I Couldn’t Believe What Showed up at the Appraisal Fair!

[@susanwalt4659]

I've always kept 2 or 3 oil amps for power outages. They don't get used much, but when you need them they're great.

[@judymitchell27]

I wish you’d come to Texas!

[@TheAntiqueNomadLive]

Still want to go to Round Top! Maybe in 2025

[@debbieking9917]

❤🌹❤️

[@texmex124]

When did they stop putting gold in red glass?

[@TheAntiqueNomadLive]

They still use gold in cranberry glass, but Anchor-Hocking created Royal Ruby, a true red which didn’t need gold, in 1938

[@texmex124]

@@TheAntiqueNomadLive thank you

[@judymitchell27]

The comments cover the item being appraised.

[@TheAntiqueNomadLive]

You're right, I always wish I had someone filming but I'm stuck with a static camera at these events. They're usually on the screen long enough that the ticker closes in time to see them though

[@rickeydonald4756]

Orient & Flume happens to be the 2 streets that intersect where the glass factory was established. Often times their art glass is just marked O & F. Those initials are worth committing to the memory bank. I am surprised Bruce Fox aluminum pieces are not becoming popular in all the MCM frenzy. West German ceramics is another one that surprises me too. After WW II, right smack in the heart of the MCM era, West Germany was trying to establish their place in a new world order and economy. Just like Japan, they had moved on from the zone and occupied designations. We finally moved on from the fairy lamp craze. I hope that we can transition someday from MCM being defined by a swing vase. That comment might ruffle some feathers. We are so much an amalgamation of many cultures worth celebrating. Scottish glass and pottery during the 60s is another unturned stone. I’ll shut up. Sorry.

[@TheAntiqueNomadLive]

Don't be sorry! I am glad to see you back in the comments, and I agree that there are many things that are good MCM beyond swung vases and fairy lamps (not that I don't appreciate those too). German lava glaze ceramics are actually selling for good money in some quarters, and I look for Scottish glass (especially Perthshire and Caithness) and it sells well for me. As for the aluminum wear, I've always liked it a lot, but so much is scratched and corroded now, plus the talk of a link to Alzheimer's has made people fearful of serving on it. Personally, I'm on a pottery kick of late