specialty fashion & textile sales

Our November Historic Fashion & Textile auction in New York City is filled with never-before-offered vintage gems, promising to be another great sale full of surprises. Our posted catalog of rare clothing, textile objects and fashion accessories come from museums, estates and private collections across the country.

The rarest textile that' we have ever offered-a hat made from Sea Silk (Byssus) is featured as lot 200. 

Some other featured items include early couture gems from the House of Dior, Jeanne Paquin, Mariano Fortuny, Jean Desses and numerous Madame Gres couture gowns consigned by a Rockefeller heir. 

Also included in this sale are several Chinese robes, traditional clothing and textiles from around the globe, many 1920s beaded & lame' garments, designer coats, hats & lingerie, Victorian gowns, bathing costumes & great finds from every era of the 19th & 20th centuries. 

COUTURE & IMPORTANT DESIGN from Dior, Balenciaga, YSL, Cardin, Issey Miyake, Versace, an extremely early avant-garde Norell and more.