![Ford Garage, Ancaster, Ontario Lighted Dealer Sign: Dundas, Ontario. Late 1920s. Double-sided painted galvanized sheet metal with milk (opal) glass letters. Hundreds of painstaking hours of craftsmanship resulted in this unique early 20th-century trade](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5913/331361/178723565_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716914558)
Glass Trade Signs
![Ford Garage, Ancaster, Ontario Lighted Dealer Sign: Dundas, Ontario. Late 1920s. Double-sided painted galvanized sheet metal with milk (opal) glass letters. Hundreds of painstaking hours of craftsmanship resulted in this unique early 20th-century trade](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5913/331361/178723565_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716914558)
![19th C. General Store Trade Sign - Cut Glass & China: A 19th Wooden General Store Sign for Cut Glass & China, measuring 40.5" in length, 3" in height. Appears to have originally been mounted to the front edge of a shelf, in old paint.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8050/328421/176939285_11_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714605816)
![Optometrist Eye Glass Trade Sign: Optometrist Eye Glass Trade Signcirca 190017 x 30 1/2 x 2 inches](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1044/331993/179127863_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717209187)
![FOIL BACK REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS POROSKNIT UNDERWEAR TRADE SIGN: FOIL BACK REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS POROSKNIT UNDERWEAR TRADE SIGN, rectangular form with a molded oak and gesso frame the black lettering in the center reads "Porosknit" and lists patent d](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332785/179540053_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717796071)
News about Glass Trade Signs
![Paul Stankard elevates the humble glass paperweight to poetry](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/akiba-honey.jpg)
Paul Stankard elevates the humble glass paperweight to poetry
NEW YORK – Paul Stankard’s (b. 1943-) path into studio glass was unusual in that he originally trained to make laboratory glass. He worked as a scientific glassblower for nine years before embracing his artistic passions. Inspired by the stylized French Clichy paperweights made from the 1840 to the 1860s, but wanting to distinguish himself, […]
![Rago posts $406K world record for a William Morris glass vase](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/177041334_1_x.jpg)
Rago posts $406K world record for a William Morris glass vase
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ — On May 17, Rago achieved a new world record for American glass artist William Morris (b. 1957-) with a $310,000 hammer ($406,100 with buyer’s premium) for Beetles with Flora, a hand-blown glass vase from the artist’s Native Species series. The hammer price was far beyond the estimate of $30,000-$50,000. Full results for […]
![Dino Martens glass works sparkled at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/174603280_1_x.jpeg)
Dino Martens glass works sparkled at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto
GENOA, Italy — Two distinctly different pieces of glass designed by Dino Martens (1894-1970) led the April 23 sale at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto. Both dated from the early 1950s, when Martens was working as artistic director for Venetian glassworks Aureliano Toso. Complete results for the Design, Murano glass and A.Ve.M Glass sale are available […]
![1883 Amberina Tankard by Libbey Cut Glass leads our five lots to watch](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Woody-Aux-May-18-amberina-pitcher-copy.jpg)
1883 Amberina Tankard by Libbey Cut Glass leads our five lots to watch
1883 Amberina Tankard by Libbey Cut Glass DOUGLASS, KS – The Saturday, May 18 sale of American and Brilliant Cut Glass at Woody Auction includes this remarkable amberina tankard made by Libbey Cut Glass in 1883. Rated by the auction house as the finest piece of amberina glass it has ever offered for sale, it is […]