Pink Depression Glass Value: Patterns, Prices, and Reproductions

Pink is the color most depression glass buyers ask for, so it sells for more than green, amber or clear in nearly every pattern. It was still made by the millions in the 1930s, though. A pink plate is not rare. A pink pitcher with no chips, in a pattern people collect, is a different story.

This guide covers pink only. For every color, the history and the full chart, see our depression glass price guide.

Pink Depression Glass Value Chart

Booth and estate-sale prices for pink pieces with no chips, cracks or cloudiness. These are what typical pieces bring in person, not the best results ever seen online.

Typical ranges as of October 2026. Prices vary by area and condition. Snap yours with PocketPrice to see what it'll bring near you.

You'll see pink pieces listed online for several hundred dollars. Some are real rarities, many are asking prices that never sold, and a few are reproductions. Don't price a pink plate off them.

The Pink Patterns to Know

There are dozens of pink patterns. These nine are the ones buyers search by name and the ones you'll see most at estate sales.

• Cherry Blossom (Jeannette Glass, about 1930–1939): branches with pairs of cherries and leaves. Pink and green are the main colors. One of the most collected pink patterns, and one of the most reproduced.
• Sharon, “Cabbage Rose” (Federal Glass, about 1935–1939): one big layered rose with leaves. Made in pink, amber, green and a little clear. Pink is the color people want.
• Mayfair, “Open Rose” (Hocking Glass, about 1931–1937): roses inside open arches, with many pieces on feet or with stems. Pink is the common color; blue, green and yellow Mayfair are scarce. Federal also made a different pattern called Mayfair, so look for the roses.
• American Sweetheart (MacBeth-Evans, about 1930–1936): fine swirls and garlands around the rim. Made in pink and in a white glass called Monax, with small runs of red and blue that bring much more.
• Miss America (Hocking Glass, about 1933–1937): rows of sharp, pointed diamonds radiating from the center, like cut glass. Pink is the color to find.
• Princess (Hocking Glass, about 1931–1935): octagonal pieces with panels of fine lines and a floral band. Made in pink, green and yellow. The hat-shaped bowl is the piece people recognize.
• Adam (Jeannette Glass, about 1932–1934): square plates with a center of leaves and plumes. Pink and green. Short production, so it sells above most pink patterns of its size.
• Madrid (Federal Glass, about 1932–1939): a busy scroll pattern, mostly amber. Original pink Madrid is scarce, and most pink you find is the 1976 and later reissue (see reproductions below).
• Florentine No. 1 and No. 2 (Hazel-Atlas, 1930s): poppy flowers. No. 1 has scalloped, six-sided edges; No. 2 is round with a smooth edge. Pink, green, yellow and clear.

The Most Valuable Pink Depression Glass

In every pattern, the large and covered pieces are worth the most, because fewer were made and more of them broke. Stop for these:

• Miss America covered butter dishes and pitchers: the top common pink find. Butter dishes $150–$300, pitchers $90–$160.
• Mayfair cookie jars, pitchers and stemmed pieces: $50–$150. Mayfair stems and footed tumblers sell well in sets.
• Cherry Blossom pitchers, platters, butter dishes and full sets: pitchers $50–$90; a full dinner set can bring several hundred dollars.
• Adam and Sharon butter dishes and candy jars: $45–$110.
• American Sweetheart serving pieces: platters, large bowls and sugar-and-creamer sets at $30–$70.

A lid matters as much as the base. A butter dish or cookie jar missing its lid is worth a fraction of a complete one, and a lid from a different pattern or a reproduction kills the sale for a collector.

