http://tinyurl.com/8ah8o3j Attractive Length of Antique Handmade Lace
Size: 2.75″ x 62″
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 13, 2012 12:01:11 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: Forget the strange little engrelure which was added later. This is a Flemish bobbinlace with brides, 2nd quarter 18th century. It has that kind of overdone Brabant look, but the work itself is quite fine, and it has some interesting snowflake variation fillings.  Condition looks good, a little fraying here and there and some holes in the clothwork, more like general wear, probably not made any better by an old washing. You can also see some yellow spots in the photos. A nice piece, good length, and the design looks intact.

   Sold for 31.01 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/9eqpwye Antique/vintage tape lace handkerchief
Size: 11″ ‘across’
Starting Price: 9.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2012 10:35:51 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Bruges handkerchief in very good condition.  Nice bold motifs, well executed.  This isn’t a particularly sophisticated lace, but the design of this piece makes a good bold statement.

   Sold for 21.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/8zobx6m Lovely Collar – Antique Handmade Lace
Size: 48″ long, 4.5″ center witch, 4″ end widths
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2012 11:59:59 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: This is a later 19th century Belgian piece which was commercially often known as ‘Point de Milan’. It can be good quality (like this piece), or pretty bad, and there’s a lot of the bad stuff around.  Here the bobbinlace motifs are crisp and well made, note the good raised work. Note the needlelace mesh which is basically used as a fillings. Nice picoted brides. Overall condition looks very good – I can spot a few small holes in the photos, but nothing serious.

   Sold for 89.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/9r5q3c7 Honiton Lace piece
Size: 3″ x 55″
Starting Price: 4.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2012 12:08:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller sunnisouth, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
Comments: It does look like a Honiton applique on machine net. The motifs are a larger than one finds in Brussels lace, and note the tally fillings along the edge. A few tiny holes in the net, particularly at the ends, but generally in good condition.

   Sold for 9.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/8sqodac ANTIQUE LACE-SUPERB BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE LAPPET
Size: not given
Starting Price: $295.00
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2012 13:18:40 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: 19th c lappet scarf of Point de Gaze, probably 3rd quarter. Excellent condition and design. All you can see are a few yellow spots here and there. This is a flat piece, no raised petals, and points to a superior manufacturer. Note the extensive fine ‘mode’ fillings. Also note the ‘sitck-like’ picots along the edge, also a specific manufacturer mark, although we don’t know who it was.  This is a really beautiful piece.

   Sold for $295.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/9aqfyza ANTIQUE LACE-SUPERB BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE FLOUNCE
Size: 8″ x 68″
Starting Price: $495.00
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2012 13:25:26 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: It’s been a while since we’ve seen a really good, wide Point de Gaze flounce. Raised petal roses, good mode fillings and naturalistic design, rather densely packed.  The condition looks very good, I don’t see any problems from the photos. Seller cites some minor openings ‘near edge’, not quite sure what that means.

  No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/9e782tk ANTIQUE LACE- 145″ OF BRUSSELS LACE
Size: 7.5″ x 145″
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2012 13:32:50 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A Brussels bobbinlace application on machine net. Only a few needlelace rings used as fillings in some flowers.  It’s a long piece, with an extraneous tulle piece attached at the top which probably could be easily removed. The design is rather middle-market. Seller says it has three joins and some staining, I also see at least one minor hole in the net in the photos. Basically good condition.

   Sold for $150.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/8f4yu7o ANTIQUE LACE-FINE ARGENTAN LACE
Size: ~3″ x ~48″
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2012 16:07:04 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A later 19th c Alençon border with réseau fin. Some, but not many decorative modes, and a little rempli variation used as fillings on the lower edge. The clothwork rempli is sold and well worked with the open twisted stitch, but little shading. Good naturalistic design and well done brode, plain and picoted. Seller cites a few tiny openings which I can’t spot from the photos, overall very good condition.

