samplers

Auction of Antique Samplers

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Hand-stitched samplers are a bit of Americana that is highly collectable. Ken's Antiques & Auction in Kingston, Georgia is offering up 13 of these antiques from one collection on January 1, 2008. The samplers, which were originally created to teach generations of schoolgirls various sewing stitches and patterns, usually feature alphabets, prayers and poems and small pictures. Thousands of samplers still exist today and depending on the age, condition and provenance they can sell for $50,000. There's something tender about the samplers and their carefully done stitches, they represent a connection to the hopes and dreams of young girls living in a very different world than our own.

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