Recently Stephen Gleissner, curator of the Wichita Museum was headed to NYC. He asked me for
a name of a Steuben collector he might touch base with. The long and short of it was connecting Stephen with Audrey Lipton of NYC. Audrey, incidentally, will participate in this year’s Symposium to discuss how Carder Steuben collectors have a role to play in the art world.

After their meeting Audrey sent this e-mail which I think says it all about Carder Steuben
collectors.
A great big thank you for making it possible for me to meet Stephen Gleissner in New York last week. He’s quite a combo – so bright, so knowing, so sophisticated, so charming. On Tuesday evening he came to a meeting of the New York Metropolitan Glass Club. Steve Koob, of the Corning Museum, was our speaker and we had some great glass experts in attendance. As glass collectors we really do circulate in a well defined universe of glass and art connoisseurs. Synchronicity!
Collecting Carder Steuben has given me so much more than the sum total of whatever constitutes my collection. Remarkable collectors, scholars, dealers, auction house specialists, museum curators, et. al.. We must be among the most fortunate people on earth to live such rich lives.