http://tinyurl.com/3u8ljaz VINTAGE PILLOW LACE HONITON BRUSSELS FLEMISH COLLAR
Size: Neck 38″
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Aug 13, 2011 11:58:00 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller clarissa32, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Good Bruges bertha with an unusual square bride ground.  There is a photo of the whole thing but it is so washed out that I’m putting up this detailed one.  The motifs are well worked, but fairly conventional. Overall condition is hard to access – seller cites some stains, but I don’t see any serious damage to the lace itself.

   Sold for 25.54 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3rdk7y6 Georgeous ANTIQUE POINT DE GAZE ECRU LACE LOT 2 YARDS
Size: 3-3/4″ X 72″
Starting price: $29.99
Auction ends: Aug 13, 2011 13:34:55 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller sophistichick, Fabulous Whimsies, United States
Comments: Very good border of Duchesse de Bruxelles.  3.75″ width is fairly narrow for a piece like this, which means the motifs are quite finely worked. Note the elaborate multilayered rose petals in the needlelace, and the overall repeat breaks out of the standard for this kind of lace.  Some condition issues, a few breaks and holes especially at right edge. A few tiny holes in some of the point de gaze ground. Seller cites some age discoloration.

   Sold for $260.00, 13 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3wl7b6t Victorian RARE ! ~ HAND MADE Nanduti Lace
Size: ~12″ diameter
Starting price: $85.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Aug 13, 2011 15:17:24 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller hudsonfay, Chicago, IL, United States
Comments: I’m very much hoping this piece isn’t as yellow as it looks in the photo. It’s a very good piece of older ñanduti, with lots of variation in the roundels and a good center grid of woven crosses.  The border of the center looks like spiders. Seller says it is dainty and fragile, but doesn’t specify what that means. I don’t see anything obviously wrong.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/43kbjpr ANTIQUE DUCHESSE LACE JABOT STYLE COLLAR
Size: 5.5″ at widest, ~24″ long
Starting price: $99.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Aug 14, 2011 08:14:59 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Good Bruges Bloemwerk dress front.  Well worked and in good condition, except for some staining that could be cleaned. A very typical piece of this kind of work.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/4yqrhv3 Antique hand embroidered lace woman’s bonnet 1880
Size:  Lappets 27 cm long
Starting price: 32.00 GBP
Auction ends: Aug 14, 2011 10:25:25 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller linskapet, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway DG6 4UU, United Kingdom
Comments: The lace on this bonnet certainly could be Bucks, or a straight-edge lille. It’s an impressive looking piece with the detailed whitework embroidery on the main part of the bonnet.  Condition appears excellent.

   Sold for 60.99 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3un9kg8 ANTIQUE LACE-CHERUBS AND GRASSHOPPER LACE
Size:  10″+ square
Starting price: $55.00
Auction ends: Aug 14, 2011 14:36:07 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: There’s been quite a bit of email traffic on this piece – people trying to figure out what kind of lace this is. Not to mention what exactly the whole piece is. The insect in the center I think is a butterfly, symbol of the resurrection, and the angles or cherubs in at the edges might speak to a church piece. The center looks a little italian, along the lines of Milan figural lace, with a needlelace ground.  The border seems to have been made for the shape; I can’t see a join but it’s got to be there somewhere. Looks a little like a coarse Beveran, but with a strange ground. Following the Italian line of thought I looked at Ricci Old Italian lace and see similar heavy continuous laces with figures and the same ground, starting with plate 314 in volume 2 on bobbinlace.  They are labled Abruzzi – Pescocostanzo, 18th century so that’s my guess.  I think the center part is much later – 19th c. Looks in excellent shape.

   Sold for $55.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3nthbl5 ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 19THC.LUMINOUS BLONDE LACE
Size:  5.5″ x 97″
Starting price: $95.00
Auction ends: Aug 14, 2011 15:33:12 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Very good border of standard Blonde de Cæn. Looks like it was a ruffled border most of its life.  I also like the unusual gimp work in the flower centers at the edge of the piece. Condition appears very good – and this is a lace dating pre-1840 (usually) which is not known to survive well. Seller cites some minor defects, but I couldn’t spot them from the photos.

   Sold for $96.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3nyqmke ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1675, FINE FLEMISH LACE
Size:  10.5″ x 88″
Starting price: $395.00
Auction ends: Aug 14, 2011 16:45:09 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Maybe Flemish. The large flowerheads are similar to contemporary Italian flat points, and even Gros Points.  I think and Italian piece would have more elaborate borders.  Actually, something about the spiral terminations on some to some of the leaves almost says English Devon.  Very good condition for the age.

   Sold for $567.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3zedz92 ANTIQUE LACE-RARE 18THC. POINT DE FRANCE MAN’S CRAVAT
Size:  ~11″ x 20″
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Aug 14, 2011 16:59:49 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: These were made in pairs, but even a single survivor in good shape is remarkable. Italian examples of corraline are a bit more irregular in the ground and have a simpler edge – so I’d call this Point de France.  Both Italian and French examples have a symmetry around the midline, present in this piece. Looks in excellent condition.

   $162.50, 5 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3bwtp54 ANTIQUE LACE-C. 17THC RETICELLA W/GENOESE EDGING
Size:  ~26″ X 4.25″
Starting price: $295.00
Auction ends: Aug 14, 2011 17:22:50 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: All the elements look like good Italian laces, and they could all have been put together at the same time. I’m a little bothered by the sort of ‘spiderweb’ bases of the semicircles in the needlelace. And some of the bobbinlace looks more 18th century in design. So I’m thinking this might be a little later piece, made up who knows when. There’s a lot going on here. Does have some very old repairs, prety minor. Linen seems cut at the top edge. Wish it were longer.

   No bids.