American Glass Museum http://americanglassmuseum.com An Online Glass Identification & Valuation Business Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:20:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Viking Glass Co. http://americanglassmuseum.com/141/viking-glass-co http://americanglassmuseum.com/141/viking-glass-co#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 18:08:42 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=141 Viking glass was one of the largest West Virgina glass companies before they went out of business in the 1980's.  They produced a broad range of glass products which are now very collectible.

Viking-Glass.com is where we are building a website to help collectors identify and value viking glass items. We purchased a 1958 Viking Glass Co. catalog and will be scanning and publishing it on the site.  The catalog pictures and pictures from current auction sales will help novice collectors identify what kind of Viking glass they have and provide a good estimate of value.  Compared to many of the art glass categories Viking glass seems to be very "clean" with few irrelevant results from searches.

A few examples of Viking Glass Co. products are shown below.
VIKING Glass Lion Amber Bookend or Paperweight VIKING Glass Lion Amber Bookend or Paperweight Paypal 1 Bid US $9.99 23m
VIKING Glass Squirrel Bookend or Paperweight Amber VIKING Glass Squirrel Bookend or Paperweight Amber Paypal 0 Bid US $9.99 23m
MINNESOTA VIKINGS NFL THICK GLASS ASHTRAY MINNESOTA VIKINGS NFL THICK GLASS ASHTRAY Paypal 0 Bid US $.99 25m
VIKING GLASS HORN OF PLENTY FROSTED GLASS VASE VINTAG VIKING GLASS HORN OF PLENTY FROSTED GLASS VASE VINTAG Paypal 0 Bid US $5.50 26m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/141/viking-glass-co/feed 2 Vaseline Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/137/vaseling-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/137/vaseling-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:59:46 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=137 Vaseline glass is made by adding uranium to the glass mix.  It colors the glass yellow and it glows green under a black light.  I have not shopped for them, but I would think a display cabinet which incorporated black lighting and a mechanism for moving vaseline glass pieces in and out of the light would be very interesting.

Vaseling-Glass.com is the website where we have started to publish pictures of vaseling glass.  We have a few pieces we in our own collection and we will be incorporating pictures of those plus pictures and text from selected Ebay auctions into the website.  By doing that we give novice collectors help quickly identifying the glass they have and a method to determine it's value.

Below are just a few of the current vaseling glass auctions.
VASELINE URANIUM GLASS RUFFEL TOP MASTER OPEN SALT DIP VASELINE URANIUM GLASS RUFFEL TOP MASTER OPEN SALT DIP Paypal US $5.95 16m
VINTAGE vaseline glass round Kitchen jar pitcher lid NR VINTAGE vaseline glass round Kitchen jar pitcher lid NR Paypal 0 Bid US $4.99 21m
Vaseline Glass Elephant Statue Figurine Signed PH 1980 Vaseline Glass Elephant Statue Figurine Signed PH 1980 Paypal 0 Bid US $9.50 22m
Vaseline glass ashtray Vaseline glass ashtray Paypal 0 Bid US $5.00 23m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/137/vaseling-glass/feed 0 Toothpick Holders http://americanglassmuseum.com/135/toothpick-holders http://americanglassmuseum.com/135/toothpick-holders#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:48:54 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=135 Toothpick holders are not all made from glass, but enough of them are it seemed reasonable to include them on a site about art glass.  They are typically small and relitively easy to make so most of the West Virginia glass makers included them in their line of products.

Toothpick holders make a good theme crossover product for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes.  Because they were made from glass, silver, porcelain, and other materials it is easy to creats on-topic links to non-glass sites.  For example, if I also have a porcelain figurine site, I can link to it from a page on the toothpick site which features porcelain toothpicks.

ToothpickHolders.org is the website we are building to help visitors identify and value toothpick holders.  We will be publishing pictures of toothpick holders from our own collection. We will also set up automated searchs with filters of current Ebay auctions.  This organization and the auction pictures should help novice visitors quickly identify their toothpick holders.  Once they know exactly what they have they can follow auctions for identical items and see what they sell for.

Below is a small sample of current toothpick holder auctions.
wilton metal match toothpick holder wilton metal match toothpick holder Paypal 0 Bid US $9.99 19m
FOSTORIA AMERICAN PATTERN TOOTHPICK HOLDER PERFECT FOSTORIA AMERICAN PATTERN TOOTHPICK HOLDER PERFECT Paypal 2 Bids US $14.99 21m
US Glass TROPHY Ruby 3 Handled Toothpick Holder US Glass TROPHY Ruby 3 Handled Toothpick Holder Paypal 1 Bid US $5.99 22m
EAPG Ruby Flash Toothpick Holder Gold Accent EAPG Ruby Flash Toothpick Holder Gold Accent Paypal 0 Bid US $3.99 22m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/135/toothpick-holders/feed 2 Slag Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/132/slag-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/132/slag-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:37:54 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=132 Slag glass is made by swirling different color glasses together to make patterns.  It takes serious skill!  If you aren't careful the glasses mix to much and you get a "muddy" result.  Mixing two colors is hard, mixing three colors successfully is really hard.

