http://tinyurl.com/6po9mm2 Large antique/vintage black lace shawl /stole
Size: 24″ x 96″
Starting Price: 30.00 GBP
Auction ends:Jun 11, 2012 11:26:18 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular Chantilly black silk shawl. Interesting design elements, no ombre shading that I can find. Unusual filling stitches, almost guipure-like. I’d put it later 19th c.  Seller cites 2 small repairs (can’t find these in the photos) and some tiny holes, otherwise it looks like very good condition.

      Sold for 321.55 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/7gljmbe Antique hand worked blonde linen Maltese collar
Size: 6″ wide at deepest point in back
Starting Price: 19.99 GBP Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jun 12, 2012 04:30:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller linen-cupboard, Crawcrook, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Comments: A Maltese collar – I like the shape.  The design is pretty standard, and it does look like silk to me. A few small brown spots, otherwise good condition.

   Sold for 19.99 GBP, Buy-it-Now.

http://tinyurl.com/7hl6khm 18THC FLEMISH BOBBIN LACE WIDE 4 YARDS FROM ESTATE LACE COLLECTION
Size: 5.5″ x 142″
Starting Price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 12, 2012 12:23:11 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller heartnsoul1, Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
Comments: Hmmm.  The piece is very long and condition a bit too good for a very early piece. I’m also bothered a bit by the technique of the foot edges – rather simple and the same on both sides for an insertion rather than a border. Earlier pieces were usually designed as borders. The 5-hole ground is certainly found in Milanese pieces, and the regular eyelets in the tape are also a Milanese characteristic. But the design is a bit abstract, and the work a tiny bit loose. I’m guessing, but I think it is a good 19th c copy of Milanese, maybe even Eastern European. Condition appears very good, I don’t see any problems from the photos.

   $38.00, 2 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/74dehym XVIIe – LOUPE DE DENTELLIERE Verre soufflé – NORMANDIE – Art populaire – 18eme
Size: 30.5 cm high, 10 cm foot diameter, 14 cm body diameter
Starting Price: 1.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jun 12, 2012 13:09:49 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller 2891pierre, Paris, France
Comments: A lacemaker’s lamp of the form illustrated in Jacqueline Bellanger’s “Verre d’usage et de prestige – 1500-1800” (published in 1988). I haven’t see this type before, and perhaps this author has more information on the actual date of the piece. There is some unfortunate calcification on the inner glass surface, but the glass is in very good condition.

   Sold for 530.00 EUR, 17 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6nrmyn8 Antique Honiton bobbin lace lovely handkerchief
Size: 15″ x 14.5″
Starting Price: 19.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 13, 2012 08:09:40 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton handkerchief, snails/slugs design, but tightly worked with good tally grid fillings.  I think it detect a few light stains, seller cites minor pulls and one breaks. Overall good condition.

   Sold for 19.99 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/79h7bp2 Antique Honiton handmade lace on h/made Droschel ground small hat veil
Size: 9.5″ x 30″
Starting Price: 29.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 13, 2012 08:32:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Definitely a hat veil, although a little smaller and narrower than usual. Note the thread through the top loops which gathers the veil around the back of a bonnet. I think it’s Belgian applique on beautiful droschel ground – the very best net ever made. Note the sprigs in the ground, the wide border of repeating flower sprays, and the regular border around 3 sides.  It does have some pulls in the ground, but pieces like this (pre 1830) don’t come up very often (I’ve only seen 3 others on Ebay in the past year), and this is in overall good condition.

   Sold for 49.50 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/7t2jf5y Antique unusual Honiton handmade bobbin lace hat veil or flounce
Size: 21″ x 53″
Starting Price: 29.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 13, 2012 08:32:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: This is a nice contrast to the previous piece. Bobbinlace applique on machine net, and the larger motifs and extensive fillings point to Honiton.  It is a bit long for a hat veil and the plain top edge is puzzling. I wonder if it might be meant as an apron. But it certainly could be used as a veil. The technique is nicely done with very even clothwork. As is normal with old machine tulle net, this one has some holes, but fairly minor.

   Sold for 67.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/7bhj6ku BELLE DENTELLE ANCIENNE ,FAITE MAIN , AU POINT D’IRLANDE
Size: 12 cm x 3.15 m
Starting Price: 50.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jun 14, 2012 02:30:44 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller euterpe44, Romainville, Île-de-France, France
Comments: An interesting length of Irish crochet. Looped raised work forming flowers, and note the Clones knots in the bride structure.  A long, collectible piece, in very good condition.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/6wvvknv ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1880,BRUSSELS LACE FAN
Size: 14″, 29-30″ across top
Starting Price: $195.00
Auction ends: Jun 14, 2012 13:08:11 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A Duchesse fan that has a Bruges look to it.  No needlelace, and some fairly straightforward motifs.  The lace is in very good condition, one guard stick is damaged.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/7ejcvvs ANTIQUE LACE LOVELY WIDE IRISH CROCHET COLLAR FOR CHILD CLONES KNOTS
http://tinyurl.com/7rrf3eh ANTIQUE LACE LOVELY WIDE IRISH CROCHET COLLAR FOR CHILD CLONES KNOTS #2
Size: both 6.5″  wide, 11.5″ neckedge
Starting Price: $35.00
Auction ends: Jun 14, 2012 18:28:56 PDT
Jun 14, 2012 18:39:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller greatlace, Paris – Palm Beach, United States
Comments: Two similar Irish Crochet collars from the same seller, so I’ll put them together. Highly likely they are from the same manufacturer. Both are quite nicely done, the first with heavy motifs around the edge, the second more a Rose of Sharon/horseshoe pattern.  Both are in excellent condition. They could be child size, or maybe just small collars.

      No bids on either.

http://tinyurl.com/8yat6uq ANTIQUE LACE VERY NICE WIDE FLOUNCE OF HANDMADE POINT DE GAZE LACE
Size: 8″ x 74″
Starting Price: $45.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 14, 2012 19:05:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller greatlace, Paris – Palm Beach, United States
Comments: A wide Point de Gaze flounce, no raised work, with good fillings. It’s quite a nice design, not just the conventional roses. Condition is very good, despite a few small holes. For a piece this size and quality these are minor considerations.

   $202.50, 2 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/7cvj4ra Vintage Bride Wedding Antique Hankie Handkerchief FANCY Hand Tatted Lace Tatting
Size: 10: x 10.5″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Jun 14, 2012 19:08:59 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller pursediva, Beautiful California!, United States
Comments: A tatted handkerchief. Note the motifs tied together, indicating an earlier origin.  The rather crowded design gives a very frilly look, do the closeups to appreciate the detail. Condition looks very good, I don’t see any problems from the photos. Seller does state that it has been ‘freshly laundered’.

   Sold for $26.77, 3 bidders.