Work out the specifics of how to formulate and implement the extension of credit before your auction, with your auction company and the individual(s) involved. How was the auctioneer’s pace and general demeanor? He has entire indexes on patterns, shapes, motifs, and makers. Modern day carnival glass can be discerned from the older glass by an experienced collector and still has its place in a collection if wished. I’ll now enter into discussions about some other specifics that may or may not appear in the written documents (RFP, Proposal, Contract) but should at least be discussed with your auctioneer so as to preclude any future disagreements. They drive not only the mail bids, but also in lots of cases, who comes to the auction and who doesn’t. In the RFP I stated the obvious (“I want you to sell my carnival glass collection.”). To my way of thinking their input should not be shared with others. The most popular color? Samantha Prince & Mitchell Stewart You may not ‘get it right’ the first time, but at least the initial RFP is your chance to draw the first line in the sand! Modern glass cannot replicate the iridescence of the old carnival glass. This is an area that I can speak about from personal experience. The "King of China" - salesman extraordinaire sells Carnival Glass. If you’re in a bit of a hurry, obviously this may not work for you. Bob built the finest and most comprehensive Carnival Glass tumbler collection in the world. Like many subjects in this treatise, it is purely a personal decision, and I can’t make it for you, but maybe I can give you some insights and personal feelings about the subject. Once you have a handle on these aspects of a carnival glass piece, you’ll be able to keep records and sell the glass at auctions with ease. Pretty much a guess here, although I did talk with my auctioneer candidates on the subject. They may or may not be pertinent in your case. I love the thrill of the idea that I may just pick up a bargain by spending my $1000 average travel expenses to attend a major auction. To my way of thinking, there are many other elements to consider — some objectively, but most subjectively! We primarily buy from private collections! Be tolerant of the auctioneer’s needs. Factors involved may include, but not be limited to: do you have lots of ‘rarities’? £36.00 $48.76 €39.77 Fenton Green Peacock Carnival Glass Wavy Edge Bowl Melbourne Antiques £45.00 $60.95 €49.72 Northwood Carnival Smoke Coloured Glass Bowl Yore Antiques £47.00 $63.66 €51.93 Fenton Carnival Peacock Tail Glass Bowl Yore Antiques £111.00 $150.34 €122.63 Fenton Carnival Clambroth White Ruffled Bowl Yore Antiques If you opt to allow Mail Bids (you may not!) It requires much thought and experience. Use as many sources of data and knowledge as you can think of. Then you redraft the RFP (and date it!) eBay seller ids: “s-prince” & “linedlattice”, ©2021 Samantha Prince - Website Development by. If I chose to submit a mail bid, I’m already ‘ahead’ in having pigeonholed that amount to spend on my mail bids — depending upon your point of view, an unfair advantage. (That’s why I wanted each piece pictured on the auctioneer’s website! Unfortunately, this is an element that you may not have as much control of as you’d like. MENU This isn’t the site to find humdrum pieces. If I knew that there were reserves at an carnival glass auction, I probably would not attend. (currently ‘in vogue’). The Billboard - a trade paper / journal popular for promotional items for fairs and carnivals. After iterating on the specifics of the RFP, as well as the auction company’s fees, make sure they are all stated in a written contract to be signed by you and the auction company. Its eye-catching multicolor shimmer, often resembling oil on water, seems to change colors when viewed at different angles. Some that come immediately to mind are: The decision must include a thoughtful review of many parameters; how fast do I want/need to sell and get my money? I will sometimes use “my collection” throughout this discussion because as most of you are aware, my bride is not a collector (except of life-lasting friendships!) 5.0 out of 5 stars 3. *We do not do appraisals. The most common fenton carnival glass material is glass. All glass on this site is sold by either Samantha Prince or Mitchell Stewart. The use of the “Mail Bidding/Online Bidding” process is extensively used in carnival glass auctions in this country. www.carnivalglass.com Lloyd Ward's "Buy & Sell" Carnival Glass (42 years of satisfied mail-order customers) www.bug54carnivalglass.com A Friend of ours who buys and sells old quality carnival glass (20+ years) Iridill was inspired by the fine blown art glass of such makers as Tiffany and Steuben, but did not sell at the anticipated premium prices and was subsequently discounted. If I had chosen to sell the glass myself, I wouldn’t have dreamed to ask some of the numbers that were realized in the auction! Obviously, this requires that you have attended auctions conducted by all the candidates. If a