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We have many with the foil hand label, 1932 to 82. The 2nd label style covers 82 to 2002. Then started sandblasting “Blenko/date”. This was because they were bringing back older designs and did it want them misrepresented. the hand-signed were mostly 58 to 61. some also have the original sales sticker from the Visitors Center. http://blenkocollectors.com/blenkocollmarks.htm

The minis are tough, many firms made them. The green coil is Blenko. The last crystal beaker looks like it may have a ground pontil, which Blenko rarely if ever did, so thinking not Blenko. water residue is a killer for value and display, try to only collect clean pieces. here is my go to reference site. https://blenko.com/pages/blenko-catalogs it takes time and research, they have over 2,000 designs spanning almost 100 years.

Send your pics!

Not a cheap addiction, takes a lot of room(s)

Having an addiction is not always a bad thing…🤔 it keeps us out of the bars and casinos.

Have you ever gotten up at 2AM to check your collection???🥴 I had no idea of the rarity of this variety.

Down to 16-degrees, luckily no precipitation today.

We are sitting here with 4” of snow and 25-degrees in western WA. The lowlands are iced in, very little traffic. Too cold and windy to even get in the hot tub…

There was that 50 box on eBay with a row of blue galaxies that sold for $10K…

I typically see how they roll, if they wobble around, they are HF, if they roll smoothly they are machine-ground.

I’ve been looking for a CAC cyclone… and a >3/4” sparkler .

Chad, you are greatly appreciated by all here! Your patience is a rare thing🙃

Took about 14 years to get the owner to let this globe light go. It was in a local Snohomish antique store. Got it installed yesterday by 2 awesome electricians. we have never found another example online. The cash register is from the wife’s family business, originally came from Dayton, Wa dated 1913.

Thinking vitro🤔 I’ve got some similar examples

5/8”?

The $8 bag of marbles was because the booth owner was onsite and we struck up a conversation. He has a picker who just got 7 5gal buckets of mibs from a local garage sale. Hoping to help him go thru them when the time comes.

Threaded inserts. I am starting to realize I have too many collections, can’t walk in an antique store and not buy something. Today it was an $8 bag of marbles and a Blenko Goblet. Last week I went to a friends gallery and left with a $$$ vintage wooden Punch cigar store totem…😱 At his feet is another addiction, clay sculptures by Robert Hutchinson. and yes, I smoke cigars…

Stellar💥💥

Thanks for coming to the rescue!

It’s right up the with having an “expitition”, says Pooh.

Tough call, maybe a Spider-Man🤔

Thanks Chad. Appreciate your view, always. Do you have any reference pics for large Ravenswoods?

These were in the group I bought back in June. The one in the lower left seems like maybe Ravenswood, but the 1” size puzzles me.

I was joshing there, I have ZERO artistic talent. My wife says my best talent is pissing people off, while also getting paid to do so😇

Thanks, Art! maybe I can break it up and remelt into marbles???🫣