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Chase's Bits and Pieces on Glass Collecting

Collecting Promotional and Cartoon Glasses

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  • Glass collecting is a big cross-over collectible. Sports, cartoons, characters, movies, are all depicted on promotional glasses and sought by collectors specializing in those fields.
  • With the popularity of online trading, U.S. glass collectors are finding new things that they didn't realize existed, especially items from Europe or Australia.
  • Camp Snoopy glasses are worth about fifty cents each, EXCEPT for one that is worth around $500.
  • One of hot items today in glass collecting is the advertising measuring glass. These typically sell for $10 - $20.
  • Horse racing glasses have always been popular and still are today. A Kentucky Derby Julep Glassware value guide done by Cindy Pearson and Tom Sporney is available on The Equillector
  • There is a Promotional Glass Collectors Association, consider joining it to enjoy your hobby even more.
  • And do you know what is considered the Holy Grail for most glass collectors? The Mighty Mouse Terrytoon glass sold only in California Pizza Hut chains in 1977. This glass can bring over $500. Mighty Mouse.
  • Chase's personal Holy Grail is the York (Canadian peanut butter) Gordie Howe hockey glass.
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