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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;6rivets, post: 25911, member: 24&quot;]Just credit me as quilt historian Leigh Fellner Harris.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The quilt linked to above is unlike OP&#039;s quilt in several ways that directly affect its value:&nbsp; condition, detail (note the central wreath and corner palm leaf blocks), and provenance - it&#039;s even inked with the maker&#039;s name and date.&nbsp; (It&#039;s also not technically an album quilt, but no matter.)&nbsp; Quilters are nuts, in a way I find almost creepy, for provenance; it&#039;s a women&#039;s field, and collectors are all touchy-feely romantic about being able to &quot;sense the maker&#039;s presence,&quot; etc. ad nauseam to the point where stains are misinterpreted as &quot;tears&quot; or &quot;blood,&quot; I kid you not.&nbsp; So always get what info you can from the seller about the maker. Do a genealogy if you can.&nbsp; Rather pathetically, it can boost the sale price significantly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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