Oakland, Calif. -- Internationally-recognized antique rug expert January David Winitz today asserted "a perfect storm" of circumstances exists in industry for the finest antique China carpets.

"Frankly, the rapidly increasing scarcity regarding great 19th-century rugs,Inches he said, "combined with our clientele's rising knowledge and the capability to view and purchase one-in-the-world, investment-level carpets on our website have created a unique confluence of factors during my nearly Thirty years in the business."

Winitz, said that his clients are increasingly willing to invest in "collectible to museum-level rugs that are both rare works of art yet still in the superb condition that they can be used about the owner's residences."

Winitz is the head of the investment group that has employed an international staff of expert buyers for the past 27 a long time. rugstudio.com They continually buy entire private choices and fine locations to fuel the voracious appetite from the clients at their two galleries and also have assembled the extensive inventory, described by the actual Financial Times of Birmingham as "art for the ground. ".

He says, "Potential customers, who have been drawn to great antique rugs during the last three decades, often arrive at him with a experienced eye and a fantastic hunger in drought-like problems in the international market."

He added, "Many clients continue to buy spectacular pieces, more than they could possibly exhibit in their homes, and either ask us to hold them or are putting them directly into private museums. We sometimes revolve clients' area rugs over periods of time at one or more of their homes."

The author regarding "The Guide to Purchasing a great Oriental Rug,Inches Winitz predicts that the fluff market conditions within the rare rug marketplace will continue. "Our clients quickly discover that the quality of carpets we consistently offer is virtually never found elsewhere, and when they will occasionally do seem at auction, they often sell for prices that exceed the established market value. Seeing this, their confidence the rarity and price of their collections will continue to increase substantially increases.

"The 100 to 200 year-old rugs in our collection can never be copied, such as handmade carpets,silk rugs,persian rugs,oriental area rugs,wool rugs and so forth. They were created at time when the artistic awareness of the weavers and their craftsmanship were unmatched,Inches he said. "In that perception, rug collectors view their pieces in how that a collector of paintings views a Monet or Van Gogh."

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

"There appears to have been a significant amount of investment money on the sidelines,Inches Winitz said. "The Collection, having its extensive inventory regarding top 19th century carpets and rugs, has allowed our consumers to diversify in addition to enjoy their investments." He added that antique area rugs always have been of main appeal during times regarding economic insecurity and inflation.