The most expensive carpet ever sold on an auction is the ‘The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet’ which was sold for $33.8 million at Sothebys auction ‘Important Carpets from the William A. Clark Collection’ 5 June 2013 in New York.
The ‘The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet’ is a 17th century Persian Kerman vine scroll and palmette carpet with a size of 8ft. 9in. by 6ft. 5in. (2.67 by 1.96m.).
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