Christies auction including Oriental carpets

Christies “500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets” will take place 7 June 2012 in New York. This auction includes 74 rugs and carpets and quite a few of the carpets on sale are high priced antique decorative Persian carpets. Christies auction catalogue is online.

First session with a few carpet lots starts at 10am and second session with more carpets starts at 2pm. Vieving times 2,4,5,6 June 10am-5pm and 3 June 1pm-5pm.

LOT 263, A MOHTASHAM KASHAN CARPET CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 Est. ,000 - ,000 — LOT 263, A MOHTASHAM KASHAN CARPET CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 Est. $20,000 – $30,000

LOT 297, A SULTANABAD CARPET WEST PERSIA, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Est. ,000 - ,000 — LOT 297, A SULTANABAD CARPET WEST PERSIA, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Est. $25,000 – $35,000

LOT 299, A HERIZ CARPET NORTHWEST PERSIA, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY Est. ,000 - ,000 — LOT 299, A HERIZ CARPET NORTHWEST PERSIA, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY Est. $6,000 – $8,000

LOT 326, A HERIZ CARPET NORTHWEST PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY Est. ,000 - ,000 — LOT 326, A HERIZ CARPET NORTHWEST PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY Est. $7,000 – $10,000

LOT 359, A MOHTASHAM KASHAN CARPET CENTRAL PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY Est. $100,000 – $150,000

Location and more information: Christies, Rockefeller Plaza, New York.