Glass Collectors' Corner - Extensive files covering the following topics: museums, publications, articles, resources, and shows & events.
Amazon Books - Best for new books, usually discounted.
MX BookFinder - Used books: searches several search sites. User can accept the search or else undertake, on his or her own, an additional search of a particular site. Sites include Interloc, below.
Interloc - Out-of-print books. Largest of the individual search sites.
Ms Information - Books about antiques and collectibles; especially good for out-of-print books. Excellent service.
See the complete list of ACGA reprints. You need not be a member of the American Cut Glass Association to order these catalogs.
Do your homework beforehand and always be skeptical. Chicanery is not unknown at even the more famous (and upscale) auction houses. Quality cut glass can occasionally be found at the following sites:
eBay Auctions, Inc. - The writer (ID: glassworks) is an occasional buyer/seller.
Woody Auction, Douglass, KS
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, ME.
Shay O'Brien's Crystal Center & Workshop, RD #4, Box 1347, Mt. Pleasant, PA, 15666. "GUARANTEED PRECISION REPAIRS. All methods are done in the OLD TRADITION, recut with stone wheels and hand polished; no diamond wheels or acid used. REPAIRS GUARANTEED UNDETECTABLE!" Fax: (724) 542-7775. Telephone: (724) 547-4618. E-mail: shay@cvzoom.net
Glass Studio Ltd., 4314 West Ocean Avenue, West Highway 246, Lompoc, CA 93436. Telephone (805) 736-1729; E-mail: diver@msn.com
The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office's Web site provides access to all of this country's patents from 1790 to the present day. Included are design patents for the period of American brilliant cut glass, c1875-c1915. Utility patents are also available.
The Corning Museum of Glass - Including The Studio (hands-on courses) and the Rakow Research Library.
Capt'n Clint's Place - An eclectic site that includes American brilliant-period cut glass.
Brilliant Cut Glass - Pattern Search - An interactive site for cut glass that emphasizes today's ongoing search for pattern and factory identification of American cut glass. E-mail: gandpr@comcast.net
Rich-Cut Glass - A reminder that rich-cut glass is an international concept. This site surveys antique Belgian cut glass from the Val St. Lambert and also offers items for sale. E-mail: richcutglass.com
James Riser: Modern Copper-wheel Engravings
Updated 15 Sep 2007