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Message:: [QUOTE="ola402, post: 9467276, member: 182"]When I was selling, I did a lot of glassware.  Right now, it's a little off.  So as well as buying "what sells", I bought what I thought I could sell. Drop a milk glass banana stand on a plain shelf, and it likely won't sell.  But arrange it in your space, to show in an attractive manner (like placing bananas in it or a set of fine large napkins) and presto!  EAPG is a huge weakness for me and I almost cannot walk by a fine compote, especially with a lid or a cake stand or jug.  When you suggest (in a listing or a store display) how well this old glass fits in a country kitchen, it sells. Especially in malls, you have to do something to get attention.  More stuff sold off my arranged tables than from shelves.  So i moved it around a lot.  And I bought a LOT of clear glass (it was the joke at auctions), but you have to know about it or envision it nicely displayed.  Once I bought a set of 4 Meringues with gold rims with wear.  In inventory I had a set of leftover Haviland 7" White plates with a thick green and gold border.  They looked very pretty with the meringues on them.  The Great British Baking Show had just aired an episode where the bakers had to make meringues.  So I found the recipe from the show and put it with the glasses and plates and out the door they went.  They looked so charming even with the wear in the gold rims. So Brad, it may be more difficult for men to imagine a well dressed table with glassware.  I sometimes wonder if that's why most of the men at auctions buy the art glass, paperweights and marbles but leave the tableware (unless they know it's "what sells").   But you have very good instincts (as shown by your art and furniture picks), so keep on doing what you're doing.[/QUOTE]

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