A collection of glass hearts and a star from the Robert Held Art Studio sit on a coffee table in my house. Normally these sell for between $40 and $59 each. Can you believe it? These were bought at a sale of seconds for the princely sum of $2 a piece. I have no idea why they failed to meet the standards for they look just fine to me.
Another glass bargain I inadvertently acquired is the piece you see below. A couple of years ago I was at a house clearing sale with a friend and saw a box of glass items priced at $20. It included a nice assortment of old wine glasses so I bought them for my son. At home, in the bottom of the box, in a velvet bag, I found this lovely object which turned out to be a signed Steuben glass bowl. The one I linked to, which is a little larger, is retailing for $1050. It did not have a scratch on it, was probably unused and measures eight inches in diameter. I'm rather scared to use it in case I break it.
From the side
From above
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE
58 comments:
Great choices for the glass theme. You certainly did get a bargain when you found that bowl at the bottom of the box. Hope you have a great weekend.
That's a beautiful array of glass for sure. I love the hearts!!
Beautiful photos for the theme, I love the heart glass, it's beautiful no wonder it's expensive.
Those are real great buys at discounted prices :) Happy Weekend!
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Oh, I love those glass hearts! The bowl is nice, too -- and I would be afraid to use it as well!
Excellent choices for glass Jmb. Love the design on the little hearts. Bet you were shocked when you realized what was in bottom of the box! :)
Beautiful!
JMB, that Steuben Glass Bowl is a treasure. It is SO beautiful :)
Have a great weekend!
Wow! Great finds!
Nice glass collection you have!
Great collection of glasses. Enjoy your weekend.
If those hearts cost you $2 each, you sure got lucky. They are so beautiful. That's what I like about the sales over there. They really give good bargain. Normally ours over here has just a few percent of discounts.
You better keep that bowl in a safe place. They do look expensive with the fine craftmanship. :)
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I love the glass hearts ! what a bargain !!
Oh, I collect little hearts and yours are beautiful!! Great pics for the theme.
Mar
Happy PH and happy weekend
those are lovely glass hearts, jmb! beautiful colours as well!
happy weekend! :)
Those are lovely glass items! :) The hearts and star are beautiful, and that glass bowl was quite the find!
Dragonheart and Merlin
You got some great bargains there jmb! They are wonderful choices for this week's theme! Happy weekend
Beautiful choices! I love your glass hearts collection =)
Happy Hunting!
WOW! I wouldn´t use the gorgeous Steuben glass bowl, either. I´m like an elephant when it comes to breakable stuff. *g*
Happy Hunting!
They look good to me... (= In fact I found them pretty. Hehee... Happy weekend (=
Wow! That's some cool stuff you have here. Beautiful.
Have a great weekend.
Wow, jmb, seems like you have great luck at bargain sales, etc.! ;b
You are lucky to have these great finds. Beautiful!
Ya, I'd be scared to even touch it with my klutziness!!!
The glass hearts are very pretty too.
Wow! Beautiful and bargains! Can't be bad.
Have a great weekend, jmb.
Great buys you got there. I personally like the Steuben. I'm no connoisseur but I like its symmetry.
Very nice piece JMB. I am a great believer in nice second hand pieces.
I love the hearts and star... :-)
Lovely photos, my favorite is the first one, when the sun shines through the glass hearts.
Have a great weekend!
Great collection of glasses. Enjoy your weekend.
great ideas!
you have a nice collection there, the star and heart look great to me, $2.00 sounds like a deal
How beautiful! I absolutely love it! And what a deal you got on that glass!
Beautiful photographs. The glass hearts are my favorite, but especially the first glass bowl photo is very lovely. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
Lovely pics for this week's theme. I especially like the colorful glass hearts and star. Have a great weekend!
Lovely shots! Love the little harts!
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Oh I love those heart. What a deal you landed!
I sometimes get those kinds of bargains shopping the clearnce racks for clothes, but never for anything like this. These are beautiful.
Those hearts are lovely, great colours and a good bargain.
But that bowl! It's so beautiful. The word "bargain" doesn't even begin to apply!
Wonderful items.
jmb, those hears and star are lovely! But what a find in that little velvet bag! OMG! :D
I love these hearts! And glass bowls and containers are a weakness of mine too. (Especially vases.) You got quite a bargain.
We live in the PNW, where glass blowing artist, Dale Chihuly got started.
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I love those glowing hearts :-)
& Wow! to the bargain glass bowl!
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The Steuben bowl is breathtaking! Great photos for the theme this week...
Thanks for coming by my blog & leaving some love! Have a great weekend.
Those little hearts look like glass catchers and they are gorgeous. The bowl? wow. That must have been quite an exciting find. I've never seen a bowl in a velvet bag. That alone shows how valuable it is. Your photos are wonderful of all of these.
great choice for the theme...but what's even better is your find...gosh you hear about stories about someone finding some priceless antique in an old box or something...and here you are finding a nice little treasure just by chance...
wow....what a great deal. it is very pretty. :)
and the bowl is lovely as well.
happy weekend.
jmb: My house if full of glass! I just love beautiful glass pieces-and I love a good buy. I frequent estate sales and auctions and have found some lovely, lovely pieces at bargain prices. Makes me happy! These were really special.
Donnetta
Glass nearly always has something special to it when designed.
Nice shots and a great take on the theme! Those are beautiful pieces of glass!
What a lovely bowl. Great photo for the theme.
Wonderful choices for our "glass" theme. Truly overlooked treasures. Thanks for stopping by.
Amazing what treasures are out there if we only look. I adore the hearts...ciao
Wow! I simply love these hearts.
There is something so heart warmin about seconds. A simple flaw can deem their worth.
So much to learn from such a description!
Oh my gosh, those are so pretty... Perfect for this week theme. I love them all, thanks for sharing...
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Love the hearts.
The hearts are just beautiful, a lot of the jewellery here now is glass, colored and shaped, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, it is so beautiful!
Loved the tour of the Zoo JMB! Just really interesting, sorry to hear about circumstances before, during and after (virus, alarms, accident and virus again!)
Home safe now, anyway.
Beautiful sunny, warm autumn weather here in the Mallee, very dry still, QLD has had lots of rain and rainstorms/flooding..
Take care
Pam
wonderful choices and capture.
i find the first pic very pretty.
Those glass hearts and star are beautiful. It's great that you got them at a good price. They are lovely to look at. The glass bowl is a great find.
I wasn't able to join PH but if you have time, I'd like to share photos of our visit to Ocean Adventure. Take care.
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