It's hard to photograph glass! Let's look at a few tips to make it easier to get decent photos that can help you identify or sell your glass. What to Photograph Look carefully at your glass and … [Read more...]
5 Tips to Ask for Glass Pattern Identification Help
I'm glad to help people find their depression glass or etched patterns when I can. Here are 5 tips to ask for help. For valuation I recommend you research eBay completed sales and … [Read more...]
Let’s Reduce Confusion! Cut or Pressed?
Let's Reduce Confusion! Cut or Pressed? It can be hard to tell cut glass from pressed sometimes. Here are tips I use to tell them apart. Tips to Tell Cut from … [Read more...]
Authentic vs. Fake Mayfair Open Rose Pink Depression Glass Cookie Jars
Deidra and I found two Mayfair cookie jars when we went antiquing, one authentic and one this dark green reproduction. This was an easy fake to spot because the color was completely wrong, a dark … [Read more...]
Fake Mayfair Green Cookie Jar – Tell Tale Clues
Yesterday Deidra and I saw this green fake Mayfair cookie jar in an antique mall. The seller must have thought it was the real thing because it was priced at $75. My trusty Gene Florence … [Read more...]
5 Tips to Collect Depression Glass
It's so much fun to collect depression glass. You get the enjoyment of antique shopping, browsing antique malls or hunting through flea markets and at the end you have a wonderful prize, beautiful … [Read more...]
Tips to Identify Glass – Example #1 from Facebook Requests
There are people who can look at a stem and recognize the maker instantly. Not me. I am by no means an expert but there are a few tricks I've learned. This post will walk us through … [Read more...]
Identifying Elegant Glass Etched Goblet – Duncan Miller Adoration
Brooke asked for identification help with her goblet. (Unfortunately the Facebook links no longer work.) This was one of those "I know I've seen this.... somewhere" times. It … [Read more...]
Finding Mary’s Cordial – 4 Steps to Identify Glassware
Mary K posted cordials with a gorgeous floral etch on our Facebook page. (Unfortunately these are no longer available to link to for this post but I thought it would be helpful to walk through the … [Read more...]
Friendship, Roses, Mother’s Day and Depression Glass
This is a post about friendship. I left my day job a week ago and my co-workers had a lunch and inundated me with gifts. My job was one where I had to have an effect on people; that was the entire … [Read more...]