Re: [lace] Auction yesterday

2004-11-25 Thread Dmt11home
Thank you for this report, Jean. As you point out, the size of the piece is a major disincentive to buying it. Also, the fact that nobody really knows how many there are, so the uniqueness is a question. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Auction yesterday

2004-11-25 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Jean I think the lace panel probably went to the wrong auction house Aren't Philips reckoned to be the most specialised lace/textiles auctioneers in UK? Yes the Battle of Britain panels are huge - and I hold them in high esteem. It was seeing one (or rather about half of one) displayed in a

[lace] Auction yesterday

2004-11-24 Thread Jean Peach
I never expected yesterday morning that I would be going to an auction, that changed when I read one of our free papers that we get each week. Although I have lived here in Newbury for 32 years I have never been to an auction at Dreweatt Neate Donnington Sale rooms. It is in a large Georgian