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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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