VALLEY ROUNDUP : Valleywide : Auction to Benefit HIV/AIDS Victims

A two-day auction of rugs today and Sunday will raise money for families and children with HIV.

About 100 new and antique rugs from Persia, India, Pakistan and China, worth about $200,000, will be auctioned with no minimum prices, said George Haroonian, vice president of the Rug Warehouse, which organized the auction.

He said he hopes the event will raise $30,000 for the nonprofit organization Tuesday’s Child, which supports families with children who have HIV or AIDS, Haroonian said.

The auctions will be held today at the Radisson Valley Center Hotel, 15433 Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, and Sunday at the Warner Center Marriott, 21850 Oxnard St. in Woodland Hills.

People may view the rugs starting at noon. The auctions begin at 1 p.m.