Slag Glass pieces are first class and one of a kind
April 2022 Good Eye Slag Glass pieces are first class and one of a kind by Peggy Whiteneck Slag Glass One of my favorite decorative glass types is slag glass, made in a number of different colors by a number of 19th- to 20th-century American glassmakers (including...
Fire King glass is still king
March 2022Good EyeFire King glass is still kingby Peggy Whiteneck Fire King I caught the Fire King bug from my parents, who had one of the largest Jadeite (light green) Fire King collections I’ve ever seen, including rare pieces such as egg cups. That set has come...
These are the days for online sales
February 2022 Good Eye These are the days for online sales by Peggy Whiteneck Online auctions As COVID-19 continues to rock our regular world, adaptive changes are becoming more common – including in the world of antiques and collectibles. Online auctions can...
Challenges in writing books on antiques and collectibles
January 2022Good EyeChallenges in writing books on antiques and collectiblesby Peggy Whiteneck Three books in print Currently, I have three books in print, one on Lladró Spanish porcelain and two on Fenton Art Glass. Publishers were keenly interested in my first...
Dealing in miniatures and other smalls
December 2021Good EyeDealing in miniatures and other smallsby Peggy Whiteneck Small and Miniature items Recently, I’ve begun to face what every dealer or collector eventually must: an ever-growing collection of acquisitions with limited display or storage space....
Fenton Art Glass continues to heat up the market
November 2021Good EyeFenton Art Glass continues to heat up the marketby Peggy WhiteneckAs a collector, I came late to Fenton Art Glass, just a decade or two before the company closed in 2011. In those years, I bought Fenton affordably on the retail and secondary...