http://tinyurl.com/4mrrmac 19thC HM FINE & LONG CHANTILLY LACE FLOUNCE
Starting price: $325.00 Buy it Now
Auction ends: Mar 25, 2011 19:11:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller snakey03rr, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: Two 11″ wide lengths of Chantilly, doesn’t say how long each is, but gives the total as 330″. Design is fairly simple, no shading. Condition looks good.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/4ggyhlh Vintage Majolica Figure – Lady Lace Making. / Studio
Starting price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 12:29:44 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller bramblepatch, llanelli, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Title is wrong, this is a nice Flemish Pottery lacemaker, probably from Turnhout. Seller doesn’t go into detail about ‘minor chips’. Still a good example.

sold for 26.99 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4g9hbdm Superbe Rouet Ancien Dentelière Fuseaux Art Populaire
Starting price: 28.00 EUR
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 12:36:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller barrioux, SERMENTIZON, Auvergne, France
Comments: The only problem I can imagine on this piece is that is was probably a windmill bobbin winder, but the windmill part is missing. Seller has put a spool of thread on the spike that would normally hold the vanes. Otherwise it is great! Note the sliding spindle arm, and the raised feet.

Sold for 30.50 EUR, 2 bidders.

As a response to a comment on this piece I’m attaching some photos of very similar Haute Loire region bobbinwinders in my collection.  Note the extending arm for the windmill in the example on the left – the windmill itself has been taken off in order to show its supporting peg. A second example with the arm fully extended and windmill attached is shown on the right.

It may be that the example for sale has no windmill, but I think that would be unusual. And there would be no particular need for the long sliding handle unless it was to make allowance for the windmill blades.

http://tinyurl.com/4sck66g ANTIQUE ITARIAN BURATTO LACE
Starting price: $300.00
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 13:20:20 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller seizan21, Kitakyusyu,Fukuoka, Japan
Comments: Interesting piece of Buratto, I don’t know how old. Some colored threads, with main work cream against a brown weave. Mounting fabric looks really dirty. But overall good condition, could clean up nicely. The buratto piece itself looks cut on the right end, with an additional fringe added later.

Sold for $406.99, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/664hgte ANTIQUE LACE-FIGURAL NEEDLEPOINT PLACEMATS
Starting price: $75.00
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 17:29:36 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: 4 placemats, reticella design. I like these a lot. They seem to have a Mediterranean feel, maybe Greece or Cyprus? Condition seems fine, I don’t see any damage.

Sold for $75.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/5wga4ts ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE HANDKERCHIEF
Starting price: $295.00
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 18:59:54 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Belgian needlelace handkerchief, no raised work, not much in the way of fillings. Condition OK, few small holes. But the design works.