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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rclinftl, post: 7606443, member: 78249&quot;]I was asked to do a talk at a glass club because everyone always came to me for glass identification including the chairperson of the club... I put together a presentation titled &quot;the fear of art glass&quot; because it came to my attention that so many glassies were comfortable with eapg - depression and elegant but didn&#039;t understand the fundamentals of art glass - I brought a large selection of art glass and explained to them that there was no difference with art glass than any other genre - that it was all about shapes color and decorations - it was so well received that I was asked to do the presentation several more times in large venues including the South Florida Depression Glass Show - it was a positive experience - I met a lot of local glassies and got a few free hotdogs out of the engagements :O) </p><p><br /></p><p>it did bolster my personal business - I had a shop at the time and was also in 7 antique malls at that time as well and did some of the large renown antique shows... I have since retired from the mainstream of the business after the fall in 2008 when everything basically became worthless - now I sell out of a garage most weekends - do one local flea market once a month and post a few things on eBay when an item warrants it and won&#039;t fetch a reasonable price elsewhere... I still sell a bunch of stuff to the local antique shop owners - I am basically a picker these days - all my years in the business are still fruitful - all the locals visit me at the garage and flea to grab up my bargains which pays for groceries and gas and the occasional must have acquisitions I stumble across... I am very content being out of the limelight[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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