http://tinyurl.com/42oh2hp WONDERFUL ANTIQUE BRUSSELS LACE WEDDING VEIL OR SHAWL CIRCA 1880’S
Size: 19″ X 77″
Starting price:  $25.99
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 13:56:51 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller klaraanna2006, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Comments: A small shawl of bobbinlace application on machine net – a few simple needlelace accents in the centers of flowers. The motifs are quite simple, note the almost continuous tape along the edge. It might be English Honiton applique – very hard to tell. There is some brown staining or rust in the net, which seems to be causing a few small holes center back. One repair to a flower filling.

   Sold for $237.50, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4yywlvy Vintage Hand Crochet Linen & Lace Doily 22″ Round
Size: 22″ diameter
Starting price:  $29.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 13:56:51 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller fla-whitelephant, Crystal River, Florida, United States
Comments: This appears to be a Maltese bobbinlace centerpiece. Linen maybe? Doesn’t look like silk. Might be a Cluny imitation. Condition looks very good, I don’t see any problems. Maybe laundered at some time? It’s not quite as crisp as one might expect.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/3twgrvh 18TH C FLORAL HAND MADE VALENCIENNES FINE LACE
Size: 2.5″ x 40″
Starting price:  $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:00:33 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A Brussels bobbinlace with droschel ground, 3rd quarter 18th century. The motifs tend a bit toward a continuous tape as found in Devon laces, so it might be English. It includes simple variations on picoted bars for fillings. Seller notes two small holes near one end, otherwise very good condition. Droschel ground suffers a lot from snags in older pieces, but it looks nicely intact here. This seller is posting a number of pieces from a private museum de-accession this week – no further information on the museum is given.

$41.00, 2 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/4x4elfy SUPERB LG HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE BERTHA COLLAR
Size: 43″ neckline, 78″ outside edge, 5.75″ wide
Starting price:  $49.99
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:01:50 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse bertha. The point de gaze inserts are flat – no raised petals in the roses. I’m glad to see it doesn’t stick solely to roses and leaves in the bobbinlace, there’s a nice ‘tulip’-like motif, and long branches of leaves like ferns. The work is quite light in appearance.  Very minor spots and a broken bride or two – overall very good condition.

Sold for $147.50, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3m8fwsf 18TH C HAND MADE FLORAL VALENCIENNES LACE TRIM
Size: 3″ x 57″
Starting price:  $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:04:22 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A good pieced Brussels bobbinlace vrai droschel ground. Mid 18th century, typical design of a winding flower and vine trail with smaller motifs int he empty spaces. Drochel ground Some holes near one end, and a little yellow spotting.

$41.00, 2 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3pbt8ey 18TH C HAND MADE BINCHE LACE TRIM
Size: 3″ x 40.5″
Starting price:  $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:05:32 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: The development of Valenciennes in the early 18th century included extensive snowflake or ‘partridge eye’ grounds. Although a lace like this is often ascribed to Binche, not enough history from that area survives for a definitive attribution. Today this type of lace forms the historical basis for Point de Fee lace. This is a very good straight edge boder, with picots on one side. I think that what looks like picots on the other side is probably a later addition, on top of the original foodside.  Occasional break in the picoted border, and seller cites a some small yellow spots. Overall very good condition.

Sold for $364.99, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/44nkntk SUPERB LG HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE COLLAR
Size: 10.75 across widest point, 17.5″ neckline, 46″ outside edge
Starting price:  $49.99
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:06:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: A good Duchesse de Bruxelles dress front, with deep scalloped edges. The central point de gaze medallion is rather plain, and is the only needlelace accent. Most of the peice relies on bobbinlace leaves and simple flowers. Condition looks very good, I don’t see any obvious issues.

