# Antique Linens - Does anyone know how best to sell them?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 8, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-linens-does-anyone-know-how-best-to-sell-them/516771 "2009-11-08T04:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-linens-does-anyone-know-how-best-to-sell-them/516771/1 "2009-11-08T04:57:56Z")

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My mother’s estate is wrapping up (after a year) and some items still remain. My mother loved fine china, silver, glassware and linens. The china was mostly bought up by Replacements, Ltd, as were the 4 sets of sterling flatware. The best of the glassware (some absolutely fabulous Moser and other pieces) are scheduled for auction later this year and next year. Which leaves the linens. Does anyone know of an auction house or website that specializes in fine linens?

StG

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-linens-does-anyone-know-how-best-to-sell-them/516771/2 "2009-11-08T06:57:29Z")

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I do not know of anything myself, but if you like I will ask on a message board I belong to where a lot of people know about antique textiles. I’d love them myself, but I probably can’t afford them. 🙂 PM me if you want me to look into it.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-linens-does-anyone-know-how-best-to-sell-them/516771/3 "2009-11-08T20:09:26Z")

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**dangermom** - You have a PM. Thanks for your offer of help.

StG

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-linens-does-anyone-know-how-best-to-sell-them/516771/4 "2009-11-08T20:16:50Z")

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“We had a lot of Trick or Treaters at our home Saturday night. But you know, Hollywood kids can be so cruel. I heard a group of them making fun of a kid dressed as a ghost because his sheet had a low thread count.”

- Jay Leno

All kidding aside, I know at the college where I teach is a fashion program, and they love to find old linens like you are mentioning to use in clothing designs. I would think that by posting them on EBay, you would get people who want to keep them as-is, and others who might like to use them for clothing - so it could be a nice little bidding war.