person or persons wants a piece badly enough, let them pay the expenses to attend the auction and to attend the preview and buy the piece(s) ‘in person’ like all the rest of us! I think you will find that even though this is very personal information, most collectors will be willing to share their experiences with you. First, one you may not have thought of — to ‘tailor’ your auction company/auctioneer selection to your collection. Search for what you want or just browse our categories! It is your chance to ensure that you are ‘in charge’ of your auction. Research past prices of Carnival Glass to buy or bid confidently today! Carnival Glass has become extremely popular in collecting circles and as such can sell extremely well at auction. All our collections contain damage that we didn’t know existed when we purchased the glass. Sell your entire collection to one individual. I lean the other way — I feel that if you have too many pictures, by definition (spell that e.x.p.e.n.s.i.v.e.!) Where and when is Auctioneer A planning on doing the auction compared to Auctioneer B? Buying? Some of the factors involved are more obvious than others, but I caution you to consider them all. Like I said, ‘stated reserves’ don’t bother me in the slightest. Carnival glass originated as a glass called 'Iridill', produced beginning in 1908 by the Fenton Art Glass Company (founded in 1905). founded on what you think the ‘bottom line’ to you is going to be, even at the risk of displeasing or disappointing the other auctioneers, who have been ‘best friends’ for years! Wow! In our case, an important factor was coming out to the west coast to pick up our glass. Is it time to upgrade a piece or your entire collection?! We also offer outstanding antique and contemporary enameled and/or iridescent art glass including, Loetz, Moser, Rossler, Mt. This obviously, needs to be coordinated with your auctioneer to make sure it fits his/her schedule and hopefully, doesn’t conflict with other auctions or conventions. Offsetting these ‘greater than expected prices’ are the auction commission fees and some pieces that didn’t sell well of course, but to my way of thinking they were considerably less than what I would have lost by pricing the glass myself. ; are they “hot”? Lord knows, assuming the rumor was correct, I’m sure I would have done the same thing if I had paid $75,000 for a piece of glass! They have to worry about getting paid by the mail bidders, whether or not the mail bid will ‘stick’, making their own auction expense payments, hotel, workers, club, etc. Please contact us if you have a collection, or pieces from your collection, that you’d like to sell! They can be as simple as the old ‘buddy tactic’ of having the seller’s buddy bid a piece up to where the seller wants it and then drop out, leaving the final arm-wrestling to the unsuspecting auction crowd. Obviously, there are the basic, “I think that’s damage”, “No, it isn’t!” discussions. Just hope it doesn’t happen extensively here. Again, a very personal decision that you must make for yourself and it is not my intention to influence your decision here, except I may slip and tell you a few of the pros and cons of some of processes. Whether the need to sell is because you are downsizing, or changing your collection out… or perhaps you inherited some glass that you would like to sell. Covered Sugar Bowl - Maple Leaf Pattern - Mosser Glass - Marigold Carnival. Whether you crave rarity or electric iridescence or pumpkin or frosty pastel ice pieces or the best pieces in a certain pattern or by a certain maker… we got you! Pictures are infinitely important. However, my thinking appears to be shared by others such that in at least one case, HOACGA, I heard that the auction ‘slots’ have already been filled through the 2012 convention! Remember… No Two Carnival Pieces are Exactly the Same! Buying Carnival Glass  There are many places to buy Carnival: Antique shops and malls, yard and garage sales, from individuals, at live auctions, and, of course, on eBay. — to my way of thinking, there are two prime locations, the mid-west (first choice) or Florida. When the production of iridescent glass ceased about 1931, the excess inventory was sold for pennies to vendors for promotional items in their products (flour, etc. In the 1900s, carnivals and fairgrounds gave away carnival glass as prizes that they also called aurora, rainbow and taffeta glass. Proposals and Contracts Damage and Mfg. Access to the Carnival Glass Society Market Place in our members’ area where you can list items of carnival glass you would like to buy or sell. Then I wrote a list of specifics that I wanted the auctioneer’s proposals back to me to be ‘costed’ in their proposals. But let’s talk about real damage — chips (all sizes) or cracks. Was the auctioneer available and amenable to discussing specifics and making changes in their modus oporundi with you? Carnival glass was made to imitate more expensive pieces, such as those made by the Tiffany company, and it was manufactured from 