Most expensive carpet

According to Official Guinness Records,

A Louis XV Savonnerie carpet measuring 5.4 x 5.8 m (18 x 19 ft) which was probably made for Louis XV's Château de la Mouette c. 1740-50, fetched $4,406,000 (£2,993,512) at Christie's, New York, USA in November 2000.

For a complete list of 2000 records, please visit 2000 Guinness Records in United States.

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