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Session #3
Saturday, January 26, 2008
(Sale begins at 9:30 a.m. with Lot #451)

Lots #451 - #485
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Lot 451 - ABRAHAM AND MAY AMERICAN GLASS SALES CATALOG, over 2000 pieces offered for sale, categories include art and colored, Early American pattern, and milk glass, circa 1970, 23 illustrations, 65pp, soft covers. 8 1/4" x 5 3/8". Very good condition with expected wear to covers and some minor interior pen markings. Estimate: $20 - $30.
Lot 452 - AMERICAN CUT GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, Wiener/Lipkowitz "Rarities in American Cut Glass", 1975, and Revi's "American Cut and Engraved Glass", 1965, both hard cover with dust jacket. Very good to excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.
Lot 453 - AMERICAN GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SEVEN, including Lee/Rose "American Glass Cup Plates"; five additional Ruth Webb Lee titles; and McKearin's "American Glass"; all hard cover, five with dust jacket. First in excellent condition, remainder good to very good, dust jackets fair, one Lee titled damped, six with some foxing and slightly musty. Estimate: $50 - $75.
Lot 454 - AMERICAN GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, Lanmon, et al "John Frederick Amelung, Early American Glassmaker", and a reprint of the 1874 Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. catalog, hard cover with dust jacket and soft cover. Very good condition with some wear to covers. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: Berghold Collection.
Lot 455 - ANCIENT GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, Weinberg's "Glass Vessels in Ancient Greece", 1992, and Saldern, et al, "Glass and Glassmaking in Ancient Mesopotamia", 1988, soft and hard cover with dust jacket. Like new. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: Berghold Collection.
Lot 456 - CARNIVAL GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF 12, Hartung's "Carnival Glass - One Hundred Patterns", books 1-9, all spiral bound soft cover, along with three different titles by Bill Edwards, all soft covers. Very good to excellent condition with some wear to covers. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 457 - CHILDREN'S GLASS AND CHINA REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, Mildred L. and Joseph P. Chalala, "A Collector's Guide to ABC Plates, Mugs and Things", Lancaster, PA: Pridemark Press, 1980, two copies, both hard cover with dust jacket and signed by authors. New condition, one with very light wear to jacket. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 458 - DEPRESSION GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF FIVE, Florence's "Very Rare Glassware of the Depression Years", volumes 1-5, various dates, all hard cover, two with dust jacket. Excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 459 - DORFLINGER REFERENCE VOLUME, John Quentin Feller, "Dorflinger, America's Finest Glass, 1852-1921", Marietta, OH: Antique Publications, 1988, hard cover with dust jacket. Along with another cut glass volume. Two pieces total. New condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 460 - DORFLINGER REFERENCE VOLUME, John Quentin Feller, "Dorflinger, America's Finest Glass, 1852-1921", Marietta, OH: Antique Publications, 1988, hard cover with dust jacket. New condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: Berghold Collection.
Lot 461 - DUNCAN GLASS REFERENCE VOLUME, Bredehoft/Fogg/Maloney, "Early Duncan Glassware - Geo. Duncan & Sons, Pittsburgh 1874-1892", self-published, 1987, gold stamped hard cover, along with a laid-in price guide. Inscribed by one of the authors. Like new. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 462 - EAPG REFERENCE VOLUMES, SET OF EIGHT, Minnie Watson Kamm, "Two Hundred Pattern Glass Book, First - Eighth", Grosse Pointe, MI: Kamm Publications, 1950-1970, various editions all in matching hard covers with gold lettering. Excellent like new condition. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 463 - EAPG REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF 12, including Kamm's "Two Hundred Pattern Glass Pitchers", volumes 1-8, all spiral bound soft cover; Righter's "Iowa City Glass", hard cover; plus three others. Very good to excellent condition. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 464 - EAPG REFERENCE VOLUMES, SET OF EIGHT, Kamm's "Two Hundred Pattern Glass Pitchers", volumes 1-8, self-published, various dates, all spiral bound soft cover. Very good condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.
