Items from local estates of Boston’s North Shore will be auctioned off Dec. 31, 2012. Paintings, jewelry, clocks, quilts and silver are expected to be sold. Read More +
Tag Archives: Vintage Textiles
How to clean and care for hooked rugs
When the experts were asked for advice for the care and display of hooked rugs, they came up with a list of tips anyone can follow to clean antique hook rugs. Without exception, avoid the vacuum cleaner; use a manual carpet sweeper or a broom. One expert advises: ““If you want a rug for under the dog, go to Sears.” Read More +
Contemporary artists passing along love of traditional rug hooking
A number of contemporary hooked rug makers are the subject of museum exhibits, books and noteworthy materials and techniques. Read More +
Wool Art: Antique hooked rugs move from the floor to the wall
Beginning about a century-and-a-half ago, men and women created hooked rugs to warm their hearths and homes. Wool rug hooking is thought to have begun in Canada’s easternmost provinces and in the Northeast United States. These folk art floor coverings, which were originally made to cover dirt floors, were fashioned out of ingenuity and frugality and are now highly valued in collectors’ and decorators’ markets. Read More +
Marilyn Monroe Subway Dress sells for $5.6 million at Profiles in History
Marilyn Monroe – perhaps the most famous movie star in recent memory – and her famous white dress from “The Seven Year Itch,” shown in background of this photograph – is considered to be one of the greatest movie costume … Read More +
The Green Factor: New show bets on vintage fashion collectors
Available at shop.collect.com BURBANK, Calif. — Continuing their long tradition of organizing specialty shows, Caskey Lees has announced a new vintage costume jewelry and vintage fashion event scheduled to debut July 10 at Pickwick Gardens in Burbank. More than 60 … Read More +
Hemingway memorabilia hidden for 50 years hints at affair with socialite; auction set for June
A large collection and a daughter’s claims her mother once shared an intimate relationship with author and journalist Ernest Hemingway may set a record for a small Tennessee auction company. During Ernest Hemingway’s 1959 trip to Pamplona, Spain, to produce … Read More +
Debbie Reynolds vintage Hollywood movie memorabilia auction set for June 18, 2011
Profiles in History announces the sale of the largest collection of Hollywood costumes and props in the world. For the first time in 50 years, the private collection owned by screen legend Debbie Reynolds will be made available to the … Read More +
Modern Vintage Chicago giving a shout-out for handbags
CHICAGO — Vintage handbags galore will be offered up during the April 16-17 Modern Vintage Chicago show. Some of the exclusive handbag collections you’ll see include: Adrienne Astrologo, Lady Bag International – Adrienne wrote the Rizzoli book on handbags and … Read More +
Caroline Ashleigh Blog: Set of original Howdy Doody marionettes listed for $99,000
Handcrafted marionettes have always been a souce of fascination to me ever since my mother found my first one, Howdy Doody, in a thrift store many years ago for almost next to nothing. So, I was pretty amazed to see … Read More +