tigerbeetle
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I have recently begun specializing in digging what I call "deco dumps" -- dumps from the Deco era, covering the Twenties, Thirties and up to the start of WWII.
I have unearthed well over 100 depression glass S&P shakers, mainly greens.
You'd be surprised how sought after even single shakers are -- especially by those folks with the lonely match. Early on, I sold my singles at garage sales for a seemingly high $10 a pop (I really didn't want them to go). Twice I had entire displays scooped up by the first dealer who came along -- without so much as an attempt to get my price down. Hmmm.
Importantly, the Deco dumps I dig are often themed. By that I mean they had been used for years, even decades, by the same bars or eateries. That's significant with S&P shakers. Back in the day, when one shaker broke, the twin was simultaneously thrown away, often in totally mint condition. The thing is, businesses would buy identical shakers by the gross, so I'd soon dig a mint match to an earlier find -- tossed out, like the other, when the mate was broken. I'd quickly have pairs -- and plenty more soon-to-be-paired singles to be dug.
Note: Depression glass S&Ps were literally a dime a dozen, thus the speed in which they were thrown away whole. Their appeal for modern collectors is currently sky-high due to the Deco look/design depression glass S&Ps display. Importantly, depression glass S&Ps fell through the cracks in the current Repro rush to manufacture spit-and-image copies of original depression glass ware. Dug S&Ps, while mint, have all the needed confirmation points that prove they are, in fact, the real Deco McCoy. Virtually none of my S&P finds have (metal) caps worth salvaging but that has not even remotely lessened collectors' interest in them.
By the by, I had a gorgeous cobalt blue depression era S&P set -- found together and seemingly simply chucked by the onetime owners -- that brought $80. Some super nice blob-top soda bottles I found that same day at an older site garnered about five bucks each. Hmmm.
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