Topic: Big fish,little fish....

[keith]

After looking at Tinker-Taylors fish on ebay I'd say it has a different look to it when I compare it to mine,what does Mrs Vulture think?Keith.

[Tinker-Taylor]

The idea of someone selling these fish for anything near £80 makes me feel queazy :mrgreen:

Here's a proper work of art I sold recently - a Seguso fish - and it only made £40!   

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320413137683

[langhaugh]

I'll let my prejudices glow unabated by saying that glass fish often seem to bring out the worst in designers, some Murano and FM excepted. My prize for the nadir of fish design, though, goes to Alta glass, started in Alberta by a Czech immigrant. Similar fish, a little more detailed, I think, are still being made in the Czech Republic as well. See http://www.aaczechglass.com/   Look at Modern Art Glass, page 5. I can't seem to get a direct link to the page.

Keith, I hope you find the person responsible and make him/her fess up.

David

[glassobsessed]

A few of these fish were among my first batch of sales on ebay a year or two ago, they fetched much higher prices than I had hoped for (a giant red white and blue striped one made twenty something quid) so I celebrated with a beer. Yes you guessed it, I broke a fin off the largest fish while trying to pack it (I have no tolerance for alcohol). :cry: The buyer turned out to be very reasonable even before I had refunded him his hard earned.

I now never drink booze if I am going anywhere near a piece of glass. :angel: Apart from the one I am drinking out of, of course.

John

[keith]

Thanks to all for the responses,when, if ever, I found out where they are from I'm not sure if they deserve a medal or a fine,(I'd say medal)Keith,

[Carolyn Preston]

What really scares me is those two flowers! Something distinctly phallic about them both.

Carolyn

[mrs vulture]

The one on Ebay looks the same as my five, the stripes are maybe a little clearer on the Ebay one. Mine all have a mark underneath where the label was. And I'd say definitely a gong to the designer, must have made them a lot of money as they sold so many. Perhaps they were given as presents to people they didn't like very much.     I have one smallish fish that is blue all over, bit different to all the rest.   My son calls them my schoal!!      cheryl

[mrs vulture]

Heres a picture of my blue fish, hes all one colour on his body but unlike all my other fish he has a textured pattern to represent the scales. The fins and tail are the usual sort in clear glass. Hes 10 inches long.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w97/cheryl1300/cherylpics033.jpg

[keith]

Just found the Mama of all fish,see my new post,BIG FISH,Keith.

[Sendhandfran]

Hi Keith. I recently got one of these, bootsale couple of quid. Not sure if i like them or not, but it was cheap & cheerful. This one does have bluefish pointy fins. May i ask do you think its modern Romanian?