http://tinyurl.com/3d99uyl HANDMADE ANTIQUE BELGIAN LINEN SAMPLE TAPE LACE METALC
Size: 38 cm x 15 cm
Starting price: $79.99 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: May 27, 2011 04:18:00 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller seltmeister, simmerath, Germany
Comments: I don’t particuarly like this piece, but the seller does give a maker, which is unusual. The Firm of Braeckmans Fre & Soeurs, Brussels and Paris. And, it has a few fillings of metallic threads. It’s a fairly coars, bold bobbinlace guipure, with a very heaavy single thread gimp raised a bit above the main work. It must have competed well with heavy machine embroidered laces. Date unknown, condition good, might be the occasional small spot.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/3llf2f9 ANTIQUE LACE- C. 18THC.FRENCH ARGENTAN LACE
Size: 2.5″ X ~65″
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: May 28, 2011 15:18:11 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Border of 2nd quarter 18th century Alençon or Argentan – you really can’t tell the difference between the two at this date. Naturalistic design of flowers and pomegranates with elaborate fillings. Condition is quite good – some repairs to the ground, but overall it has survived well in a good length.

   $267.00, 4 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/4xwpsja ANTIQUE LACE- C.1600-1700’S,POINT DE SEDAN CAPBACK
Size: 12″ x 9.5″
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: May 28, 2011 15:55:59 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: This cap back has quite small motifs, in contrast to the border described above. A bit hard to tell from the photos, but it doesn’t seem to have too many raised edges. It’s almost more like a flat grounded Belgian needlelace, early 18th century, but not too early. As the seller notes, it has been pieced together. As if the upper center is one piece, surrounded by a separate border at the sides and top. With another border added at the bottom – you can see the join about 1/4 the way up. I haven’t stared long enough to see if this was all made from the same original piece.  Condition looks quite good.

   $61.00, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3gjnftd ANTIQUE LACE-RETICELLA CUFFS
Size: each ~11″ x 3.5″
Starting price: $35.00
Auction ends: May 28, 2011 16:41:16 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Two cuffs of reticella-type drawnwork.  Proabably 19th or 20th century. Note the finished edge on all sides – these have not been cut from a larger piece. The raised ribs are often elaborated on in Greek work. Note the picots where eight ribs meet in the centers of the motifs. Look in excellent condition.

   Sold for $43.90, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3qhenu5 Irish crochet collar c1920
Size: inner curve 38 cm, 18 cm deep
Starting price: 24.00 GBP
Auction ends: May 29, 2011 01:06:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lunnantiques, London, United Kingdom
Comments: It might be my imagination, but this piece almost looks like silk. Some of the raised work is rather shiny. Very interesting motifs with edge picots, and occasional multilayered raised work.  The symmetry could probably be improved with some blocking, but overall I think it’s charming. Condition looks very good.

   Sold for 28.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3uupe79 Irish crochet collar c1900
Size: 16 cm deep
Starting price: 24.00 GBP
Auction ends: May 29, 2011 01:18:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lunnantiques, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Irish crochet collar with vandyked edge.  I like the little looped flowers. The raised work starts to hint at Venetian Gros Point, which was an original inspiration for this kind of lace. It looks in very good condition.

   Sold for 104 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3zz2ugv BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE DUCHESSE LACE BUTTERFLY PERFECT
Size: 3″ x 3″
Starting price: $35.00
Auction ends: May 29, 2011 11:00:26 PDT
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris – Palm Beach, United States
Comments: There have been several recent Ebay offerings for Point de Gaze butterflies, but here’s one in a Duchesse or Brugge pattern. Double layered wings, condition appears excellent.

   Sold for $82.60, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3dvvkz2 Santon de Provence de Simone JOUGLAS : une dentellière
Size: 30 cm high
Starting price: 28.00 EUR
Auction ends: May 29, 2011 11:47:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller dame*du*lac, Lausanne, Switzerland
Comments: Lace Merchant santon by Simone Jouglas.  Jouglas is credited as being the first to dress the traditional clay santon figures in regional costumes.  This piece is quite typical of her work and has beautiful features. It is in very good condition.

   Sold for 35.50 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/42fpaak Breathtaking early Georgian antique lappet Collector!
Size: 29″ x ~4″
Starting price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: May 29, 2011 12:43:07 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller poppy1109, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
Comments: Mid 18th century Belgian Point d’Angleterre pieced lace with droschel ground lappet and some bride work.  It has a dense design typical of earlier pieces of this type of work. It looks like both lappets are there, but they have been cut short and joined together at the center. A lot has probably been lost – but sometimes this is the only way such sets have stayed together over such a long time. It has lovely fillings mainly based on snowflake designs, and even at this early stage the droschel ground is made in strips. Wish there were more photos showing the entire design. Aside from the issue of the initial modification, condition varies a lot. Some areas are intact, some damaged with very coarse attempts at repair. Lots of tears in the net. The extreme ends are also a bit strange, wonder if there was some piecing at those points. The piece is now a ghost from an amazing past. Enjoy.

   Sold for 119.80 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3u7scmg Vintage Maltese lace Burtha,circular collar,free pp vgc
Size: ~6.5″ deep, 22″ outside diameter, 10 ” inside diameter
Starting price: 65.00 GBP
Auction ends: May 29, 2011 13:16:55 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller oooptafagv, lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Seems a little small for something I’d call a bertha. Maybe just a large collar. Good traditional design, very appropriate to the drape of the piece. Condition appears very good, I can’t see any damage or staining.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/3cvo4ok GV-antique EXTRA fine Rose point Brussels lace fragment
Size: 4″ x 16″
Starting price: $9.99
Auction ends: May 29, 2011 19:24:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller atticcon, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Comments: A fragment of a mid 19th century Alençon border. Note the  horsehair continuously strung through the picots on the lower edge. Good examples of different fillings and clothwork (toilé) variations. A piece like this would have had a lot of dry pressing when finished.  Condition – obviously cut short, and there are a lot of defects and repairs in the ground. Doesn’t look too clean.

   Sold for $159.50, 9 bidders.