As wartime shortages increased however, making both lacquer and silver difficult to come by, Eckardt started having the ornaments decorated in pastels and bright colors. As a result, Shiny Brite ornaments became very popular because of their uniqueness and soon become a staple of every family's Christmas trees. By the end of the war, Shiny Brite was the largest manufacturer of Christmas ornaments in the world and the popularity of the ornaments raged on into the 1950s.
Shiny Brite stopped making and selling the glass balls in 1962 because of production disruption and because of the changing business landscape and moved into the production of plastic ornaments, which never proved to be as popular. But they are madly collected today by all kinds of fans of the original vintage Shiny Brite ornaments.
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18 Vintage Shiny Brite Christmas Ornaments US $10.50
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VINTAGE CHRISTMAS GLASS ORNAMENT LOT SHINY BRITE + US $9.99
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VINTAGE 40`S SHINY BRITE X-MAS BULBS,ORIGINAL BOX US $1.29
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14 SHINY BRITE STENCILED MICA GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS US $9.99
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Christmas-Vintage 3 Boxes-Shiny Brite-Indents-WoW US $36.00
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VINTAGE SHINY BRITE SCENE STENCIL STARS SANTA ORNAMENTS US $19.99
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32 VINTAGE SHINY BRITE PINK GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS US $9.99
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LAST WEEK XMAS IN JULY 50s-60s SHINY BRITE ORNAMENTS US $6.99
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VTG Glass Shiny Brite SCENE & Striped Xmas Ornaments US $5.50
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Note on Buying Vintage Shiny Brite Ornaments
One thing to keep in mind though when shopping on Ebay for these ornaments is that many sellers and buyers seem to think that "Shiny Brite" refers to a type of ornament rather than a specific brand name. So if you are looking specifically for ornaments made by Max Eckardt's company, you might want to do a little digging into the listings just to make sure the description is accurate.
In addition to the vintage Shiny Brite Christmas ornaments available at antique shops, flea markets and online, Christopher Radko started making reproductions of the ornaments around 2001 and you'll find those on Ebay as well. Generally though you don't have to worry about the Radko reproductions being passed off as the vintage ornaments because Radko's ornaments are collectible in their own right. Also, Radko's ornaments are made in Europe and all of the original Shiny Brite's were of American manufacture.

US $10.50