A meticulously stitched and appliqued Lone Star quilt, circa 1840, rose to $9,360 before the gavel fell during Jeffrey S. Evan's & Associates' first textile auction, held July 16.
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American History Quilt may stitch up $25,000
Camille Nixdorf Phelan was a quilter, and from the looks of it, a historian, too. Luckily, she was both, and ended up combining both of her interests to create a masterpiece quilt, the "American History Quilt." The very quilt that is headlining Cowan Auction's Fine & Decorative Art Auction, Feb. 20-21.
Quilt appraiser group gathering in Ky.
Members of the Professional Association of Appraisers-Quilted Textiles (PAAQT) and guests will gather April 28 at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Ky., to celebrate the 20th anniversary.