http://tinyurl.com/bmol285 very good antique bruge lace collar.
Size: not given
Starting Price: 8.00 GBP
Auction ends: Dec 07, 2012 08:38:50 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller reddolly123, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Bruges Bloemwerk collar with fairly large motifs. and sharp front points. A fairly conventional design but well in keeping with the scale of the piece. I see a few missing fillings from flower center, as the seller notes. Some light staining. Overall good condition.

   Sold for 13.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/aveekpb Antique Ladies Handkerchief Exquisite Hand Worked Lace Sheer Linen Stunning
Size: 13″ square
Starting Price: $25.00
Auction ends: Dec 08, 2012 18:05:06 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller nutting13, Livonia, New York, United States
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruges handkerchief.  Nice design with carefully worked small motifs.  This piece has a good presence. Condition appears very good, a few loose brides and one separation from the center linen, all minor.

   Sold for $90.01, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/affju3y Antique Victorian silk Chantilly? black tambour net lace lot large piece flounce
Size: 20.5″ x 41″
Starting Price: $25.00
Auction ends: Dec 08, 2012 18:05:06 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller shotgun*wedding, Livonia, New York, United States
Comments: There are two pieces in this listing, I’m only concerned with the square bonnet veil of tambour embroidery on tulle. It has a nice floral border on the front end, in the style of Blonde de Caen.  Seller cites a little separation of the picot edge and a few holes, but from what I can see it’s in basically good condition.

   Sold for $11.50, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/a7naqe3 Fancy Maltese Silk Lace Fall Cap
Size: 24″ x 62″
Starting Price: $99.00
Auction ends: Dec 08, 2012 19:56:11 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller avivb, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: This is large enough to be a mantilla headpiece. It’s quite an effective Maltese design – the usual alternating Maltese crosses and roundels around the outside, and then there’s a heavy woven leaf grid on the ends, and a regular lattice of roundels and leaves in the headpiece.  Seller cites a few loose threads, overall very good condition.

   Sold for $102.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/bjejdf2 needle handwork for “mariage”,before 1900,needle lace,so fine,huge!
Size: 15″ square
Starting Price: $30.00
Auction ends: Dec 08, 2012 11:08:36 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller treckibo, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Comments: A handkerchief Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. It’s pretty large, as are many handkerchiefs made of this lace. There are a few needlelace fillings, ground with rings in some flower petals, but nothing else. Motifs are small and the spaces well filled. I see one small hole at the bottom of the center ring, very minor. Overall very good condition.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/bektcjk 19th Century Brussels Point de Gaze Large Flounce 83″ x 6&1/2″
Size: 6.5″ x 83″
Starting Price: 90.00 GBP
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 09:33:24 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller neljeweluk, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze border with raised petal roses.  The cordonnet around the motifs is a little scraggly, I’m thinking this might have been washed. Some of the buttonhole stitches on the cordonnet have also come loose in places.  But overall things are intact and in very good condition.

   Sold for 122.00 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/aqcy273 Antique/vintage Brussels Point de Gaze lace handkerchief
Size: 13″ square
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 10:39:54 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze handkerchief.  Flat design with some nice fillings, especially the ovals in the corners. There are a few repairs that are hard to find, and a little roughness in the center cloth at the left.

   Sold for 171.00 GBP, 11 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/b4ayty5 Antique Victorian Faux Tortoiseshell & black & white embroidered lace fan
Size: 6.5″ x 83″
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:07:09 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller stcsilver, Ilkley, United Kingdom
Comments: A rather strange fan. Not sure what the lace is, but I’ll call it Honiton due to the large areas of fillings. The motifs are a bit big for this piece, but the Iris motif might indicate an Art Nouveau design. The lace has been appliqued to a sequin-studded gauze, which is usually not a good sign. But not too bad here. One rib missing, the condition of the lace looks very good.

   Sold for 119.00 GBP, 11 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ba73d98 ANTIQUE / VINTAGE MALTESE LACE TRIMMING
Size: 3.5″ x 88″
Starting Price: 12.99 GBP
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:09:41 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacisfair, Surrey, United Kingdom
Comments: A Maltese border with heart pattern, a fairly typical design for this type of border. The lace itself looks a bit scraggly closeup. Seller thinks it might have been dipped in tea, maybe threads shrunk a bit – not a good thing to do with a soft silk lace.  I don’t see any obvious damage, overall good condition.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/9w96m3c ANTIQUE LACE- 19THC.HONITON LACE FALLCAP
Size: 11.5″ x 26″
Starting Price: 12.99 GBP
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:23:42 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Honiton fallcap, a little out of the slug/snails stage, but not too much. The motifs are tightly worked with good fillings. Note the looped picots along the bars and the outer edge of the whole piece, unusual.  There are no photos of the lappet ends, but overall condition looks very good from the photos.

