1928 Frederick Carder Steuben Martini Glasses
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GUEST:
Well, my late mother-in-law invited my husband and I about 20 years ago to her parents' house after they passed away, saying, "Would you like to come through?" She knew we liked to see art, antiques, collectibles. She said, "Come on through, and see if there's anything you like." So we went into Bryn Mawr, and we found this old wooden barrel in the basement, sealed up, and we opened it up and found these in hay and wood chips, and all nine of them were together and intact.
APPRAISER:
Okay, and has anybody ever looked at them?
GUEST:
No.
APPRAISER:
All righty. Well, these were made in 1928 by Frederick Carder. And Frederick Carder was a genius in glass. These are not marked, but there's no question that they're Steuben, and they are opalescent glass, and then there's Cintra here.
GUEST:
Okay.
APPRAISER:
This is what makes them extremely rare for stemware, because Cintra is a very, very rare color to have.
GUEST:
That's what I like most about them.
APPRAISER:
It is, it is-- they really stand out. Glass is a little bit down in price, as many things are. But because they have such a modern shape, everybody's after modern, so you have two different markets that you can...
GUEST:
Well, it's a great martini glass.
APPRAISER:
Great martini glass. And I would say that these would be worth-- and this would be all nine of them-- in a retail market, you're looking at $2,000 to $3,000.
GUEST:
Great, that's great.
APPRAISER:
So you'll enjoy those.
GUEST:
Well, they make a pretty cocktail.
APPRAISER:
They certainly do.
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