HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?

How many people collect Carder Steuben?

How many different people bid on Carder Steuben glass on eBay?

How many bidders buy Carder Steuben glass at auctions across the country?

Just how popular is Carder Steuben?

If only auction houses would share their buyer’s lists. Not likely.

Some watch eBay or other listings and observe what or how much does not sell. What about how much does sell?

Would you have guessed that www.cardersteubenclub.org website has averaged the past 12 months 1,395 hits, of which 543 are unique and new? My math suggests in twelve months, over 6,000 website hits are new and discrete visitors.

Any thoughts on the number of Carder Steuben collectors or how to guage it?

PASSION

What do the following words have in common? Glass. Passion. Invention. Why, Frederick Carder, of course! Join members of the Carder Steuben Club and the Corning Museum of Glass by attending the annual Carder Steuben Symposium in Corning, New York, September 19 – 21, for “A Man and his Glass: A Sesquicentennial Celebration.” Learn about Mr. Carder’s glass, his passion for design and chemistry, and his many marvelous creations. Registration details will be available late June.

2013 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 19-21, 2013. The festivities will begin with Frederick Carder’s 150th birthday celebration on the evening of September 18, 2013.

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