Hello All- I may be taking a short trip to Istanbul in October. Can anyone recommend some vendors for Caucasian rugs as well as traditional turkish rugs such...
Hello Friend. I am from Istanbul, i know all the dealers there, but i am in USA at the moment. If you give me a call tell me what are you realy interested i...
Please be wary of this man. I have known this Ali Avci a long time and he is not to be trusted. He is what is known as a bazaar tout who makes his living by...
Dear Sirs\Madam; Unfortunately Miss Colin draw true picture of market rules here in Istanbul.There are people will come next to you friendly and take you to...
Colin- Thanks for the heads up. I am quite familiar with bazaar touts from South America and Africa. However it is unlikely that I will have time to go to...
Hi J Hali has published two guides about carpet shops, museums etc. Istanbul: The Hali Rug Guide and recently Turkey: The Hali Rug Guide The last one can be...
Mehmet Ucar in Konya is well known and trusted throughout the rug world. I've purchased OUTSTANDING old and new pieces from him at very reasonable prices. He...
Hi Collin. This is Ali... Colin... The verry first you came to my shop you had a problem with MR. Mustafa Elma who was your shepper. You had rugs waiting to be...
Collin. I have paid $200 000 and still i owe Istanbul dealers about $100 000 more. Because i bought about 2000 very good rugs. And these days i will recive...
Dear Customers and Friends, Here are new titles as well as some old favorites we have not had in a while. These and thousands of other titles on Oriental rugs...
Dennis and Wesley Mar...
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I think this altercation between Colin and Ali has gone far enough and is of no help or real interest to anyone else. These kind of blood feuds have tarnished...
Dear Webmaster, Thank you very much regarding your request for a discontinuation of this distasteful exchange between two individuals. I look forward to the...
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Dear Ian and others, I want to apologize for these e mails between Colin and I. This morning i was thinking that it is not fair to the Rug Fanatics to...
To the moderator Please remove the recurring event from the group calendar. It keeps messing up my personal calendar, and if this event isn't removed, I will...
Jeg er ikke på kontoret fra 12-08-2006 og vender ikke tilbage før 11-09-2006. Jeg er ikke på kontoret fra 12. august 2006 og er først tilbage mandag den ...
Jan Søgaard
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English pls... ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around ...
I've changed it to a non-recurring event - hopefully it is no longer a problem. Please let me know via a reply if it is. -- Best wishes Iain Stewart...
I am interested in selling a rug that I have.....photos of it can be seen at http://www.msu.edu/~dudaj/ I don't know if it's a rug that you would be interested...
Greetings, Thank you for welcoming me into the group. I know very little about carpets but have come to love them through my travels. This summer I purchased...
Remember that Beetle bag that appeared on the cover of "From the Bosphorus to Samarkand" from Dave Chapman's collection. When Dave Chapman died, Bill Price...
I have posted a photo of a little saddle bag in the album titled, "Namazlyk photos". My descriptions of it is: Saddle bag, pile, 55cm x 28, no closure system. ...
Hello, I am sorry but I do not recall the "The Chapman Beetle bag". I remember Russell Pickering and Wendell Swan speaking of Chapmen but I cannot remember...
Barry Thanks for your response. The bag I am talking about is the bag (or half saddle bag) shown on the cover of the catalogue for the exhibition. Just take a...
I have recently been digging around in our attic and have found three rugs, of which i have since been trying to determine (via internet) where and when they...
Hallo Jacob - The carpet shown in your photos appears to be a fairly standard medallion Kashan, and an age of 65-70 years is possible, such rugs were made...
If you can post some photos of your rugs in the Photos gallery, and send a message when you have done so letting us know the name of your photo album, I'm sure...
hi there again thankyou for replying to my post, I thought i had put an album in photos but i dont think it worked so i've just tried again and hooray it has...
Hello, I will try to find that book when I can. I also have the catalogue of the Price collection at that Texas museum. It may be a while. I just moved to a...
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