Nagel Auktionen of Stuttgart, will be holding there annual autumn sale of Rugs & Carpets, Textiles & Islamic Art on Tuesday 17th September 2019. The sale will comprise of top quality pieces mostly consigned from private collections. An excellent selection of fine Persian carpets, along with attractive Anatolian, Turkomen and Caucasian rugs and kilims, as well as rare suzanis is to be included. A considerable part of the sale is dedicated to more than 25 fine Balouch rugs from the well known Karlheinz Breuss collection, also a rare multiple niche East Anatolian prayer Kilim. Material Culture's auction house of Philadelphia, will be holding there Fine Decorative & Collectible Antique Oriental Rugs, sale on Monday 23rd September 2019. The sale comprises 267 lots, including a strong selection of decorative antique Persian, Turkish, Indian and Chinese rugs and carpets. Highlights include lot 69, a beautiful 19th century Qashqai Shekarlu rug from the Eric Jacobson collection, estimated at $6000-$9000, also lot 124, a fine Persian Mohtasham Kashan silk rug, and lot 183 an Antique Persian Serapi carpet, and Lot 163 a square antique Turkish Oushak carpet.

On the 15th September 2019, Nazmiyal Auctions will be holding there inaugural sale of fine oriental rugs and carpets, made up of pieces from the Nazmiyal collection and other private owners. Some of the rugs and carpets will have a low starting bid in order to encourage members of the public and designers to purchase oriental rugs and carpets for the antique and vintage furnishing market, which is showing a marked upturn and less minimalist approach. Among the the more than 100 oriental rugs and carpets, the stand out pieces are a Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz, circa 1880, lot 1004 estimated at $6,000-$10,000 and a antique Turkish carpet, lot 1010, estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Plus several vintage Moroccan rugs.

The rug show New York will take place at the Javits Centre in New York City, on September 7th-10th 2019. The show is North America's premier contemporary rug and carpet show. Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art, will be holding an auction of both classical oriental rugs and carpets along with some modern pieces. Among the antique carpets is a fine selection of Heriz carpets, Caucasian rugs. An exceptionally fine Petag Tabriz carpet with a Safavid paradise design is one of the stand out pieces. The antique auction will take place on the 18th September 2019 in Copenhagen. Koller's auction house in Zurich, will be holding there carpet sale on Thursday 26th September 2019. The sale comprises of 109 lots, highlights include a very fine Persian Tabriz silk palace carpet, with hunting motifs, also noteworthy is a Lotto Ushak carpet dating from the 17th century.

Henry's of Mutterstadt is please to offer a selection of over 440 lots of Collectors rugs and carpets on Saturday 8th June 2019. Featuring a fine collection of Dr. Koos de Jong. Highlights of the sale will include a spectacular selection of Tibetan rugs from the de Jong collection, as well as a diverse array of Persian tribal rugs and fine town rugs in both wool and silk from Persian master workshops. Exemplary early Anatolian rugs, fine Caucasian carpets, a small collection of silk and metal Imperial rugs from China and Turkmen rugs from private collections will also be auctioned. Wannenes is holding there Antique Rugs and Carpets auction on Wednesday 19th June 2019 at their Milan auction house. The sale consists of 89 lots of various Oriental and European rugs and carpets, including a late 19th century Indian Agra wool carpet with classical Shah Abbas design estimated at £13,000-£16,000.

The Austria Auction Company's spring sale of Fine Antique Oriental Rugs XV, will be held at the Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna on Saturday 18th May 2019. The sale comprises of 215 lots of rugs, carpets and textiles from across Eurasia. As is usual with this auction house the sale reiles heavily on small private European collections. On this occasion, the Siawosch Azadi collection in Hamburg has provided a mix of about 75 mainly 19th-century Persian tribal, town and village weaving's, as well as Turkomen and other Central Asian tribal rugs and bags, While a second significant collection consists of almost fifty pieces from an unnamed Italian seller. One of the standout rugs on offer is a mid-19th century silk-wefted herati designed Qashqai kelleh, lot 137 estimated at £10,000-£15,000.

Material Culture of Philadelphia are holding their Fine Decorative & Collectible Antique Oriental Rug sale on Monday 29th April 2019. The sale comprises 163 lots, including a strong selection of decorative antique Persian, Turkish, Indian and Chinese rugs and carpets, as well as a wide selection of collectible kilims, bags and trappings. One of the highlights of the sale is lot 87, a Mohtasham Kashan rug previously featured in Eberhart Herrman's catalogue, Von Lotto Bis Tekke (1978, no44), estimated at £11,000-£19,000.

The Vienna action house Dorotheum is holding a sale of almost 140 Turkomen rugs, carpets and knotted works from a single private collection. The sale will take place on April 9th 2019, and will include high quality and rare pieces, an early Tekke Turkomen carpet size 2.26m x 2.00m in exceptional condition is estimated at £13,000-£17,000, also offered is an asmalyk from West Turkestan, a magnificent Yomut tent band estimated at £8,000-£10,000. Other Turkomen groups such as Yomut, Tekke, Saryk, and Ersari are also represented in the sale. www.orientalrugexperts.com

Koller Auctions of Zurich will be holding their Carpet sale on the 28th March 2019. It includes 100 interesting, decorative and antique oriental rugs and carpets. The Auction boasts a number of decorative carpets in very good condition, and some beautiful antique examples with rare designs. One of the auctions stand out pieces is a colossal Persian Kerman Laver carpet measuring 12.70m x 6.00m. The Austria Auction Company will be holding their old and antique oriental rug and carpet sale on the 30th March 2019 at there Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna. Most of the consignment comes from the Wormser collection in Germany. Here in the UK there is a special exhibition of ancient Andean textiles being held at the Whitworth Museum in Manchester on the 29th March-15 September 2019. A lot of the pieces are on lone from the Paul Hughes collection alongside pieces from the Whitworth, textiles from c 300 BC to c 1400 AD will be on display. www.orientalrugexperts.com

Austria Auction Company's upcoming auction, Collector Rugs with No Reserve, will be held at their Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna on the 9th March 2019. The without reserve offering comprises of 230 lots of assorted, mainly tribal, old and antique collectible oriental carpets , rugs, runners, bags and trappings, as well as flat weaves from Turkey, the Caucasus, Persia and central Asia. Most lots are in good condition. In addition to substantial consignments attributed to several anonymous Swiss, Austrian, Italian and English collections. www.orientalrugexperts.com

The Palais Dorotheum in Vienna will be holding their oriental rug and carpet auction on the 20th February 2019. One of the highlights is a Central Persian silk carpet from the first half of the 20th century. This large rug of unusual format boasts a vase and central gable motif on a light coloured ground, and is in excellent condition. Another lot is a Savonnerie from the second half of the 18th century, commissioned as a palace carpet. This museum quality carpet is in good condition, with a round filigree medallion enclosed in a lozenge on a rust ground. Another magnificent carpet is a mid 20th century Persian Meshed carpet of the finest quality from northeast Persia. Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers is holding its antique sale from 27 February to 7th March 2019 in Copenhagen. The highlights among the oriental rugs and carpets include a beautiful antique Serapi carpet, a rare Caucasian Kazak rug, a fine Persian Seirafian Isfahan hinting scene rug, a Persian Benlian Tabriz room size hunting carpet, an Ivory ground Moghan runner and a Mohtasham Kashan figural rug. www.orientalrugexperts.com