Topic: How to get lots of money for your glass.....

[ChrisStewart]

Sell at a big auction house:

From Christies Simon Sainsbury’s auction yesterday:

Lot 279 5 pieces of slag glass:

            2 Sowerby Obelisk ornaments (chipped)
            2 Davidson/Heppell Shell shaped sugars
            1 Davidson shell pattern sugar

Hammer price £688. Total including 25% premium + vat £890

Lot 280 5 pieces of glass

   2 uranium glass bottles
   2 Streit blue pearline square dishes
   1 Davidson 643 pattern rectangular dish

Hammer price £500. Total including 25% premium + vat £647

Regards

Chris

[Lustrousstone]

Seems a trifle overpriced 
See here and here

[Lustrousstone]

Get out your chipped part Orrefors and Lalique sets as well

[Frank]

But only slightly chipped, where have I heard that before eee?

[nigel benson]

Chris,

I assume you have your tongue firmly in cheek, since this was a major sale of a known collection with lots of associated hype.

Prices would be unlikely to be realistic, you just have to look at one or two other lots to realise that these were probably the cheapest items in the whole sale (and therefore may well have been regarded as a snip) - and most likely sold to someone who just wanted a piece of that particular collection, or else, someone who may well use the provenance to justify an even bigger retail price .

So, if you want to achieve these prices, all you have to do is make an enormous collection of quality items, allow the publicity to permeate through, keep it for a long time, and then 'Hey Presto!'.....

Very interesting, for all that Thanks for pointing it out.

Kind regards, Nigel

[ChrisStewart]

Hi Nigel,

Yes definitely tongue in cheek! Surprisingly the glass was not the cheapest item in the auction. I think something else sold for £63.

My interest in the auction was the English delftware (I collect English tin glazed tiles). He had some extremely rare examples of English delftware - some of which belong in a museum. Some of the items did not sell, and other more common examples went for above market rates.

I must admit I invested £50 in the two-volume catalogue. In years to come the catalogue will form part of the research material on English delftware and will go up in price.

Regards

Chris