http://tinyurl.com/3tqdosg carreau de dentellière
Size: ~32 cm x 27 cm
Starting price: 60.00 EUR, 65.00 EUR Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: 11 sept. 2011 10:23:15 Paris
Offered by: Ebay seller franoise6560, Romagnat, Auvergne, France métropolitaine
Comments: There are a lot of old lace pillows on Ebay from the Haute-Loire region in France, usually in pretty bad condtion. This one is a little unusual, and the drawer survives. The drawer is in the front, and the pillow has a high profile – condition also looks quite reasonable. The seller says it is 20th century from the d’Arlanc (Puy de Dôme) region. It’s unusual to find an attribution on an item like this.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3e85gp4 Antique handmade Irish crochet lace wedding top 1910
Size: ~32 cm x 27 cm 52 cm across from underams, 62 cm shoulder to cuff, 48 cm long
Starting price: 85.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 11, 2011 10:50:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller linskapet, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway DG6 4UU, United Kingdom
Comments: An enthusiastic design with some unusual highly raised motifs.  Looks like much of the ground is a twisted needlelace.  Photography is a little difficult, the dress form has a funny printed bodice that makes the piece difficult to see. And it’s also hard to get an impression how long the sleeves are.  Condition looks basically, good, although there appears to be an open seam under one arm.  Bottom edge is unfinished.

   Sold for 234.99 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3cgp9km MALTESE LACE BABY BIB ? SENT FROM MALTA 1917 ( WW1 )
Size: 9.4″ x 6.4″
Starting price: 7.50 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 11, 2011 12:04:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller hamstershoard, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Comments: This little bib is an interesting form, but otherwise hasn’t got much in the way of design going for it. But there is one important thing – it comes with the original packaging as sent from Malta on March 13, 1917. Which puts it squarely in the WW1 period.  Very interesting.  Condition is OK, there seems to be a stain at the mid left, and a detached section center front.  Looks like cotton, although it’s hard to tell from the photos. Might be silk.

   Sold for 16.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3px8cyq 1.27m BEAUTIFUL 17c ITALIAN/FLEMISH LINEN BOBBIN LACE
Size: 4″ x 50″
Starting price: 65.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 11, 2011 13:10:05 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller vanye90, UK, United Kingdom
Comments: It would help to get a look at the backside of this piece to see if the ground threads are carrying over – that’s more a sign of Flemish lace of this period. I think I’ll go Itlian here. The design is a little heavier, and the decorated lower border seems more Italian. It’s often a hard call in pieces like this. It looks like it might be cut along the top, but the design appears intact. There is one join, but overall condition looks ok.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3rpwc9v SUPERB HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS LACE LAPPET SCARF TIE
Size: 3.5″ x 43″
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Sep 11, 2011 18:12:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: A good tie with lappet ends of Brussels application on machine net. The bobbinlace motifs have some needlelace accents, mainly raised rings in the centers of flowers (a little like Rosaline perle), and also used a lines of ‘beads’.  A pretty typical romantic design. Condition of the net is important in pieces like this, I do see a few small holes and there appear to be a few repairs.

   Sold for $162.50, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/43datd3 BIG ANTIQUE BRUSSELS BOBBIN LACE HAND FAN MOP ABANICO
Size: 14″ long
Starting price: $499.00
Auction ends: Sep 12, 2011 09:10:20 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller edurey, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Comments: There are often interesting things coming from this dealer in Uruguay. This is a large fan of Brussels application (needle and bobbin) on machine net.  A little damage and repair to a few ribs. The lace looks in overall good condition, with a few stains, and the area at the end of the front guard looks a little strange. I think it’s the guard, not the lace. Overall it’s an impressive looking piece.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3jw2uc9 Antique Brussels lace pretty bodice insert
Size: 12.5″ long center front, 6″ max width
Starting price: 19.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 13, 2011 09:38:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: I agree, it is pretty, and there’s a good reason. This is Belgian 19th c Point d’Angleterre, fine bobbinlace motifs combined with a needlelace point de gaze ground. The work on the many small motifs is lovely. The design is basically a combination of a few simple motifs, giving a kind of diffuse effect of bunches of flowers.  There are a number of holes in the net – this would be worth repairing if you can find the thread. These pieces were usually sold in sets, with 2 cuffs and a neckpiece.

   Sold for 31.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3m2mkdp Beautiful Ant. Handmade Lace Collar/Bertha-Point de Gaze
Size: 5.5″ deep, 24″ diameter
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2011 12:00:29 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: Very good Point de Gaze bertha, note the several layers of raised petals on some roses. Also the window decorations on those petals.  Some nice fillings inside various motifs. Overall it has a really nice presence, and the condition appears excellent.

   Sold for 92.00 GBP, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3skkz99 Fine * vintage irish crochet lappet collar jacket
Size: none given
Starting price: $99.99
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2011 12:55:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller thequaintrosecottage, victorian cottage, United States
Comments: It’s definitely hard to see how this all goes together, wish it had been shown on a manikin.  But I do like the horseshoe pattern, and especially the little areas of Clones knots. I’m quite interested in how people use large pieces of Irish Crochet as cloth.  Condition seems good, but hard to tell from the photos.

   No bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/43yf5mp Loupe de dentelliere sur pied 19 éme
Size: 20 cm diameter, 30 cm high
Starting price: 380.00 EUR  Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Somewhere around September 21st
Offered by: Ebay seller BROCFROM.A.V, BOURGOGNE, France
Comments: A very similar piece in very good condition sold on Ebay a few weeks ago for over 300 EUR – another Buy-it-Now. That tends to bring pieces like this out of hiding. See the Lighting article on LaceNews in the Collecting category – you see these both in France (especially in Normandy) and in England.  This one appears to be in very good condition.