All members making plans to attend this year's Convention should note that there has been a change in the DAYS scheduled for the Convention. This year, the Convention begins on THURSDAY evening, June 21, with a picnic at the Pritchard-Laughlin Center. In recent years, the picnic was on Wednesday. The Convention runs from June 21 through 24. Earlier issues of the Crystal Ball had the wrong dates.

The slide show for the 2012 Museum Displays is now available on our Museum Page. Once again, the displays are spectacular, and we look forward to seeing them in person at the Museum during the Convention in June. For those who can't make it to Cambridge, you can enjoy the photographs, but it's much better in person. Try to make it to the Convention this year!

Recently, we had two pieces of news related to Cambridge Rose Point.

Rose Point Cake: The Cordials Study Group sponsored a Rose Point cake for the Dickens Victorian Village cake auction. The added incentive was two Rose Point 3121 goblets/luncheon plates and a framed RosePoint ad. Click on the photo at right to see a larger version. Anyone for a slice of cake?

Rose Point DVD Last November at the Quarterly Meeting, a large gathering of Friends of Cambridge were treated to a wonderful November Program showcasing one of the most collected patterns of glassware ever created - Rose Point. The Rose Point program was recorded on film as it unfolded, and a DVD has been compiled, encompassing that program and several other features. See the Rose Point DVD page for more information and how you can get a copy for yourself.

March 4, 2012 - All-Cambridge Auction Results

For the second year in a row, we set a record with a total of $57,708. It was a great day with another full house. The weather cooperated, which is a good thing, considering what was going on around the midwest on Saturday. Here are the Results in PDF® format.

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.

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.

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.

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.