Please join us in Vermont for an Incredible Vintage Experience
Augusta Auctions
Specialty Fashion & Textile Sales
VINTAGE CLOTHING AUCTION NEXT WEEKEND
PLUS Costume Society of America Regional Meetup with lecture by Costume Historian Edward Maeder
Lamé Evening Cape, 1920s
From The Ohio State University Historic Costumes & Textiles Collection
CALLING ALL VINTAGE ENTHUSIASTS! You DO NOT want to miss this sale!!
Augusta Auctions is having another massive warehouse-clearing Discovery SaleSaturday & Sunday, July 30th & 31st at 11AM. Under the big top next to our studio, we will be opening HUNDREDS OF BOXES from Museums, Historical Societies, Estates & Institutions from across the country. EVERYTHING WILL GO! All lots sell to the highest bidder, starting at just $25. Join us in beautiful southern Vermont on July 3oth & 31st for a vintage bargain hunter's dream shopping experience!
If you're planning to arrive the evening before, please join us for a leisurely Costume Society of America Regional Meetup on Friday, July 29th at 6pm. All are welcome and refreshments will be provided as Augusta Auction's very own Edward Maeder explores the rapidly changing silhouette of the period from 1840-1900 in his fun and informal lecture “TIED TO BE FIT: The Victorian Obsession With Fashion Perfection”. If you're interested in the use of foundational garments in the Victorian Era including corsets, crinolines, cages, sleeve supports and petticoats you'll love this talk. Plus cheese, wine and charcuterie will be provided!
BEADED CHIFFON PARTY DRESSES, 1920s
This is a LIVE SALE ONLY
-LARGE TRADE LOTS
-MUSEUM DEACCESSIONS
-NO PHONE BIDDERS
-NO INTERNET BIDDERS
-NO ABSENTEE BIDS
-ONLY LIVE IN-PERSON BIDDERS
-NO RESERVES
-ALL LOTS START AT $25
Even though we won't be offering online bidding, we've photographed twenty lots from random boxes to give you an idea of what's in store. This catalog of items that we "discovered" can be pre-viewed on our website here. The 20+ groupings pictured on the website are there just to tease you - illustrating a taste of what will be included in this amazing sale. Imagine what we'll find in the other 200+ boxes we've put aside. Join us next week to find out!
Both days we will begin promptly at 11 AM. Sales each day will last four to five hours. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch so you won't miss your opportunity to comfortably bid as the museum and estate boxes are opened.
For those traveling to our studio from out of the area, we have posted travel information, directions and links to local hotels and B&Bs in the region. This information is also on our website. Sales end mid-afternoon each day to allow time to explore beautiful southern Vermont - great sightseeing, restaurants, shops, quaint inns, and exceptional architectural treasures all around us.
33 Gage Street | Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101 | USA
