Video Answer: Whats My Rug Worth?
Again, if you don’t know exactly what your rug is, it would be silly to try and determine an accurate value. But if you’re looking for a good, general rule-of-thumb ballpark range for hand-made, non-collectible rugs this side of World War 2, thirty-five dollars a square foot is a reasonable range. A more refined value will need to be obtained from an appraiser – preferably one that it not himself a dealer with a gallery of his own. In such cases, the value provided will often be much higher than it should be, since the dealer will likely be selling the same types of rugs and will not want to put the lie to his prices.
