This reminded me of when I went to buy my wedding dress. I found one in just 40 minutes (it took that to try on 4 outfits) and went to pay with husband to be (he was paying). He asked me how much it was and I showed offered him the price tag but I didn't realise that he had read the wrong side. He looked at the tage and said it was worth every penny as I was only intending to get married once.
The proper price was £795 but on the reverse, the 'sale' price was £295. When they asked for his card and put it in the machine they said to check the amount and enter his pin. I've never seen him pay for something so fast and leave the shop - he thought he'd just saved £500. I owned up about 10 minutes later after he had crowed all the way to the car. For my honesty I got a very nice pair of beaded shoes to go with the dress (Clarks - £39.95 ... my mother said I had an eye for a bargin!). Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Sun, 6/2/11, dmt11h...@aol.com <dmt11h...@aol.com> wrote: From: dmt11h...@aol.com <dmt11h...@aol.com> Subject: Re: [lace] lace on ebay To: lhal...@bytemeusa.com, lace@arachne.com Date: Sunday, 6 February, 2011, 21:32 Anything that can be worn by a bride brings the price up, as you are then in the "bridal market", not the lace collectors market and people will pay a lot for their "special day". In a message dated 2/6/2011 3:21:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lhal...@bytemeusa.com writes: There is no reason not to think that the embroidery on the veil was done by hand with a tambour hook or needle. Tambour hook would probably be faster. This type of lace was itself an attempt to make lace faster than either needle lace or bobbin lace. It only came into existence when large widths of clear machine made net became reliably available -- after about 1820. The design of this piece is surprisingly good and closely mirrors bobbin lace designs of that time period. $7500 seems way too much. Bobbin lace yes, tambour ??? But the design is better than most of that type (that I have seen) and it appears to be in good condition. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
