Thanks for your faith in my blogging skills Hillary. Here's a feeble first try.I'm sure almost everyone already knows the wonderful story of how William Blenko first named his glass company Eureka Art Glass Company in honor of his ruby formula discovery. He eventually renamed the company Blenko Glass Company in the mid-1920s. One of the rarest non-Blenko items a Blenko collector would love to find is a Eureka Art Glass Company label. By the way, notice the first Blenko label resembles the Eureka label. Of course the label was eventually redesigned to look like a hand. The Eureka label will most likely be found on a piece of stained glass.
I'll be blogging from the Blenko Collectors Society convention in Milton, WV starting on the weekend of August 10, 2007. Hope to see you all there.
-Tim
Tim
ReplyDeleteTell me how Eurkea was choosen.
Also do people collect these
labels do they have value?
More ads?
Hillary is cute, sazy, and won't give me the time of day. Perhaps I'll have better luck at the convention.
Will people be selling Ads? Vintage Blenko?
Solomon
TIM
ReplyDeleteI LIKE YOU ALREADY
A GREAT BEGINNING - good luck with
your studies hillary.
WVUGUY07
Good Job Tim
ReplyDeleteAE
Hi
ReplyDeleteI never knew about this art form and I accidently found this
Very intersting and would like to explore more about it.
Ram
Mr. Ram
ReplyDeleteMay I suggest you try
www.blenkoproject.org
for basic information - then if you still have questions
use the contact address on the website.
thanks
HJH
TIM
ReplyDeleteWonderful images - very informative post,
and return as often as you
want before August 10th.
Hillary
Thank you all for your kind comments. Solomon, when William J. Blenko discovered his formula for ruby glass, he said Eureka! and yes some ads are quite valuable. I'm not sure there will be any ads at the glass show, but you never know. There will be lots of great vintage Blenko at the convention on Saturday.
ReplyDelete-Tim
Hi HJH,
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for suggesting the website link and its really helpful and has lot of information.
any interesting thing that you want to suggest about blenko
Ram
Ram
ReplyDeleteI think EVERYTHING about Blenko is
most interesting -
The BLENKO Convention starts August 9th check out the post about this and consider coming.
Great PEOPLE, Great Glass, A lot of FUN and this year a HOT AIR BALLOON.
HJH
If you have ? email.
Hi Hillary,
ReplyDeleteYes its sounds great let me check the post and see I can plan for it ..
Hot air ballon thats great ..
Ram
Ram
ReplyDeleteI'll ask the Blenko COllectors
what hotel they are using and post the information here for you.
hjh
Hi Hillary,
ReplyDeleteThats sounds good will look forward to info
Ram
Ram
ReplyDeleteI ask the BCS member and was told:The majority of the collectors are staying at the Comfort Inn by the mall in Barboursville. Tell him to check quickly, my understanding is that the rooms are going fast.
barboursville is about 20 minutes from Milton - and very close to Huntington...(larger towns)
There is a motel in HURRICANE, WV which is 5 miles from Milton also
dont know the name.
hope this helps. othet ?s email.
hjh
theblenkoproject@aol.com