   Sold for $83.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/94ra7fh ANTIQUE LACE-SUPERB BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE
Size: 3.25″ x 77″
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2012 06:16:30 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Looks like a Burano piece to me, imitation of Point d’Alençon. It’s much too tightly worked for a Brussels piece, and although I can’t see the fine detail, the brode looks overcast in place, not buttonholed.  It also has a good strong needlelace mesh (not bobbinmade droschel), and a very solid pattern. Condition looks very good, I can’t spot any problems from the photos.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/8fe6374 1 large piece of Honiton Lace
Size: 2.75″ x 35″
Starting Price: 4.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2012 06:44:50 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller sunnisouth, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
Comments: A length of Honiton, snails/slugs era. Good tally fillings along the border. A few breaks and holes, basically good condition. A little short.

   Sold for 4.99 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/9akvrss ANTIQUE POINT DE GAZE BRIDAL HANKIE LACE LARGE 14″SQUARE ORIGINAL PATINA BEAUTY
Size: 14″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2012 15:41:04 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacechest, colorado springs, CO, United States
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse handkerchief. No raised petals or elaborate modes in the Point de Gaze, but I like the pansy design.  Altogether quite a nice effect. Seller cites a little spotting, nothing major, overall very good condition.

   Sold for $113.61, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/96sufcl ANTIQUE POINT DE GAZE ECRU LACE 4″X87″FABULOUS DESIGN HAND MADE FRENCH DOLLS
Size: 4″ X 87″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2012 17:19:48 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacechest, colorado springs, CO, United States
Comments: An interesting Brussels bobbinlace application on machine net, with elaborate needlelace medallions.  The bobbinlace motifs are small and neatly done, while the ne3edlelace concentrates on a design of ring fillings.  Seller cites some holes near the ends, with some pinholes in the main part of the lace.  An unusual piece.

   Sold for $94.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/8n9wv3f ANTIQUE HANDWORED CREAM SILK MALTESE LACE LARGE BERTHA COLLAR/CAPE
Size: 15.5″ neck edge, 59″ outer edge, 8.5″ center back depth, 11.5″ long points.
Starting Price: 34.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 09:58:18 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller abfabs05, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Comments: A wide Maltese collar with some excellent guipure work. It seems to be an exercise in matching patterns in the inner section, since the part with the end flowers is made of two lengths all around the collar. Nicely done. Condition looks very good from what I can see in the photos –  I don’t see any obvious defects.

   Sold for 57.89 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/98gbxb2 Antique ladies Maltese lace biege silk dress collar
Size: ~9 cm width at the widest point.
Starting Price: 9.95 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 11:17:57 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller cottoncow11, Pulborough, United Kingdom
Comments: A small Maltese scalloped edge collar that relies on some simple design elements – woven leaf lattice ground, one Maltese cross, and a simple plaited edge. I put this one up because of a conversation I was having with Jeri Ames the other day – can we actually find Maltese pieces that are not composed of matched strips sewn together? I think this is a candidate.  Condition looks good, maybe a little wrinkled in places.  Nice contrast to the previous piece.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/93e9589 ANTIQUE BLONDE SILK MALTESE LACECOLLAR BERTHA w/ DETAILED DESIGN – FOR STUDY
Size: ~9 cm width at the widest point.
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 12:59:14 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller luka0001, South Coast., United Kingdom
Comments: Yet another Maltese collar, different from the last two examples.  This one has good guipure, combined with a more open, almost spidery ground.  Note the use woven leaves as veins in the leaves of the flower at the back inside edge.  This technique gives it a light appearance. Seller notes some fraying, odd broken bride and age discoloration, but generally good condition.

