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fcfrequired t1_iud6lep wrote

Reply to comment by sbayz92 in Did I get a fair price for my Turkish Rug? by sbayz92

If it is handmade, and if it is real wool a similar rug would run about $300 USD in Bahrain.

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sbayz92 OP t1_iud75y5 wrote

Cool, thanks for the info. So I’m in the ballpark range. Honestly can’t imagine buying for less than $600 in USA.

Also with inflation worldwide, I’m guessing prices are even higher right now.

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Western_Detective_84 t1_iuk9mlp wrote

Yeah. For a rug that size, in wool, and for-real hand made, which in this case I think is hand-LOOMED (made on a loom), you got a good price. Was it the cheapest you could have gotten it over in Turkey? IDK, and I don't care, because I think if YOU feel like you got a good price, for a product you likely would have a hard time getting AT ALL in the US, then you got a good price. You may already know this, but "hand-made" in the rug/carpet biz often includes machine-assisted - but somebody had hands on the machine. Which, when you think about it, is an exaggeration of the "hand-made" quality, but "meh, whatever", eh? In your case, I suspect "hand-made" means a person made this on a loom, without machine assistance. You can find hand-loomed wool rugs in and around Chimayo, NM today. 40 years ago I bought a couple for about $300 each. It was off-season, and I got a slightly better price than in season. I sold one, 15 years later, in a Scottsdale AZ gallery for twice that much. I've still got the other.

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