Posted 12 months ago
Odat62
(21 items)
Great color and super rare shape. I really like this lamp. I have always wanted a nice piece of cluthra glass and now I have one.
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
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Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
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Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
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'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
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Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
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Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
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I think I recognize this ledge from eBay, haha! I've seen some nice lamps sitting there for sale on eBay.
Hey, I saw that you wrote about how it pays to buy the books to study, would you be able to recommend a few titles if you have a second? I've bought a few books on Italian glass, but its super-rare stuff you don't see outside of museums, and I'm looking for a book that can help me identify mid-level pieces instead of eye-candy. Which ones have helped you the most?
That is the fun part! They ALL have helped me! This whole game is all about one piece at a time. You may have the best book ever and never see anything that is in that book. Or you may have some funky old antiques guide and find pieces by using that reference..... and anywhere in between. I have many books and use them all. Old auction catalogs are fairly inexpensive also. It is all a crap shoot. I will tell you this, the books are the keys!