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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: chriscooper on November 07, 2010, 02:24:47 PM
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Not the most exciting of items and not something I would normally look at, what really caught my eye thought is they are all in their original boxes. The boxes are numbered and the date and number etched on the base.
Bought them from a house clearance along with 2 boxed FT 164 ale tankards, obviously part of some ones treasured collection. A bit sad really as I only paid a couple of pound each for them. Like to know what they retailed for originally any one know?
Ta Chris
http://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/DartingtonCommemaritiveTankards#
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The 1968 version wholesaled for 18 shillings (90p) each, 17 shillings each if you bought six. (Frank Thrower & Dartington Glass, Thrower and Hill)
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The Dartington packaging is often lovely, I vaguely remember that much of it was Designed by Kim Thrower.
John
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Chris - like you I acquired one or two of these for 'small beer', and then thought how boring can you get - so put them back into the charity shop - they were un-numbered.
I then found the Munich Games one, with etched number on the base, and thought I'd cracked it and this was going to be worth a bob or two - but no such luck - the book says limited editions can be anything from 10 - 5,000 numbered pieces, and mine was up in the four thousands somewhere. How they considered that numbering way up into the thousands gave any limited status/value I really can't think. A couple of hundred maybe. Does anyone know which tankards were limited to more sensible numbers? - and would thus be worth 'a bob or two'. :)
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Err most Lalique was produced in the 1,000s with no fussing about numbering.... those are small numbers by comparison so if there are as many chasing Frank as Rene you can feel content.
Price for 1972 was EXPENSIVE could have had a night on the town for that.
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thanks Frank - and I appreciate your comments re statistics and desirablity :) However, I know which I would prefer........so, you can have my signed FT Munich tankard, and I'll take the opalescent early C20 opalescent piece marked with Rene's surname. I somehow don't think there are as many people chasing the tankards as Rene's bowls ;) First meal I bought for a girl cost me something like 49/6d (for the two of us) including wine - nowadays I'd probabaly just get fish and chips for that - or a boot sale tankard ;D
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Hi Chris
Some of them are worth money !
I sold a 1969 Rose & Hart Tankard in Kingfisher for £103.29 back in August of last year. :o
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Think I may be on a winner after all Bob :sun: Paul scroll down this website and eat your words :P
http://www.glass-roots.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/2903?opendocument&part=4
Chris :hiclp:
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Note that they are "In stock", not sold...
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I had several different bidders on mine Chris, so there are collectors out there.
Just need to hope you have years/ styles/ colours they need ;)
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Note that they are "In stock", not sold...
Sure, but at least it's a starting point Christine :ooh:
Bob, thank you for your optimism :hiclp:
Paul, await your reply :sun:
Doubled my money on one already and it wasn't even boxed
http://tinyurl.com/35t6xhh
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thanks Chris - and you were indeed correct - worth a lot more than I paid, obviously I shouldn't have given the first two away, but then I don't sell so giving them into the charity shop possibly the best thing for them (unless of course you wanted to suggest that I give them to you >:D). Must admit that I still can't see the attraction - I'd rather have the French opalescent any day, and it still surprises me that the numbering really did go as high as books/list suggest. But then we all have different tastes, and although I consider these tankards uninteresting, I guess there are 'completists' out there who need every piece from a given factory to make a full collection. I do collect coloured FT material (but not obsessesively) - and really like the Red, Kingfisher and Midnight - but sorry, the clear just doesn't do anything for me.
Anyone want a Munich tankard (numbered) for One hundred and four pounds thirteen shilling and ninepence three farthings. :sun:
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Hi Paul, will list them on ebay and we will see if anyone wants them? could be me left eating my words.
thanks Chris