"Thistlemania"
Since the record $3800 Thistle sold at Ephrata, PA, two more Thistles have come to auction. One surfaced at an auction in Lancaster County last fall and brought a new record price for a peanut butter glass of $4700. More recently, in April 2019, a Thistle glass sold for the amazing price of $5800 at a Freeburg, PA auction with three bidders contending over $5000. Information obtained at that auction strongly suggests that six Thistles exist, with the possibility of more. This price war over the Thistle can only be described as "Thistlemania." At this same auction held by Hassinger & Courtney at Freeburg, in what can best be described as a strong sale, rare glasses sold as follows:
green Butterfly $625
Ox Cart (transportation) $310
purple Michaelmas Daisy juice $285
Crimson Cactus $270
California Poppy juice $250
yellow Black-Eyed Susan $250
pink Pansy $235
gold Black-Eyed Susan $225
red fancy Columbine $225
pink fancy Columbine $205
Santa juice $200
Top selling fruit glass, a Strawberry at $145 and top-selling bird glass, a Mountain Bluebird at $100. Twelve glasses topped $200 and an additional 11 glasses sold for $100-$190. Prices are unofficial; repeated requests for more information were not answered.
Since the record $3800 Thistle sold at Ephrata, PA, two more Thistles have come to auction. One surfaced at an auction in Lancaster County last fall and brought a new record price for a peanut butter glass of $4700. More recently, in April 2019, a Thistle glass sold for the amazing price of $5800 at a Freeburg, PA auction with three bidders contending over $5000. Information obtained at that auction strongly suggests that six Thistles exist, with the possibility of more. This price war over the Thistle can only be described as "Thistlemania." At this same auction held by Hassinger & Courtney at Freeburg, in what can best be described as a strong sale, rare glasses sold as follows:
green Butterfly $625
Ox Cart (transportation) $310
purple Michaelmas Daisy juice $285
Crimson Cactus $270
California Poppy juice $250
yellow Black-Eyed Susan $250
pink Pansy $235
gold Black-Eyed Susan $225
red fancy Columbine $225
pink fancy Columbine $205
Santa juice $200
Top selling fruit glass, a Strawberry at $145 and top-selling bird glass, a Mountain Bluebird at $100. Twelve glasses topped $200 and an additional 11 glasses sold for $100-$190. Prices are unofficial; repeated requests for more information were not answered.