Why Glass Show Collectors Keep Chasing That One Perfect Find
Walk into a glass collectors' show anywhere across the Ohio Valley — a church hall in Wheeling, a fairground building outside Steubenville, a long weekend setup near Martins Ferry — and a strange energy hangs in the air. People move slowly past the tables, then suddenly stop cold. Someone has spotted a piece of carnival glass with the right iridescent sheen, or a Fenton hobnail bowl in a color that almost never turns up. The hunt is the whole point. Most of these folks aren't there to buy something specific. They're there for the chance that today might be the day they stumble ...
