Carpets in Tehran

Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....

Thanks

MAP

"Leiv" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....


I have never been to Tehran but I can tell you as a certainty that there is
no such thing as "the price" of a carpet in Tehran, or anywhere else for
that matter. In this culture, and many other cultures, price of an item is
extremely fluid.

The price of an item is whatever someone will pay for that item at a certain
time and place.

Thanks

MAP

"Leiv" wrote in message
s...
Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....


I have never been to Tehran but I can tell you as a certainty that there is
no such thing as "the price" of a carpet in Tehran, or anywhere else for
that matter. In this culture, and many other cultures, price of an item is
extremely fluid.

The price of an item is whatever someone will pay for that item at a certain
time and place.

Thanks

MAP

Well I know that, for that reason I'm asking for the final price they have
pay. I mean I'm sure no one bought a 8x12 feet silk carpet for 10 USD (I
just want a aprox price)

MAP



"PeterL" wrote in message
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"Leiv" wrote in message
s...
Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in
bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in
Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....


I have never been to Tehran but I can tell you as a certainty that there
is
no such thing as "the price" of a carpet in Tehran, or anywhere else for
that matter. In this culture, and many other cultures, price of an item
is
extremely fluid.

The price of an item is whatever someone will pay for that item at a
certain
time and place.

Thanks

MAP

In article , "Leiv"
wrote:

A carpet can cost anything you want to spend. You need to start with a
clarification of what type of carpet you wish to purchase. What size,
what knot count, design complexity, reputation of maker, etc. To
inform yourself you can search the web for carpet sales.
http://www.persiantreasurebox.com/shop/
Or visit your local rug shop for an introduction.

Do not expect the carpets to be extremely cheap.

Dick


Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....

Thanks

MAP

I'm interested in a medallion design (about 8x12 feet) and arround 800 -
1000 KPSI

but as I said I just wanna hear your prices (I just wanna be orientated)

MAP

"Richard Cline" wrote in message
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In article , "Leiv"
wrote:

A carpet can cost anything you want to spend. You need to start with a
clarification of what type of carpet you wish to purchase. What size,
what knot count, design complexity, reputation of maker, etc. To
inform yourself you can search the web for carpet sales.
http://www.persiantreasurebox.com/shop/
Or visit your local rug shop for an introduction.

Do not expect the carpets to be extremely cheap.

Dick


Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in
bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in
Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....

Thanks

MAP

"Leiv" wrote in message
s...
Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in
bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in
Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....

Thanks

MAP
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Well, if it's anything like buying carpets from Iran in Sydney Australia,
the price will be $10,000 dollars but just for this week reduced to only
$99.99

"Leiv" wrote in message
s...
Hi all,
I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in
bringing
some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in
Tehran
market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell me the
size and price....

Thanks

MAP
*************************************
Well, if it's anything like buying carpets from Iran in Sydney Australia,
the price will be $10,000 dollars but just for this week reduced to only
$99.99

Leiv wrote:

I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in
bringing some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in
Tehran market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell
me the size and price....

As other posters have replied, this is a very big and very complicated
question you ask, with no simple answer. Every merchant will of course
try to get as much as he can; how much do you know about carpets and how
strong are your bargaining skills?

If by 'silk' you mean 'silk-on-silk', then you're basically talking Qum.
Be aware that within this style there are a lot of different quality
levels.

a 8x12 feet silk carpet

8x12 feet is pretty big and will no doubt cost you a lot.

We have never been to Tehran but some years ago while passing through
that part of the world we stopped in Bahrain and spent the better part
of a morning in an Iranian carpet shop there. My wife knows a fair bit
about carpets and is a native speaker of haggling. We left with a
purchase that she was completely happy with and which I, a non-expert,
accept is beautiful. (It's not my favourite of our 20 oriental
carpets--that distinction goes to an 800 000 knot per square metre Nain.
But the Qum is lovely.)

It is 'only' 145 cm by 102 cm (i.e., far smaller than your 8x12 feet),
but it has over one million knots per sq m. The final price was 967.500
Bahraini dinars, which, at that time, was equal to 332 663 Spanish
pesetas. (There was no Euro then, but ESP 332 663 is now equal to EUR 1
999,34)

Hope that helps.

cheers,

Henry

Leiv wrote:

I'll be visiting Iran (Tehran) in a few weeks. I'm interested in
bringing some carpets to family and friends.
Can anyone can tell me how much (aprox) would cost a silk carpet in
Tehran market? Please if you bought one or asked the price for one, tell
me the size and price....

As other posters have replied, this is a very big and very complicated
question you ask, with no simple answer. Every merchant will of course
try to get as much as he can; how much do you know about carpets and how
strong are your bargaining skills?

If by 'silk' you mean 'silk-on-silk', then you're basically talking Qum.
Be aware that within this style there are a lot of different quality
levels.

a 8x12 feet silk carpet

8x12 feet is pretty big and will no doubt cost you a lot.

We have never been to Tehran but some years ago while passing through
that part of the world we stopped in Bahrain and spent the better part
of a morning in an Iranian carpet shop there. My wife knows a fair bit
about carpets and is a native speaker of haggling. We left with a
purchase that she was completely happy with and which I, a non-expert,
accept is beautiful. (It's not my favourite of our 20 oriental
carpets--that distinction goes to an 800 000 knot per square metre Nain.
But the Qum is lovely.)

It is 'only' 145 cm by 102 cm (i.e., far smaller than your 8x12 feet),
but it has over one million knots per sq m. The final price was 967.500
Bahraini dinars, which, at that time, was equal to 332 663 Spanish
pesetas. (There was no Euro then, but ESP 332 663 is now equal to EUR 1
999,34)

Hope that helps.

cheers,

Henry