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The Rug Market Takes Flight as Some of the Most Coveted Masterpieces Now are the Ones Displayed on the Floor.
World Record Price Confirms that Rug Collecting is Entering Upper Echelon of Art Collecting
June 05, 2013
Jan David Winitz, internationally recognized Oriental rug expert and founder of Claremont Rug Company, today said the world record price bid today of $33.7 million for a "remarkably crafted, miraculously preserved and awe-inspiringly beautiful" from the first half, 17th century confirmed that "best-of-the-best" carpets are now entering the upper echelon of art collecting.
Claremont Rug Company Acquires “Exquisitely Assembled” Cache of Antique Rugs
February 14, 2013
19th Century Persian Carpets From the Estate of a Prominent American Banker.
Renowned Expert Says Art World Momentum Intensifies Interest in Collectible Antique Rugs
January 09, 2013
Jan David Winitz, an eminent art dealer who specializes in antique Oriental and Persian rugs, today revealed that he had told his central clients that momentum within the art world for Near Eastern art has intensified the interest and created an increased enthusiasm among connoisseurs in this niche of the collecting market.
Claremont Rug Company Reports “Intense Interest” in Bostonian Collection
August 28, 2012
Jan David Winitz, an eminent art dealer who specializes in 19th century antique Oriental rugs, today reported "an intense interest" in The Bostonian Collection, a trove of important, art-level to museum-caliber Persian and Caucasian rugs assembled by a New England-based family and held over four generations.
The Bostonian Collection
July 10, 2012
Claremont Rug Company Acquires Globally Significant Private Collection of 19th Century Oriental Carpets
“Generational Wealthy” Art Connoisseurs Impacting Market For 19th Century Oriental Rugs
February 08, 2012
Leading Global Dealer Notes Increased Appreciation of Rugs as Works of Art and Investments.
The Rug Market Takes Flight – Part 2
June 18, 2010
Jon Schreiber, a 56-year-old medical-equipment investor from Oakland, Calif., is on a quest to amass the world’s best collection of antique tribal rugs.
The Rug Market Takes Flight as Some of the Most Coveted Masterpieces Now are the Ones Displayed on the Floor
Some of the most coveted masterpieces now are the ones on the floor.