Tiffany Lamps and Lighting

Tiffany glass has long been a sought after collectible an in current days, a sought after part of the elegant home decorating.

Nothing says style and elegance like a Tiffany work lamp.

The designs are completely unique and the state of the art glasswork and styles as well as the coloration are what make it amazing.

Unique patterns, color combinations and designs have made Tiffany perhaps the most well known name in collector glass and lamps.

In the late 1970’s and the early 1980’s Tiffany lamps popularity was astronomical. And the price skyrocketed in response to the demand for those goods.

In 1979, a single Tiffany lamp commanded a price of 100,000 dollars at auction and three years earlier they were getting less than a tenth of that.

In response, dealers everywhere began to post “not for sale” on their Tiffany lamps to wait it out and see how high the pricing could go, which began an absolute craze in finding the lamps and purchasing them, as many were not for sale at that time.

Dealers also, in consequence of the demand, began to adjust their lamp prices and sell them again.

This, in turn began a glut of the market with tiffany “style” lamps, or look-alikes, designed and made for those who wanted the style of the Tiffany lamp without paying the astronomical prices being paid for them.

These reproductions, available in many types an models were marketed extensively and caught on with he public who wanted the same style as the wealthy homes.

They sold like hotcakes.

They were readily found in any department store, and still are.

Tiffany lamps became super hot in the late 70s and authentic Tiffany lamps can now fetch one-hundred thousand dollars or much more in some cases.

By the latter part of the 1990’s the market was flooded with them, and there was one in almost every home nation wide.

This same demand also brought out the scam artists, who began to reproduce a few lamps that were look-alikes, making use of older glass, fake aging patinas, they were able to fool many otherwise smart consumers into purchasing their products before they were found out.