Quilt Auction Prices
I went to an Amish quilt auction the other week, not to buy, but to watch and be inspired. The quilts were stunning! All hand quilted too. But the prices were so discouraging! The buyers weren't Amish, so maybe the buyers didn't understand fully what they were bidding on. The Amish auctioneer would start the bidding at about $450, but had to drop the prices because no one was responding. There was one queen size quilt, all hand embroidered and quilted, that only went for $250!!! That couldn't even cover the cost of the labor and fabric that went into it. Some went for no more than $60, not kidding. Is this normal for quilt auctions? Maybe I think of quilts more pricey than they are worth?