London, England, April 16, 2010–A rare 17th Century Persian carpet fetched a world record $9.6 million at Christie’s in London yesterday – 20 times more than expected.
An anonymous overseas bidder bought the carpet.
The price beat the previous world best of $3.5 million for a silk Isfahan rug, thought to have been made in the early 1600s, in New York in June 2008.
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