Pyrex glassware can still be found at garage sales around the country for reasonable prices. With the garage sale season beginning soon, here are some links to recent eBay auctions for various kinds of Pyrex products to give readers an idea of what to watch for.
1. An early set of four nesting colored mixing bowls still in their original box sold for a Best Offer Price of $300. This set reached this price because it was Mint in it’s original box and because it was manufactured before Pyrex began marketing it as the 400 series.
2. Another set of four nested colored mixing bowls still in their original box sold for $293.88 with eleven bids. This is a later set manufactured after Pyrex began designating this set the 400 series.
3. A 32 piece set of Amber Visions cook ware sold for $285.00. Visions cookware isn’t actually Pyrex, but it was made by Corning as is Pyrex. Probably 50% or more of the Visions cook ware items on eBay have the word Pyrex in their headline, so I’m including this and one other example in this list.
4. A set of 4 pink nesting mixing bowls sold for $260.00 with 37 bids. Described as in very good used condition with some light scratches. The 400 series of Pyrex bowls are always a good seller and pink is the color everyone wants.
5. A set of four Cinderella gold butterprint bowls in their original box sold for $228.59 with 18 bidders. All Cinderella bowls (recognizable by the two pour-spout handles) are becoming more and more difficult to find.
6. An early Pyrex blue Flameware coffee pot sold for $152.50 with 17 bids. Clear Pyrex items can be a sleeper at sales. Most dealers think colors when someone mentions Pyrex, but many of their early clear glass pieces are eagerly sought by collectors also.
7. Another Visions piece, a 3.5 quart cranberry Visions dutch oven sold for $150.00 with 14 bids. Most individual pieces of Visions cook ware don’t bring much on eBay, but these large dutch ovens almost always bring nice prices.
8. An 8 piece pink refrigerator set in original box sold for $140.27 with 18 bidders.
9. A 1935 Silex coffee maker sold for $135.37 with 15 bids. While Silex was an independent company, during the 1940s and 1950s the glass parts of their coffee makers were made by Pyrex and are usually marked as such on the bottom of the glass. Several other manufactures such as General Electric, Universal Electric, and Cafex used glass parts made by Pyrex in their coffee makers. Die hards that they are, many Pyrex collectors avidly seek out these coffee makers for their collections.
10. A nice Moon Deco 2.5 quart casserole sold for a Best Offer of $130.00. I believe these were only manufactured for one or two years and they are difficult to find.
11. A 30 piece set of Pyrex turquoise banded dishes sold for $123.76 with 7 bids. Pyrex isn’t just about bowls. Don’t forget to watch for dinnerware at garage sales and flea markets. They made some beautiful dinnerware.
12. A nice set of four Cinderella bowls in the Friendship/Love pattern sold for $117.49 with 19 bids. Not all Pyrex four bowl sets had matching patterns. They also sold mixed sets similar to this one.
13. This set of four Cinderella bowls in the Amish Butterprint pattern sold for $113.57 with 19 bids. Not only did Pyrex sell mixed sets like the one above, but they also sold two color sets with the design and background colors reversed on every other size.
14. Pyrex didn’t always sell their cookware in sets of four as seen in this auction for three pink and white Gooseberry casseroles with covers. This set sold for $108.51 with 18 bids.
15. This Armstrong Perc-O-Toaster from the 1930’s is another example of ‘you can find Pyrex glass in the strangest places’. I don’t know if most of the bids came from vintage coffee maker collectors, vintage toaster collectors, or Pyrex collectors, but if you are lucky enough to find one, what difference does it make? It brought $104.72 with 7 bids.
16. This Amish Butterprint casserole with lid shows that you don’t need complete sets to get good prices. The pink and white color combination is almost always a winner. The casserole brought $103.50 with 9 bids.
17. Pyrex didn’t just make have mom on their mind when they made bakeware as this early children’s baking set shows. More than likely not complete, but it still brought $100.00 with 10 bids.
18. When mom wanted to make sure dad and the kids drank their orange juice in the morning she could serve it in this Pyrex juice set from the 1950s. Pyrex made juice sets in several designs. This one sold for a BIN of $99.99. Notice the word EAMES in the headline - a classic example of keyword spamming.
19. Pyrex made these polka dot mixing bowls in four sizes and various colors. Green is not one of the more popular colors but it still brought $45.89 because of it’s large 4-quart size. Complete 4 bowl sets with dots are somewhat hard to find and would sell well.
This Pyrex pattern identification guide may prove helpful when determining exactly what pattern pieces you buy are.
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