Five active Friends of Cambridge will be seeking one of the three Board seats available this year (four-year term). They include two incumbents: Museum VP Cindy Arent and Archivist Mark Nye as well as Larry Everett, VP/Development, Millie Loucks, President/Elegant Study Group (NJ/PA) and Jack Thompson, Auction Director. Ballots will be mailed to members in early March as part of the 2012 Annual Fund campaign. Incumbent Helen Klemko, Crystal Ball Editor, will not be running for reelection.

January 1, 2012 - The New Year brings the Auction Catalog

The NCC welcomes the New Year with the publication of the Auction Catalog and photographs of the items in the 2012 All-Cambridge Auction. Visit our Auction pages for information about the Auction. All are welcome to bid on the beautiful glass being offered for sale - you do not have to be an NCC member. The Auction will take place on Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Cambridge, Ohio, at the Pritchard-Laughlin Center. A map to the location is provided on the Auction pages. Absentee bidding is also permitted - see the Auction pages for details.

The slide show running at the top of this page is of group previews of the 2012 Auction. To go immediately to the auction photos, group and individual, click here.

By now, all items for the annual All-Cambridge Auction have been provided to the Committee and they are in the process of photographing each piece and creating an auction catalog. You can expect to receive the list of items in this year's auction in the January issue of the Crystal Ball newsletter.

The auction itself will be held on March 3, 2012 at the beautiful Pritchard-Laughlin Civic Center, 7033 Glenn Highway in Cambridge, Ohio. The auction preview begins at 9:00 AM, and the auction begins at 10:00 AM. On Friday evening March 2, in conjunction with the NCC Quarterly Meeting, a special preview of the auction takes place. Make plans now to attend. More details will appear on the Auction Page as they become available.

National Museum of Cambridge Glass
2011 Special Holiday Hours
136 S. Ninth Street, Downtown Cambridge, Ohio
740-432-4245
The National Museum of Cambridge Glass will be open special holiday hours. The museum will be decorated for the season and volunteers and staff will be dressed in Victorian attire. If you are looking for a special gift made in Cambridge, Ohio USA, visit the museum gift shop where you will find a variety of jewelry and Christmas decorations made from Cambridge Glass, as well as beautiful handmade pieces of Cambridge Glass.

The Annual Museum Holiday Open House will be Saturday, November 26th from noon to 4:00 p.m. No admission will be charged during the open house.
Museum Holiday days/hours of operation:
Saturdays - November 5, 12, 19 and 26; noon to 4:00 p.m.
Saturdays - December 3, 10, and 17; noon to 4:00 p.m.

August 1, 2011 - Looking for some great auction glass!

It's time to submit your proposed consignment lists for the 2012 Benefit Auction The committee is accepting lists during the months of August and September. We can't wait to see what you have in store for us this year. Last year will be tough to beat, but we're sure going to try. For complete information click on the Auction tab on the left, then the Consignment Procedures tab.

"Under the Sea" was the theme of this year's Convention. Our Convention Co-Chairmen, Nancy Finley and Julie Buffenbarger did a super job, starting with the barbecue in the Museum parking lot (and it didn't rain, either). They followed up with two great meals on Friday and Saturday night, a Silent Auction that was very different from those in the past and a live auction at the Friday night Banquet with some really unique items. Everyone enjoyed the programs and the Glass Show, which was one of the finest in recent memory. If you missed this one, you really should plan to come next year. Thanks to all who made this possible.

Alex Citron is our new Social Media Director and he will be handling updates to our new page on Facebook. This is an experiment to see if it will help to draw new members and increase interest in Cambridge glass. Click on the word "Facebook" to the left and you will be taken to the page. Check it out ...

NCC Member Mike Horine sent us some photographs taken from a recent featured display at the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art in Denver, Colorado. This outstanding museum features, among many other things, American-made glassware from all manufacturers. This display features primarily Cambridge glass. Enjoy the slide show of photographs from the Kirkland Display.

The Miami Valley Study Group is one of the most active in the organization. One of their ongoing projects is to try to have photographs or drawings of every piece of glass that appear in Cambridge catalogs. They are well on their way to achieving this goal.

The main MVSG.org site introduces you to the group and provides links to their educational videos and other educational items related to the Cambridge Glass Company. The other site, albums.mvsg.org/index.php, contains the photos and drawings and is a work in progress. The group is attempting to add photographs of as many items as they can, and you are invited to send photos from your own Cambridge collection to aid in the effort. Visit them and enjoy the (whole lot of) work they've done to date.