   Sold for $80.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3dtm23j EARLY 19TH C HAND MADE LACE TRIM W PAISLEY FLORAL
Size: 2.75″ x 109″
Starting price:  $29.00
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:09:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A very good early 19th century Mechlin border. Good complex sprigs int he ground. Condition looks very good, I can’t see any problems from the given photos.

Sold for $83.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3wdfnen RARE LARGE MOTIF HAND MADE POINT DE GAZE LACE COLLAR
Size: 14″ inner curve, 7″ wide
Starting price:  $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:09:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A very interesting fan leaf, note the plain guard stick extension at the upper left of the second photo in the post. It has a wonderful Art Nouveau quality. I’m a little thrown by the large areas of machine net – maybe the areas were too large to have made the point de gaze reseau stable? Although that stitch is used to fill some fairly large areas at the center bottom portions of the motifs. Maybe the machine net is a replacement? Very hard to tell. The needlelace fillings are wonderful and varied, and I especially like the overlaid rings on top of the clothwork.  This has a lot of Belgian technical elements, especially with the overlapping rings at the centers of the flowers. But the edge treatment of the clothwork is quite novel. Pieces like this were made in Germany, so that’s another possibility. Condition, aside from a small separation from the net in the exact center of the piece, and a 2″ area that needs re-attachment, looks very good. There is something a little funny going on with one branch just to the left of the lower center in the photo – no closeup available. Looks almost like a fold in the machine net.

Sold for $474.99, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3q2lxlz SHOWY 18TH C BRUSSELS LACE COLLAR W FLORALS
Size: 7″ widest, 39″ long
Starting price:  $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:14:37 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A very good mid 18th century sleeve rufle of Brussels bobbinlace with droschel ground. Fine work on the motifs, with interesting fillings. The parts shown in the photos look in very good condition, but the ends are not shown.

Sold for $132.50, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3qfvhxv EARLY 18TH C VALENCIENNES LACE LAPPETS WITH RICH FLORALS
Size: 4″ x 45″
Starting price:  $9.99
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:22:28 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: The presence of the gimp and the quatrefoil motifs are classic Mechlin characteristics. Mechlin experimented with various grounds, this one has both snowflake, and a kind of 5-hole variation. The pair are beautifully intact, with wonderful feathery designs. A little the worse for wear – some fraying on the outer edges and the one end shown, and overall wrinkling. The top ends are sewn together – this is how such pairs survive for so long.  The ends do look cut – no finished motifs, at the join – that’s pretty typical. Somewhere in the 2nd quarter of the 18th century.

Sold for $736.22, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4ydt336 HAND MADE 18TH C FINE FLORAL VALENCIENNES LACE TRIM
Size: 2″ x 55″
Starting price:  $39.00
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:27:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A Mechlin boder of good dense work. The motifs are not very well drawn, and the extensive fond de glace ground pus t his a little later than the lappet set above. Seller notes 4 joins and some faint age color. The scalloped edge has areas of fraying.

Sold for $41.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3pyytxw HAND MADE 18TH C FLORAL BRUSSELS LACE MUSEUM DEACCESS
Size: 2.5″ x 45″
Starting price:  $39.00
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:28:45 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A Brussels bobbinlace with droschel ground border.The almost straight border with the sparsely decorated ground is a bit unusual. The motifs and fillings are nicely worked. Condition, aside from a few tiny pinholes, looks very good from the photos. Mid 18th century.

Sold for $46.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/43wthfn RICH POINT DE GAZE LACE YARDAGE W FINEST DETAILS
Size: 3.5″ x 92″
Starting price:  $9.99
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 18:34:56 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: Note the continuously looped picots on the edge of this piece – imitation of Alençon horsehair. The reseau is also the Alençon reseau, not point de gaze. Very unusual. But the loose clothwork, the extensive and innovative fillings, and the buttonholing over the cordonnet and bare branches are all Belgian. More a Zele piece. Very minor condition issues. This is an exceptional piece.

