Annual All-Cambridge Fund-raising Auction
The annual All-Cambridge Auction is held at the
Pritchard-Laughlin Center in Cambridge, Ohio, on the first
weekend of March, (March 6, 2010) the same weekend as the March Quarterly
meeting, and the proceeds are used to help maintain the National
Museum of Cambridge Glass. NCC Members and Non-Members alike are
invited to participate, either in person, or by absentee bid.
Details on how to bid, where to go, etc., can be found in the Terms and Conditions
page. The photograph at right is a preview of a few of the items
that were part of the 2009 auction. To get to the auction, 
take exit 176 off I-70, follow the
road to where it comes to a "T" with US 22/40, turn right for
about ¼ mile. Here's a
map to the Civic Center that you can print out and take with
you.
General Information
Lists of donations and consignments of glass are accepted by the committee from a couple of months after the Convention, up to around the beginning of October. The committee then prepares the list of items that will be in the auction and notifies the consignees as to which pieces they should ship to Cambridge. The glass should then be shipped to arrive in Cambridge no later than the November Quarterly meeting. Glass can also be brought to the Quarterly meeting in November.
The committee then has the task of examining each piece to ensure that it is indeed Cambridge glass, and that there is no damage (severely damaged pieces are not accepted, and those with minor damage may be included in the auction at the committee's discretion, but such damage as is found will be noted).
The complete list of items (Auction Catalog) is published in the January issue of the Crystal Ball newsletter, sent to NCC members. The 2010 Auction Catalog is also available on this web site. Note that the list is in "PDF" format, so you'll need the Adobe Reader® to read it and print it. If your version of the Adobe Reader® is 5.1 or higher, then the PDF file is searchable, for those who wish to do so.
Photographs of selected items from the 2010 auction are now available.The NCC keeps 20% of the purchase price on consignment items. For those items that were donated, 100% of the purchase price goes directly to the NCC. There is no "buyer's premium" charged. There are no "reserves" allowed, and all glass in the auction must be manufactured by Cambridge. Advertising material, brochures, catalogs, etc., are also acceptable if they are by or pertaining to Cambridge Glass Company.
Important: You do NOT have to be an NCC member to bid at this Auction. For more information about absentee bidding, paying for items, shipping considerations, etc., please refer to the full Terms and Conditions for the Annual Auction.
Glass from previous years' Annual Auctions
We have saved some photographs of Cambridge glass items that were consigned to the Annual Auction in previous years. Unfortunately, we can't show every single piece, but there are group photos which give you a pretty good idea of the items and of the quality of those items. Each year the list seems to get better and better.