Holy smokes! Depression Glass Jackpot!

[valleythriftshopper]

I walked into the SA at just the right time today.  They had just put out a whole load of pink depression glass.  Some of the patterns include Dogwood, Cherry Blossom, Fortune etc.  This picture is a little over half of what I got.  The price- just under $25.00 for everything!  No chips on anything except the large bowl that has one tiny chip (they marked it down to $1.99 for me too).  I felt lightheaded as I started to unpack them at home.  I am still in shock!

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[Big Daddy Audio]

Jackpot is EXACTLY the right word.  That is one SWEET find!

As we might hear on Family Guy:

Peter:  "Holy Crap, Lois, look at all these pink dishes!"
Lois:  "Those are depression-errah glass, Peetah.  They'ehre very beautiful and ray-ehre."
Brian:  "Peter, if you had a clue, you'd know that this type of dish is extremely collectible and valuable.  Antiques Roadshow had a special feature on such things not two weeks ago."
Peter:  "Yeah, whatever."

See you next time
bye for now

[oceangurl]

OMG! You sure hit the Motherlode! Lucky you! My undivided admiration and attention is due you! And pink? My very favourtie color, love pink, and in depression glass that is hard to find, and the price! Great story, thanx for sharing!

[valleythriftshopper]

Jackpot is EXACTLY the right word.  That is one SWEET find!

As we might hear on Family Guy:

Peter:  "Holy Crap, Lois, look at all these pink dishes!"
Lois:  "Those are depression-errah glass, Peetah.  They'ehre very beautiful and ray-ehre."
Brian:  "Peter, if you had a clue, you'd know that this type of dish is extremely collectible and valuable.  Antiques Roadshow had a special feature on such things not two weeks ago."
Peter:  "Yeah, whatever."

See you next time
bye for now

Ha! Funny & a good interpretation too.  I have never been able to get into that show, being a Simpsons fan from the beginning.  The gross out factor is too much for me & I do like South Park too, but something about Family Guy doesn't do it for me.  Of course , its wildly popular so what do I know?

[foutchie]

That is amazing - and you got some of my favorite designs too!   Haven't seen prices like that since the mid 70s!!!!!

[valleythriftshopper]

I just ran back over there because I forgot something at the supermarket which is nearby (I was too loopy from the glass find).  I left some Fortune pattern saucers because I did not think I had any cups.  When I sorted everything out I found one cup.  Unfortunately, the saucers were all gone, however there were a few Lu Ray saucers for .29 cents.  I have two Lu Ray blue cups with mismatched saucers & they had two blue saucers!  The day just keeps getting better!

[foutchie]

I'm so glad you went back - LuRay is worth getting!

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Woo and hoo! Congratulations! LOVE LOVE LOVE pink Depression glass.. and I'm glad someone else is out there merrily thrifting it.

Fab!!

[SeSo_Says_So]

Totally amazing find...perfect timing! Congrats on your stellar bounty!!

[genuineimitation]

congrats on the depression glass find! i'm impressed with the lu-ray too!

[mccoysnina]

Wow!  You were in the right place at the right time and got treasure.
I love when that happens.  Congratulations!
Jeannie

[Krisathome]

Ooh!  How beautiful!  I'll bet you were very glad that you stopped at SA.  I love it when things like that happen. 

[AlienEeeter]

I found depression glass this weekend.  Well, one cup...my aunt says its depression glass--she would know better than I would...she knows everything about dishes.  I know nothing.  It was 35 cents, and pretty, so I bought it.

[foutchie]

describe it - if it's light blue mug with a sort of lacy look, it's the one I collect the most of, except the mugs are always expensive (rare)

[AlienEeeter]

milk glass tea cup (I read that sometimes they were milk glass) molded flowers and stripes--there's a seam bisecting it from the mold.  The mark on the bottom is an anchor with a capitol H thru it.