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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: ardy on October 19, 2022, 01:03:17 AM
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Hi all, moved into a new house and for the first time I put all my glass and closonne out in the main room. It takes up 4 display areas and it finally dawned on me that I have a lot of glass, mostly Archimede Seguso.
I was going to upgrade my lesser pieces to better ones but looking at all of it. I think I have enough, maybe a bit too much. The real test will be if I see a good piece of A.S. at a reasonable price!
Is anyone out there feeling the same way ?
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:) I ran out of anywhere to put shelves. I could cram loads more in there! ;D
You have yours properly displayed. With space around each piece so you can see them properly. 8) 8) 8)
I have to keep pulling bits I want to admire out and put them on the coffee table next to me. ::)
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I have the same problem as Sue, no room for shelves, at the last count we had over 1,300 pieces of glass and that doesn't include other collectables ( we also have cloisonne ) beautiful collection ;D
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Wonderful to hear this. I thought I was getting out of control but I am just starting compared to you two.
Having moved into the new house I was concerned the joint was looking like a second-hand store!
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I have glass on the middle bits of window frames, on top of the loo cisterns, on top of my kitchen cupboards, anywhere there is a flat space to put it. I have to shift things to open the bookcase. And it's hiding in corners of rooms and turns of the stairs, it's on top of the piano, dressing tables, mantlepieces. It's under things and in things. ::)
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Pretty much the same here as Sue's place ;D
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Pretty much the same here as Sue's place ;D
Fabulous post Sue, I am hoping that it is a warning sign to us all. Addictions? can we be hospitalised and treated or do we have to go cold turkey?
Keith, I am shocked and hope all is well with you?
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I'm afraid there's no cure, here are just three of our shelves, there are many more, we have a serious problem ! :o ;D ;D
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I can sort of see a theme in what you are collecting Keith but it does my head in.......
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The theme is glass. No other required. ;D
There are far worse addictions to have. I swapped swallowing the contents of bottles for collecting beautiful empty ones. 8)
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Despite the look of it all I try to stick to locally made ( Stourbridge, Brierley & Birmingham ) ::) ::) ;D ;D
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The theme is glass. No other required. ;D
There are far worse addictions to have. I swapped swallowing the contents of bottles for collecting beautiful empty ones. 8)
Sue, you are so much stronger than I am. I love my red bottles to drink and my Archimede's (+ a couple of others) ones to admire the work and beauty.
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I wasn't enjoying it any more. One is too many, because fifty are not enough. ;D
Not a problem I have with glass.
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Very, very nice :o ;D ;D
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Keith certainly has got the bug i love the Hoarder instincts it is a wonderful life...
Sue your lounge looks like how i imagined it to look in the
factory shop in Mdina i love it and but it must have took ages to
amass a collection like that of one genre of glassware?
I have to say i love seeing other people with the affliction :)
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There are bits of non Harris work there, but I have been at it for nearly 25 years now.
There is no cure. 8)
My "genre" is really Early Studio Glass, European end, but it did kind of spread...
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There is some comfort in a support group like this. I suspect I would have slipped into an Archimedes Seguso delusional world without this site.
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I spent an entire evening lost in wonder, gazing at two of my favourite pieces in a good light just last week. ::)
I'm not nuts either Ardy. ;D
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Sue, I went on the review of the glass circuit last week and forgot to check all the A.S. lamps in a bedroom cupboard.
I think the glass collection is affecting my brain, it can't be old age - can it?
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I'm not sure - I left my age in a different room. ::)
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Half of mine is put away in cupboards. I display a group and then change it every so often.
The exception is a single door tall glass walled and front cabinet which houses all the (mostly) smaller, very old/rare pieces. That is my challenge for the new year. To find a way of putting most of those in a cupboard and just having out two pieces per shelf.
I like putting some away and then every 6 months changing it around. But I think that's because the put aways are in a double front cupboard so I can open it and immediately see what's in store. Nothing wrapped and boxed and forgotten about.
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Just reviewing my collection as I am moving again. Looked at 1st dibs and could not believe the prices they are asking. Is 1st dibs a reliable place to sell glass?
NOt that I am planning on selling any of it.
I may just get a very fine piece of A.S. If I stumble over one, but who knows....
Happy New Year to you all and apologies for not showing up here as often as I should.
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Happy new year Ardy.
There are several sites much like that one, I have not checked recently but they used to charge fees well in excess of 30%. As a seller you would be responsible for the cost of delivery and would not receive payment for any goods sold until long after they had been received by your customer. I would seriously study the terms and conditions, especially when it comes to returns. Given that most prices have a zero added (many a 30 quid piece of glass is advertised for 300) it seems appealing but I wonder how much actually does sell. As far as I can tell customers would need to be either incredibly gullible or incredibly wealthy, then again perhaps both. My impression of the sites is one of repulsive levels of greed, on the other hand they probably provide a lot of reassurance to a nervous customer not confident of buying.
John
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Crikey - I thought they were into repulsive levels of greed just from the prices. I thought they were a sort of shop, selling their own stock.