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Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« on: February 06, 2016, 10:12:33 am »
I saw this for sale on Etsy today and thought it beautiful until I saw the price!  Lol!  Any glass collectors have an opinion on what its actually worth?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/203090836/white-wedding-punch-bowl-sets-15-pc-milk?ref=shop_home_active_2
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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2016, 05:00:13 pm »
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=pitman+dreitzer+milk+glass+punch+bowl+set&btnK=Google+Search

Why would anyone think that these are rare or worth that kind of money !! Not even that pretty and to me looks kind of cheap !!


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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2016, 08:58:26 pm »
See now that was what shocked me when I saw the price I couldn't believe it!  I saw from your link that one sold on ebay for $89.99.  Now that is more like it to me.  Someone sees someone else has it for a certain price so they think that's the value of it.  And then everyone starts pricing it high.  One thing I learned from you Mart is "there is asking price and then there is getting price"!!  Lol!!!
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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2016, 09:14:17 pm »
The true value of an item is what the buying/public demand will pay for it.  The appraised can be more or less.  The insurable can be as well at times!
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2016, 05:47:40 am »
You see this on ebay a lot !! Recently my granddaughter wanted me to see what a cobalt blue Vicks Vaporub jar was worth !!  There were a bunch listed from $.99 to $2.99 !!  Pretty ordinary stuff but one,, the same jar,, same size,,no lid was listed for $49.99 !!  It said "rare,,hard to find,, and all the other things that I hate to see on a listing unless it really is !!  They figure that if they do this and just one person believes it,,they are ahead of the game and a few dollars richer !! I attribute this to less than reputable sellers or those dumb as dirt and don`t bother to look up to see if what they are selling actually is rare and hard to find !!  Its a selling tactic,, that's all !!

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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2016, 07:40:32 am »
Agree!  If you need to lie to sell anything, it will eventually come back  to bite you!  What goes around comes around!
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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2016, 11:47:22 am »
Whoa.  Just looked at that punch bowl set for sale and although a nice set...you can pick these up for a whole lot cheaper (especially in Florida)!  The last time I was there my cousins and I went to garage sales, etc. and one of them got an entire set plus a whole large box of beautiful milk glass for under $39.  It's a matter of where/when. 
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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2016, 12:41:47 pm »
There ya` go !!

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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2016, 10:57:59 am »
I know people buy things to resale but to put that kind of price on milk glass just floored me!  Thanks y'all for your response. 
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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2016, 03:59:19 pm »
There are some pieces of really nice milk glass out there and worth a few dollars,,, but this is not one of them !!  Good quality milk glass has a translucent quality even though it is white !!  Hold it up to the light and you can see a rainbow of colors !!

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Re: Milk Glass punch bowl. Pricey or what?
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2016, 08:34:46 am »
Good to know!  Thanks Mart!
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