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Old 26 June 2017, 11:59 AM   #1
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My find at a Dublin antique flea market

Great day today here in Ireland. Spent a lot of it at the Dublin antique flea market. I am a (very) amateur collector of antiques and was looking for something... different. One gentleman had this sampler, signed and dated 1810 for an INCREDIBLY cheap price. I have seen samplers on line and in auctions and they usually go for several hundred dollars; I happily paid a LOT less for this one. It is faded, and has some damage but I love it. I'll do some research on the name when I get back home, now I have to get it there safely
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Old 26 June 2017, 12:02 PM   #2
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Looks great Paul
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Old 26 June 2017, 12:17 PM   #3
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What is a sampler?
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Old 26 June 2017, 01:28 PM   #4
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What is a sampler?
Basically a sales demo for the embroiderer.
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Old 26 June 2017, 09:10 PM   #5
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What is a sampler?
That thing you get at ihop
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Old 26 June 2017, 11:27 PM   #6
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That thing you get at ihop
I prefer Cracker Barrel.
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Old 26 June 2017, 12:34 PM   #7
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Lovely embroidery. Painstakingly done. I hope you get it home safely, too.
Had to be a fun find.
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Old 26 June 2017, 02:32 PM   #8
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I have a sampler story.
I went to an auction, and they had the best sampler I had ever seen. Large 24''x 36'', early and made in the USA. I figured it had to be worth $3,000. It just seemed to good to be true.
So, I decided to take a close look at the threads with a loupe. I don't know what I was looking for, but I thought that I might be able to tell if the threads were new, indicating a Chinese fake.
I put the loupe up to the sampler and tried to focus in on a single thread. That's when I realized...... it was a photograph, a poster. It was framed and you could not tell from a foot away.

After looking at the rest of the items for sale, I went to the back of the room and was talking to another buyer that I know. Another lady I know, came up and asked "Are you going to buy that sampler?" I thought she was talking to me, but she was talking to the 2nd guy that was standing next to me. He said "Yes, that was from Ms. Xxxxx house."
I turned to him and said, "That's a poster." It didn't seem to register with him.
I said, "That is not a sampler, it is a poster of a sampler."
He ran up there, looked at it close. He came back, "OMG, thank you."

It ended up selling for $2,000. But was soon returned, after the lady, that had asked my friend if he was going to buy the sampler, told the buyer that "He better take a closer look at it."
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Old 26 June 2017, 07:01 PM   #9
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I have a sampler story.
I went to an auction, and they had the best sampler I had ever seen. Large 24''x 36'', early and made in the USA. I figured it had to be worth $3,000. It just seemed to good to be true.
So, I decided to take a close look at the threads with a loupe. I don't know what I was looking for, but I thought that I might be able to tell if the threads were new, indicating a Chinese fake.
I put the loupe up to the sampler and tried to focus in on a single thread. That's when I realized...... it was a photograph, a poster. It was framed and you could not tell from a foot away.

After looking at the rest of the items for sale, I went to the back of the room and was talking to another buyer that I know. Another lady I know, came up and asked "Are you going to buy that sampler?" I thought she was talking to me, but she was talking to the 2nd guy that was standing next to me. He said "Yes, that was from Ms. Xxxxx house."
I turned to him and said, "That's a poster." It didn't seem to register with him.
I said, "That is not a sampler, it is a poster of a sampler."
He ran up there, looked at it close. He came back, "OMG, thank you."

It ended up selling for $2,000. But was soon returned, after the lady, that had asked my friend if he was going to buy the sampler, told the buyer that "He better take a closer look at it."
Wow! I can't believe a reputable auction house would have that for sale! Glad you (or anyone hopefully) didn't get scammed.
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Old 26 June 2017, 11:00 PM   #10
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Wow! I can't believe a reputable auction house would have that for sale! Glad you (or anyone hopefully) didn't get scammed.

A. If I had not seen that it was fake that day, I am pretty sure no one would have known.

B. It was not a reputable auction house. At least a good reputation.
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Old 26 June 2017, 06:15 PM   #11
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Old 26 June 2017, 06:43 PM   #12
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Old 26 June 2017, 09:13 PM   #13
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Old 27 June 2017, 04:04 AM   #16
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Was it this guy that sell it to you?

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Old 27 June 2017, 05:03 AM   #17
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Old 27 June 2017, 05:26 AM   #18
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Old 27 June 2017, 05:44 AM   #19
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What a cool thread.
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Old 27 June 2017, 07:08 AM   #20
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Jocke! You're just jealous
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Old 27 June 2017, 07:51 AM   #21
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Awesome find. I love interesting things like this. Maybe you can find someone who could clean it up a bit for you? I don't know if that is even possible.
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Old 27 June 2017, 09:10 AM   #22
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Awesome find. I love interesting things like this. Maybe you can find someone who could clean it up a bit for you? I don't know if that is even possible.
Good question Crystal and I don't know either, will research it when I get it back to the states
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