~ANTIQUE NEEDLECRAFT AUCTION

here’s a nice & diverting on-line cruise – for a rainy day !!

SAT OCT 24, 2009 – ANTIQUE SEWING & NEEDLEWORK TOOLS, KITS, THIMBLES, VINTAGE (WORKING) SINGER ‘SEWHANDY’ MINATURE TOY SEWING MACHINES, and BUTTONS !!

featuring more than 3,000 pieces – many from the extensive, late ANNE POWELL COLLECTION of CELEBRATION, FLORIDA.
pieces range from the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries & many are priced … in the $100 range !!
so, yep, even YOU !! can have a piece of the action, if not gather some DIY hands-on inspiration, from days gone bye – free for all.

check out: JEFFREY S. EVANS & ASSOCIATES of MOUNT CRAWFORD, VIRGINIA

here’s a small sampling !!

LOT # 41
LOT #41- TORTOISE SHELL (!!) NEEDLECASE.
early 19th c.

LOT # 46
LOT #46 – BRASS – FLIP COVER ‘BIRD’ NEEDLECASE
third quarter 19th c.

lot #  52
LOT #52 – IVORY FIGURAL DIEPPE NEEDLECASE
late 18th c.

lot # 70
LOT #70 – MOTHER-OF-PEARL NEEDLECASE
late 19th c.

lot # 90
LOT #90 – WOODEN NEEDLECASES – SET Of 4
late 19th/early 20th c.

lot # 53
LOT #103 – LEATHER SHAKER (!!) SEWING KIT
late 19th/early 20th c.

lot # 121
LOT #121 – BRASS SEWING CLAMPS
second half 19th c.

lot # 165
LOT #165 – STERLING TOP EMERIES
late 19th/early 20th c.

lot # 194
LOT #194 – HAND-BLOWN MOTTLED GLASS (!!) DARNER
second quarter to mid 19th c.

lot # 196
LOT #196 – MOTHER-OF-PEARL (!!) TATTING SHUTT
third quarter 19th c.

lot 213 new
LOT #213 – VARIOUS BONE (!!) & IVORY (!!) CROCHET TOOLS
late 19th/early 20th c.

lot 261
LOT #261 – BLACK PUDDING (!!) DOLL – WAXER
second quarter 20th c.

lot 301
LOT #301 – WOOD, BAKELITE (!!) & PLASTIC (!!) – DARNERS
late 19th/early 20th c.

lot # 410
LOT #410 – VINTAGE BUTTONS
late 19th /early 20th c.

lot # 431
LOT #431 – CONTEMPORARY & VINTAGE ASSORTED BUTTONS
glass, ceramic, plastic & others – 19th & 20th c.
GREETINGS !!

ALL PHOTOS/COURTESY: JEFFREY S. EVANS & ASSOCIATES/VIRGINIA