The Corning Museum of Glass recently unveiled the preliminary design for an expansion that will create a new North Wing, featuring light-filled galleries for its collection of contemporary works in glass, as well as one of the world’s largest facilities for glassblowing demonstrations and live glass design sessions. Read More +
Depression-Era Glass
Charity auction to benefit the Wisconsin Historical Society
More than 400 lots of vintage and antique collectibles have been donated from across the United States for a charity auction April 28, 2012 for the benefit of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Read More +
Antique American Glass and Pottery Show celebrates 40 years
Illinois’ 20 30 40 Glass Society celebrates the 40th Antique American Glass sale March 10-11, 2012 with a glass ID table, door prizes and a new raffle of antique American glass. Read More +
Depression glass group offering glass identification assistance
The National Depression Glass Association has a new program to help glass collectors identify their finds. Experts are offering to identify various vintage Depression glass styles for free. Read More +
Red Wing water cooler expected to bring bidders to Nebraska sale
NEWMAN GROVE, Neb. — Beginning at 10 a.m. Oct. 8, the Community Center, downtown Newman Grove, Neb., will be the site of a one-day estate-auction event clearing the collections of Ron Wiese and the late Jackie Wiese. Fowlkes Realty & … Read More +
What’s hot in this year’s antique glassware market is a matter of taste
Like most collectible areas, the glass market is slowly recovering from tough market conditions. Prices of smalls were off 20 to 40 percent because of the recession. Like the real estate market, glass experienced a bubble of unrealistically high prices. In this excerpt we look at which segments of glass collecting show strength and why the market is less regionalized than it was before the crash.
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National shaker club taking active collecting role for nearly 25 years
Fostoria glass rarities show up at 12th annual Elegant & Depression Glass Show in Nashville
Dealers at the 12th Annual Elegant and Depression Glass Show packed the Tennessee State Fairgrounds with elegant and depression glass, July 16-17, 2011 including some rare pieces. Two of the rarer pieces at the show included a Fostoria American soap dish and a Cambridge glass owl lamp. The Fostoria soap dish was complete with lid and was priced at $3,500. The owl lamp was priced at $2,100.
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Glasshouse Whimsies: Non-production creations are as unique as the artists themselves
Glasshouse whimsies – whether they are entirely free-form or created from production glass pieces – are items made by glassworkers to show off their skills. Whimsies, often given the misnomers "end-of-day" or "lunch-hour" pieces, are known as "friggers" in England. They are non-production pieces; other than the use of factory glass, the whimsies have no connection to the glass factory.
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Nashville glass show, sale includes seminar on Fostoria’s ‘Navarre’ pattern
The 12th Annual Elegant and Depression Glass Show and Sale will be held at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tenn., July 16-17. Three seminars will be presented to help educate collectors about the history and artistry of American-made glassware.
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