LARTA aka The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair will be hosted on the 24th-29th January 2023, situated on the mezzanine above the Decorative Fair at London's Evolution in Battersea Park. This years fair will include both new and returning exhibitors, showing the best selection of the UK's antique and vintage oriental rugs and carpets and associated works of art from around the world. Grogan & Company's Fine Rugs and Textiles Auction will take place on January 29th 2023, and can be previewed at their Boston gallery. The sale will include 275 lots gathered from important collections and various estates. The collection of Hanne and Jeremy Grantham are in the sale which includes an exceptional selection of Suzani embroideries from Uzbekistan and a fine Persian Bijar Garrus gallery carpet, dated 1890 (Lot 15). Over 35 lots are from the George Gilmore Collection which includes a fine selection of Tekke torba and chuval, along with a rare Kyrgyz rug (lot57) and a Khotan rug (lot 137), both circa 1800. The sale includes a number of horse covers from Persian Feraghan and Khamseh, also some fine Sauj rugs and a Beshir cloudband rug circa 1850. Highlights from the collection of Christopher R. Hunt include a fine Persian Senna-Serapi rug and a beautiful Persian Bakhshaish tree of life rug.

The Bukowskis sale rooms in Stockholm will be holding an important sale of fine antique oriental rugs and carpets on 7th December 2022. The sale comprises of 91 lots of antique rugs and carpets as well as modern Scandinavian carpets. The highlights of the sale include two 17th century carpets, a lotto rug and a Persian Safavid Blossom and Sickle carpet, also a good selection of 19th century carpets including a Garus Bidjar and a beautiful silk and metal thread Istanbul rug, and three Persian Motashem Kashan rugs. Over in Zurich Schuler Auctions will be holding their Oriental Rugs and Carpets sale on 14th December 2022. The sale includes Persian and Caucasian pieces as well as Chinese Ningxia carpets.

On Saturday 3rd December 2022 the Austria Auction Company will be holding their Fine Antique Oriental Rugs sale. offering 111 selected antique oriental rugs, carpets and textiles. Some of the standout pieces are lot 61 an 18th century Kurdish Anatolian rug (est €25,000-€35,000), lot 87 a Turkmen Igdir ensi rug (est 24,000-32,000) and lot 41 a Khotan rug (est €6,000-€8,000). for the first time a virtual viewing can be done through the Austria Auction Company website.

Christie's auction house London will be holding their Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets sale on 27th October 2022. Some of the highlights of the sale include a rare Royal Mughal pashmina carpet woven for the Indian Emperor Shah Jahan, circa 1650. This carpet is appearing at auction for the first time and was last seen displayed in 1997 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Other highlights are an impressive Ottoman Star Ushak carpet which was previously purchased from Christie's whose specialists had discovered it in a house in France. Also, a rare 16th century Alcaraz carpet and selection of Chinese rugs and carpets from the Ming and Qing dynasties and a fine selection from Persia including Tabriz plus nomadic tribal weavings of the Qashqai region.

Sotheby's Auction House in London will be holding their Arts of the Islamic World and India including Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets sale on 26th October 2022. Among the fine selection of oriental rugs and carpets include two Persian Mohtasham Kashan carpets lots 164 & 165, a 17th century Lotto rug lot 156 and a near pair of Syrian silk and metal-thread embroidered flatwoven panels descended from the family of Italian orientalist painter Giulio Rosati lot 155. Also a number of embroideries from the Persian Safavid dynasty and Ottoman empire.

Material Culture Auctions of Philadelphia will be holding a special sale of the Dardashti collection on the 24th October 2022. Yadid Dardashti was a highly regarded dealer who accumulated one of America's finest collections of decorative antique oriental rugs and carpet. The sale comprises of 241 lots of fine rugs and carpets right up to mansion sized pieces and all in remarkable condition. One of the many highlights of the sale is lot 84 a beautiful and very fine Persian Serapi carpet, and lot 83 a wonderful Persian Bakhtiari carpet circa 1913 with great provenance. Fans of Heriz, Serapi and Bakshaish carpets will be spoilt for choice with no less than 53 great examples to choose from. lot 50 is worth a look an animal skin Bakshaish with a camel ground and lot 74 a vibrant Serapi carpet. The auction also includes many decorative carpets from Agra, Oushak, Mohtashem Kashan, Bidjar, Kerman Lavar, Hadji Jalili Tabriz, Mahal and Ziegler among others.

The Austria Auction Company will be holding their sale of fine antique rugs and carpets on 1st October 2022 at their Vienna sale rooms. This sale will be there thirteenth since opening in 2013 and comprises of 227 lots of exceptional antique weavings. The sale includes some rare east Turkestan carpets and classical Turkish carpets, including a 17th century Lotto rug, but the standout piece of the sale is lot 165 a rare Turkmen Salor Kapunuk, dated to the 18th century, estimated at €80,000-120,000, also lot 168 a seven-sided Ersari asmalyk from the 19th century, estimated €10,000-15,000, and lot 138 an Arabatchi ensi, also from the early 19th century, estimated €14,000-18,000.

The Austria Auction Company will be holding their Collector Rugs-No Reserve sale on 10th September 2022, 307 lots will go under the hammer including a large selection of Turkmen rugs, carpets and trappings. Stand out pieces include lot 223 a Tekke Turkmen carpet with more guls than usual, estimate €2,400-3,000, over thirty lots of Chinese, Xinjiang and Tibetan rugs, also a very fine silk warp Senneh kilim, lot 273 estimate €3,000-4,000, and a fine selection of Caucasian rugs including lot 54 Fachralo Kazak rug from southwest Caucasus estimate €4,000-6,000 dating from circa 1880.

Bonhams Skinner are holding their decorative and collectable antique rugs and carpets online auction between 2-12 July 2022 at their Marlborough MA location. The sale includes rare Caucasian rugs, tribal and village rugs from Anatolia, Persia, Turkestan, as well as antique room size carpets of many different origins. Also bold Serapis, fine woven Feraghan Sarouks carpets and beautiful Shirvan rugs, most are in very good condition.

London's Art & Antiques Fair Olympia will be held on 23rd-26th June 2022. This fair always has a small selection of dealers offering high end antique oriental rugs and carpets. Schuler Auctioneers of Zurich will be holding their sale of oriental rugs and carpets on 20th-24th June 2022, the sale comprises of a wide range of 19th and 20th century rugs and carpets with the main group being Persian with some Caucasian, highlights of the sale include a fine Persian Mohtashem Kashan workshop carpet, circa 1900. Material Culture will be offering the Jack Cassin Collection as part of their next auction of Fine Antique and Collectable Oriental Rugs, Kilims, Trappings and Textiles on 25th June 2022.