Monthly Archives: January 2011

Ebay Alerts! Eight Items – January 30, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/6bwtaea ANTIQUE LACE-LOVELY LARGE 19THC.HONITON LACE SHAWL Starting price: $45.00 Auction ends: Jan 31, 2011 07:40:08 PST Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London Comments: 115″ x 30″, a nice Honiton applique shawl on machine net. … Continue reading

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Collecting: Lace-Related Travel Posters

There are a number of items which promote lace as a tourism activity in general. I don’t mean advertisements from retailers, and the whole subject of postcards is a topic in itself.  This post focuses on travel posters, and hopefully … Continue reading

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Californian Poppies Workshops in April – still places left

There are still a few places left in the workshops associated with the Californian Poppies exhibition. The workshops run April 5-7, 2011 at the National Needlework Archive in Newbury, UK.  Click here for the flyer. The courses include: Chantilly Lace … Continue reading

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Reordering Events

I’ve gotten some comments about announcements like the Lace Guild convention disappearing off the main blog page.  It didn’t go away, it just got re-ordered in the ‘Conventions, Conferences, and Congresses’ category at the right. I like to keep things … Continue reading

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Ebay Alerts! Five Items – January 27, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/4n2ghe4 ANTIQUE LACE-ALENCON LACE W/BOWS Starting price: $45.00 Auction ends: Jan 28, 2011 10:01:37 PST Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London Comments: Not very long (28″ x 2.5″), not in the greatest condition, but I … Continue reading

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Ebay Alerts! Eight Items – January 23, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/4t5qqpt ANTIQUE LACE-223″ OF MECHLIN LACE Starting price: $45.00 with reserve Auction ends: Jan 25, 2011 08:16:24 PST Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London Comments: Very nice long (~223″ x 3-1/4″) length of 19th c … Continue reading

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Ebay Alerts! Five items – January 20, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/4nfacvy EXQUISITE 19THC. BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE FAN Starting price: $45.00 with reserve Auction ends: Jan 22, 2011 16:17:42 PST Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London Comments: Very beautiful Belgian needlelace fan with mother … Continue reading

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Collecting: Small German Wooden Figures and the Amazing Exploding Klöppelfrau

Two lovely figures made with a lot of care. Note the headscarves, made of tissue. From Hennig Miniaturen, http://www.hennig-figuren.de/.  Lefthand standing figure is 6 cm tall, righthand seated figure is 5 cm – very small. Generally around 3″ high, the … Continue reading

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Ebay Alerts! Six Items – January 16, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/4o8j5jh ANTIQUE LACE FANTASTIC POINT DE GAZE HANDKERCHIEF MONOG Starting price: $49.99 with reserve Auction ends: Jan 20, 2011 17:48:20 PST Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach Comments: Very good Belgian needlelace handkerchief – I … Continue reading

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Ebay Alerts! Six Items – January 13, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/4kuvb7p ANTIQUE LACE HANDMADE IRISH YOUGHAL NEEDLE LACE C 1880 Starting price: $49.99 with reserve Auction ends: Jan 16, 2011 14:50:10 PST Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach Comments: Border of Irish Youghal needlelace.  Just … Continue reading

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