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  • Rare Depression Glass Pieces
    Did you know that if you happen to have a crystal (clear) and
    pink Depression Glass refrigerator bowl in the Crisscross
    pattern in good condition and with its original cover, that it's
    valued at between $300 and $335? Or that Shirley Temple cream
    pitcher your grandmother keeps in the back of her upper cabinet
    could bring up to $1,250 at auction?
  • Depression Glass Trivia
    Depression glass facts make for interesting conversation,
    especially when you're at a convention or talking amongst other
    Depression glass aficionados. So here are a few items to get you
    started so you, too, can have some meaningful knowledge to put
    on the plate when you and your Depression glass collector
    friends gather 'round and chat.
  • Depression Glass Patterns
    Collectors of Depression Glass find not only its beautiful
    colors fascinating, but its patterns, as well. With many glass
    producers making this type of glass, as you can imagine, many
    patterns resulted, creating a wide array of pretty, practical,
    and inexpensive glassware affordable to every American household.
  • Depression Glass Companies
    Just before the advent of the Great Depression, more than a hundred companies manufactured glassware in the United States. At the end of the Depression, fewer than fifty percent of these companies remained in business. Of these companies, seven became major players in the production of Depression glass, and these seven companies utilized a little more than 90 patterns.
  • Collecting Depression Glass - Where to Start
    Okay, so you’ve been bitten by the Depression Glass bug, and those pretty patterns and pastel colors beckon you from the shelves of an antique dealer’s shop, a friend’s home, or maybe you’ve even discovered this special glassware on the Internet. However, it’s come about that you’ve developed a
    yen for Depression Glass, you need to know where and how to start collecting it.
  • Adam to Windsor - What's that?
    In Depression Glass parlance, "from Adam to Windsor" refers to
    the alphabetical order in which collector's guides typically
    list all the patterns of the seven largest glass companies that
    produced this now-collectible glassware.



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