Slag-Glass.com is where we will be publishing photos of our own slag glass collection and setting up categories to showcase preselected and prefiltered auction results.  Our goal is to build a site where it is easy for the novice glass collector to identify what glass they have, and get a good idea of what it is worth.

Below are a few of the current slag glass auctions.
WESTMORELAND GREEN SLAG ART GLASS COMPOTE CANDY DISH NR WESTMORELAND GREEN SLAG ART GLASS COMPOTE CANDY DISH NR Paypal 5 Bids US $20.50 18m
VINTAGE IMPERIAL CARAMEL SLAG GLASS RUFFLED ROSE BOWL VINTAGE IMPERIAL CARAMEL SLAG GLASS RUFFLED ROSE BOWL Paypal 0 Bid US $39.99 21m
IMPERIAL GLASS CARAMEL SLAG CHEVRON BASKET IMPERIAL GLASS CARAMEL SLAG CHEVRON BASKET Paypal 0 Bid US $19.99 22m
IMPERIAL GLASS CARAMEL SLAG DAISY BASKET IMPERIAL GLASS CARAMEL SLAG DAISY BASKET Paypal 0 Bid US $24.99 22m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/132/slag-glass/feed 0 Satin Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/130/satin-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/130/satin-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:19:58 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=130 Satin Glass is a treatment process that removes the shine from the surface. Sometimes it is applied to the whole surface. When it is only applied to a part of the object it will probably be called etched glass. On Ebay a search for "satin glass" returns confusing results because there are a lot of products with the words "glass" and "satin" in their titles that are not really the art glass we are looking for.

Satin-Glass.com is the website where we plan to publish information that will help with the identification and valuation of sating glass. We think we can incorporate filters into our automated searches which will eliminate most of the irrelevant items.

Some examples from a first try at a "clean" search are shown below.
SATIN ART GLASS VASE RUFFLED RIBS DIAMOND POINT PANELS SATIN ART GLASS VASE RUFFLED RIBS DIAMOND POINT PANELS Paypal 0 Bid US $19.99 57m
pink satin glass art deco ceiling light fixure shade 2 pink satin glass art deco ceiling light fixure shade 2 Paypal 0 Bid US $9.99 59m
pink satin glass art deco ceiling light fixure shade pink satin glass art deco ceiling light fixure shade Paypal 1 Bid US $9.99 1h
Fenton Art Glass Charcoal Satin Brides Doll Fenton Art Glass Charcoal Satin Brides Doll Paypal 16 Bids US $45.89 1h 14m
Vintage Tiffin Gold Black Satin Art Glass Bowl Vase Vintage Tiffin Gold Black Satin Art Glass Bowl Vase Paypal 0 Bid US $31.99 2h 13m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/130/satin-glass/feed 0 Rainbow Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/127/rainbow-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/127/rainbow-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:11:15 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=127 Rainbow glass comes in two flavors.  There is rainbow glass as made by the Rainbow Glass Company, and there is glass made to look like a rainbow by several companies.  As far as I know there is no overlap; Rainbow Glass Company didn't make glass rainbows.

Rainbow-Glass.net is the website where we have started working on identification and valuation for Rainbow Glass Co. products.  We have purchased some of their old catalogs and will be publishing those as soon as possible.  We will also be adding pages with examples from our collection and current sales to help with the identification and valuation process.

Below is an example of how we plan to use sales of Rainbow glass to help with identification.
RAINBOW FIN COMPANY SEEKER SUP FIN 130 STAINED GLASS RAINBOW FIN COMPANY SEEKER SUP FIN 130 STAINED GLASS Paypal 0 Bid US $50.00 2d 2h 8m
Rainbow Glass Company Orange Crackle Glass Pitcher Rainbow Glass Company Orange Crackle Glass Pitcher Paypal US $16.00 3d 14h 25m
Rainbow Glass Company Amberina Crackle Glass Vase Rainbow Glass Company Amberina Crackle Glass Vase Paypal US $16.00 3d 14h 25m
RAINBOW GLASS CO HEART VASE LABEL PONTIL RAINBOW GLASS CO HEART VASE LABEL PONTIL Paypal US $18.95 5d 14h 4m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/127/rainbow-glass/feed 0 Pilgrim Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/125/pilgrim-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/125/pilgrim-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:02:52 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=125 Pilgrim glass company was a West Virginia glass company that produced some very nice glass. They were especially known for their cranberry glass items. We have acquired one of their catalogs and published it on Pilgrim-Glass.com.

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The Pligrim glass site also shows examples of several cranberry glass items and identifies the three kinds of labels Pilgrim used to mark some of their glass.  They started making glass animals and other novelty glass items in the Venetian tradition in the 1950's when they hired two Italian brothers who had trained at the Maurino glass works in Italy.

Pilgrim glass closed in 2001 so their catalogs are still easy to obtain and were done in full color.  Combine that with an active market on Ebay and it should be possible to build a good website that helps visitors identify their Pilgrim glass and also get a good idea of it's value.

