Exceptional price $33.8 million for a 17th century Kerman carpet

The Clark Sickle Leaf Carpet sold for the exceptional word record of

Sotheby’s auction ‘Important Carpets from the William A. Clark Collection’ 5 June 2013 in New York brought a world record for a carpet sold at an auction. A 17th century Kerman ‘The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet’, lot 12, sold for an exceptional price of $33.8 million.

William A. Clark Collection

Detail of lot 12, The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet

Sotheby’s has just released the online catalogue for their sale ‘Important Carpets from the William A. Clark Collection’ 5 June 2013 in New York.