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ject a note of humor. “You’d better hold that with three hands, Bonnie,” or “Ma’am, let him bid; quit holding him down; it’s all in fun.”
The bid he first asks for is the one he hopes to get in the end. Usually this does not happen. He will start by asking for $55 and eventually sell the item for $45, or originally ask for $125 and sell for $85, but occasionally there are surprises. He tried to start one item at $225, and eventually it sold for $400. This usually means the dealers have dropped out and two determined collectors are bidding against each other.
Carnival glass was made between 1905 and 1930 by a number of companies in the United States and Europe. At the time Tiffany was selling beautiful art glass objects. Carnival glass started as “the poor man’s art glass,” Mr. Payne explained. Frequently it was made to be given away at carnivals or perhaps in boxes of detergent. It is pressed glass with the shimmering surface the result of a spray process.
He has a yellowed newspaper clipping from when a factory was closed down and the inventory was sold. Pieces of carnival glass were advertised — one dozen bowls for 89 cents. Now only a few very common pieces sell for as little as $10 each.
This was Mr. Payne’s first sale of just carnival glass although he has sold pieces of carnival glass as part of general antique auctions.
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