“What have you learnt in 65 years buying and selling Antique Samplers”?

[@pauldaviesantiques1556]

Much respect to John quality old school antiques from a quality old school dealer.

[@skiracer]

Dear John and David, What beautiful, personal items. Thanks for showing us!

[@DavidHarperAntiques]

Our pleasure!

[@sam7687-i9b]

I love listening to anyone who knows their craft cheers david 👍👍

[@DavidHarperAntiques]

Marvellous isn’t it

[@AlejandroUrriza]

Never heard of this type of antique. I love to discover new areas!! Thank you David, very illustrative.

[@DavidHarperAntiques]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@browse-a-whileantiquescoll7600]

Samplers are a slice of time and can tell a fantastic story. We have 3 from the same family. Daughter, Mother and Grandmother dating from the late 1700's to early 1800's. Fascinating.

[@DavidHarperAntiques]

You’re so right

[@stephanieknuppel7428]

The stump work is out of this world !

[@dianeb5380]

I used to be an antiques dealer and once bought several trunks straight out of an attic. In one of the trunks was a sampler that was as pristine as the day it was completed. All the linens and fabric items in the trunks had been carefully packed with a deep cobalt blue color tissue paper. There was no making potential buyers believe the sampler, or many other of the items, were authentic, due to the pristine condition. It was a once in a lifetime find.

[@DavidHarperAntiques]

Wonderful find

[@bokhans]

Interesting. Thanks! Knowledge is so easy to carry. 😂

[@julieknowles7063]

I am looking for a sampler sewn by my 2xgreat grandmother, born 1842. Her name was Mirah Hickman, and I think she was around 10/11 years of age when she made it. It was given to a charity shop in the midlands around the 1980's when the husband of her granddaughter moved house, and had nowhere for it to go. I can't afford to buy it, but would love a picture. It's 'Rebecca at the Well.' Heres hoping.

[@DavidHarperAntiques]

Sounds like a Facebook post to me. It’s the sort of thing that people would share and you might get lucky

[@OriginalNethead]

American girls made samplers too. Americans pay much higher prices for their own, because they're rarer.