http://tinyurl.com/3pyx5k7 Irish Carrickmacross applique lace collar 19th Century
Size: no dimensions given.
Starting price: 30.00 GBP
Auction ends: Aug 19, 2011 06:04:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garchick, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
Comments: A good Carrickmacross collar, primarily applique on machine net.  Note the raised centers of some flowers.  There are a few embroidered stitches filling various spaces, in others a cut away bride filling.  Overall conditions seems good – there is fraying along some edges. Some motifs look a little puckered as if washing occurred at some point. It’s a nice example in a well-designed single piece.

   Sold for 36.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4xg3m4c ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1650’s, RARE ITALIAN BOBBIN LACE
Size: 3″ x 64″
Starting price: $295.00
Auction ends: Aug 20, 2011 08:25:50 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A very good border of Italian Milanese, later 17th century.  Beautifully ‘drawn’ designs in the tape, and well defined holes. Note how the tape actually passes behind some elements in the motifs. A lace like this doesn’t need any bride ground, it stands perfectly well on its own. The thicker edge looks original. The thinner edge is hard to tell, rather frayed, but could also be original. Otherwise condition is very good. An impressive piece.

  Sold for $295.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3vmd8c4 ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 17THC. INSERTION LACE
Size: 4-1/4″ x 63″
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Aug 20, 2011 08:29:05 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A long length of reticella with a bold, well-worked tripartite design. It does a lot of a simple repeat of the main motif. I can’t seen anything obvious, other than the bottom edge cut right to the stitches. The condition is almost too good!
Such laces were made in the 16th and early 17th centuries, and survive in Italy, Greece and other nearby areas even until today. But this does have the look of an early piece.

   $52.50, 2 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/4ywr5g8 ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 17THC, FLEMISH,ITALIAN LACE
Size: ~3.75″ x 50″
Starting price: $150.00
Auction ends: Aug 20, 2011 08:29:58 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Flemish or Italian? The fairly plain borders would argue for Flemish. Theis is a fairly narrow piece, andathe smaller motifs also might be consistent with Flanders. I can’t relaly make out how the ground was made – for an Italian piece I’d expect a more obviously plaited mesh – almost a kat stitch. The smaller trefoil heads on the branches seem to lean Italian. But without looking more closely at the ground I guess I’d put this more Flemish than Italian.  Few stains, but overall good condition.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3qz949o ANTIQUE LACE-EARLY BOBBIN LACE BORDER
Size: 4.5″ X 54″
Starting price: $75.00
Auction ends: Aug 20, 2011 08:31:01 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: If you look at the symmetry of the tape, and the way it travels from one motif to the next at the top, it almost looks like an Abruzzi tape lace variation. But the little brides, some with leaves, are more a mark of Milan.  So I’d put this as North Italian, but a fairly coarse design. I don’t see any ovious condition problems – little fraying maybe in spots on the edge.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/432zjtz ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 17THC. VENETIAN POINT LACE
Size: ~3″ x ~29″
Starting price: 85.00
Auction ends: Aug 20, 2011 08:32:45 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Looks like this is two separate pieces joned together, although they are quite similar. Note the transition in the lower edge, and the right part doesn’t seem quite so exuberant as the left side. But I’m a bothered by the technique. The ‘stems’, for lack of a better word, seem to have a loose buttonhole edge on both sides – this is something you see in Belgian laces. The French and Venetian Coraline and Point de Neige laces always make their ‘stems’ as flat, solid bands, with a close buttonhole cordonnet on both sides – or as in Coraline, with no edge at all (see the next piece for examples of what I mean). And the lower edge seems a little stiff. I’m wondering if this isn’t a later copy, maybe even Irish. Just speculation, but a test of the thread, linen or cotton, could tell a lot. Overall it’s a little frayed, but basically intact.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3r2lece ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 17-18THC. EARLY LACE EXAMPLES
Size: 2.5″ x 20″ and 3.75″ x 18″
Starting price: $85.00
Auction ends: Aug 20, 2011 08:50:27 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: I’m much happer with these. The top is a Venetian flat point, the bottom a Point de Neige. Both very nice examples, and note all the frills on the Point de Neige. Especially on the bottom edge.  These are short segments, and there’s a seam in the second one.  some stains and general wear.

   Sold for $85.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3gg36hw ANTIQUE VINTAGE IRISH CROCHET LACE COLLAR
Size: 11.5″ x 15.5″
Starting price: 4.99 GBP
Auction ends: Aug 21, 2011 10:44:12 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller the_circle_squared, LONDON, United Kingdom
Comments: I put this up because the thread seems so shiny, I wonder if it is silk Irish Crochet. A little frayed in places, but basically good condition.

   Sold for 6.50 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3jjldzx MAGNIFIQUE DENTELLIERE EN BISCUIT BLANC NUMEROTE
Size: 21 cm high x 18 cm wide
Starting price: 75.00 EUR
Auction ends: Aug 21, 2011 12:14:21 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jack_russel, Seraing, Belgium
Comments: I’ve seen this piece before, but only broken. This one looks in excellent condition.  Numbered, but no manufacturer indicated. Even in less than perfect state, these go for high prices.  Excellent seller, I’ve bought from him before.

   Sold for 365.27 EUR, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3sjb53o EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE NANDUTI TENNERIFE LACE HANKIE DOILY
Size: none given
Starting price: $95.00
Auction ends: Aug 21, 2011 16:49:26 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller chair29, Fairhaven, MA, United States
Comments: Probably Nanduti, although it lacks the palm leaf semi-oval edging. Definitely an earlier, more elaborate piece. The roundels are varied and quite interesting.  A little stained, but overall very good condition.

  No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/4y4smbn Early XIX Century Priest’s Vestment Called ALB
Size: none given
Starting price: $500.00
Auction ends: Aug 22, 201117:22:52 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jannas, Fairhaven, New York, New York, United States
Comments: This is certainly unusual in that it has all been kept together. The founce is an impressive, wide piece of Duchesse de Bruxelles, later 19th century. The cuffs appear to match. I see a few small rings of needlelace used as fillings, but nothing more extensive.  There’s a large tear near the edge of the lace, as well as a few other holes, but looks repairable. Overall it appears in good condition.

   Sold for $690.00, 2 bidders.