Lot 465 - EARLY AMERICAN GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF 14, including Hunter's "Stiegel Glass"; Pepper's "Glass Gaffers of New Jersey"; McKearin's "Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass"; plus 11 others, hard and soft covers. Good to very good condition, wear and losses to jackets. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 466 - EARLY AMERICAN GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF THREE, Lee/Rose "American Glass Cup Plates", 1948; Wilson's "New England Glass & Glassmaking", 1972; and Blake's "Glasshouse Whimsies", 1984; first two hard cover with poor dust jackets, third soft cover. First two very good with poor jackets, third with loose pages. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 467 - FRY AND CUSTARD REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, Lafferty's "Fry's Pearl Ware", 1966, limited first edition, with laid-in addendum, inscribed #501 and signed, soft cover; and Gaddis' "Keys to Custard Glass Identification", Keys 1-6, 1969-71, various printings, soft covers in original ring binder with gold lettering. Very good condition with some wear to covers. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 468 - GREENTOWN REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SIX, Boyd/Andrews "Greentown History", 1969; Lippert's "Greentown Glass", 1975 exhibit catalog; Boyd's "Greentown in Color", 1972; Herrick's "Greentown Glass", 1959; Measell's "Greentown Glass", 1979; and the NGGA's "Greentown Glass, A Collector's Guide", 2005, #39/250, hard cover; others soft cover. Along with four 1970s-90s price guides. Ten pieces total. Very good to new condition, several smaller with cover wear. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 469 - WILLIAM HEACOCK REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF FIVE, including "Victorian Colored Pattern Glass", books 1, 4, 6 and 7 which is "Ruby-Stained Glass From A to Z", along with "Old Pattern Glass According to Heacock", all soft cover, with older laid-in price guides. Excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 470 - LIBBEY GLASS REFERENCE VOLUME, Carl U. Fauster, "Libbey Glass Since 1818 - Pictorial History & Collector's Guide", Toledo, OH: Len Beach Press, 1979, hard cover with dust jacket. Excellent condition with small tears to jacket. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 471 - MILK GLASS REFERENCE VOLUME, Regis F. and Mary F. Ferson, "Yesterday's Milk Glass Today", self-published, 1981, 1st printing, hard cover without photo on front. Along with a copy of "Today's Prices for Yesterday's Milk Glass", 1985, spiral bound soft cover. Very good condition, slightly shaken, some spotting to front cover. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 472 - MILK GLASS REFERENCE VOLUME, Regis F. and Mary F. Ferson, "Yesterday's Milk Glass Today", self-published, 1987, 2nd printing, hard cover with photo tipped to front. Along with a copy of "Today's Prices for Yesterday's Milk Glass", 1985, spiral bound soft cover. Excellent condition with some scuffing to front cover. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 473 - MILK GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SEVEN, including Ferson's, "Yesterday's Milk Glass Today", 1981, soft cover, along with three additional soft cover and three hard cover. Good to excellent condition. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 474 - MT. WASHINGTON REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TWO, Wilson's "Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass", 2005, and Sisk's "Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese", 2003, both hard cover, first with dust jacket. Like new, tiny jacket tear. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 475 - PITTSBURGH GLASS REFERENCE VOLUME, Lowell Innes, "Pittsburgh Glass 1797-1891", Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1976, hard cover with dust jacket. Very good condition with shelf wear and bumped corners, some wear and small tears to jacket. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: Berghold Collection.
Lot 476 - TOOTHPICK HOLDERS REFERENCE VOLUME, National Toothpick Holder Collector's Society, "Toothpick Holders: China, Glass and Metal", Marietta, OH: Antique Publications, 1992, #263/500, limited edition hard cover. Excellent condition with minor bumps. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 477 - VARIOUS COLORED GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SEVEN, including two vaseline, two black, one ruby, one custard, and one opaque white, soft and hard covers. Very good to excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 478 - VARIOUS COMPANY REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF EIGHT, including Blenko, Cambridge, Heisey, two Imperial, Kemple, Westmoreland, and Wheeling Decorating Co., six soft and two hard cover. Excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 479 - VARIOUS COMPANY REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SEVEN, including Dugan/Diamond, Fenton, Fostoria companies, Hobbs, New Martinsville, Northwood, and L. G. Wright, all soft cover. Excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 480 - VARIOUS COMPANY REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SIX, including Albany, Bryce-Higbee, Findlay companies, two Portland, and Wheeling companies, four soft and two hard cover. Excellent condition. Estimate: $30 - $50.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 481 - VARIOUS GLASS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF NINE, including Meschi's "Durand, The Man and His Glass", 1998, hard cover, three on toothpick holders, plus five others, hard and soft covers. Very good to excellent condition. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: Berghold Collection.
Lot 482 - VARIOUS GLASS AND LIGHTING REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF TEN, including O'Connor/Lotton's "Lotton Art Glass", 1990; Revi's "American Pressed Glass & Figure Bottles", 1972; along with eight others, hard and soft covers. Very good to excellent condition, some tears to jackets. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 483 - VARIOUS GLASS FORMS REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SIX, including the NTHCS's "Toothpick Holders: China, Glass and Metal", 1992, along with three on cruets, one on rose bowls, and one on shoes, all soft cover. Excellent condition. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 484 - WAVE CREST REFERENCE VOLUME, Wilfred E. Cohen, "Wave Crest - The Glass of C. F. Monroe", Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1987, hard cover with dust jacket. Inscribed presentation copy with tipped in photo of the author. Excellent condition with light wear to jacket. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 485 - WESTMORELAND REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF SIX, including Grizel's "Westmoreland Glass: Our Children's Heirlooms"; Kovar's "Westmoreland Glass", volumes 1-3; an undated catalog reprint; and the Westmorland Newsletter Pocket Guide; soft covers. Excellent condition. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.