Viewed: Auction Past Sales

Augusta-Auctions  specializes in fashion and textile auctions for museums, institutions, and individuals.  Here are a few favorite past auction pieces.

COCO CHANEL COUTURE EVENING DRESS, 1950s  - sold $10,440.00

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HERMES KELLY ALLIGATOR HANDBAG, MID 20th C- Sold $6,325.00

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PARAPHERNALIA SGT PEPPER DRESS, 1967- Sold $4,025.00

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Viewed: Ebony Fashion Fair Auction

On October 22, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will hold an auction of select pieces of the historic couture and clothing collection from the Ebony Fashion Fair show. This collection was assembled over the course of fifty years by Eunice W. Johnson. Each item from the Ebony Fashion Fair Show, the world’s largest traveling fashion show, which raised more than $55 million for black charitable causes, was hand selected by Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson traveled to the world’s fashion capitals to find the most avant-garde designs to bring high fashion to black American women throughout the country.

The 707 lot auction includes items from Chanel, Dior, Halston, Bill Blass, Givenchy, Valentino, Vivienne Westwood and countless others. A capsule collection from Eunice Johnson’s personal archive will also be offered for sale. A tag sale will be held online at http://www.lesliehindman.com, from September 30- October 14, and at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago which will give buyers the opportunity to own a piece of the historic collection in keeping with Mrs. Johnson’s vision that high style belonged in the everyday lives of all women.

Here are some of my favorite picks from the collection:

Anna Sui

Carolina Herrara

Fusha (Haitian Design)

Mio Collection

Missoni

Missoni

Nina Ricci

 

 

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Goodwill Hunting

Here's one more reason to go to thrift stores. Too bad this painting didn't get to the sales floor for a lucky shopper to discover.

"An old painting dropped off at a rural Maryland Goodwill store turned out to be a work by a French Impressionist. And now, thanks to the sharp eye of a store employee, the charitable organization is $40,000 richer...

The painting — called "Marche aux fleurs" or "Flower Market" — was sold for $40,600 at a Sotheby's auction a few weeks ago. "It could have very easily ended up put in a pile, marked for $20," says Ursula Villar, marketing and development director for Goodwill Industries of the
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Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Auction

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On July 2 in New York, Christies will auction seven pieces of Yves Saint Laurent's clothing and jewelry.

1) The collection includes a 1958 cocktail dress that was designed during his time at Dior. Estimated auction price is $1,000 - $1,500.

2) One of the outstanding pieces of jewelry is a cut-out floral necklace from Spring/Summer 1990. Estimated auction price is $1,000 - $1,500.

3) Another clothing item to be auctioned is a fox-trimmed cable knit sweater from the 1970s. Which is noted to have been a favorite style of Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis. Estimated auction price is $250-$400.

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