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ractrose

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I collect glass and pottery, especially Fenton and Northwood. Also, 40s and 50s ceramic planters. My latest interests are midcentury aluminum and melamine.

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Old book - Booksin Books
Pool cue 
Pretty green goblets - Glasswarein Glassware
Promotional Cookbooks - Booksin Books
Nuclear comic from the 50's - Comic Booksin Comic Books
Travel Kit - Accessoriesin Accessories
A hanky box. - Accessoriesin Accessories
Art Deco Picture Frame - Art Decoin Art Deco
Favorite Foto Frame - Fine Artin Fine Art
Blenko-esque - Art Glassin Art Glass

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  1. Wonderwoman is completely right. I found a KIG piece at Goodwill, and found the "Malaysia" mark on the inside of the bowl. I guess older pieces of theirs are marked "Indonesia", and once I knew where ...
  2. I finally thought of the Eleanor being a mfg name rather than a pattern name. After looking up the Eleanor pottery, I found that this set was from the 1920s most likely, not as old as I was imagining,...
  3. Rarity I think is the first factor in valuation. And then the manufacturer, condition, and age. But I have never found out much about my set.
  4. I talked to my mother about this one because she gave it to me to begin with. It belonged to my grandmother's second husband who practiced medicine in Chicago in the 1920's. We would be willing to s...
  5. Look up information about Westmoreland glass. They were very big producers of white milk glass.
  6. These days, when you shop for opals you will hardly ever find this blue shade. The older ones have it but they aren't mining them that way very often any more.
  7. Thank you. In my day, we used to get Reddy Kilowatt comics from the electric company, but I never saved any of them.
  8. Thanks for your comment. I also have my grandparents' TV panther lamp, which looks very art deco in style to me, even though I know those come from the 1950's.
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Loves

Eisenberg Sterling Set ??~40's-50's Need help Identifying Pink Oval Bowl Unknown Russian Iridescent Glasses weller silverstone jardinière The Three Flamingos!! Bottles and jug from the i-lasi series, Timo Sarpaneva (1950s, Iittala) Don't know what I have. Gold sticker partially reads hand cut crystal then looks like letters Art Deco Style Picture Frame

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Stereo View Prints "Jetty to the sunset" Nice, france. Signed J. Maniezzi