Q: We recently acquired two bushel baskets filled with old carnival glass that belonged to my husband’s grandmother. How can we check out the value? A: The value of pressed and iridescent glass ...
A collection of lighters and a lovely carnival glass bowl are reviewed in What’s It Worth? Contributed photos Contributed photos Readers’ questions about very different items are the topic of today’s ...
If there is a single material that plays an ornamental role in almost every home in America, it is glass. We all have some, whether in artwork, bowls, drinking vessels, pitchers, statuary, vases or a ...
Low-cost molded or pressed glass with an iridescent finish had many names in the very early 20th century. First sold as inexpensive molded and pressed decorative wares, at a time when fine glass was ...
Although a distinct kind of glassware from around 80 years ago, this stuff includes or resembles several other kinds of glass from about the same time. Collectors not only have all this to sort ...
Randy Clark of the Dexter City Auction Gallery in Dexter City, Ohio, holds the Peoples Vase to be auctioned on Nov. 30. The rare piece of carnival glass will bring in from $110,000 to $140,000, he ...
Robyn Williams: Bill Hall, who lives in Adelaide, fair city, regularly appears on this program to talk about collecting things. Human beings, you see, have a bower-bird instinct, and it's remarkable ...
Thrift stores are all about the thrill of the hunt, but you will be especially delighted if you kind this glass kitchen collectible worth thousands of dollars.
In the 1930s, small colorful glass dishes were given away as premiums for purchasing sacks of flour or boxes of oatmeal or detergent. Well padded in the flour, a sturdy glass cup or bowl would survive ...
Why they’re special: Carnival glass had its heyday around the turn of the last century. The Fenton Art Glass Co., which opened in 1905 in West Virginia, turned out thousands of pieces of the sparkly ...
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Ten vendors will be present for the Westmoreland Glass Collectors’ Club show and sale this weekend at Westmoreland County Community College. That doesn’t sound like a lot, said Ken Kosoglow, a club ...