For Bay Area collectors, tech-executive households, and estate counsel across Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, the Peninsula, and Silicon Valley. Our Certified and Legal/Estate appraisals are 100% remote — from $125; instant valuation available for $35.
San Francisco has an unusual rug market for a U.S. metro of its size, with two distinct collector bases. The first is the long-established Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights households, where antique Persian, Turkish, and Caucasian rugs have moved through Victorian and Edwardian houses for over a century. The second is the more recent tech-executive demand for both contemporary design pieces and museum-grade Asian rugs (particularly Tibetan and Khotan) that has reshaped Peninsula collecting since the late 1990s.
We work with Bay Area estate attorneys on large-trust estates that frequently include rugs as a significant personal-property line item, with private-banking and family-office clients needing scheduled appraisals for fine-art riders, and with individual collectors preparing pieces for Bonhams San Francisco or Clars Auction Gallery. 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 California, our Legal/Estate report ($195) is a RICA Certified Appraisal 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 Certified and Legal/Estate 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.
If you have been searching for a rug appraisal near you in San Francisco, you can skip the in-person visit. The RUG Index appraises San Francisco rugs entirely online — submit photos and measurements, and a RICA-certified appraiser returns a signed report in 3–5 business days. It is the simplest way to get an oriental, antique, or Persian rug appraised in San Francisco without leaving home. Compare coverage in other metros on our rug appraisers near me directory, or start a certified rug appraisal now.
Submit photos online and receive a certified report by email in 3–5 business days. Plans start at $125.