[lace] Lace Auction in New York

[Jeriames]

Attention Lace Collectors!
 
November 2, 2011, Noon, at Augusta Auctions [New York City], 400+ lots of  
couture and vintage clothing, fashion accessories, and rare textiles 
consigned  by the Brooklyn Museum, the Chrysler Museum,
the Fashion Institute of Design  &  Merchandising, the Montclair Historical 
Society, Ohio State  University and other institutions will be auctioned. 
 
This auction offers a selection of rare laces, dating from the 17th -  
early 20th centuries.  The laces include handmade laces from the estate of  
early 20th C. renowned lace dealer and collector, Marian Powys.  Includes 2  
wedding veils and a 18th C. 5-piece Alencon lace accessory set for formal  
dress.
 
For details visit:

_http://www.augusta-auction.com/_ (http://www.augusta-auction.com/) 


Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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[lace] lace auction in New York

[Lorelei Halley]

Jeri and Annette
Jeri thanks for posting that link.  I just spent an hour looking through it
all.  There are some really spectacular pieces, but also some disappointments.
In many cases I just wish the photographer had gotten closer to the lace.
There are some mistakes in the description of what the laces actually are.
And in some cases the distance of the camera makes it impossible to be sure if
the description is accurate.  The high points are an 18th century Honiton,
which Santina Levey might have called late "Bath Brussels".  Honiton that old
is hard to find.  There is also  a piece with needle lace fillings which are
much more complex than what one usually sees.  Well worth searching through.
Most of the laces appear on pages 6-9, I think.  And I agree that the posted
prices seem low.  If collectors actually get the laces for the posted prices
they will be cackling with glee for months.

I can imagine some reasons that a museum might sell off laces.  If they have
30 pieces of point de gaze in their collection but only a total of 100 pieces
of needlelace, they might decide that they should keep only the very best of
each type and let the more ordinary ones go.

Among the ones in this auction, the most interesting from the point of view of
possible "best laces" is the Valenciennes lace shawl.  The description says it
uses a machine made ground.  While this is possible, the kind of Val that is
part lace construction is quite rare, in my experience.  This is one of the
pieces that I wish we had better photos of.  The ground is very regular and
all moves in the same direction.  It could be machine made, but that would
also be true of hand made Val.  What is unusual is  a triangular shawl made of
Valenciennes lace.  If the ground is handmade, that is amazing, and would have
required a lot of piecing of strips.  If it really is handmade motifs
appliqued onto machine mesh that would be easier to accomplish, and remove it
from the "spectacular" category to the "interesting" category.

Anybody else have ideas about these laces?
Lorelei

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[lace] lace auction in New York

[Lorelei Halley]

This is the one I meant with the spectacular needle lace fillings:
http://www.augusta-auction.com/component/auctions/?view=lot&id=10736&auction_
file_id=22
Lorelei

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[lace] lace auction in New York

[Laurie Waters]

The announcement of the Augusta auction was posted on LaceNews on October 
8th 
http://lacenews.net/2011/10/08/auction-augusta-actions-specialty-fashion-and-textiles-november-2-2011/.

Karen sent me some notes about the sale, which I also posted.
Laurie
http://lacenews.net 


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Re: [lace] Lace Auction in New York

[lynrbailey]

Dear Jeri,
 Thank you so very much for calling this to our attention.  Sure wish there 
were more pictures.  After my dull work today, I rewarded myself by looking 
through the pictures and downloading some of them as very fine examples of the 
art.  I am up to page 8 of 21.  Will we be able to find out what these sold 
for?  

Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where it has been rainy and chilly all day.


>From: jeria...@aol.com
>
> 
>November 2, 2011, Noon, at Augusta Auctions [New York City], 400+ lots of  
>couture and vintage clothing, fashion accessories, and rare textiles 

>This auction offers a selection of rare laces, dating from the 17th -  
>early 20th centuries.  
>
>_http://www.augusta-auction.com/_ (http://www.augusta-auction.com/) 
>
>

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RE: [lace] Lace Auction in New York

[Annette Meldrum]

Thanks Jeri for a most interesting browse.
What a shame to see these items being sold off from Collections. I guess
they were stored away from sight in these museums anyway and never seen by
the public?
You wonder where they will end up?
Museums usually don't have money to purchase from auctions these days I
think? They seem to be more interested in selling.

I was also interested in the suggested prices. Much lower than I imagined
for most items.
It would be interesting to see the final selling prices.

I wonder how much interest there will still be in the fine laces for future
generations so far removed from the times and knowledge of the methods of
production.
The xyz generations are so minimalist with quick fix and throw out habits.

Annette in Wollongong, Australia 

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Subject: [lace] Lace Auction in New York

Attention Lace Collectors!
 
November 2, 2011, Noon, at Augusta Auctions [New York City], 400+ lots of  
couture and vintage clothing, fashion accessories, and rare textiles 

This auction offers a selection of rare laces, dating from the 17th -  
early 20th centuries.  The laces include handmade laces from the estate of  
early 20th C. renowned lace dealer and collector, Marian Powys.  Includes 2

wedding veils and a 18th C. 5-piece Alencon lace accessory set for formal  
dress.
 
For details visit:

_http://www.augusta-auction.com/_ (http://www.augusta-auction.com/) 


Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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Re: [lace] lace auction in New York

[Beth McCasland]

I'd pay $200 for that!  I think my pocket snake is sitting on top of my
credit card.

Beth McCasland
Seattle, Washington, USA



On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote:

> This is the one I meant with the spectacular needle lace fillings:
>
> http://www.augusta-auction.com/component/auctions/?view=lot&id=10736&auction_
> file_id=22
> Lorelei
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