The Top 10 Antique Sewing Collectibles on the Market Today

Antique dress forms usually sell for hundreds of dollars, but we’ve seen them with price tags of over $1,000!

5) Ornate Ladies Sewing Scissors

As with many other ladies’ sewing items of yore, their quality and design were often a mark of distinction. In sewing circles or in other social settings, her hand sewing tools would be on display and would show her wealth. Finely made scissors have never been cheap and this was especially true of the ornate sewing scissors that were once found among the supplies of well-to-do women.

They can in the shapes of animals or simply gilded, but the delicate shape of these scissors is an immediate clue that they are no ordinary implements. Antique sewing scissors often sell for between $100 and $400, but can go much higher if sold with matched sewing set items.

4) Thread on Wooden Spools

One thing you’ll often find in old sewing collections are various colors of thread on wooden spools. While one of these little spools by itself isn’t worth much, a collection of them can be of interest to collectors. Not only do some people collect them, others use them in art projects and for styling so the range is pretty wide on these. Some sellers even get cash from completely empty spools.