The Clark-Corcoran carpet may be the most expensive Persian carpet ever – but when Rupprecht of Bavaria unexpectedly found some (much less expensive) kilims and carpets in the back rooms of his castle, he decided to instigate the first block-buster exhibition of Islamic art objects. The Munich 1910 exhibition “Masterworks of Muhammadan Art” set the …
Here’s Mary-Jo Otsea selling the Clark- Corcoran carpet in June 2013 at Sothebys in New York for $33.7 million. This carpet is named after Senator William Clark, “the richest man west of the Mississippi” in the 1890s. Apparently no-one attempted to compete with his buying power in his lifetime – though, of course, the American sanctions …
This is the most expensive Persian carpet ever purchased at auction: the Clark-Corcoran sickle carpet – sold for $33.7M in Sotheby’s New York Here’s what Sotheby’s said about it. And here’s more details in my blog posting Image credit: artsjournal
In 1601 Muratowicz, travelled from Poland to Isfahan and back to buy, amongst other things, some carpets. Here’s a map showing what a long way it was: View muratowicz working.kmz in a larger map Muratowicz’ journey is not exactly the same as most European traders visiting Persia (he travels south of the Via Tartarica through …