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'Prophet carpet' set for auction
news.bbc ^
| 19 March 2009
| Julia Wheeler
Posted on 03/19/2009 7:39:12 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A carpet that was commissioned in India 150 years ago to decorate the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina is due to be auctioned in Qatar.
The rug, known as the Pearl Carpet of Baroda, was created using an estimated two million natural seed pearls.
It is decorated with hundreds of precious stones, including diamonds, sapphires, rubies and emeralds.
Bidding is expected to start at about $5m but experts say its eventual selling price could be far higher.
Tradition has it that the Pearl Carpet of Baroda was commissioned by India's wealthy Maharaja of Baroda as a gift to sit at the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Religion
KEYWORDS: carpet
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The Pearl Carpet was created in the late 1860s
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Let’s buy it, and burn it during halftime of the superbowl.
To: JoeProBono
My dog needs something to drag its a$$ on.
I’ll bid a dollar.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:52:12 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:52:32 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
More like a Profit Carpet.
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:56:24 AM PDT
by
Melinda
To: JoeProBono; Lady Jag; Slings and Arrows
To: martin_fierro
Now, now.
I’d love to hang it on the wall of a nice barbecue restaurant.
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03/19/2009 7:57:51 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
('Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt / Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt)
To: NowApproachingMidnight
That’s mighty Taliban of you.
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posted on
03/19/2009 8:04:17 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: JoeProBono
The Mall of the Americas will probably buy it for its Muzzie Appeasement Center.
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posted on
03/19/2009 8:14:58 AM PDT
by
Dionysius
(Jingoism is no vice in these troubled times.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/19/2009 8:22:52 AM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: martin_fierro; JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows
Hey! I got all the
rocks out of your rug!
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posted on
03/19/2009 9:15:59 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Where is MY bailout???)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
03/19/2009 9:23:53 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Dionysius
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posted on
03/19/2009 9:25:49 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: martin_fierro; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; NYC GOP Chick; ...
Bidding is expected to start at about $5m but experts say its eventual selling price could be far higher. Sounds like a "profit carpet" to me.
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03/19/2009 9:44:39 AM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
To: JoeProBono
I'M IN!
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03/19/2009 10:04:08 AM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Where is MY bailout???)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:10:34 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Slings and Arrows
Hey, we got the rocks off.
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03/19/2009 10:43:51 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Where is MY bailout???)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/19/2009 11:16:50 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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