Taking a shine to
Depression-era glass clearly a favorite at 30th vintage glass show and sale
By Ron Wolfe
This article was originally published February 21, 2016 at 1:48 a.m. Updated February 21, 2016 at 1:48 a.m.
PHOTO BY JOHN SYKES JR.
The uranium in a Vaseline Depression-era glass dish glows green as Bud Martin hits it with a beam of ultraviolet light. Martin is chairman of the Arkansas Glasshoppers’ Depression Era and Vintage Glass Show and Sale on Saturday and Feb. 28 at the State Fairgrounds.
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Hold a piece of Depression-era glass to the light, and even the dullest old cup or saucer is a way to see through time.
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Iola Seamon wears her allegiance to Arkansas Glasshoppers on her vest.
Members of the Arkansas Glasshoppers club collect a variety of colored glassware from the 20th century.
Peggy Todd (from left), JoAnn Coleman and Bud Martin pull a collectible glass dish from the cushiony packing that allows such prizes to be carried abo...
Arkansas Glasshoppers is a club founded in 1985 to increase interest and knowledge of Depression-era glass and similar collectibles.
Light glows through swans frozen in perpetual flight on a bowl of the sort to be seen at the Arkansas Glasshoppers show Saturday and Feb. 28 in Little...
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