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Article: Heisey glass is prized by collectors; CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Weatherbird Shoes clicker: tin, rooster and weather vane: $20. Nutcracker: wolf's head, chrome on wooden base, 1920: $80. Amos 'n' Andy fresh air taxi candy box: 1930s, empty: $175. Uncle Fester mystery light bulb: includes bulb, ring, metal strips, original box with portrait of Fester: $225. Clarice Cliff ceramic wall pocket: double, rhodanthe pattern, yellow, brown and orange flowers, ink stamp, 61 2 inches: $460. Heisey glass vase: Warwick pattern, cornucopia form, cobalt, 5 inches, pair: $450. Charles Eames chair: manufactured by Herman Miller, black aniline-dyed molded plywood seat and back, 281 2 inches, pair: $750. Tiffany bronze ash receiver: artichoke pattern, dark etched patina, impressed "Tiffany Studios New York 1651," 261 2 inches: $375. Bye-Lo doll: bisque socket head, brown baby hair, bent-limb body, circa 1923, 13 inches: $1,350. Marblehead pottery vase: bulbous form, grapevines, green with blue ground, speckled with brown, impressed mark, 4 inches: $1,840.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 8, 1996
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A.H. Heisey & Co., the famous American glassworks, began 100 years
ago.
August Henry Heisey worked as a salesman for a Pittsburgh glass
company before the Civil War. He served in the Union army during the
war and fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. When he returned home,
he married the daughter of George Duncan, a glassmaker.
Heisey joined his father-in-law and brother-in-law in the glass
company of George Duncan & Sons. They made tablewares, including
some famous pressed-glass patterns such as Shell and Tassel. The
company became part of the U.S. Glass Co. in 1891.
Heisey left U.S. Glass and started mining in Colorado, but by 1896
he returned to the glass industry.
The first Heisey glass ...
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