   Sold for 53.20 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/a2pdgah ANTIQUE LACE- FINE BRUSSELS LACE W/POINT DE GAZE
Size: 5″ x 36″
Starting Price: $65.00
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:28:41 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse collar with long front points. Flat Point de Gaze inserts, and note the little scalloped edges at the bottom of the needlelace- unusual. Overall the design looks a bit crowded and scattered to me. Overall very good condition, seller cites one tiny opening on an edge.

   Sold for $65.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/aov62kw Superbe Rouet de Dentellière XIX° Tour à Fuseaux Ancien Art Populaire Collection
Size: base 19 cm x 50 cm. Wheel diameter 20.5 cm. Windmill blades 53 cm.
Starting Price: 32.50 EUR
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:28:45 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller barrioux, SERMENTIZON, Auvergne, France
Comments: A French windmill bobbin winder, of the type used around Le Puy. Excellent condition, and seller says there is no sign of woodworm. Note the bobbins cut short and sharpened to form the pegs on the windmill; this is very common in these winders. The metal strap holding the windmill ‘shaft’ is unusual.  A great example.

   Sold for 89.10 EUR, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/bnnxy8r Rare Eclairage Dentelle au Carreau XIX° Globe Verre Lampe à Huile Art Populaire
Size: lamp 6.8 cm diameter, 8.7 cm high. Glass 18 cm high, diameter 14 cm.
Starting Price: 20.00 EUR
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:36:05 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller barrioux, SERMENTIZON, Auvergne, France
Comments: A French lacemaker’s lamp setup, with a brass oil lamp (chavillou in French), a round focusing glass, a bobbinlace pattern case for the glass decorated with medals, and a funnel for filling the glass. Two others of these sets have come up in the past year on Ebay, by the same seller. If it wasn’t for his efforts, we wouldn’t see any of this material.  Overall condition appears very good on all items.

   Sold for 247.55 EUR, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/b6fyeyd ANTIQUE LACE- BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE COLLAR
Size: ~22″ x 4.5″ widest
Starting Price: $85.00
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:36:46 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze collar. Very well done, note the naturalistic raised petals, decorated with diamond windows. The picoted border on the outside is strung together in imitation of Alençon horsehair.  Very good condition, I don’t see any problems from the photos.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/a879yus Ancien Carreau à Dentelle et Mallette Bois 1900 16 Fuseaux Art Populaire Velay
Size: pillow 35 cm x 30 cm
Starting Price: 55.00 EUR
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:41:27 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller barrioux, SERMENTIZON, Auvergne, France
Comments: A French Le Puy pillow – these come up often on French Ebay, but I’ve never seen one with a case before. And it is in very good condition, normally they come to the market heavily used.  There are also 16 bobbins and 4 patterns.  The whole set appears to be in very good condition.

   Sold for 134.00 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/amsw3q4 ANTIQUE / VINTAGE TAMBOUR LACE COLLAR
Size: neckline 17″, 10.5″ deep center back
Starting Price: 55.00 EUR
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:53:01 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacisfair, Surrey, United Kingdom
Comments: A tambour embroidery collar with deep points and bib. The bib I’m thinking it’s probably more of a dress front, although it seems you could wear it either way.  Nicely done dense pattern, note the little dot esprits in every spare space, and some good filling work.  Overall very good condition, although seller notes one small needed repair.

      Sold for 18.58 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/bfb8493 ANTIQUE LACE- CANTU LACE COLLAR
Size: 5″ x 33″
Starting Price: $29.99
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 11:53:40 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A collar or short scarf of Italian Cantu.  Plenty of typical hooks and flowers, typical of this lace, along with a plaited edge. Condition looks very good.

      No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/a2longt ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 19THC.NANDUTTI LACE SHAWL/RUNNER
Size: 20″ x 75″
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 12:01:52 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Nanduti or teneriffe silk shawl or maybe a runner because it is so long.  Silk is rare in this kind of lace, and I don’t really know where it originates. It seems a little off the typical Nanduti patterns.  It has two alternating square motifs, tightly woven, with a scalloped motif around the edge. Condition looks very good from the photos.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/bgsdhlj ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 1700’s FINE MILANESE LONG FLOUNCE
Size: 9″ x 130″
Starting Price: $195.00
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 12:08:44 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Milanese flounce with plaited star ground. The ground is irregularly inserted into open spaces, not uncommon for later 17thc Milanese. The tapes are plain with a lot of 3 and 5 petal flower terminations.  Condition looks very good.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/a7mjtmg ANTIQUE LACE- ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 18THC. FINE ALENCON LAPPET
Size: 3.5″ x 24-25″ each, I assume.
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 14:23:21 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A set of Alençon lappets which are a bit, well, strange.  The designs don’t match in the mirror image sense that you expect. I can’t tell how the mesh was made (réseau fin?), there aren’t any closeup views, but it does seem to change a bit in character in different sections, especially in the righthand one. And there’s signs of repair. I’m wondering if this isn’t a set made up from something else, or altered from an original. The work is quite beautiful, but all-in-all it’s rather a puzzle.

   Sold for $150.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/aj43k5w ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 19TC.FLEMISH LACE COLLAR
Size: 20.5″ x 8.5″ Not sure how that was measured.
Starting Price: $55.00
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 14:46:12 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Belgian lace deep collar known as Point de Flandre, sometimes called ‘Old Flanders’ by Belgian workers. The brides have some Bruges characteristics with the islands at bride intersections. It is a pieced lace but with many characteristics of very early Flanders lace; a highly decorated tape lace breaking off into individual motifs. This is a nice example in very good condition.

      Sold for $64.60, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/bz8wks8 ANTIQUE LACE- ORNATE VENETIAN NEEDLEPOINT LACE COLLAR
Size: 18″ x ~8″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 15:56:31 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A well done 19th c copy of Gros Point de Venise. I especially like the decorative fringe work on the raised edges, and the decoration of the brides.  Belgian, maybe French? It looks intact with right-left symmetry, and in very good condition.

   Sold for $195.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/axyw6ln ANTIQUE LACE-BRUGE BOBBIN LACE COLLAR
Size: needs correcting
Starting Price: $29.99
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 16:22:21 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Bruges Bloemwerk collar, nicely worked. It has a good variety of fillings including some elaborate brides.  This does give the design a little bit of a crowded look.  Condition appears very good.

      Sold for $38.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/9wroa2l Antique 19th Century Mother of Pearl Mixed Brussels Lace Fan – GORGEOUS – NR yqz
Size: 21″ across, 11″ high
Starting Price: $0.99
Auction ends: Dec 09, 2012 18:34:01 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller estateauctionsinc, Seaford, Delaware, United States
Comments: I think it’s Belgian, sort of an advanced Brussels Duchesse piece. Some of the flowers are needlelace, others bobbinlace with some needlelace fillings. It has a great Art Nouveau feeling. The work is well done, and condition very good, just some minor staining in one spot. One broken stick.

   Sold for $127.50, 12 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/a6f3d95 ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 18THC BOBBIN LACE LAPPET
Size: ~3.5″ x 39-40″
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: Dec 10, 2012 08:03:07 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: Brussels bobbinlace with droschel ground lappets, joined at the tops.  This is a typical mid 18th c design. Although some might argue an English origin, we don’t have good guidelines to tell the difference at this period.  Some of the motifs in the ground might be insects. The picots around the edge are very sharp, I’m wondering if this was added later, not an uncommon 19th c adaptation, and not particularly important for a piece of this quality. Condition is very good with the mesh basically intact except for some minor pulls. One small hole at the end of the right hand lappet.  This isn’t the greatest design for lappets of this period, but the condition and quality of work are very good.

   Sold for $164.59, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/bep4cha RARE SHAWL / WEDDING VEIL IN POINT DE GAZE LACE 104″ X 20″
Size: 20″ x 104″
Starting Price: $99.99
Auction ends: Dec 10, 2012 15:55:48 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller elias*123, Boro, Italy
Comments: A Point de Gaze rectangular shawl. This one is in excellent condition, I don’t see any problems from the photos. The design isn’t quite as over-the-top as some – the clothwork is a bit plain and the fillings not too ambitious. But none of that really matters, these don’t come up for sale that often, and the condition is wonderful.

   Sold for $1,405.55, 8 bidders.