"Magnificent color, skilled craftsmanship and creative design make Blenko America's most colorful name in glass," touted a Blenko catalog advertisement. First begun in the late nineteenth century in Milton, West Virginia, Blenko remains one of the few glass factories in the United States where modern hand-blown glass is still in production. Recently, Blenko glass designs from the 1950s and 1960s have caught collectors' eyes. This book presents an exact, full-color reprinting of the yearly Blenko company catalogs from 1962 through 1971, thus offering a complete, well-illustrated record of Blenko glass products, including original retail prices and current market values. This book is most useful for the dealers and collectors of glass who appreciate the beauty and "timely glass design" of Blenko.
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Leslie Pia is author and co-author of more than three dozen books on decorative arts and design, including Fifties Glass and Popular '50s & '60s Glass: Color Along the River.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good reference book for collectors,
By J. Pennington (Huntersville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blenko Glass: 1962-1971 Catalogs (Hardcover)
I began collecting Blenko glass shortly before I bought Ms. Pina's book earlier this year. I refer to it often when I am searching internet auctions. Initially it helped me determine whether a price was in line with the fair market value. Lately I have been using it to determine to my own satisfaction whether an unmarked piece truely is Blenko. The pictures are very good quality. The only drawback to the book is that is it woefully short on text. It would have been beneficial if the book contained some in depth discussion of Blenko craftmanship and how to distinguish their products from the other WV glassmakers, especially since they all had a tendancy to copy one another.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great pictures but pricing info is not up to date,
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This review is from: Blenko Glass: 1962-1971 Catalogs (Hardcover)
Blenko glass prices have skyrocketed since this book was written. It is a good visual reference but you can figure that the current prices are at least triple from what is stated.
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