The London Antique Rug and Textile Fair (LARTA) will take place at Battersea Park from 25th-30th January 2022. Eighteen dealers from around the UK and Europe will offer an eclectic mix of antique rugs, carpets and textiles. The Austrian Auction Company will be holding their Collector Rugs sale on 22nd January 2022. The sale comprises of 241 lots of antique rugs, carpets and textiles, some with no reserve. included in the sale are a number of Kazak rugs and other south Caucasian rugs, along with Turkmen trappings and a small group of Chinese and Tibetan rugs. Hans Homm of Frankfurt will be holding their sale of antique tribal rugs and decorative carpets on 22nd January 2022. One highlights is lot 1901, a 300 year old tapestry featuring a Chinese scene. Grogan & Company will be holding their Fine Rugs and Carpets Auction on 30th January 2022, viewing is by appointment at their gallery in Boston. The sale incudes more than 170 lots from private collections and various estates.

Schuler Auktionen's of Zurich will be holding their Oriental Rugs and Carpets sale on Wednesday 15th December 2021. One of the highlights of the sale is lot 898 a Suzani from Uzbekistan, circa 1900. Material Culture will be holding their Oriental Rugs from American Estates, sale on Wednesday 15th December 2021. some of the highlights are, a rare 18th century Salor Chuval (lot 16), also a spectacular large 19th century Persian silk Heriz carpet (lot 42), a fine 19th century Persian Qashqai Shekarlu rug (lot 81), and many other fine examples from the rug weaving world such as Caucasia, Persia, Anatolia, and Central Asia.

Cheffins Auction House in Cambridge will be offering over 220 lots of Nepalese, Bhutanese and Tibetan rugs and art from a well known collection. The sale will take place over two days on the 8th & 9th December 2021, The sale includes rugs, textiles, shawls and ancient lama and Shaman costume, one of the highlights is a rare carved wooden masks of Krodha from Southern Tibet, which has been carbon dated AD1430-AD1620 (estimate £25,000-£35,000). Bukowskis Auctions of Stockholm will be holding their Important Winter Sale, including 65 carpets and textiles, the sale highlights are nine tapestries dating from the 16th to the 18th century, the most important being the Feuilles de choux, woven in Flanders in the late 16th century. The sale also includes Swedish folk textiles, a large Savonnerie carpet, a Moroccan rug and many antique rugs and carpets from Turkey, Persia, Caucasia, India and China,

Bruun Rasmussen auctions in Copenhagen, will be holding their Antique oriental carpets and rugs auction on 1st December 2021. included in the classical rugs is a fabulous Persian silk Kashan rug with two large Peacocks on a rare yellow ground. Also available is a beautiful antique Persian Heriz carpet, and a pair of Flemish tapestries, as well as several good Chinese rugs.

The Austria auction company will be holding their Fine Oriental Rug Sale on 27th November 2021 at their Vienna sale rooms. The sale includes 219 lots of fine antique oriental rugs, carpets and textiles. Some of the standout pieces include a large Persian Bakhtiari carpet, also offered are over forty Tibetan carpets including some antique Tiger rugs.

Christie's Auction House will be holding their Exceptional Sale on 23rd November 2021 at their Paris sale rooms. The highlight of this sale is a magnificent Ming dynasty Palace carpet (lot 224) made for the halls of the Forbidden City. This carpet could be the oldest surviving complete Ming Palace carpet known, the production of these carpets is thought to have started in the 15th century and continued until the 17th century. The estimate for this rare carpet is €3,500,000-€4,500,000. On Monday 22nd November 2021 Wannenes Auction house will be holding their antique rug and carpet sale. Among the highlights is lot 93 a North-West Persian rug circa 1850, estimate € 15,000-€18,000, and lot 85 a Chinese Beijing rug circa 1900, estimate €20,000-€26,000. The sale also includes a fine selection of antique oriental rugs and carpets from Persia, Caucasia, Anatolia, Balouch, China and lots more. In New York Nazmiyal Auctions will be holding their antique oriental rug and carpet sale on 21st November 2021. Highlights of the sale are a Voysey Donegal carpet, lot 3047 estimate $8,000 or more, a exceptional Ushak carpet lot 3111 staring bid $10,000, a beautiful Persian Serapi carpet, lot 3163 staring bid $20,000, the sale includes many wonderful rugs and carpets from Afghanistan, Persia, Anatolia, Moroccan, and some fine Caucasian rugs, not mention European rugs and carpet.

Nagel Auction house in Stuttgart will be holding their Oriental Art sale on Wednesday 10th November 2021. The includes Oriental rugs, Persian carpets and textiles along with tribal art. Their will be around 500 lots of antique collectors rugs and carpets, including an important 17th century Lotto Ushak.

Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets auction will be held at London's Christies sale room King Street on 28th October 2021. For the first time at auction the sale includes the 16th century Damascus compartment rug, a Star Ushak rug, a small medallion Ushak, a Lotto boarder fragments and a Bird Ushak carpet fragment and a number of richly coloured prayer rugs from central Anatolia. While some of the weavings are just fragments, such as the 17th century Dragon carpet fragment, they tell use how and where the rugs and carpets were woven. The sale also incudes two 17th century Lotto rugs, and an unusual 17th century Ottoman Kilim. among the fine Persian weaving is a beautiful green ground Heriz carpet, and a blue silk Heriz prayer rug. Sotheby's Auction House London is holding their Art of the Islamic World including fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets on 27th October 2021. Included in the sale is a Important early 17th century Persian Safavid Dynasty silk and metal thread Polonaise rug.

The Dorotheum auction house in Vienna will be holding their sale of Oriental rugs, carpets, textiles and tapestries on Tuesday 19th October 2021. Some of the standout pieces of the sale include two rare silk Persian Heriz carpets (lot 69 estimate €38,000 and lot 182 estimate €19,000). The sale also has a collection of south Persian tribal rugs, a group of Turkmen pieces, and a 17th century Persian Kerman vase carpet (lot 137 estimate €60,000). Also in the sale are a group of classical Persian carpets including famous weavers like, Mohtasham Kashan, Seirafian Isfahan, Saber Meshed and Meshehir Kashan. Other notable pieces are lot 134 an early Tibetan Tiger rug €4,000 and lot 135 a large Chinese Peking carpet, their are also several examples of Caucasian rugs and carpets. Also a fine Turkish Ushak carpet with Ivory ground (lot 50) and a bold Persian Serapi carpet (lot 52) and some very beautiful Tapestries.

Soon after their successful sale, the Austria Auction Company will be holding their Fine Antique Oriental Rug and carpet auction on Tuesday 5th October 2021. The sale will include 182 lots with no reserve, with an eclectic mix of tribal, city, and decorative weavings from a variety of countries. The stand out pieces are 57 lots of Turkmen trappings as well as Sumak and flat weave bags, lot 61 a fine mid 19th century keyhole Bergama carpet with an estimate of €3,000- €4,000 is worth a look.