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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Max on September 07, 2005, 05:21:55 PM
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My local Oxfam shop lady just dropped round some glass to be valued. Most of it is junk, but there was this:
http://tinypic.com/dgigdd.jpg
http://tinypic.com/dgigja.jpg
http://tinypic.com/dgigpg.jpg
I really love it! It's so happy, and dare I say in the olde sense of the world, gay! It's about 3" across and has a lovely high dome. There is a very small bruise about 4mm across to one side.
Could anyone give me a value please? I think I'll sell it online as it should raise more for Oxfam.
Thank you. :D
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Looks like a very pretty Strathearn to me! I love it, 'cos it's pink! :lol:
The bruise may drop the price, though :? :( Can you post a picture showing it? It may not be that bad, but if you have to say it's bruised on ebay it could put some bidders off. Not me, of course! :wink:
As for price .... does depend on that bruise, I would think.
Leni
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Max, check out "strathearn" under both eBay and the dealer site Sweetbriar Gallery, where weights like this one are often available and you will also see the general price range.
[And regardless of individual views on the matter, including my own at times, Sweetbriar Gallery prices are really no higher than most other dealers.]
Leni is right about the bruise - it may affect the value quite considerably and to get it polished out could cost more than the weight is worth. But at 3 inch, it's a good example of this type.
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I thought it might be Strathearn...hmm....I hadn't considered that it's pink...but I still like it! (http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/ac16.gif)
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Thanks Kev, I'll do that straightaway. :D :D
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Hi
This is a Strathearn 'Close-Pack' paperweight - sources tell us that they were made between 1968 - 1980 - I would say yours is late 60s - 70s - they are of great interest to Strathearn paperweight collectors who always look for the unusual - the canes are good and there is no surface bubbling to the carpet surface - the ground is unusual being that mottled pink, I have had mottled blue but not that opaque mottled pink before in a close-pack - the 4mm scratch is almost standard for the age as long as its surface and there is no other damage - I put my last 2.5" close-pack on at £30 and got £45.00 (eBay) - this being unusual I would say may get up to £60.00
An Internet shop may value higher, but as it's unusual people will compete if you get it on eBay to finish at Sunday around 7.00pm
Just my opinion
I have a little collection of close-packs some are 1" others are 2.5" and 3" - they are so good looking in with the 'Spoke' and 'Concentric' paperweights
http://tinypic.com/dgnci1.jpg - small close-pack with label
Adam D555 :twisted:
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This is a Strathearn 'Close-Pack' paperweight - sources tell us that they were made between 1968 - 1980 - I would say yours is late 60s - 70s
Thanks Adam, I was wondering what to call it. :D If I didn't have to sell it, I'd be very happy keeping it. It's like a jolly tapestry glass carpet. <swoon> :D
I was initially thinking of selling this paperweight in the Oxfam shop, but since then I've been toying with Ebaying it, so I only need a start price - thanks for the guesstimates. :D
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I can't stop looking at it! HELP! I'm turning into a paperweight collector!!! Eeeeek!
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:lol: They get to you, don't they Max? Get a magnifying glass or jewellers loupe and look at the complexity of the canes - you'll be hooked! :shock: :D
Leni :wink: