SEE ENTIRE RUGRAG AUCTION BREAKDOWN INCLUDING PER SQUARE FOOT $ AMOUNT
Christie's New York. June 3rd, 2008 Lot 37 Sale 2006.
A SILK ISFAHAN RUG
Central Persia, Circa 1600
Approximately 7 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 7 in. (231 cm. x 170 cm.)
SOLD: Realized Value $4,450,500
Certainly this realized value is the highest price ever paid at auction (both per square foot and overall), but also perhaps the highest price ever paid even among private sale. The rug was last sold in
1990 to tobacco heiress Doris Duke who then left the rug to the Newport
Restoration Foundation after her death. Originally
the rug was categorized as a Silk Kashan, but has since been
re-evaluated as being what would more
appropriately considered an Isfahan dating to the early 1600's: A Silk
Safavid Carpet.
Compare to other Highest Prices Paid for Oriental Rugs!!!
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE DORIS DUKE COLLECTION AND THE NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION (LOTS 31-41)
Approximately 875 KPSI. Read more about attributions and provenance as seen on Christies.com.
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