Posted by Yon Bard on March 04, 1999 at 16:25:06:
In Reply to: Would you buy a rug on the Internet? posted by Jerry Silverman on March 03, 1999 at 23:26:33:
Just as a point of interest, here is the one case of a rug with known (to me) 'provenance' appeared on e-bay:
It failed to sell at Sotheby's a few years ago on a 4000-6000 estimate.
It was subsequently offered to me by a dealer at 4200.
It sold on eBay at about 2000.
Regards, Yon