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Article: Price for Blenko-designed glass heats up
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- October 19, 2008
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TERRY KOVEL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-19-2008
Price for Blenko-designed glass heats up
By TERRY KOVEL
Date: 10-19-2008, Sunday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions
Column: ANTIQUES
Tip of the week
When studying a piece of scrimshaw, check the large hole at the end of the tooth. Reproductions have brown holes, dyed to look old. Real teeth have clean root cavities.
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Collectors are beginning to realize that Blenko glass has had an important influence on glass design in America.
The Eureka Art Glass Co. (later renamed Blenko Glass Co.) opened in Milton, W.Va., in 1921. William Blenko, its founder, tried glassmaking before but had failed. He soon introduced improvements. He invented a ...