1895 to … I didn’t have a clue that many pieces in our collection would bring the high prices they did. This is such a personal and difficult decision, but without a doubt the single most important decision you will have to make in the entire process! For carnival glass, we will at all times offer pieces by Northwood, Fenton, Millersburg, Imperial, and Dugan. Whether you crave rarity or electric iridescence or pumpkin or frosty pastel ice pieces or the best pieces in a certain pattern or by a certain maker… we got you! Our special CGS 2-4-1 Fairs Discount Card which the Society has negotiated with the organisers of some fantastic antiques and collectors fairs in the UK. Skip to Main Content Sell it off as individual pieces (eBay and/or lists, and/or club newsletters, and/or club conventions, or open a booth in an antique mall) Sell it through a ‘local (general antiques) auction company. It is my opinion, that the auctioneer should take it upon himself/herself to have detailed conversations with any potential mail bidders to preclude future dissatisfaction. Category Search. Glass companies began to recognize the potential for profits and revived the iridescent finish once again. The resulting swirly sheen that sometimes looks like an oil slick was much less expensive to produce when compared to other iridescent art glass popular at the time such as Tiffany and Steuben . These pieces are sometimes referenced as "late carnival" by collectors. However, the “stated reserves” thing has been extensively used in England and seems to work (more or less) there. Did you have fun?). He was a dedicated researcher and collector, with whom we worked collaboratively over very many years – as we have explained in our “NetworK: The Story Behind The Stories”. In our case, I told our auctioneer that I wanted him/her to have ‘full license’ to design the brochure as they saw fit, in all areas! this group is being formed as a place to advertise your antique glass for sale. Naturally, it’s most disappointing when that is pointed out to us on specific pieces. Add yourself to our New Items Notification Email list in the right hand corner of the page. But even more primal, will they do your auction within the time frame and at the location of your choosing? Flaws, Sell your entire collection to one individual, Commission an individual to sell it for you, Sell it off as individual pieces (eBay and/or lists, and/or club newsletters, and/or club conventions, or open a booth in an antique mall), Sell it through a ‘local (general antiques) auction company, Sell part of it through a recognized ‘carnival glass Auction company’ now, and the rest later, Sell the entire collection through a recognized auction company’ now (well, more or less now. Another one of our missions is to provide an optimum selection for all levels of collectors! the auction brochure must be accurate. To indicate your interest in selling, please click on Contact Us above or give us a call (386) 227-6482. (Ha! Well you're in luck, because here they come. There are multiple ways to go when it comes to selling your glass. We have an extensive amount of carnival glass (over 6,000 pieces), as well as art glass, and will be posting more as we can. Like the selection of your auction company, this is purely a matter of personal choice. One of our missions is to bring you the best carnival glass pieces we can find! This is a unique opportunity for avid collectors & dealers of vintage carnival glass to purchase high quality rarer pieces at very reasonable prices. The word “conspiracy” comes to mind. Can you live with that? This is a relatively new (to our hobby) phenomenon and certainly a difficult one on which to reach a decision. We have an extensive amount of carnival glass (over 6,000 pieces), as well as art glass, and will be posting more as we can. In other words, if the auctioneer’s proposal came in too high, we could tailor the requirements stated in the RFP to reach an equitable agreement. Not only the quality of the color, but the size and amount of pictures in the brochure must be determined. As with ‘all things carnival,’ there are various opinions on this subject. During previews, was the glass well displayed? Others include U.S. Glass, Eda, Rindskopf, Riihimaki, Fostoria, Cambridge, Westmoreland, Brockwitz, Inwald, Jain, Sowerby, LG Wright and Walther. Think of the RFP as the ‘core document’ for your auction. My thinking on getting down to details was twofold: first obviously, it served as a basis for untangling possible future disagreements with the auction company about what I was getting for what I was paying, and second, it served as a basis for negotiations about the final contract with the auctioneer (if negotiation were required.) If you’re looking for something in particular, don’t hesitate to inquire, Sell Carnival Glass – Downsize or Sell Inherited Pieces, Often folks need to sell glass. Because you the consignor I feel, are ‘in charge’ (or should be!) It’s much nicer to look at than an average piece.”