On the 5th day of our Certified Rug Specialist class, we had 25 rugs from different regions of Iran and also from other countries to identify. The range of identifying the rugs was from missing 2 to 8. I missed 3 rugs. There was on small Qaradjeh and I thought it was a Heriz rug. There was a very small 2 x 3 Farahan Sarouk tightly woven which I thought it was Bidjar. And there was a very old Afshar rug thatI missed and thought it was a Caucasian Shirwan rug wool on wool. It was fun and informative.

There is a participant who has been sent to our class by his company. He is so worried about passing the exam on the last day. He say my boss said if you fail the class, don't come to work; just kep flying!

Ellen Amirkhan and Aaron Groseclose then reveiwed all the rugs with the students to see why the identifying some pieces was not properly done.

Khosrow Sobhe
www.RugIdea.com
310-770-9085

Few times a week, I encounter customers who do not know what kind of rug they have. Some of them ask if their rug is worth cleaning. Last week I went to a customers home who had an antique 12 x 17 Farahan Sarouk rug and she thought her rug was worth $1,000. I gave her a little information on this beautiful and magnificient rug. We cleaned and repaired the rug and took it back to her house and she and her husband appreciated the job very much.

Some of my colleagues instruct me not to give this kind of information to my customers and instead tell me to buy these rugs for a nominal fee and sell the rugs for a few times as much. This does not not tantalize me. I like to see the lights in my customes' eyes when I tell them their rug is worth $20,000 and not $1,000!

Khosrow Sobhe
www.RugIdea.com
310-770-9085