The most common reason a piece’s value would jump by that much in a year is simply that collectors are slowly becoming aware of what some of the rare pieces are and are willing to pay for those types of pieces. Glass collectors, both new and long-time, are realizing what a bargain Lotton glass is, and also realize the outstanding investment potential of it.

Secondary market prices are what really define a collectible of investment quality. What happened with Tiffany glass in the recent past could easily happen with Lotton glass. The glass art that the Lottons craft is every bit as high-quality (we think BETTER quality) as what was coming from Tiffany studios in the past.

In the early days, counterfeiters were known to take a Charles Lotton piece, (which were often iridescent pieces with a art-nouveau style very much like Tiffany pieces) polish the signature off of the base and re-sign it with a bogus L.C.T. signature (for Louis Comfort Tiffany – this is how the early Tiffany pieces were signed), passing it off at even prominent auction houses as Tiffany glass. Even Charles’ early works were of Tiffany quality – that’s how good the glass is! This is also one of the reasons that Charles began signing pieces on the sides instead of on the bottom!