Hi, i sell antique glass on ebay, you can take a look here. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcatisfaction Also i have a ruby lane store...
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Dan
greencreekfarm
Feb 3, 2006 2:23 am
Janice, I couldn't find the pattern name of the blue McKee bowl. I don't have a book on McKee and it didn't turn up in any of the pattern books. I go along...
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Jennifer Smith
capriherb
Feb 2, 2006 5:32 pm
THAT was a GREAT article!!! Thanks for sharing! Jennifer http://stores.ebay.com/ohiopotteryandglassware?refid=store ... From: glasscollectors@yahoogroups.com ...
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BeverlyH4
Feb 2, 2006 4:34 pm
... listing to reread it, and you are right. Perhaps a paragraph that discussed how early glass sometimes became tinted purple due to its proximity to a...
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Dan Tyner
greencreekfarm
Feb 2, 2006 1:38 pm
Karen, It's good to hear from you too. Hope things are going OK. Dan Karen <suburan65@...> wrote: Fire King never marked their stuff with a F...
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Karen
suburan65
Feb 2, 2006 11:50 am
Fire King never marked their stuff with a F in a Shield (Federal Glass) or just a F ( Mostly Fenton). I get so many people at the flea market who insist a...
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Dan
greencreekfarm
Feb 2, 2006 6:26 am
Janice, The blue bowl was made by McKee Glass Co. The color is Delphite (opaque light blue) I don't know the pattern name, but maybe I can find it tomorrow...
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Janice Raappana
j_raappana
Feb 2, 2006 3:11 am
Thanks Steve, It does sound kind of like a bell when tapped with a pencil. I posted 2 pics of the top of it so you could see the lace. It really is not green...
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Stephen Coulter
probus10
Feb 2, 2006 2:50 am
No definite IDs, but I think your green bowl is probably an L.E. Smith product. The crystal piece is probably a comport or mayo. The cutting is too generic to...
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Janice Raappana
j_raappana
Feb 2, 2006 2:22 am
Well, wouldn't you know it, as soon as I sent my last message I found the Fire King sight. My old timer's is rearing it's ugly head again! :) Janice David...
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Janice Raappana
j_raappana
Feb 2, 2006 2:19 am
Thank you folks for your help on the bowls! I have been going thru the sites you sent plus the ones on the group side. Having a ball!!! I looked on one of the...
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eBay Member: greencre...
greencreekfarm
Feb 1, 2006 1:57 pm
... greencreekfarm sent you this eBay item. Personal message: Don't know what many of you collect, but here is a very rare piece of Paden City Leila Bird that...
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beverlyh4@...
BeverlyH4
Jan 31, 2006 4:29 pm
Thanks many did turn items into what they called sun glass using artificial means , but it has to have the magnesium in thr glass batch before this could ...
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Sue Slight
questergal
Jan 31, 2006 4:14 pm
From my perspective, the whole point of discussing the purpling of glass is to create more awareness that glass manufactured in clear, uncolored glass, when...
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Dan Tyner
greencreekfarm
Jan 31, 2006 4:31 am
Are you getting emails now. I checked your settings and you are set up for individual emails. Let me know if you are still having any problems. Dan ...
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Dan Tyner
greencreekfarm
Jan 31, 2006 3:51 am
Janice, Pics 3 & 4 are called Beaded Fleur de Lis, made by Jefferon Glass around 1906. My book is old so I am guessing on the BV of $50-75. Can't help you on...
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Dan Tyner
greencreekfarm
Jan 31, 2006 3:33 am
Hi Janice, Welcome to the group. The first pic I believe to be a Blackberry Spray pattern carnival glass vase or whimsey made by Fenton. Here is a link to...
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Stephen Coulter
probus10
Jan 31, 2006 2:59 am
It depends on what I'm trying to clean. For dried crud, white vinegar works well; rinse well. Bar Keepers Friend is good. I usually start with dish soap and...
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Janice Raappana
j_raappana
Jan 31, 2006 2:27 am
Thank you Steve for the info on the blue vase! I have a question: What do you all use to wash your collectables? Just dish soap? I used a small amout of...
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Stephen Coulter
probus10
Jan 31, 2006 1:42 am
Hi Janice, and welcome. Your cobalt blue vase is Imperial Glass Co., Lace Edge, line #743. In that color it would probably date from the 1960s or '70s. Steve ...
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beverlyh4@...
BeverlyH4
Jan 31, 2006 1:37 am
True vaseline glass was made during victorian times before electric lights. The color is a greenish yellow and the later somtimes pale green from depression...
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Joe2phil@...
philstvns
Jan 31, 2006 12:51 am
I would but I can not as I don` t belong to your group , So sayith yahoo . By , Phil ... From: "Sue Slight" <srslight@...> To:...
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j_raappana
Jan 31, 2006 12:19 am
Hi, I just joined your group a couple of days ago. Been browsing and listening. I thought I had best introduce myself. My name is Janice and I live in Wa....
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Stephen Coulter
probus10
Jan 31, 2006 12:18 am
Bev; What I wrote is that the reason people first started to intentionally sun purple glass was to conceal the fact that it was sick. "Philbe" is the rare,...
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beverlyh4@...
BeverlyH4
Jan 30, 2006 11:43 pm
disagree with your point that it is sick, as sick is damaged glass and the sun glass is glass that had the right agent in it to cause it to turn shades of...
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Colleen Mailly
colleen9705
Jan 30, 2006 11:35 pm
I'd be happy to help if I can. I sell antique and vintage glassware and china on eBay. My id is: irishglasslass Colleen _____ From:...
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Jane
janie_homebi...
Jan 30, 2006 11:33 pm
Has anyone had any luck selling on Ebay? If so, I would appreciate some tips. I am helping a friend sell some depression glass. Jane http://jane.winathome.com ...
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Joe2phil@...
philstvns
Jan 30, 2006 11:32 pm
Stephen , this is Phil , I own that piece of purple glass ,it has been in my display case for 30 years , before that it was at my parents home , for 30 or 40...
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Jennifer Smith
capriherb
Jan 30, 2006 11:02 pm
Also, old glass that has been buried for many years and dug up will be gray or purpled. Probably chemicals in some soils finally react with the glass. ...
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Stephen Coulter
probus10
Jan 30, 2006 10:54 pm
It is a myth that glass will purple sitting in a window. Window glass has inherent qualities that make it somewhat resistant. You can't get a sunburn sitting...
