Flea Market Tips, and Treasure Tips for Flea Market Shopping Have you ever been to a flea market? They are a cross between a humongous garage sale, a bad discount store, and a treasure hunt. … [Read more...]
Three Tips for Successful Flea Market Shopping
Do you like shopping for real bargains? You can find a huge range of good, bad and scarily horrible at flea markets. Sometimes you can even find depression glass! Last week Dave and I went to our … [Read more...]
Come with Me Shopping for Depression Glass
We went to the local antique mall and found some lovely pieces and some not so lovely. Come watch with us as we shop for elegant and depression glass! If you are reading this via email subscription … [Read more...]
Antiquing with Your Best Friend – How to Check Glass for Damage
If you're like me you want to have glass in good shape, no chips or cracks, not a lot of wear. You don't want to waste your money buying that perfect piece only to find it's full of damage when you … [Read more...]
Antiquing Fun or How to Get Glass in the Mail Intact
If you've read my posts you've seen the claim that "shopping with us is like antiquing with your best friend". Maybe you wondered how I could say that. What does it mean to go antiquing with your … [Read more...]
What Do You Find Antiquing?
What do you find when you go antiquing? What do you look for that you don't find? Leave a comment so we can compare and share. Dave and I went antiquing on our way home from Tennessee yesterday and … [Read more...]
Guess Who’s Coming to Visit? Floral Poinsettia Pink with Billy Bob
Floral is one of my favorite depression glass patterns. I love the beautiful mold etched big flowers and floppy leaves, the curled up little tendrils, and little touches like the facets on the butter … [Read more...]
Antiquing with Your Best Friend – Watch Out for Repros!
When you go antiquing with your friends do you look out for each other and avoid repros? Of course you do. Friends help friends stay away from fakes. I have several pieces of reproduction Cherry … [Read more...]
Cameo Green Depression Glass – Inspired by Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan was an American dancer in the early 1900s, known for her use of flowing scarves and non-classical dance moves who died in 1927. Several glass companies used free form flowing dancers as … [Read more...]
Green Glassware that’s Not Depression Glass
When you go antiquing do you find green glass like this? Is it depression glass? If not, then what is it? If you are reading this by email then please try this link to see the video. It's … [Read more...]