Augusta Auction Company – Vintage For Valentines
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 12th, 11am
33 Gage Street, Bellows Falls, VT
www.augusta-auction.com

BELLOWS FALLS, VT. — Augusta Auction’s Vintage for Valentine’s Sale is open for bidding. Patrons can view the full catalog and bid today or mark their calendars to join the firm remotely on Wednesday, February 12, starting at 11 am. Augusta will be offering live or virtual previews and detailed condition assessments through Monday, February 10.

One of the stars of this auction is the documented Mamie Eisenhower wedding reception gown worn to her son John Eisenhower’s wedding on June 10, 1947. The gown was donated by the former first lady herself in 1960 to the Valentine Museum and comes with a photo of the. Eisenhowers standing next to the happy couple.

Also featured in this sale is a collection of evening gowns and coats originally from the Geoffrey Beene Archive and an extensive collection of Issey Miyake owned by the family of an important textile artist. Other pieces of note include a Fortuny sky blue Delphos gown, a 1770s Spitalfields robe à l’anglaise and petticoat and a folio of printed textile samples from the collection of Mary Anne Beinecke, 1775-1845.

In the market for some new vintage duds? There’s a plethora of vintage couture and ready-to-wear confections by Galanos, Bill Blass, Valentino, Balmain, Givenchy, Yohji Yamamoto, Norman Norell, Thierry Mugler, Missoni, Oscar de la Renta, Biba, Adrian and Paquin.

This auction marks the end of a massive collection of costumes deaccessioned by the Valentine Museum that span the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Augusta Auctions remains the source for exceptional lots of 1920s and 1930s evening dresses and outerwear, early Twentieth Century walking, tea and evening ensembles, mid to late Nineteenth Century gowns, accessories, menswear and more. This catalog also includes four riding habits as well as a robust selection of menswear, including an English Quaker man’s wool suit, 1800-1820.

Finally, Augusta will offer the first of many lots from a large deaccession by the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This collection features numerous Amish Quilts as well as a range of fine quilts from the Eighteenth to early Twentieth Centuries.

Augusta Auction is at 33 Gage Street. For information, 802-463-3333 or www.augusta-auction.com.

VINTAGE, COUTURE & HISTORICAL CLOTHING, RARE TEXTILES, FASHION ACCESSORIES, LACE & JEWELRY from Museums & Private Collections
Featured lots include:
Spitalfields robe a l’anglaise & petticoat, 1770s
Important Mamie Eisenhower wedding reception gown, 1947
Fortuny sky blue Delphos gown, early 20th C
Large collection of lssey Miyake
Archival Geoffrey Beene evening gowns
Deaccessions from the International Quilt Museum & the Valentine Museum
House of Paquin couture coat, spring 1930
Amish center diamond quilt
Issey Miyake two piece evening ensemble
Fortuny sky blue Delphos gown
Geoffrey Beene archival evening gown, USA, fall 1984
Issey Miyake starfish dress
Spitalfields robe a l’anglaise & petticoat, 1770s
Important Mamie Eisenhower wedding reception gown, 1947 Fortuny sky blue Delphos gown, early 20th C.
Large collection of Issey Miyake
Mamie Eisenhower wedding reception gown, 1947
Archival Geoffrey Beene evening gowns
Deaccessions from the International Quilt Museum & the Valentine Museum
House of Paquin couture coat, spring 1930
Issey Miyake runway starfish dress
Issey Miyake convertible wrap dress
Spitalfields robe a l’anglaise & petticoat, 1770s
Remote Previews Available Upon Request • Absentee, Live Online & Phone Bidding Available
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