http://tinyurl.com/4frc9qr 19th C. Linen and Lace Point de Gaze Handkerchief
Starting price: $15.00
Auction ends: Feb 15, 2011 17:48:45 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller londono, New York City, United States
Comments: This piece has condition issues – general wear and small holes. But it is 19th c Point d’Angleterre – meaning bobbinlace motifs with a point de gaze ground. The detail you can get in a lace like this can be extraordinary. This one is a basic example that starts to hint at that potential.

Sold for $152.50, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4kqzpj8 19th C. Linen and Lace Point de Gaze Handkerchief
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Feb 16, 2011 14:02:13 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London
Comments: Good Belgian Needlelace (point de gaze) handkerchief.  No raised work, minimal fillings, and the design is fairly bland.  But it’s a nice overall presentation. Few very small holes, but generally OK.

$227.50, reserve not met, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4e8gn4j CIRCA 18THC.RARE DRESDEN LACE APRON
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Feb 16, 2011 14:53:34 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London
Comments: I should do more with Dresden pulled thread embroidery on this site, since it was such an important competitor to lace in the 18th century (Heather Toomer has a fairly recent book out on the subject). This apron is an unusually big piece, few condition issues in the cloth, but you can see how the pulled thread work mimics lace patterns.

$102.50, reserve not met, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4frfrdj Straw Filled Danish lace making roller pillow 40 bobbin
Starting price: 199.99 AUD
Auction ends: Feb 17, 2011 01:44:30 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rubyg23, Outer Adelaide, SA, Australia
Comments: A well made Danish roller pillow that looks in excellent shape.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/48fexql Cottage Style Antique Lace Bobbin Winder
Starting price: $50.00
Auction ends: Feb 17, 2011 18:03:13 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller spikelobster, Scarsdale, NY, United States
Comments: English oak windmill bobbin winder, two of the pegs on the windmill seem to have survived. Wonderful, rich patina. The two bobbins look Downton, but I don’t know if that’s significant.

Sold for $93.59, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4tf3cpw ANTIQUE WOOD BOBBIN WINDER
Starting price: 14.50 GBP
Auction ends: Feb 19, 2011 09:14:10 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller pollytir, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Comments: And yet another English oak windmill bobbin winder! They don’t come up that often, so to have two from different sellers within a few days is a good example of local statistical clustering in a random sample. As compared to the previous one, this has a solid wheel and a higher base with the drawer extending all the way across.

Sold for 26.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4qy932b Antique POINT DE GAZE LACE Carved Mother Pearl FAN
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Feb 20, 2011 19:00:06 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller annacottage, Connecticut, United States
Comments: I really try to give an objective opinion in these Ebay Alerts, and don’t like to gush (sellers do enough of that themselves). But this fan leaf is superb. Forget the shredded backing, the broken sticks, the two very tiny holes in the lace, the unglued fastening. This is 19th c Belgian Needlelace at its very best.

   Sold for $392.00, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4nnofzd Antique Irish Crochet Lace Robe Dressing Gown
Starting price: $68.00
Auction ends: Feb 20, 2011 19:01:16 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller forrosebud, San Francisco, CA, United States
Comments: Excellent work on the Irish Crochet – I don’t really take to all those embroidered roses.  Seller points out one minor hole, overall looks in fine shape.

   Sold for $1,834.98, 10 bidders.