The most expensive Persian rug ever bought was a 17th-century Persian vase-style carpet, which sold at auction in June 2013 in London for $33.8 million.

However, rugs on either end of the spectrum — the most popular and the unique — may get more expensive sooner. “We do expect prices of some of the most popular sizes and styles of Persian ...

YOU DON’T NORMALLY spend thousands of pounds on a piece of art, then walk all over it. Unless you’re in the market for a Persian rug, that is. I recently picked up the keys to my first ...

An intricate, 17th century Persian carpet went up for sale at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday. When the gavel came down, it became the world's most expensive rug ever sold at auction.

A 17th Century Persian rug sells at auction in New York for $33.8m (£21.8m), triple the previous auction record for a carpet.