The Princess Di book (hate to say it); AR doesn't really seem to care
much about antique fashion, at least for the parts they televise. Or
the Philippines dress.
Back when I went, they cherry-picked all the televised stuff from the
front of the line- the very earliest comers. Don't hold your breath
about being televised :)
However-- the long line was FUN! After the coffee-addicted sent
partners out for caffeine, the line thawed and it was "I'll show you
mine if you'll show me yours," and the mile-long conversation began as
we wound our way through many twists & turns of the line. I toted a
folding chair and _used_ it occasionally.
Note: it helps to have a cart if anything you bring is heavy/awkward.
A thermos or water bottle if you like coffee or hydration.
Have fun! Naturally, we expect a full report!
== Marjorie Wilser
=:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:12 PM, penny1a wrote:
We are going to Antiques Roadshow Saturday in DC. We have 9 am
tickets. I
am so excited. We can bring four items. Is anyone from the list going?
I am bringing my collection of 23 original fashion plates of French
plays
from the late 1890s-1903. Some are Sarah Bernhardt plays. The
illustrations show the costume changes per character with five to six
costumes per fashion plate. These once belonged to the illustrator or
editor. A while back, we discussed these plates on h-costume. I
was having
a problem scanning them because they are so large. I now own a
scanner with
a large enough bed to scan the plates. Hopefully, I will getting them
online in the autumn.
I am also bringing some hand-tinted stereoviews from the first
stereoview
London publisher. The photos are of weddings. A photo historian
told me
that these are the earliest known hand-tinted stereoviews that they
have
seen by this photographer. I am excited to see if this is true.
We are bringing an antique inlaid game table that I gave my husband
for his
birthday. It has a chess table and a roulette wheel. It is
beautiful! We
really don't care about the value, we just want to know how old it is.
I am trying to decide what our 4th item will be. Maybe you all can
help me
decide. I need to know the following items value for insurance
purposes.
So let me know what you think that I should bring:
1. Hand-beaded traditional Philippians dress (we discussed this
dress on
h-costume)
2. An 1814 book titled Picturesque Representations of The Dress and
Manners
of the English. It is a rare book and has full page hand-tinted
illustrations of the occupations with a corresponding page with the
occupation description. You can see thumbnails of this book at:
http://www.costumegallery.com/1814/British_Occupations/Laborers/
This is
just the laborers section online. I own the entire book and haven't
put all
of them online yet.
3. My Princess Diana auction dress books and photos. The books are
autographed by fashion designer David Emanuel (Di's wedding dress)
and some
of the current dress owners. They autographed the books when I
worked on
the dresses For newbies to h-costume, I have worked with David and
seven of
the charity dresses. I don't know if these would really be
classified as an
antique.
4. Delineator magazine collection spanning from 1880-1930.
5. A 1900s template ad book that was used by the fashion advertising
industry for fashion ads in magazines and newspapers. The ads in
fashion
magazines were originally templates and the publisher would insert the
business info into the templates for publication.
Let me know what you think my 4th item should be. We are leaving for
DC
Friday night.
Penny Ladnier
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
<http://www.costumegallery.com/> www.costumegallery.com
14 websites of fashion, textiles, & costume history
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