Collecting Crackle Glass: With Values (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) [Paperback]

Judy H. Alford (Author), paul Gilmore (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1997 | Series: A Schiffer Book for Collectors

This vibrantly colored and radiantly textured glass is captured in over 400 color photographs which show the history of yesteryear's spectacular crackle glass in detail. Collecting Crackle Glass is a book filled with valued information for collectors, dealers, and glassware lovers alike. The "manufacturer's identification" and "most collectible" guidelines make it easy to collect the most desirable pieces, and a there is value range for each piece of crackle glass photographed. Now you can have detailed information about the styles, shapes, colors, and crackling procedures needed to be able to pick up an unidentified piece of crackle glass and name its maker, know the approximate date of creation, and the fair market value. If you are a dealer, collector, or glassware lover, Collecting Crackle Glass is a book you will value and refer to time and time again.

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About the Author

Judy lives on a dairy farm with her family in Buckhead, Georgia. She has hunted, studied, collected, and researched crackle glass for the last seven years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764302175
• ISBN-13: 978-0764302176
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,694,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Pictorial and Historical Guide for the Collector, October 5, 1999

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This review is from: Collecting Crackle Glass: With Values (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

This is an outstanding book. This books provides so much information as well as hundreds of vibrant photographs. The author shares so much educatinal history on companies that made crackle glass. The photographs are outstanding. She also provides valuable assesment data to help the collector determine the value of their own piece. I do think the author under estimates the values of some pieces. Many rare pieces are greatly underated in value, however, I highly recommend this book the both the advance, and beginner collector. A splendid job in putting this book together!! Definately 5 stars!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Repetitious and Barely Useable Book!, May 5, 2003

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J. M. Willard "waterintowine" (Dixon, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collecting Crackle Glass: With Values (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

For someone who supposedly collects crackle glass, this book's author has enough repeats of the same items to make you dizzy!!! Sometimes the same item is pictured twice on the same page for the same category. One Fry lidded pitcher is found NINE times, a green decanter is found THIRTEEN times, an amberina decanter SIX times, an unidentified decanter SEVEN times!!! On page 30, she says, "These Five Collectible Areas Increase the Value of Crackle Glass: Numbers 1-4 Characteristics will increase value....Number 5 Characteristic will increase value...." BUT I never found those five areas!!!!!!!!
For anyone who wants to have any hope of identifying or pricing a variety of crackle glass, this IS NOT THE BOOK for you!!! On the only positive note, the values the author DOES give seem to be fair and accurate.

5.0 out of 5 stars Collecting Crackle Glass: With Values, September 19, 2005

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Patricia Vodika - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collecting Crackle Glass: With Values (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

This book arrived in very good condition. It has all the information I was interested in because I have a collection that I will be selling at the neighborhood antique shop. The discriptions will help me to document the origions and fairly price each piece.

Patricia Vodika