th century Oushak rug that she expects to sell in the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Hand woven with the finest materials including wool and silk, a single Persian rug can often take years and sometimes decades to create. A high-quality ...

Commenting on the Sickle-Leaf carpet, Jan David Winitz, Oriental rug expert and founder of Claremont Rug Company, said: "I expected that the piece would draw strong bidding, but this price ...

A Persian rug from the early 17th century sold for $33.7 million in New York City at roughly $600,000 per square foot. Sotheby's auction house said Wednesday's price for the Clark Sickle-Leaf ...

A 17th Century Persian rug has sold for $33.8m (£21.8m), a sum triple the previous auction record for a carpet. The winning bid for the Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet was made anonymously on Wednesday ...