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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: lyndhurst44 on March 07, 2006, 04:52:17 PM
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Hi,
I purchased this nice little vase at a junk shop today. for not a lot D :D .
Could someone give me some idea of age and value please, it is in excellent condition and stands at 4.25". My first ever piece of Vasart.
http://i2.tinypic.com/qy7cky.jpg
Cheers
Bryn (not Brian)
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Hi Bryn,
Welcome to the obsession of hand shaped glass collecting :)
You will discover that these smaller pieces of Vasart and Strathearn, yours is 1956-64, are not in short supply and they sell from 5 to 25 pounds depending on the wind and how attractive they are. Although this particular shape is less common, V012 on http://www.ysartglass.com/Vascat/VasV001.htm, it has not been found signed, nor by Strathearn yet.
The Vasart catalogues are created by collectors, hence not as many shapes as in the Monart cats, but I do still have a backlog odf submissions to add in.
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Thanks Frank,
That's great, not bad for 50p then. I thought the shop owner had made a mistake, but he said "you like those marble pieces do you" and hastened to bring out some alabaster vases :lol:
I said if he had any more of these Scottish marble pieces then please to keep them for me :twisted:
Thanks again,
Bryn (not Brian)
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Sorry for the delay, been away for the last 24hrs. :oops:
I'm a bit confused as to what to collect at the moment, last week it had to be Scottish paperweights, this week Scottish art glass, a couple of weeks ago it was irridescent glass Loetz and the like, but they all seem to find their way onto Ebay in the end. I just had £80 for my 50p Victorian Rose Bowl that I asked about a couple of weeks ago on Glass, what a huge suprise that was, it turned out to be Loetz Astglas. WoW!! :D
I have 2 very full cabinets at the moment so I am going to have to make space somewhere.
Something has to go :!: But what, I love them all, but wan't more :mrgreen: .
Cheers,
Bryn (not Brian)