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http://tinyurl.com/3rzrbwt antique european large lace fan MOP sitcks estate fine
Size: 9″ high, 24.75″ wide
Starting price: 40.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 02, 2011 15:35:43 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller gertjanvanveghel2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruges fan with mother-of-pearl sticks. One stick next to the back guard is missing the tip for 1.5″. The lace design is a rather thrown together assembly of flowers and leaves within a top and bottom border. A few very small needlelace rings for accent. Lace condition appears good.

   Sold for 63.61 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3gvvfg3 ANTIQUE LACE-C19THC BRUSSELS LACE COLLAR W/POINT DE GAZ
Size: ~35″ x almost 6″
Starting price: $75.00
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 06:49:22 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A good Duchesse de Bruxelles bertha. Good raised work in the bobbinlace, and at least one detached petal in the roses (one might be missing). Hard to tell the details, there aren’t any closeups. ONe dark stain, a few openings. This has been washed.

   Sold for $77.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3mt52h5 ANTIQUE LACE RETICELLA LACE CUTWORK SAMPLER RUNNER
Size: ~27″ x 59″, I think
Starting price: $195.00
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 12:27:14 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: An interesting linen.  I think that what looks like reticella is actually plaited bobbinlace everywhere.  There’s also some filet panels and a little embroidered cutwork.  It feels 20th century, and imitation of early Genoese.  Italian, probably. Seller cites a few minor openings and some small repairs to the linen.  Ebay #160645331748 is another piece along this line.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3hjc3bz Vintage Bobbin Lace Collar Pretty
Size: 15″ neck, 4″ wide
Starting price: $145.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 12:43:42 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller gb-best, New Ringgold, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A Bruges duchesse collar with very large motifs. But they are quite well arranged, and I think the design is rather effective. Seller cites light age spotting and minor bride breaks.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/4ycyq52 SUPER RETICELLA LACE TABLECLOTH
Size: ~41″-42″ SQUARE
Starting price: $395.00
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 13:22:20 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: I’d love to get opinions on this, but I think it might be Pag, mainly from the little ribbed center spider. But it lacks the typical looped picots. So it’s probably an Italian piece maybe from Aemilia Ars? The design is very traditional using a linen base. Quite a fine and impressive piece. Some openings in the linen, but since the linen is part of the base for the reticella, you have to live with it.

   Sold for $395.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/43apnvj LG HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE Collar
Size: 5.75″ wide, 39″ neckline, 79″ outside edge
Starting price: $69.99
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 19:27:29 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: A very good Point de Gaze bertha, with raised rose petals. The roses have a lovely, naturalistic design.  Note the windows in the raised petals, sign of a better manufacturer. A lovely piece with very minor defects.

   Sold for $365.00, 14 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3ekdxp8 SUPER HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE Collar
Size: 4.5″ at the widest point, 30″ long, neckline 18″
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 19:43:04 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: An interesting Duchesse de Bruxelles collar with a separate neckpiece. The design is much better than average; large centeral panels of needlelace edge with bobbin motifs. Good needlelace fillings and raised rose petals. Seems to be more than a few holes in the needlelace ground and some fillings.

   Sold for $137.50, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3thctz7 Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE FAN LACE *COLLAR OPT
Size: 8.25″ x 16.5″
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 19:52:57 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: A good Duchesse de Bruxelles fan leaf with a prominent center panel of point de gaze. A number of small  holes in the needlelace ground.

   Sold for $51.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3vxcz3g HM Antique Vtg SILK MALTESE LACE Collar Capelet *20f 2
Size: 7.5″ wide, 20.5″ neckline, 60″ outside edge
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Sep 04, 2011 20:25:07 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Quite a wide Maltese collar with basically three bands of construction. The middle band is of dense leaves with St. John’s cross medallions. Basically good condition, although some attachments look broken where the middle leave band connects to either edge.

   Sold for $52.00, 4 bidders.
See Ebay #270810853657 for a similar example.

http://tinyurl.com/3mrz8vm LG HM Antique BRUGGE LACE Handkerchief Hankie Hankie
Size: 18 CM X 10.8 CM X 14.1cm
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Aug 28, 2011 18:05:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: A very good Duchesse de Bruges handkerchief. the work is quite tightly done, and the bridework very delicate. Overall quite a nice example. Seller cites a few broken brides and some spots, but they aren’t obvious from the photos.

   Sold for $73.10, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3moc62u LG HM Antique BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE Butterfly
Size: 2-3/8″ x 2-1/2″
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Aug 28, 2011 18:11:35 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: These little butterflies come up for sale fairly regularly and were a nice tourist item made in the early-mid 20th century. This one is quite nice with a variety of filing stitches, and note the windows in some of the clothwork. Very good condition, I can’t see any problems.

