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Contemporary vintage; that’s a thing, huh?
In reality, one of the reasons that older, quality rugs have decreased in value is that manufacturers are making new rugs to look old and worn.
@Zach – That is a good idea. Facebook won’t have all the restrictions. Or, at least, they put the buyer in charge of knowing whether something is restricted or not.
I figured that looking through the site. Of the rugs that were listed, none were located in North or South America; most were in Europe with a few elsewhere. Germany had the most listed. Their restriction was for Iranian rugs made AFTER 2015, so I would be OK to sell there. If someone was OK paying about $2k for a rug, perhaps they would be OK paying $350 or more to ship it to their home. (I’m doing the exchange in my head knowing that a Euro is a bit more than a dollar).
I think there are similar sites in the US. Ruby Lane comes to mind. There might be others. Perhaps I should check those out first.
Sotheby’s was not interested in the rug. They suggested Catawiki. Has anyone sold on that website before?
The carpet has a few pulls on the top that appear to be knots when you look at them closely. From the bottom, you can see a few knots. The sides of the rug are a little wavy and not completely straight. When we were rolling up the rug, we had a hard time keeping it flush on the sides through the end.
It is definitely hand woven.
Thanks. Most of them are smaller runners, but I appreciate the information. I have been able to find higher priced rugs sold on eBay and Etsy, but I do realize that the interest in fancy rugs has declined. Not sure that I want to say that the rug was probably made in a different country when the tag says Iran.
Anyway, I sent in the information to Sotheby’s. Let’s see what they say.
Wow, that didn’t go for much.
I don’t think this is a Tabriz rug. Here are some photos:
My sales were so bad last week; I don’t even want to talk about it. Numbers below.
I do have a question that maybe someone could answer. I posted it here:
How to sell a Persian rug with eBay and Etsy restrictions on items from Iran
Week of Oct 15 – 21
Total Items in Store: 1748 eBay, 37 Etsy
Items Sold: 2 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $9.50 Commission
Total Sales: $34.86 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $23 for Set 2 bathroom cartoon prints
Average price: $17.43
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 16I agree. The automatic filling in of the required specifics used to be much better. What is an update worth if it makes the process worse?
eBay sales had been somewhat low but normal up to several weeks ago. I have to think that the current state of the world has something to do with it. It’s scary out there.
I don’t fill out all the recommended specifics, but I will fill out as much as I can if I can do it quickly. I figure it provides additional search words especially if it is something where the title can’t fit everything.
When I had listings that needed updates, they were listed under “Quick Filters” in Seller Hub. I don’t remember what the filter was called, but something on the lines of “Listings requiring update”. When I just looked at Seller Hub to see what the filter area was called, I noticed that the area is hide-able. If you’ve been hiding them all this time, you wouldn’t see the issue.
I’m going to guess that eBay added required specifics after Jay & Ryanne had listed many of their items. While eBay allowed the listings to stay on the site as-is; however, once they became new listings, the required specifics had to be completed.
At least, that’s what I figured from reading Jay’s post.
16 new listings
Well, ladies, we got a company. I sold all of two (1…2…) items this past week out of an over 1700 item store. I did sell a third item, but the buyer asked to cancel. If that ain’t misery, I don’t know what is. Coming here and commiserating with other sellers is all I got.
Can you post a link? I have not run into anything like that, but I heard about it.
I’ve always been an adopter of new technology, especially when it is free. However, AI bothers me, and I haven’t wanted to try it out. My son told me about a kid at his college that used it to write an essay and got a good grade on it.
