Charlotte’s rug market has grown alongside the city’s banking and finance sector, with Myers Park, Eastover, and Foxcroft households accumulating both antique Persian and Turkish pieces and design-led contemporary workshop rugs. The Lake Norman corridor has emerged as a meaningful submarket for larger room-size Heriz and Serapi pieces in newer estate construction.
We work with Charlotte estate attorneys, particularly on banking-family estates where personal-property inventories include multiple rugs, and with Carolinas insurance brokers scheduling fine-art riders. Our reports are formatted to meet documentation requirements commonly requested by carriers and probate courts; acceptance is subject to individual requirements.
The most common gap we see is insurance under-coverage. A rug purchased two or three decades ago at fair market is now often worth 3–6× its original price at retail-replacement — the figure your insurer actually needs. A current RUG Index appraisal corrects the schedule before a loss event. Formatted to meet documentation requirements commonly requested by U.S. insurance carriers. Acceptance is subject to individual carrier requirements and policy terms.
For collections inherited or being settled in North Carolina, our Legal/Estate report ($150) is a USPAP appraisal report formatted for potential use in probate proceedings and IRS filings; admissibility and acceptance are determined solely by the court or agency. The signed PDF is delivered remotely.
Our Digital and Certified appraisals are 100% remote. Submit photos and rug details online; we handle the rest.
No travel fee, no in-person required. Same prices as anywhere else in the U.S.
Submit photos online and receive a certified report by email in 3–5 business days. Plans start at $35.