   Sold for $102.51, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3vdlhfv HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS LACE  Wedding Veil Shawl Stole
Size: 22″ x 104″
Starting price: $99.99
Auction ends: Aug 28, 2011 18:13:40 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Stole of Brussels bobbinlace application on machine net with good needlelace fillings. The design is largely confined to the ends of the piece – giving it quite a light appearance. Things like this can be much more elaborate. condition is everything in a piece like this, since the machine net doesn’t always hold up too well over time. condition looks very good to me, I can’t see any problems from the photos – see seller’s notes.

   Sold for $250.00, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3s7pnuf ANTIQUE HANDMADE SILK MALTESE BOBBIN LACE COLLAR
Size: 40″ neckline, 6.5″ widest point
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Aug 28, 2011 20:30:27 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mustang95gt, Beautiful High Rock Lake, NC, United States
Comments: A good Maltese collar – perhaps a bertha? I like the semi-circular effect of the massed leaf tallies. Seller cites some discolaration, but overall very good condition.
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Sold for $51.20, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3fy4eak vintage antique PLASTRUM OF BEDFORDSHIRE BOBBIN LACE
Size: 25″ long, 13″ wide
Starting price: 12.99 GBP
Auction ends: Aug 29, 2011 04:16:17 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller anne1054, London E8, United Kingdom
Comments: An interesting Beds frontpiece with some floral leaf elements. I see one hole inon the left side at the very end, but otherwise looks quite intact.

   Sold for 18.52 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3nj6ajj 1900 SNOW WHITE IRISH CROCHET COLLAR LG SCALE DESIGN
Size: 4″ at widest, 15″ down one side
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Aug 29, 2011 13:09:17 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller anne1054, London E8, United Kingdom
Comments: Irish crochet collar with a kind of grape leaf, grape and rose design. Not the greatest design, but I like the work on the little rings. Good condition, no problems I can see.

   Sold for $24.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3zebrfb Lovely 19thc Brussels Lace Point de Gaze Cuff Dentelle
Size: 9.8″ x 3″
Starting price: $1.00
Auction ends: Aug 29, 2011 18:46:49 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller sirjle, PARIS, France
Comments: Good pair of Point de Gaze needlelace cuffs. Four layered petal roses each, raised rings in the centers of flowers, one nice rosette filling. Fairly conventional design. Aside from some brown spotting in places on both, they look in very good condition.

   Sold for $93.01, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3j6qvkq MAGNIFIQUE DENTELLIERE EN GRES DE FLANDRES
Size: 13,5 cn x 19 cn x 6 cm
Starting price: 25.00 EUR
Auction ends: Aug 30, 2011 11:40:35 PDT
Offered by: Eric Delwiche, Ebay seller jack_russel, Seraing, Belgium
Comments: Small Vlaams Aardewerk lacemaker by Vande Voorde, early 20th century. This is one of the smallest sizes he made (see the LaceNews article on Flemish Pottery lacemakers at http://tinyurl.com/4baktku). Vande Voorde was known for wonderful naturalism in all his figures. This one has two small chips, one in the base, one on a corner of the pillow, otherwise very good condition.

   Sold for 25.00 EUR, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3vzoj6u 19TH.CENTURY VICTORIAN BLACK LACE FAN LEAF
Size: 5″ wide, 19″ end to end
Starting price: $39.99
Auction ends: Aug 30, 2011 19:00:35 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller ashley21057, Hydes, MD, United States
Comments: I think this is handmade – wish there were more closeups. I don’t see any honeycomb which is unusual. It’s hard to say what’s going on at the right end, almost looks like a stick is still attached. Seller says there is some glue residue in the guard area. Nevertheless it’s a lovely piece, and the design is well suited for folding.

   Sold for $56.55, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3du7dgh Antique lace making cushion and bobbins the box (set)
Size: none given
Starting price: $20.00
Auction ends: Aug 31, 2011 14:36:31 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller alyonka81, Natchez, MS, United States
Comments: You see early 20th century sets like this by Cotterel and of course our overly-hyped American Torchon Lace Company, but I’ve never seen one by Cartier-Bresson. Wonder how it got to Natchez, Mississippi? The pillow, book, bobbins, and patterns are all there. This piece has been used, so it’s hard to say what hte original packing looked like. A rare piece, there’s already a lot of interest in it.

   Sold for $143.40, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3cebsbk Lace Making Bobbin Winder?
Size: ~14″ long
Starting price: 3.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 01, 2011 00:16:57 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller bricabracworld, Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Comments: An English upright bobbin winder, note the space in the clamp meant to accommodate the spangle. I’m thinking it’s a later piece, the earlier ones usually have a metal, not wooden screw at the bottom. And there’s not much wear. Hard to tell, there might be a nick in the upper right finial just below the ball? Might just be a trick of photography.  These pieces are delightful, although the flat windmill ones seem to work a bit better.

