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Steuben glass, like other early 20th century crystal, keeps going up in price, but surprisingly many items attributed to Frederick Carder, offer affordable possibilities for the beginning collector. He was a gifted English designer who managed Steuben Glass Works and created and pioneered many new methods using colored glass, much of it in the beautiful Art Nouveau style.
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The silhouette was the most popular item in the 1920s and '30s, as it was considered the perfect accessory for the revived interest in the early 19th-century furnishings. However there has been a downward slide since the 1990s, but at the Garth's sale, a hollow cut portrait of George Washington from the Peale Museum in Baltimore was sold below estimate for $258.
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Cigar bands, such as the rare 'Old King Cole' label are a popular collectible item. Cigar makers used them in the nineteenth century for decorative purposes, to attract attention, for deterring counterfeiting and marketing scams and also for protecting the delicate stogies during transport.
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