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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 156357, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> Used to be a restaurant in Philadelphia called the Astral Plane this was in the late 60s. All of their food was served on Depression Glass. You could buy the dishes if you wanted them. Everything was in different patterns and colors. Breakage was wide spread especially with the hot water dish washers. I brought some of my most expensive pieces there for under two dollars. My favorite piece was a Swirel Pattern pitcher in teal for 3 bucks. Sold it for over a thousand two months later. The owners had thousands of pieces of Depression Glass in storage.</p><p>Ah the good old days.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 156357, member: 78"]Hi, Used to be a restaurant in Philadelphia called the Astral Plane this was in the late 60s. All of their food was served on Depression Glass. You could buy the dishes if you wanted them. Everything was in different patterns and colors. Breakage was wide spread especially with the hot water dish washers. I brought some of my most expensive pieces there for under two dollars. My favorite piece was a Swirel Pattern pitcher in teal for 3 bucks. Sold it for over a thousand two months later. The owners had thousands of pieces of Depression Glass in storage. Ah the good old days. greg[/QUOTE]
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