What would this 20s dress beworth?

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GloriaR

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I want to sell this dress, but don't know how to price it? Can you help.

Here are details:

Here are various views of a 20s dress I have. It's very delicate as it is golden beige lace with gold metallic trim, with a silk underslip which has gold metallic double boarder plus a plain lining under that.

It's in good condition considering it's old and the fabric is delicate. The little circles forming the lace are shiny/metallic

The ribbon around the hips is frayed on the end.

There is a some tearing in the lace near the top as well as some tearing in the corresponding underslip and lining.

One layer of gold boarder in the underslip about 6 inches long is pulled loose from the underslip.


20sdressfront.jpg


Gold metallic edging around armholes and neck shows tarnishing/aging see images on my website. http://www.healthwealthandliberty.us/20sdress.html
 
Hi Gloria,
your dress is lovely. I couldn't get your website to open for me, so couldn't see the other pics.
This is not an era I have dealt with often. Have you done some research on eBay re: typical closing prices for non-beaded 20s party dresses? When you do, keep in mind that size and wearability are important variables in eventual closing price.
 
Maggie:

Did you try using Internet Explorer when attempting to view the website.

I find that Firefox doesn't always display images.

Gloria
 
Your link to your site wouldn't work for me either, I had tried too and I do use internet explorer.

It's a very pretty dress, I can't really see the damage in this photo but with damages on such a delicate piece I would say perhaps around $100.00 - $150.00...again it really depends on the damage.
 
Whoops, my fault. I sent you to the wrong website.

Hi:

I sent you to my gloraisweb.com website to view the other images of my 20s. However, I wasn't able to upload the files. Don't know why, so I put it on my other website.

Go here if you want to see the 20s dress in more detail.

You can view it with any browser as far as I know.

Click Here
 
That is beautiful. I've been looking for a 20s dress for sometime now. I'm not sure on the price though. If you put it on ebay please let us know!!!
Thanks!
*SAM*
 
If those are the only flaws and the lace is not terribly dry to the touch as I know how this lace can be absolutely brittle when it is too dried out, I would still think you could set a reserve of about $100.00 - $150.00. If it is very dry though I would not feel comfortable about that price range as it could disintegrate very easily.

If you are putting it on auction and have good photos, it will command a certain price depending on who is looking at that particular time.
 
Got a link that works! You can now see details.

Thank you everyone. It is not dry as Mary Jane mentioned and I do have it on ebay now. Listing it as Vintage Lace Dress 20s

Again you can view details by clicking here.
 
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