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THE COMMON STUFF
by dick bales


Read the Current Issue of The Common Stuff

- "Collecting post-Pro Shot Glasses"

Dick Bales is a regular contributor to this website, drawing attention to the "common" and perhaps underappreciated glasses that lurk in every collection. 

In addition to juggling the demands of family and a hectic job (he's Assistant Regional Counsel for the Wheaton branch of Chicago Title Insurance Co), he's managed to research and publish the TRUE story of the Great Chicago Fire. This definitive work finally debunks many widely-held beliefs about the role of Mrs O'Leary and her much-maligned bovine in the 1871 disaster. Visit
his website for more details and buy his book! Dick is currently working on a book about another infamous Chicago figure, Cap Streeter. Visit Dick's new site www.capstreeter.com to learn more!
Previous issues of

" The Common Stuff " by Dick Bales:
     
Vol. 7, No. 1 :   Philip Freiler and his Shot Glasses
Vol. 7, No. 2 :   Hey, How About that Shot Glass?
Vol. 7, No. 3 :   Real or Fake? The Goldman’s Pure Rye Shot Glass
     
Vol. 6, No. 1 :   Fishkill Landing, NY: Another "One Hit Wonder"
Vol. 6, No. 2 :   The Detricks: Variations of a Common Glass
Vol. 6, No. 3 :   Pre-pro to Post-Pro: An Example
Vol. 6, No. 4 :   Belleville IL - Beautiful City, Not So Beautiful Shot Glasses
Vol. 6, No. 5 :   The Glass of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
     
Vol. 5, No. 1 :   Strip Clubs, Bars and Shot Glasses in E Dubuque, IL.
Vol. 5, No. 2 :   One Hit Wonder: Warsaw, Illinois
Vol. 5, No. 3 :   Hayner Glasses - the Ultimate Collection?
Vol. 5, No. 4 :   Somewhere in Time on Mackinac Island
Vol. 5, No. 5 :   A Sociological Study of Women on Shot Glasses
Vol. 5, No. 6 :   Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis: A Shot Glass Mecca or Morass?
     
Vol. 4, No. 1 :   Pyramids in pre-Prohibition Illinois
Vol. 4, No. 2 :   The Name is Bond, Bottled in Bond
Vol. 4, No. 3 :   The Devil (and Shot Glasses) in the White City
Vol. 4, No. 4 :   The Old and the New (Part I)
Vol. 4, No. 5 :   The Old and the New (Part II)
Vol. 4, No. 6 :   The Old and the New (Part III)
     
Vol. 3, No. 1 :   The Commercial Side of Truog (Part I)
Vol. 3, No. 2 :   The Commercial Side of Truog (Part II)
Vol. 3, No. 3 :   eBay, The internet and Glass Research
Vol. 3, No. 4 :   Fields of Dreams: Shot Glass Collecting Specialization
Vol. 3, No. 5 :   A New Series Glass?
Vol. 3, No. 6 :   Hanging Around Arkansas
     
Vol. 2, No. 1 :   Chasing Hayners
Vol. 2, No. 2 :   Pre-pro Glasses in the Hard Rock Cafe
Vol. 2, No. 3 :   Security in Glass
Vol. 2, No. 4 :   Desperate Housewives and Glass Research
Vol. 2, No. 5 :   Grand Glass of the GAR
Vol. 2, No. 6 :   Starving for glass in Illinois
     
Vol. 1, No. 1 :   Building a new collection via eBay
Vol. 1, No. 2 :   Putting eBay into its proper perspective
Vol. 1, No. 3 :   A collection of "Sunny Brooks"
Vol. 1, No. 4 :   Ferreting out "glass gaffes"
Vol. 1, No. 5 :   The Shot Glass - Art or History?
 

 

If you would like to comment on "The Common Stuff", please post it but you can also contact Dick Bales directly at BalesD@CTT.com

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