WHERE TO FIND THE FAKES, REPRODUCTIONS, REISSUED GLASS

Hi all,
I just wanted you to know that there is a wholesale glass and pottery dealer out there by the name of Rosso's that is producing a vast amount of reissued and reproduced items that appear on okay. If you are uncertain about an item you are buying, go to their site and see if you can find it there. If it is sold by Rosso's, it is BRAND NEW, and probably can be purchased from their Fort Robinson Outlet. Don't let sleazy okay dealers outwit you - KEEP INFORMED. Fraudulent delaersnearly always saythey have found these items at estate sales (always in the South - don't they have estate sales in the North :) to make them seem old and to try and play clueless when confronted about the true age of the item.
To see a specific item you are looking for, orchecking up on, go to their website and type in the item in the Search box (e.g., blackface, jadite, Flow Blue, McCoy). I cannot put the website URL or a link in this guide as it is against okay policy to insert a direct link toan outside website, but if you type the words Rosso Wholesale (or even Ft. Robinson Outlet)into your Search Engine, a reference to the site will gee up.
Keep in mind that Rosso's is a wholesaler and deals in brand new items - both imported and American made (Fenton, Mosser Glass, etc.). To my knowledge they do not condone resaling these items as authentic or "old" or "vintage." However, they do buy reprductions that carry old trademarks, like McCoy and Hull, which I'm sure they realize encourages less honest dealers to lie about the authenticity and age of the cookie jars. Also, Rosso's sell many reissued Westmoreland items, made by Mosser glass. Again, it is the dealer's that perpetrate these items as old Westmoreland, rather than new glass made in old Westmoreland molds.
We have no problem with those who sell new glass or imported items, they may be tomorrow's collectibles.The problem occurs when unscrupulous, greedy dealers label these new items as old, vintage, "from an estate sale," Fire King jadite, old McCoy, old Americana collectible, etc. The person looking for the original old items to collect has a lot of homework to do with all the reproductions and bad dealers around.
Here is just a partial listing of the items sold by this wholesaler:
Baskets
Bells
Black Americana: Tons of reproduced and new Black Americana items- cookie jars, pie vents, shakers, pages of cast iron items, kitchen sets and more.
Bulldog doorstop (large)
Candlestick Holders
Candy Dishes
Cartoon Lunch boxes
Cherry and Cable Pattern in black amethyst carnival, cobalt blue, crystal, green opalescent, milk glass, pink carnival, red, and vaseline opalescent.
Christmas Pottery and Glass Items galore
gepotes
Console Sets
Chintz Vases and Wallpockets
Coca Cola Items
Cookie jars - say McCoy and some say Hull.
Covered Animal Dishes - you name it, they have it sitting on a nest and in any color you could ever want.I wouldn't be surprised to see them sell Hilary sitting on a Nest (egg). Many are reissues of old Westmoreland Hen on Nest, Cat on Nest, others.
Cut Glass Perfume bottles
Doll Powder box- many colors - made from older mold.
Dolls
Eye Cups - by the truckload - every color
Fairy Lamps - many are Fenton
Fenton - before buying any Fenton item on okay, and if you are new to collecting old Fenton, check out this site. The items are genuine Fenton, but they are NEW. The fraud in the Fenton category on okay is totally out of control.
Flow Blue Stoneware
Goose Girl
Gear Shift Knobs
Hat Pins and Hat Pin Holders
Head Vases - many are reproductions of older 60's vases. Some even carry logo's like "R" for Ruben, on the bottom.
Kitchen Items -the vast majorityof the fraudulent jadite auctionson okay gees from this category.

Bottoms Up Whiskey Glass - in umpteen different colors (no patent # under feet)
Bowls
Bull's head mustard
Butterdishes - reproduced Criss-Cross in jadite, ruby, cobalt and others
Cake plates
Canisters
Cracker Jars
Cruets and Condiment Sets
Measuring cups and measuring cups with reamers
Punch Bowls and Ladles
Reamers
Rolling Pins
Salt dips in every size and color
Spooners and Pickle Castors
Toothpick holders - many are reissued Westmoreland; lookout for the new Shriner's toothpick holder - already being fraudulent sold as a great estate find in the South!!!! (Is there ever an estate sale in the NORTH?? LOL)
Water Sets
Pie Vents
Quees Pattern Table Setting
Lionel Silver Santa Fe Bank and more items
Little Red Riding Hood line of kitchen items - some marked Hull - whole line of things.
Mammy and Light House Kitchen Sets
Marbles
Metal Pickup Trucks
Monkey Items
Musical Banks
Oil Lamps - hot, hot new sellers - jadite, fern and daisy, vaseline.
Owl Toby Jar
Pickle Casters and Frames
Poly Resin Animal Figurines - by the dozens
Salt and Pepper Shakers - too numerous to mention - many in new jadite- subject of much fraud.
Scotty Dog items - tons of glass items with one of two types of Scotty dog decal.
Seconds Department - SEE THE INFAMOUS IMPORTED JADITE MANHATTAN-LIKE PITCHER THAT MADE FRAUDULENT okay DEALERS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS UNTIL THEY WERE EXPOSED.
Shirley Temple items: The latest Rosso flyer I received had a Shirley Temple picture on a newAnchor Hocking vase!!! They have put Shirley on almost anything that can be made in cobalt. BEWARE of anything with Shirley Temple on it, if you are wanting to collect vintage items. Do your homework.
Slippers and Shoes - glass in every color imaginable - some imported - check out their site to see all.
Spice Shakers and Spice Racks/holders: lots of jadite found in this area.
Solid Glass Animals
Table Sets
Tobacco Jars
Vaseline Glass - Rosso's is cranking these items out by the freight load. Has almost destroyed the vaseline collector's market there is so much new stuff (and yes, it glows just like the old) - nearly impossible to tell from the original unless you are a seasoned collector. Fraudulent okay dealers have made a small fortune selling the new items as "old" to unsuspecting buyers.
Venus Rising doll and lamp vase "Bashful Charlotte"
Wallpockets

As a final note, we regemend buying from someone you trust and if you are buying on okay, we don't regemend buying from someone with private or hidden bidders ID. The main reason your ID is hidden is so that no one can write to you and inform you that the item is not authentic. Ask about seller's refund policies in case the item is new. The new okay feedback policies have reduced the number of dealers who are selling new as old, but keeping yourself informed of the new reproductions and the latest imports is the best way to protect yourself.
Good Luck,
Anchor Hocking Glass Museum
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