Dick and Janet started collecting Steuben in the late 90s after purchasing a set of Pomona green salad plates in Maine. For a time, growing their collection was “hit and miss” through browsing antique shops as well as eBay. Eventually they made a pilgrimage to Corning to see the Steuben collection at the Rockwell Museum before it was relocated to the Corning Museum of Glass. They were absolutely stunned by the store front window display on Market Street and the Rockwell Glass Store loaded with more Steuben than they could imagine. Meeting Beth Shaut and then through her, Tom Dimitroff turned their interest into an obsession.