How can I determine the value of a Navajo Rug?
Because of this unique situation, I can accurately determine the type, origin, age and value of your Navajo rugs, Oriental rugs, American Indian weavings or other area rugs. Therefore, you receive correct information. I do business with many Navajo rug dealers and Oriental rug dealers across the country and regularly survey their inventories.
Why are Native American rugs important to US?
Brands that are cognizant and respectful of the plight of the Native American people in our country, the people whose culture so heavily influences the style of the rugs we offer today. And most importantly, brands that never put business above customer service.
How did the Western Area Rug get its name?
Today, what’s known as western area rugs and southwestern rugs is heavily influenced by the style of the rugs and blankets that Native American tribes started creating hundreds of years ago. These textiles, at first, served a purely utilitarian purpose.
How big is a typical southwestern area rug?
48″x72″ Southwestern Area Rug Uniquely Hand Woven Classic Southwest Design Brilliant Cantina Colors This is a classic style hand woven southwestern area rug with a traditional Native American style design and bright colors perfect as a floor rug…
Because of this unique situation, I can accurately determine the type, origin, age and value of your Navajo rugs, Oriental rugs, American Indian weavings or other area rugs. Therefore, you receive correct information. I do business with many Navajo rug dealers and Oriental rug dealers across the country and regularly survey their inventories.
Is it a conflict of interest to appraise a Navajo Rug?
My business is the appraisal of Navajo rugs, Navajo blankets and Oriental and other rugs – not buying or selling so there is no conflict of interest. It is duplicitous for any appraiser to appraise an item and then offer to buy it. I don’t do that so you get an objective determination of the value of your rug.
Do you need an expert to appraise an oriental rug?
To discover a rug’s age, you really should consult an Oriental rug appraisal expert on the subject. The reason for this is a specialist’s ability to consider all the elements of an Oriental rug, including its design, suppleness, color-clarity and origin to properly uncover its true period of manufacture.
Do you know the age of an oriental rug?
Knowing the age of your Oriental rug is crucial to determining its worth. When owners and Oriental rug appraisal experts know a Persian rug’s age, they can accurately assess how well it has (or hasn’t) fared over time, which will demonstrate how well it was made.
How are Navajo weavers weaving blankets and rugs?
Navajo weavers today are carrying on a 300-year-old tradition of weaving blankets and rugs. Their unique upright loom uses a traditional weaving technique that cannot be mechanized. The loom is warped with one continuous wool thread and the weft is woven through it, one thread at a time.
How much did the Navajo blanket sell for?
Though Krytzer was told his verified Navajo blanket could fetch around $200,000, he needed money, and he was tempted by competing companies that offered to pay up front if he chose to pull out of his sale agreement with Moran just weeks before the auction date. “I immediately went into crisis mode with him,” Moran tells CNBC Make It.
