Quilts Sold!

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ISBN: 9781589803756 | 1589803752
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/15/2006

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This illustrated handbook features descriptions and actual selling prices for historic quilts sold, reflecting the authors' 15 years of research at auction and estate sales. There are also invaluable hints for starting a collection, caring for old quilts, and making new ones based on vintage patterns.

Preface	p. 8
Acknowledgments	p. 9
Buying History	p. 11
A Short Lesson in Creating Quilt
Reproductions from Auction House Originals	p. 11
Making Your Own Auction House Original	p. 14
Reading an Antique Quilt	p. 21
Getting the Goods on Antique Fabrics	p. 29
A Short History of Making Patterned Fabric	p. 29
Modern Fabric Reproductions	p. 30
Caring for Historical Fabrics	p. 31
Quilts & Prices
Locating Antique Quilts	p. 41
Estimates	p. 43
Bidding 101	p. 43
Reserves	p. 44
Success	p. 44
Quilt Prices Realized at Auction	p. 51
Price vs. Value	p. 51
How to Use This Guide	p. 51
Quilt Types & Patterns Price Guide	p. 57
1000 Pyramids	p. 57
Album	p. 57
Alphabet	p. 59
Amish	p. 59
Broderie Perse	p. 63
Baltimore Album	p. 63
Basket, Flower Basket, Basket of Lilies, Cactus Basket	p. 63
Bear's Paw	p. 66
Carolina Lily	p. 66
Chimney Sweep	p. 67
Crazy	p. 67
Crib	p. 69
Delectable Mountains	p. 71
Doll	p. 71
Double Wedding Ring	p. 72
Dresden Plate	p. 73
Drunkard's Path	p. 73
Embroidered	p. 73
Feathered Star	p. 77
Floral Wreath	p. 79
Flower Basket	p. 80
Flyfoot	p. 82
Flying Geese, Goose in the Pond	p. 82
Friendship	p. 82
Grandmother's Fan	p. 83
Grandmother's Flower Garden	p. 83
Hawaiian	p. 84
Irish Chain	p. 84
Jacob's Ladder	p. 86
Joseph's Coat	p. 86
Log Cabin	p. 86
Lone Eagle	p. 88
Lone Star, Star of Bethlehem, Mennonite Star, Evening Star, Star	p. 88
Mariner's Compass	p. 92
Medallion	p. 92
Nine Patch	p. 95
New York Beauty	p. 95
Ocean Waves	p. 96
Patriotic	p. 96
Pictorial	p. 97
Pine Tree	p. 99
Pinwheel	p. 99
Postage Stamp	p. 100
Princess Feather	p. 100
Rail Fence	p. 103
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul	p. 103
Sampler	p. 103
Schoolhouse	p. 103
Snail's Trail	p. 104
Spinning Top	p. 104
Strip	p. 104
Sunburst	p. 106
Tree of Life	p. 106
Tulip	p. 108
Tumbling Blocks	p. 109
Wandering Foot	p. 110
Whig Rose	p. 110
Whitework	p. 110
Whole Cloth	p. 110
Yo-Yo	p. 111
Quilt Patterns from Famous Estate Sales
Making Your Own Quilt Reproduction	p. 115
Hand Quilting	p. 116
Machine Quilting	p. 117
Making Your Own Patterns	p. 123
Reproducing Lost Bids	p. 125
A Sampler of Four Antique Quilts	p. 129
"Scenes of Childhood" Quilt	p. 129
Patriotic Union Quilt	p. 134
Amish-Tribute-to-Charles Lindbergh Quilt	p. 136
Mennonite Star Quilt	p. 138
Appendixes	p. 141
Auction House Directory	p. 141
Suppliers' Names and Addresses	p. 142
Notes	p. 147
Glossary	p. 149
Index	p. 151
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