A Look at Highly Collectible Antique Carnival Glass.
There are various names for antique Carnival glass including; Poor Mans Tiffany, Rainbow Glass, Aurora Glass and Taffeta Glass. The variety and enormous range of patterns means that glass collectors will always be searching for more pieces. But making sure your acquisitions are genuine antique carnival glass is all important. Many modern glass manufacturers reintroduced lines, copied old original patterns and created more modern patterns when carnival glass became popular in the 1950's.
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Josef Riedel Glass
Claus Josef Riedel his superb glass making and the Riedel family history.
Josef Riedel was born in 1925 in Polaun, Bohemia. He died on 17 March, 2004, in Genoa, Italy, aged 79.
Josef Reidel was a ninth-generation glass maker
He was president of the world-renowned Austrian family company from 1957 to 1994, when he was succeeded by his son Georg.
Josef Riedel, as the former president of Riedel Crystal and was one of the first in this age-old craft to realise that the design of a wine glass ...
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Coin Collecting Frauds
Coin Collectors should be able to recognize Coin Frauds, Fakes and Errors ...
The overwhelming majority of coin collectors and dealers are honest. The fact that eBay and other Internet sites are successful is evidence to that effect.
Trust keeps the whole system going, since there's a delay between the purchase and the delivery.
But coin collecting attracts coin frauds and fakes and errors do happen.
And serious coin collectors will have to do some research whenever they consider ...
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