Here are some Pilgrim Glass items which are for sale now.
Pilgrim Glass ATLANTA CRANBERRY Vase Beautiful RARE Pilgrim Glass ATLANTA CRANBERRY Vase Beautiful RARE Paypal 1 Bid US $9.95 54m
Pilgrim Glass COBALT PITCHER Clearing inventory Pilgrim Glass COBALT PITCHER Clearing inventory Paypal 0 Bid US $9.95 58m
 Pilgrim Glass Cranberry Bennington Pitcher  Pilgrim Glass Cranberry Bennington Pitcher Paypal 1 Bid US $9.95 1h 4m
PILGRIM GLASS Jamestown PITCHER MADE WITH GOLD PILGRIM GLASS Jamestown PITCHER MADE WITH GOLD Paypal 0 Bid US $9.95 1h 23m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/125/pilgrim-glass/feed 0 Peach Blow Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/123/peach-blow-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/123/peach-blow-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:50:58 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=123 Peach Blow is one of the more slippery glass terms. It was coined by one manufacturer for their line of products.  When that proved popular  other manufactures applied the name to their version, but used the same name.  So you can have "peach blow" glass that really doesn't look much the same at all.

There is also some confusion on wheither the correct term is "peach blow", or "peachblow".  To be effective searches really need to include both variations.

Peach-Blow.com is the website where we are building out our pages and searches to facilitate peach blow identification and valuation research.  The combination of random manufacturing, seller ignorance, and keyword stuffing makes it a challenging arena.

Below are some auctions for alleged peach blow items.
Victorian Pink Peach Blow Satin Glass Vase Open Pontil Victorian Pink Peach Blow Satin Glass Vase Open Pontil Paypal 0 Bid US $49.99 2h 42m
Cranberry Pink Peach Blow Satin Glass Vase Open Pontil Cranberry Pink Peach Blow Satin Glass Vase Open Pontil Paypal 0 Bid US $49.99 2h 42m
Victorian Rare Peach Blow Brides Bowl Victorian Rare Peach Blow Brides Bowl Paypal 0 Bid US $347.00 1d 51m
Fenton Glass PEACH BLOW Cat Figurine no res Fenton Glass PEACH BLOW Cat Figurine no res Paypal 3 Bids US $13.50 1d 17h 21m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/123/peach-blow-glass/feed 0 Opalescent Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/120/opalescent-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/120/opalescent-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:33:51 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=120 Opalescent glass is not a really great search term to use when looking for glassware.  It gets used a lot, Ebay shows several hundred items at any one time.  Unfortunately, sellers seem to apply it whenever and wherever they please.  They keyword stuff their titles with lots of terms and opalescent is often one of them.

OpalescentGlass.com is the website where we will attempt to bring some organization to the opalescent glass arena.  We will be setting up categories that filter out the irrelevent and help novices identify more valuable pieces.

Below are a few items, alleged to be opalescent glass by the seller, which are for sale now.
Vintage Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Ruffle Glass Vase Vintage Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Ruffle Glass Vase Paypal 0 Bid US $19.95 15m
Fenton Bell Blue Opalescent Glass Estate Find Fenton Bell Blue Opalescent Glass Estate Find Paypal US $9.99 16m
Sunflower stained glass with opalescent jewels Sunflower stained glass with opalescent jewels Paypal US $650.00 26m
Opalescent glass pendant light Deco Opalescent glass pendant light Deco Paypal US $975.00 26m
]]> http://americanglassmuseum.com/120/opalescent-glass/feed 0 Milk Glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/117/milk-glass http://americanglassmuseum.com/117/milk-glass#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:12:47 +0000 Paul http://americanglassmuseum.com/?p=117 Milk glass has probably been made at some point by every glass manufacturer who ever opened their doors for business.  Much of the production is unlabeled and created for the wholesale market.  For example, florists need vases for the cut flowers they sell.  Their need is for cheap but attractive vases and milk glass can do that.  However, there are also high end milk glass collectibles, which is what we are intereted in.

Milk-Glass.org is the website where we have started to define the organization and assemble the examples of milk glass we need to provide a site where visitors can identify their milk glass items and find out it they are something special with real value.

Just for fun, below is a tiny selection from the milk glass which is currently for sale.
Vintage Amber Glass Carnation Milk Bottle Xcellent Vintage Amber Glass Carnation Milk Bottle Xcellent Paypal US $19.99 16m
VINTAGE MILK GLASS SCHOOL HOUSE HANGING LAMP SHADE VINTAGE MILK GLASS SCHOOL HOUSE HANGING LAMP SHADE Paypal 0 Bid US $39.99 19m
Antique MILK GLASS 5 Chick Hatching EASTER EGG w Gold Antique MILK GLASS 5 Chick Hatching EASTER EGG w Gold Paypal 0 Bid US $19.50 19m
Vintage Crisscross Milk Glass Bowl Vintage Crisscross Milk Glass Bowl Paypal US $19.00 20m
1 Milk glass 1940s moderne lights streamline 1 Milk glass 1940s moderne lights streamline Paypal US $550.00 26m
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