Sold for $494.88, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3qs74f8 18TH C HAND MADE MECHLIN LACE LAPPET W FLORALS
Size: 3″ x 44″
Starting price:  $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 19:32:32 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A very good Brussels bobbinlace with vrai droschel lappet set – the lappets are joined at their wide ends. Mid 18th century, typical design of flowers and undulating vines. What you look for in a piece like this is the variety of the fillings – here they are limited to a hexagonal picoted bride pattern. the motifs are well made, and the condition of th edroschel ground is excellent. Just some breakage in the hex brides near the join. A little spotting, but overall an exceptional pair.

Sold for $442.99, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3dnnkjm ANTIQUE HAND MADE ECRU LACE COLLAR 4 DRESS
Size: 3.5″ X 26″ neckline
Starting price:  $39.00
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 19:32:39 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A very good 19th century collar of unusual shape.  I can’t get a really close look at the ground, but I’m guessing it’s a point ground that this is a Lille piece. Might also be Bucks, but it doesn’t have the variety of fillings I’d expect, and the motifs are a little blocky.  Condition looks very good, I don’t see any problems in the photos given. Very nice piece.

Sold for $102.50, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4x7u2uz ANTIQUE HAND MADE RICH ROSALINE LACE COLLAR W BUTTONST
Size: 2.75″ x 15.5″
Starting price:  $29.00
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 19:32:45 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A good Rosaline collar with what appears to be buttonholed perls. No other raised work. Condition looks very good – I can’t spot any problems.  A nice little piece.

Sold for $29.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3gjzaoy ANTIQUE HAND MADE ROSALINE LACE TRIM W FLORAL SCROLLS
Size: 5″ x 46″
Starting price:  $39.00
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2011 19:32:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jamiexmas*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: An inteteresting Rosaline piece, although there are no raised elements. Someone has carefully thought out this design – from the footside to the scalloped edge. Quite impressive. Very minor breaks, overall very good condition.

Sold for $61.89, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3om3ksn 1800 ANTICA RARA CORSIA MANTOVANA TENDA LINO TOMBOLO
Size: 47 cm x 145 cm
Starting price: 119.00 EUR Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2011 07:27:21 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller i_ricami_di_anto, prov. venezia, Italy
Comments: Interesting piece – good cut and drawnwork motifs in the linen with bobbinlace borders. Some embroidery to accent the cutwork. I don’t know much about Italian linens, and can’t guess the age. But the bobbinlace looks like something from the l’Aquila area.  Condition looks very good, I don’t see any obvious problems. Italy has a great an in my opinion, under appreciated history of this kind of work.

  Not sure if this sold.

http://tinyurl.com/4xp5h44 Antique Milanese handmade lace large Bertha lovely collar
Size: 43″ inside edge, 7.5″ wide
Starting price: 69.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 22, 2011 07:45:29 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: In contemporary catalogs you see this lace called Milan – it is a  Belgian product. This bertha has a lovely design, and the condition looks very good.

   No bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3kozbey ANTIQUE MOTHER OF PEARL MOP & BRUSSELS LACE FAN c1890
Size: 10″ long, 17.5″ across
Starting price: $219.99 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 23, 2011 07:42:29 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller rupertandtoby, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A good Brussels Duchesse fan with Mother of Pearl sticks.  Comes with the original box. Raised petals in the point de gaze rose in the center. The rose is next to bobbinlace motifs on what looks to be a machine made ground – hard to tell fro mthe photos. A few repairs to the sticks, but overall the lace looks in good condition.

.    Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/3qaohay Stunning antique hand made Brussels point de gaze lace handkerchief
Size: 12.75″ square
Starting price: 12.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 23, 2011 12:18:56 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A good Point de Gaze handkerchief – lots of roses with raised petals.  A nice presentation for a fairly conventional design. No fillings other than the rose centers.  Condition looks very good, maybe a few minor pinholes in the net.

   Sold for 140.00 GBP, 11 bidders.