When I saw the long shelf of ruby and clear glass containers, I thought they were pretty, but I wasn’t sure what they were. They were surrounded by other long shelves filled with lovely antique…
Category: Glassware
1950s Fred Press glasses that I didn’t know I had
Posted in Art, collectibles, Glassware, and Home
I kept the glasses in my kitchen cabinet for several years, thinking that I would someday take them out, serve iced tea or lavender lemonade in them, and marvel at their beauty. They were 1950s glasses with single stalks…
“Oh my God,” I heard the woman exclaim loudly. I’m sure she didn’t mean for everyone in the room at the auction house to hear her. But most of us had the same reaction when…
A time when you got a prize in your washing powder
Posted in Advertising, dishware, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Glassware
On first glance, the fronts of the small trade cards were not very impressive. They held lithographic color images of children tending cows, riding horses, riverboating and fishing. “Kazine Card, Over” was printed on the…
Souvenir paperweights made to your liking
Posted in Art, collectibles, and Glassware
Most of the photos seemed to have turned a slight sepia brown with age, but they easily could have been shot that way. They were all encased in clear crystal, and both them and it…
Reader asks how to sell mom’s cache of Depression glassware
Posted in Glassware, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Hefty price for a small dragonfly perfume bottle
Posted in bottles, collectibles, and Glassware
The bidding started innocuously with a price that was not unheard at the Decorative Arts sale. So when the sweet little amber perfume bottle with the gilt (gold leaf on metal) dragonfly started at $375, I…
A woman’s home turns up lovely antique Christmas gifts
Posted in Auction, Clocks, collectibles, furniture, Glassware, Home, and Kitchen
The owner of the house had owned an antiques store, and you could tell by the way she had furnished her home. Now holding only a fourth of her belongings, the home still bore tables…
Readers say thanks for digging up history
Posted in Dolls, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Glassware, and history
Every now and then, I stumble upon an item at auction that stumps me. What’s its history, I wonder. How was it used? If the item is a painting or a print, I always want…
Reader asks about “Balky Mule” tray with African American motif
Posted in collectibles, and Glassware
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…