   Sold for 26.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3emeekc Biscuit la dentellière poinçonné numéroté
Size: 18 cm x 10.8 cm x 14.1 cm
Starting price: 50.00 EUR
Auction ends: Sep 01, 2011 11:35:37 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller papyhote, Belgique, Belgium
Comments: I’m going to guess from the mark that this is a German piece by Wallendorf, although the mark lacks an obvious ‘1764’ date below the W. Or maybe it is there and the photo isn’t focused enough to see. This firm made two versions of this figure, the other one is more elaborate.  (An elaborate one sold last February for 178.77 EUR, I show the photo next to the current offering below.) It’s a lovely, serene piece.  The seller notes several flaws which are hard to see in the white bisque, so you will have to decide for yourselves.

      Sold for 151.01 EUR, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3rqum2l IRISH CROCHET BLOUSE, C.1900
Size: 41″ bust, 13″ between shoulder seams at back.
Starting price: $20.00
Auction ends: Sep 01, 2011 18:33:30 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller smtraversy, Concord, NH 03301, United States
Comments: A high-necked Irish Crochet blouse with shamrock and flower designs. Note the dangling element in the front and good raised work in some flower centers. More of a Rose of Sharon pattern on top, larger motifs with bride grounds on bottom. There are several holes, especially around the neck.

   Sold for $179.50, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3q4hfld MUSEUM QUALITY c1870 MIXED BRUSSELS &POINT de GAZE LACE
Size: 4″ x 56″
Starting price: $99.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 01, 2011 19:30:13 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller grannyfannyssattic, Lebanon, Tennessee, United States
Comments: A good Brussels Duchesse flounce, with nice raised work in the bobbinlace. The needlelace is small, just a few inserts of roses with no raised petals. Hard to see why they bothered since the bobbinlace is fine on its own.  Condition looks very good, I don’t see any problems.

   $112.51, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3jgr6sx Bertha collar made of flemish bobbin lace c1880
Size: 100 cm aroun neck, 200 cm outer edge
Starting price: 47.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 02, 2011 08:26:27 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lunnantiques, London, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Big enough for a bertha. I like this a lot, Flemish pieced lace with big bold motifs and lots of varied fillings, and nice picoted bride work.. Condition looks very good, I can’t see anything wrong. Someone put some thought into this one.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3ewy7j7 ANCIENNE DENTELLE CHANTILLY FLEURIE 160 CM X 34
Size: 34 cm x 160 cm
Starting price: 24.00 EUR
Auction ends: Sep 02, 2011 09:16:00 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller grandegoule, Chez moi, France
Comments: The piece isn’t very long, but I like the different flowers – nice change from all those roses. Condition appears very good, I can’t see any problems.

   No bids.
Not sure what happened here, something is wrong with the original listing. So I’m changing the pointer to the relisted item, #120772184579.

Apologies, I’ve got a terrible cold so won’t do much on the alerts today. More on Sunday.

http://tinyurl.com/455opoc ANTIQUE LACE-FINE 19THC. YOUGHAL HANDKERCHIEF
Size: ~16″ square
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Aug 27, 2011 09:02:54 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A very good Youghal handkerchief. Motifs are quite interesting with varied stitches even in the leaves. I like the little trellis like filling just to the left of center on the third photo down.  This piece has some damage to the lightest ground stitch. Seller also cites some spots and a hole in the material.

   $138.50, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3uk6ugq Pair of Lille Bobbin lace lappets plus 5 lengths c1770
Size: lappets – 9 cm x 69cm, varied other lengths.
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Aug 28, 2011 07:34:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lunnantiques, London, London, United Kingdom
Comments: An interesting set to have survived together. There’s not enough closeups to get a really good look at the mesh, and a very fine motif Brussels applique on droschel would be my second guess. I’d love it if they are Lille, but somehow I’d expect a slightly coarser linen ground.  Anyway, the lappets are great – I can’t see a center join which might indicate a later date. These all have been cared for with good repairs – just a few minor holes now.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3el3kqc 1860 HAND FRENCH VALENCIENNE LACE LAPPET
Size: 38″ long, 3″ wide at ends.
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve.
Auction ends: Aug 29, 2011 13:08:51 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: A good single-piece lappet set of Valenciennes, 2nd half 19th century. Condition looks very good, I can’t see anything serious from the photos. There is no ombre shading, and the motifs aren’t the most sophisticated. But as a shaped piece of Val it’s unusual and works very well.

   $24.99, 1 bidder, reserve not met.