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Tuesday, 22 June 2010

God Bless Them! An Early 18th Century Stomacher for £30-£50 * 23 June Auction

It is a terrible picture, it is all there is - but it was enough to have me fall off my seat in peals of laughter, if only you could have heard. I was just taking a break with a pot of tea and had a look to see what was new in the auction rooms, and blow me down, this popped up on my screen. It is described as A FRAMED TRIANGULAR PANEL OF FLORAL EMBROIDERY and two three section PIECES, in a glazed frame. Estimates: £30 to £50. Well someone needs to get their skates on because this is for auction tomorrow by Diamond Mills and Co in Felixstowe, Suffolk - the lot number is 381.
Posted by N E E D L E P R I N T at 22:19

4 comments:

  1. Monique in TX22 June 2010 at 22:29

    Wow! Do they really not know what they have? What a wonderful find for someone who knows a thing or two about historical fashion. Have you tipped off your favorite museums?

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  2. Sarah Ketley23 June 2010 at 00:06

    *snork* ummmm depending on the condition.... i'm sure it will go for considerably more than that!! lol... I would pay more than that, and i'm a poor starving uni student :-)

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  3. ~mj~24 June 2010 at 03:42

    Oh how I wish I was in England with an extra 50 pounds in my pocket....

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  4. Unknown11 June 2014 at 01:34

    Wonderful .. Looking for a piece similar to this one for my collection for quite sometime... one of my favourite textile dealer/seller had nothing interesting for several months in their shop and of course the only time we have not looked to their website, here they come with a fantastic super rare 18th Century stomacher sold probably in a few hours for £190 . We are lucky enough to find rare pieces for the collection occasionally but very rarely as cheap as £50.

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