   Sold for 16.23 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/8ocgnzk ANTIQUE LACE HAND MADE MECHLIN LACE C 1870
Size: 3.25″ x 63″
Starting Price: $65.00
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 14:03:24 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller greatlace, Paris – Palm Beach, United States
Comments: A Mechlin edging with a straight lower edge – you see this kind of design in certain Lille patterns also. The design has a simple border and large buds arranged in the upper ground – it is meant to be ruffled.  Very good condition, the lace is nicely intact, no pulls that I can see. Seller cites a few light age stains. The picots on the lower edge are quite prominent, and at first I thought it might be a machine edge sewn onto an earlier piece (common practice in the 19th c), but on closer examination you can see that it is part of the original lace.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/8lsx6k6 ANTIQUE LACE- ORNATE BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE
Size: 4″ at widest x ~20.5″ each
Starting Price: $225.00
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2012 14:08:30 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: This looks like it was originally one collar, but got cut at the back at some point, probably to accommodate a dress opening in back. Duchesse de Bruxelles, with the needlelace confined to a row of roses along the neck edge. Quite nicely done too, with a double layer of raised petals. Good raised work on the bobbinlace – definitely an upper market piece.  A few spots, and other than the separation, looks in very good condition.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/98fl9tu Antique Lace for a Fan but without Sticks
Size: 12.5″x 21.5″ frame dimensions
Starting Price: $100.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: 3 days 21 hours from Sept 12, 2012 8:05 PM MST
Offered by: Ebay seller ssbantiques, Rockville, MD, United States
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse fan leaf with rather large bobbin motifs and a big Point de Gaze insert in the center.  A bit hard to tell, but it looks in very good condition, probably because of the protection of the frame.

   Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/8cbdwa3 Antique 19 C Branscombe Honiton Hand Lace REnaissance Banquet Tablecloth 62×128″
Size: 62″ x 128″
Starting Price: $149.99
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 18:42:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller abridav216, Beachwood, Ohio, United States
Comments: A banquet tablecloth. I think it’s a bobbin-made tape lace, although the tape is a bit rushed. Extensive bobbinlace fillings, and also some needlelace grounds. At first I thought it was Italian because the ends of some of the tapes are almost curling like Cantu, but then if they would put the time into a piece like this, why not do the Cantu hook formally? Now I think it’s probably a Belgian piece, because of the combination of tape lace and needle ground, also the bobbinlace coarse droschel-like ground in places. Like what they used to call Point de Milan. Condition looks good – seller notes a few spots and some broken brides, not serious. I think there might be some figural work, horses heads? in the corners.

   Sold for $620.99, 7 budders,

http://tinyurl.com/9lg8x3x SUPERB HANDMADE Antique Vtg EDWARDIAN IRISH CROCHET LACE BONED HIGH NECK COLLAR
Size: 13.5″ neckline, 9.5″ deepest width
Starting Price: $29.99
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 19:18:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet neckpiece and dress front, matching designs. Fairly large motifs tightly worked. The symmetry is a little off, but I like the massing of the large flowers and leaves along the bottom, with a more geometrical mesh and smaller motifs on top. Note the multilayered flowers.  Overall very good condition, seller cites age discoloration and rare broken bride, some soiling where hooks once were.

   Sold for $100.00, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/9fbrxrx Antique c1860 Handmade Irish Crochet LACE Trim Raised FLOWERS 2″ W .. 3 Yds Long
Size: ~1-7/8″ x 3 yards
Starting Price: $49.99
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 19:32:07 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller winter-garden, Palm Beach, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet insertion. Motifs have some raised rings, and a rectangular picoted mesh.  Seller says it matches a recently listed collar, but I can’t find a really obvious resemblance.  See the next review.  Overall condition looks very good from the photos, no obvious damage.

   Sold for $49.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/9vk3ro7 Antique c1860 HM Irish Crochet LACE Collar w SATIN Ribbons Dimensional Flowers
Size: ~15″ across top (neckline?), ~25″ across bottom (outer edge?), 3.25″ wide.
Starting Price: $49.99
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2012 19:39:03 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller winter-garden, Palm Beach, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet collar with what look like Clones Knots decorating the loops along the edges.   The motifs are formed of narrow ‘tapes’ with the crochet done mainly in two layers on a base thread; these are twisted around into various patterns.  A little raised work, and roughly hexagonal picoted brides. Looks in very good condition.

   Sold for $49.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/8e64ba4 ANTIQUE/VINTAGE NEEDLE LACE VICTORIAN BERTHA COLLAR LAPPET SCARF
Size: 36″ long, 7″ center width, 2″ width at ends
Starting Price: $34.99
Auction ends: Sep 17, 2012 06:15:00 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller karinscloset, Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A Duchesse collar, all bobbinlace.  Note the little frill added separately along the neck edge.  A collection of fairly standard motifs, but nicely arranged, and with some good raised work.  Condition appears very good, seller cites only one ‘slipped’ thread.

   No bids.