. — since there are no 2 pieces of CG that are identical!). It was invaluable! (What was you impression when you first walked into the preview? I also stated what kind of a ‘tone’ Jan and I hoped for (“Classy.”). Because carnival glass collectors appreciate other types of glass, we specialize in carnival, opalescent and art glass from all eras! If an auctioneer feels that this function is ‘out of scope,’ I feel that he or she should so state that in their proposal/contract, or charge for performing this function. This isn’t the site to find humdrum pieces. I then drafted what is called an “RFP” – Request For Proposal. Find your Fenton glass and other items here among our pages! New Listing Antique Fenton Cobalt Blue Carnival Glass Persian Medallion Bowl Dish 7.5" Things like picking up the glass at my house in Oregon, full insurance on the glass through all phases of it’s transportation, washing and listing the glass, preparation of, and all costs associated with, mailing out brochures (I wanted approval privileges of the final version of the brochures – more on the brochure later), pictures of each and every piece on the auctioneer’s website, etcetera, etcetera. There are as many reasons to sell as there are carnival glass collectors. You selected the auctioneer based on his experience and good judgment – let him use it! Usually doesn’t happen, but I keep hoping. It is a timehonored practice, and no doubt adds to the bottom line for both the auction company and the seller. “Up Front” or “Stated Reserves” can come in at least two forms; 1) “the reserve is X dollars”, or 2) “there is a reserve on this item” (in other words the reserve value is not stated until the bidding surpasses it.). Mail bids can be a difficult area for the auctioneer. Most auctioneers have passionate feelings about their brochures. Like I said, this is your most important decision, so make it carefully! In most cases, this is the only document that the carnival glass world gets to see and therefore represents the auction company. In retrospect, I am still happy with that decision. In our case, I even asked fellow collectors who had recently sold their collections (which more or less were similar to ours) for input. ), prizes at carnivals and circuses; the iridescent pressed glass became known as “Carnival Glass”.The glass was cheap, pretty and most of it was not used, but saved in its original condition. ; am I a ‘good salesman?’; is my collection a $20K or a $200K collection? All I can say is, address the subject. To indicate your interest in selling, please click on, Antique Fenton Red Two Flowers Carnival Glass Footed Bowl, Newest Contemporary Carnival Glass Listings. The Prettier the Glass is, the More You’ll Enjoy Looking at It! Buy from a Seller you Trust! Buy What Strikes Your Chord! Where geographically? After these markdowns, Iridill pieces were used as carnival prizes. Carnival Color, Wine Glass 10 OZ Party Color Set of 6. And yes, I still do believe in the Easter Bunny AND Santa Claus! It is a document requiring much thought and artistic input. If you decide to consult with other recent sellers, don’t just ask, “Who do you like?” Ask specifically what did you like and dislike about your recent experience? FREE Shipping. direct links to other quality carnival glass websites! The biggest factor that determines carnival glass value is the limited supply of particularly rare colors, patterns, and pieces with original Fenton authentication. First produced in 1907, it was popular in the early 20th century as a cheap alternative to Tiffany art glass; one of its many names was "poor man's Tiffany." Washington, Webb, Zellique, Vandermark, Levay (Levi), Gibson and Bohemian, Czech or French in origin! With this thought in mind the Texas Carnival Glass Club is providing this web page for Buy / Sell activity service for our members. Selling? A great selection for all levels of collectors! ‘Up Front’ or ‘Stated’ Reserves. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about fenton carnival glass? Please contact us if you have a collection, or pieces from your collection, that you’d like to sell! In recent history, carnival glass has become a sought-after collector’s item, and while many pieces can be acquired for less than $50, rarer pieces can sell for thousands of dollars. I feel strongly about the former. Find great deals and sell your items for free. How do you rate the auctioneer’s honesty and integrity? In our case, I already had an agreement with the HOACGA Board to sell at their 2007 convention, so I wrote that into the generalized language of the RFP. You came to the right place! Our glass prices are fair and determined based on rarity, color, condition and, with respect to carnival and iridescent art glass, quality of iridescence. We all have had the thought, “If I were to sell my collection, how would I go about doing it?” If you haven’t had the thought, you should have. I believe that the best place to sell a large collection is at one of the major club conventions. Look at the Photos and Dimensions!