How to Identify Pink Depression Glass

1. Check the color. Real pink depression glass is a soft, slightly warm pink, the same all the way through. Bright bubblegum or hot pink is usually newer.
2. Feel the weight. It's thin and light for its size. A heavy pink plate is a warning sign.
3. Find the mold seams. Run a finger up the side of a cup or pitcher. Original pieces often have raised seam lines and small rough spots along the rim, left by the mold.
4. Look at the base. Sixty-plus years on shelves and tables leaves fine scratches and a worn ring on the bottom. No wear at all on a piece sold as old is a red flag.
5. Match the pattern, not a mark. Almost no depression glass is marked. Name the motif (cherries, a cabbage rose, open roses, diamonds) and compare it to the list above.

Pink Reproductions and How to Spot Them

Pink is the color that sells, so pink is the color that got copied. Several popular patterns have been reproduced since the 1970s:

• Cherry Blossom: butter dishes, pitchers, tumblers, platters and child's dishes have all been copied. On many reproduction butter dishes, the pattern on the base stops short of the edge, leaving a plain ring, and the glass feels heavier with a rougher bottom.
• Mayfair “Open Rose”: the cookie jar, shot glass, small juice glass, small pitcher and flat salt and pepper shakers. Mayfair cookie jars also turn up in cobalt and other colors the original never came in.
• Miss America: butter dishes, shakers, pitchers and tumblers, in pink and in colors it was never made in. Original diamonds have sharp points; copies often feel rounded.
• Sharon: butter dishes, candy dishes, shakers, and the creamer and sugar. Treat any Sharon in blue or another color outside pink, amber, green and clear as new.
• Adam: the covered butter dish has been reproduced in pink and green.
• Madrid: Indiana Glass reissued it in 1976 as “Recollection,” first in amber, later in pink, blue, clear and teal. Early pieces have “76” molded in; later ones don't. Most pink Madrid you'll find is Recollection.

When a piece passes the five checks but you're still unsure, price it as a reproduction or leave it out of a set. Selling a copy as old costs you more in trust than the piece is worth.

What Raises or Kills the Value

Raises it

• Strong, even color. A rich pink sells over a pale, washed-out one in the same pattern.
• Big and covered pieces: pitchers, butter dishes, cookie jars, candy jars, platters.
• Matching sets: a pitcher with six tumblers, or service for four, sells faster and for more per piece.
• A pattern people search by name over an unknown one.

Kills it

• Chips: run a fingertip around every rim and foot. A chip cuts the price by half or more.
• Cracks: hold it to a window. A hairline crack shows as a bright line.
• Cloudiness (“sick glass”): a milky haze from the dishwasher or hard water. It rarely comes out. Price it low and say so on the tag.
• Heavy scratches across a plate's center from years of knives and stacking.
• Missing or wrong lids on butter dishes, candy jars and cookie jars.

Selling It Locally vs. Online

Pink depression glass is fragile, heavy for what it sells for, and sold on looks. A shopper who sees it glowing on a lit shelf buys it. A $20 plate doesn't justify $15 of shipping, bubble wrap and double boxing, and a chip in transit means a refund. Booths, estate sales and local pickup are the right place for most of it.

Sets and matching pieces sell much better together than one at a time, in person or online. Keep a set together on one shelf with one price. Ship online only the rare forms and complete sets worth $150 or more, where buyers in other states will pay to ship them.

Pricing Tips for Booth Vendors

• Bundle the plain pieces. Sherbets, saucers and small berry bowls sell slowly alone. Tie four or six together, or price a stack as one lot.
• Light it. Pink sells on the glow. Put it on a glass shelf near a window or under a light, not in a dark corner.
• Tag the pattern name. “Cherry Blossom, Jeannette, 1930s” on the tag tells collectors you know what you have and sells to people searching for it.
• Lock up the big pieces. Pitchers, butter dishes and cookie jars go in a case. They're easy to chip and easy to walk off with.
• Mark reproductions as reproductions. They still sell to people who want the look, just at $8–$20.
• Watch the season. Pink sells all year, and best for spring tables, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day.

Related Guides

Start with the main depression glass price guide for every color and pattern, then see green depression glass value. Our glass and crystal price guide covers the rest of the cabinet, and crystal values covers Fostoria, Waterford and Lenox.