While most of the rugs we offer are new, we do carry many rugs that are not new. We mark them as follows:

• 0-10 years
• 10-20 years
• 20-30 years
• 30-40 years
• 40-50 years
• 50-75 years

The 30-40 year range is considered semi-antique and anything over 40 years is truly antique.

Our suppliers buy only the finest antique area rugs on the secondary market throughout the world. Where needed, the rugs have been cleaned and/or restored.

These buyers are very skilled at examining and valuing these rugs and only buy the ones that have lightest wear and highest value. Often they are found in museums or palaces, have almost no wear and possess a collector's "romance". Like a Tiffany lamp, a Rolex watch or a '68 Corvette Stingray - they have retained great value because they are of very high quality and were made to last.