A Collector's Passion
by Jim

As many of you know, I collect fairy lamps.  This little photo gallery will give you some clue of how deep my passion runs.  In addition, I have added some other "smaller passions" that may capture you interest.

1972 - My first display cabinet.
I bought my first fairy lamp in 1971 and I still have it. It is the dark diamond point on the second shelf, right.  Pat and I "debated" several days before we bought it.  After all, it was $15 and pretty extravagant on our budget.   Little did we know how infectious collecting can be.

These five snapshots are of one of my cabinets.  They are all fairy-size.  Now, look carefully for my "mismatched" fairy lamps or those that need matching bases.  Perhaps you, or someone you know, can help me out. ;-)

The four photos above are all pyramid-size fairy lamps.

Just a few pyramids and spare parts.

My only L.G. Wright fairy lamp and a few pyramids.

A few more fairy lamps, barber bottles, tumblers, tie backs, etc.

More fairy lamps, mostly Nailsea-type and a few miniature lamps.

This cabinet contains mostly pyramid-size except for the Burmese.

A very small collection of tumblers.

Pat was a calligrapher for many years.   This is her collection of inkwells.

These are tiebacks.  Some are probably Sandwich.

This is a small collection of miniature lamps with a few Glow Lights thrown in.  As you can see, many of my miniatures are incomplete but they are "fun" to collect anyway. 

A small collection of barber bottles.   Finding one for $20 in the 70's was not uncommon.  Not today. :-(

Christmas lights, David Winter cottages, and a few odds-n-ends.

I wish I had a collection of Lithophanes, but alas, this is the only one I have other than a fairy lamp.

This oil lamp shade is painted to resemble Burmese.  The decoration is similar to the Prunus pattern.  I consider it to be a Smith Brothers shade.  Can anyone help me with a better attribution?

  Well, I hope you enjoyed this peek into another collector's passion.