III · The Living Loom — Provenance & Demand
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Where the buyers come from
Collectors pay for the
weaver's name
— not the pattern.
Average sale price by attribution · josta belts, 2024 auction season (EUR)
€420
Unattributed
€980
Regional style
€2,140
Named workshop
€5,300
Master weaver
€4,150
Dated heirloom
Premium for a signed belt
12.6×
A belt tied to a named master weaver clears twelve times the price of an anonymous piece of identical pattern density.
+38% vs. 2023
Source: Baltic Textile Auction Index & gallery consignment records, full-year 2024 (n = 214 lots).
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