"It went for £1500 - I wish I knew what I missed seeing!" It's quite possible that you didn't miss anything. It may be that someone else thought they were getting something far more special than they actually did.
Don't forget how many times we see *Antique* *Rare* and *Hand Made* attached to relatively modern, quite ordinary, machine made lace on e-bay. Also remember that sometimes, and for some purposes, machine made lace is more valuable than hand made. A good few years ago now I was at a talk given by a textiles expert from Philips auction house. At the end she was shown a Maltese lace collar (in excellent condition) which a friend had recently bought for about £30, which was a lot of money at the time. She asked for a valuation, and was relieved to here she had paid about the right price for it. The expert picked up a machine lace collar which she had brought with her, and said "At auction, this would probably fetch as much or more than that yours" She then went on to explain that in fact lace collectors were in the minority when it came to buying lace; more people were buying for theatre, fashion and interior design use and for these purposes the bolder style of much of the machine lace is more suitable. So perhaps whatever was in the box, although not anything special in our eyes, was perfect for some other use and a bargain to the person who bought it. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
