Oakland, Calif. -- Internationally-recognized old-fashioned rug expert January David Winitz today said that "a perfect storm" of circumstances exists in marketplace for the finest antique Asian carpets.

"Frankly, the rapidly increasing scarcity associated with great 19th-century rugs,Inch he said, "combined with our clientele's increasing knowledge and the power to view and purchase one-in-the-world, investment-level rugs on our web site have created a unique confluence of factors during my nearly 30 years in the business."

Winitz, asserted his clients are progressively willing to invest in "collectible to museum-level rugs that are both rare works of art but still in the superb situation that they can be used around the owner's residences Area Rugs. ".

Winitz is the head of an investment group which has employed an international group of expert buyers for the past 27 many years. They continually buy entire private choices and fine properties to fuel the voracious appetite from the clients at their two galleries and have assembled the extensive inventory, described by the particular Financial Times of Greater london as "art for the ground."

He says, "Potential consumers, who have been drawn to excellent antique rugs during the last three decades, often come to him with a veteran eye and a fantastic hunger in drought-like conditions in the international market."

He additional, "Many clients continue to purchase spectacular pieces, greater than they could possibly display in their homes, and only ask us to hold them or are putting them in to private museums. We sometimes revolve clients' rugs over periods of time at one or more of their homes."

The author of "The Guide to Purchasing an Oriental Rug,Inches Winitz predicts that the fluff market conditions in the rare rug marketplace will continue cheap area rugs. "Our clients soon discover that the quality of carpets and rugs we consistently offer is virtually never discovered elsewhere, and when they will occasionally do seem at auction, they often sell for prices which exceed the set up market value. Seeing this particular, their confidence how the rarity and price of their collections continues to increase substantially increases.

"The 100 to 2 hundred year-old rugs in our collection can never be duplicated, such as handmade carpets,silk rugs,persian rugs,oriental rugs,wool rugs and so forth. They were created sometimes when the artistic level of sensitivity of the weavers and their craftsmanship were unmatched,Inch he said. "In that sense, rug collectors view their pieces in the manner that a collector associated with paintings views the Monet or Van Gogh.Inches

The rugs inside Claremont's collection sell in the range of $25,000 to be able to more than $500,000 for every piece. Individual dealings with collectors, Winitz says, sometimes reach $2 thousand. "Additionally, the market for rugs of the quality does not vary depending on external financial conditions," he explained. "The intrinsic value of this kind of art and its 'one-of-a-kind quality' divides it from other forms of investments."

"There happens to be a significant amount of investment cash on the sidelines,Inches Winitz said. "The Collection, using its extensive inventory associated with top 19th century carpets and rugs, has allowed our clients to diversify as well as enjoy their opportunities." He extra that antique area rugs always have been of key appeal during times regarding economic insecurity and also inflation.