Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-09 Thread Lavolta Press
To be more specific, Anybook NEVER had any inventory. Ever. They would troll online book sellers (probably using a bot) to source used books that were for sale online. They would then use a formula which would mark up the book by a great percentage. Then they would list the book for sale. Not

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-09 Thread Beteena Paradise
. From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 6:21:41 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy To be more specific, Anybook NEVER had any inventory. Ever. They would troll online book sellers

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-09 Thread Lavolta Press
I mean honestly who cares if it is legal? I refuse to buy from such a seller regardless. OK, so don't buy from them. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-08 Thread Beteena Paradise
: Fri, October 8, 2010 4:27:33 AM Subject: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy Good grief. This is the highest price I've seen so far. And for ex-library, at that. But they'll generously donate £0.25 to charity. Bah! http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3510504977cm_ven=nlcm_cat=trgcm_pla

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-08 Thread Susan Farmer
On 10/7/2010 11:27 PM, Charlene Charette wrote: Good grief. This is the highest price I've seen so far. And for ex-library, at that. But they'll generously donate £0.25 to charity. Bah! http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3510504977cm_ven=nlcm_cat=trgcm_pla=wantcm_ite=viewbook

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-08 Thread appin1
I saw this listed on ABEBOOKS last year for about $1,300. Luckily, I already have a copy. Kathleen -Original Message- From: Charlene Charette charlene...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 11:28 pm Subject: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-08 Thread Helen Pinto
Based on previous posts, the first one on the list at www.bookfinder.com for $202 is an absolute steal. -Helen/Aid an ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-07 Thread Charlene Charette
Good grief. This is the highest price I've seen so far. And for ex-library, at that. But they'll generously donate £0.25 to charity. Bah! http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3510504977cm_ven=nlcm_cat=trgcm_pla=wantcm_ite=viewbook --Charlene -- Ever notice that when you try to

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy

2010-10-07 Thread Franchesca
-Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume- boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Charlene Charette Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 8:28 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy Good grief. This is the highest price I've seen so far

[h-cost] renaissance dress

2008-05-16 Thread Leif og Bjarne Drews
I have uploaded some more pictures. I made a drawing after the portrait and removed the hands from the front, and this is my theory of her skirt. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/br.htm I wondered about her juwelry necklace with the big S on it. Her name is Constance, but i found out she was a

Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress

2008-05-16 Thread Leif og Bjarne Drews
Oh you are quite right, sorry about that mistake, Thanks for the informations.. Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress I think that you have a good idea about the skirt

Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress

2008-05-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
] wrote: Oh you are quite right, sorry about that mistake, Thanks for the informations.. Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress I think that you have a good idea about the skirt

Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress

2008-05-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think that you have a good idea about the skirt but you may be a bit off base on the necklace. If you look closely at the vertical elements you can see they form the initials I and H. In period it was common/fashionable to wear the symbol of 'IHS' which are the Latin initials of Jesus. It was

Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress

2008-05-16 Thread Leif og Bjarne Drews
PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress No need to apologize, I'm just a fresh set of eyes looking at it. I'm sure you would have realized it eventually. I can't wait to see the finished product! (But I'll make do with the interesting 'in progress' postings in the mean time.) Karen