I would like to know the value or the maker of any of these glasswares. I inherited these, they are vintage, and I know some by look but not by brand. Anyone wanna take a stab or tell me how to identify them?
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You have a nice haul! Interesting items.
The leaf pattern maybe the Anchor Hocking Laurel Leaf pattern or a knock off if it...hard to tell by photos. Would need to feel and see in person. The Anchor pieces sell for 2-5 dollars each.
The starburst pattern is one of many atomic starbursts. There were many makers so it will take much closer research to see which you have. Are there marks either on a burst or the bottom? Those are all over the place depending on who made them. Most likely 50s-60s if original or they could be modern, like current knock offs. Hard to tell unless I could see in person.
The steins look newer...1990-today...they may be impossible to id unless they have a mark on the bottom.
I can't get a good look at the grapes. There were dozens of companies who favored that motif in the 40s-todsy.
My best suggestion is to take on clear photo of each glass and use replacements.com reverse image finder to see if you can find an exact match. They will tell you the pattern name and retail value. You can expect to fetch 1/8 to 1/4 of retail if you sell on your own.
The glass market is very poor in the Covid world as so many people did huge clean outs in the first weeks of quarantine. It drove the already low prices even lower.
Sadly at a flea market I would not be surprised if most of the pieces turned out to be 1.00 items. It's all about supply and demand. The supplies are plentiful, the demand, not so much in many cities.
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Nice - hope you like some of these to keep and use daily - maybe some fond memories?
Sadly, clear, unbranded glassware falls in the low value, slow selling category.
Glassware is still selling - some at very good prices - but almost all of the sales seem to be for vintage/antique branded/known colorful glassware.
If you walk in almost any thrift store, antique shop or flea market you cannot help but notice how much glassware they have sitting on their shelves and most of it will be clear glassware. It is usually very cheap (maybe $1 or $2) and they will many times discount it if you several items. I have purchased some nice (branded) stemware for less than $1 each.
eBay, Etsy and Ruby Lane are the most popular sites for glassware like this but to be able to do research you'll have to find some type of identity or they will just be considered 'old' and may not have very much resale value.
Pghgirl gave very good suggestions on how to locate the identity and possibly the value of your glassware.
Replacements.com is probably the most used site for items like this but there are other reverse image sites that can many times find unidentifiable items such as your pieces.
Any of these sites can only work if the item picture is of one piece and a very clear, uncluttered picture. You will need a picture of one item only and there should not be any clutter in the background - this means you need to have a solid wall or white/black cardboard as background so the item shows all design clearly.
www.replacements.com/
If you're unable to find a brand name for your glassware then a visual search would be another way to identify them but this will be a long and tedious search as there are thousands of glasses etc listed for sale - eBay, Etsy are best sources.
Here is the eBay site with for sale listings but there are presently over 1,000 listings which will include brand names as well as unbranded. You can narrow the search by using some of the info on the left side of the eBay screen - however, sellers do not always know exactly what to call some glasses so this is also difficult.
www.ebay.com/
www.ebay.com/
Asking prices do not represent value as only an exact same sold item will provide 'current value' and eBay is almost the only site where sold listings are available.
Here is a link to eBay recent sold items so take a look and you'll see what I meant about antique/vintage branded, colorful glassware being the big sellers.
www.ebay.com/
Here is a direction to follow- www.etsy.com/
With so many different glasses and designs, it is a bit difficult to try and search for each one of the. There is a website called Replacement.com who sells a lot of dishes. They have such a large variety of dishes for sale. They also have a reverse image lookup available on this site. If you upload an image the site can take this image and do a search to see if there is anything for sale on this site.
As for pricing, this type of glasses doesn't normally bring in a lot of money. These are normally sold through a Goodwill shop or even a 5 and dime store. Glasses like this sell for 50-100 foreach glass.
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