The Luck of the Glass

As with most Blenko collectors we hit a dry patch every now and then. If you are a collector you understand the feeling. You visit your usual haunts and turn up nothing, not even a petal bowl. You go to antique shows and flea markets and get very close to a nice score and then it evaporates in the heat of the Texas summer. Then you have eBay and it is no better, either all the good stuff is out of your price range or all the stuff you can afford is the common pieces. This is what I call a Rut. The only good thing about ruts is that they never last forever. Friends, our rut has passed.

On Friday we followed up on a call to an antiques/collectibles dealer who told us about a Rose' decanter he had. When we laid eyes upon the piece our dentures almost fell out (btw we don't wear dentures). The #6316 decanter has been a goal of ours for a long time.


On Saturday after we scored the jewel of the Rose' crown, we went shopping on a lark, it was a lazy hot Saturday and it was either that or stay at home where it is cool. We chose the former. At our first stop we found this "monster" as it was called in the shop. A #5717 floor vase in Charcoal in excellent condition with the original label still attached.


No sooner did we leave that shop when we were offered a #5415 large floor vase, again in Charcoal at another shop. Unlike the other pieces this was no bargain, but I let a friend in on the piece if he was interested. Here's a #5415 from a catalog.


The very next place we stepped into we saw a beautiful 964L Rose' horn vase, that alas would not be going home with us for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we already have one and secondly, it was marked as being made by another glass maker and they were asking over $300.


To all who may be interested, I will be selling the #5717 Charcoal floor vase. Reasonable offers welcomed. Otherwise next week it's going on eBay.