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Mint Carnival Oyster Pearl IMPERIAL Diamond Toothpick
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This is an obsolutely amazing find. A friend of mine has an old storage warehouse that partially flooded. We opened some boxes that were on the edge of the water that had just began wicking the water. Inside was beautiful oyster pearl carnival glass made by Imperial. This is a concentric or nested diamond pattern toothpick holder with original Imperial paper sticker and Imperial logo in the glass at the bottom inside. We removed the pieces before the water touched the box contents.
's what I know about the pieces. A Cinderella among Collectibles is how a recent feature antique story describes Imperial's American Made Original Iridescent Glassware of 1910, called "Carnival Glass" now because some of it was popular as Prizes at Carnival Games over 85 years ago. Then offered in six different colors, valid originals called the "Cinderellas of Antique Glass" are scarce and expensive. This type of glassware was supposely first popularized by Mr. Harry Northwood (of Wheeling Area fame) about 1900, but it was Imperial who made and marketed the Greatest Volume, the Widest Variety of glass articles and in the Greatest Choice of colors. Handpresses or Pipeblown are doped with metal, then fired to produce permanent non-toxic colorful Fiesta Iridescence. Imperial Glass Corporation of Bellaire Ohio remade some carnival glass items sometime between 1940 and 1960 using original molds and original process to produce another factory run of Carnival glass. These pieces are now nearly or more rare than the 1910 glass and are still 50 years old. I was amazed in that the pieces we pulled from that old dusty warehouse are in my opinion some of the most beautiful Carnival Glass pieces that I've ever seen. The oyster pearl iridencence is fantastic and I am putting several pieces of this find in my own collection. This is a beautiful nested diamond pattern toothpick holder measuring 2 1/4 inches tall. Scalloped lip and circular ringed foot with sunburst pattern on bottom. Mint condition with absolutely no chips or cracks. You'll never seen another one of these unless I'm selling it. AUTHENTICITY: I will do my best to describe the item or items in my auctions accurately. I hold several college degrees in the related fields of engineering, history, and materials science which help a great deal to separate the authentic items from the fakes. Several public and private museums routinely rely on my expertise to identify, verify, and authenticate relics and dug items. I enjoy spending most of my time in the field. I practice professional archeology (also spelled - archaeology - with both being correct according to American Heritage) and have conducted many digs. Admittedly, I am sometimes wrong. Please feel to ask me and others about my items before you bid. With enough practice, fairly accurate item authentication becomes a sixth sense. Beware of sellers that only sell and don't ever buy for their own personal collections. Beware of experts that don't sell or buy items at all or don't have personal collections. Letters of authentication are worth nothing and are easily printed by anyone. I have acquired some pristine artifacts from Ebay along with a few fakes. I have also acquired many nice Civil War items directly from the diggers and other collectors. Learn from experience. Most importantly, glass cases in showrooms don't make relics but they do make better displays than shoeboxes. Don't pay too high prices but seek out antique sources. GENERAL INFO: No reserve as usual. The best antique dealers don't use reserves. Reserves are mostly a greed thing no matter what sellers tell you about protecting their initial investment. Several sellers that I have received emails from will never understand that the open market determines price not their "showroom" case prices. I guess they never had Economics 101. This is a hobby and I do it for the hunt and history, not the money. I search the East Coast from Maine to Florida for items and enjoy parting with some as well as placing others in my collection. Bidders and buyers, please feel fr... 
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