[Dottore]

It looks nice Tabs. But.

Heriz's are tricky carpets if you bought this for an investment. They're tricky because although they can be very pretty - as yours seems to be - they are not considered to be very collectible.

The fact that no one collects them has something to do with the fact (I seem to recall) that they were made strictly for export. As such the designs are somewhat cruder and less artful - because they are made to sell abroad popular (some would say garish) colours and designs were often chosen etc rather than as example of carpet art.

In any case you probably know all this - but if not you might want to read up. Also, it is unlikely that a Heriz is much more than 50 years old - because that is roughly when the serious Tabriz weavers started to get the boys in Heriz involved to crank out export ware.

A very good Persian friend of mine is a serious collector, and he, like most collectors, looks down on Heriz's (somewhat unfairly in my view) for all of these reasons.

Of course nice rugs are decorative and someone will always buy them for decorative reasons. But I wouldn't plan my retirement around that rug.