"Amid Limited Supply, Some Forge On
# High-quality fakes are deceiving buyers of Oriental rugs all along the price spectrum.
By Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins, Special to The Times
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Competition among dealers, museum curators and collectors has driven prices for the best Oriental carpets into the six and seven figures.
'At the very top, supply is very limited, prices are very high, and if anything good comes to the market, it's usually bought privately without ever being seen,' said Daniel Shaffer, executive editor of Hali magazine, the glossy, London-based bible for the trade."
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