Valuation Snapshot
Methodology

Standardized inputs. Documented judgment. Reproducible reasoning.

The Valuation Snapshot applies the same five pillar multiplier tables as The RUG Index Standard v2.3 used for Certified and Legal, Estate or Tax appraisals — every table on this page is rendered from the engine, not retyped. What differs is the input: you select the origin from the same 102-entry table, choose simplified self-service categories for material, age and knot density, and answer a structured damage selector in place of an appraiser's condition grade. No appraiser reviews a Snapshot.

Base rate is an internal market reference figure updated periodically and not published.

Origin

Silk is not an origin category — for silk rugs, select the rug's geographic origin above and select "Pure Silk" as the material below. The Snapshot origin dropdown lists the same 102 weaving centers and styles as a Certified appraisal, grouped here by region — see the Appraisal Standard.

Material

Pure Silk here reflects the material premium — for silk rugs, select the geographic origin above and Pure Silk as the material. Origin and material are never both a "silk" selection; stacking a silk premium at both pillars double-counts the same characteristic.

Age

The Snapshot applies the collector age table below. Some weaving centres produced for two very different markets under one name, and a Certified Appraisal records which one a piece belongs to before choosing a table — but telling them apart needs a trained eye on the pile, the foundation and the back, which a self-serve form cannot ask for. Where your rug is from one of those origins and you have told us it is 50 years old or more, the Snapshot does not give you a number: it directs you to a Certified Appraisal and applies your $35 as credit. See the Appraisal Standard for the origins this applies to and for the commercial-export table.

Knot Density (KPSI)

Condition — Damage Selector

The Valuation Snapshot derives the condition grade from 10 structured damage categories you select yourself, which keeps the self-serve tool reproducible without a human inspection. In a Certified Appraisal the appraiser assigns the grade from the submitted photographs against the published criteria, and any override of the derived grade is recorded with a reason.

Derivation rule: the lowest (worst) grade across the 9 non-repair categories becomes the active grade — not an average. Previous Repairs then applies its delta to that grade, except no further drop is applied if the active grade is already E or F.

How certain is the number?

The Valuation Snapshot widens its displayed value range as more pillar inputs go unanswered. This is an internal indicator of input completeness, not a statistical confidence interval or a certified margin of error.

Conservative fallbacks

Selecting "Unknown / Not sure" for a pillar applies a conservative baseline multiplier rather than blocking the estimate, and counts toward the confidence band above.

Condition has no "unknown" fallback — the damage selector always requires all 10 categories to be answered, so a condition grade is always derived, never defaulted.

From midpoint to value bands

What this tool is not

Changelog