Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1914 — Fortunes in Lacer [ARTICLE]

Fortunes in Lacer

Several millionaire families in New York fossesa immense fortunes in laces alone. The laces owned by the Astor family are valued at $300,000; those of the Vanderbilts at $500,00(L It Is said that the New York Four Hundred buy more lace than any collectors in the world. No fewer Gian twenty wealthy women may be mentioned who each own lace worth $50,000. Lace is the luxury of the rich' No ordinary middle-class collector can hope to possess anything but a few choice pieces. If lucky enough to be able to have those. There several fine collections amongst the English aristocracy. The priceless lace of the late Queen Victoria, worth at least $376,000, wan chiefly left to H. R. H. Princess Henry of Battenberg. Queen Alexandra has a magnificent collection; years ago tta value was said to be $250,000.