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Heart of Glass
Blenko Glass is a West Virginia treasure that spans generations. Nothing symbolizes the state of West Virginia better or more beautifully than Blenko Glass. We will discuss current and former craftsmen and designers and how important it is that Blenko and West Virginia glass be appreciated and valued by the younger generation.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Readers Question - Can we help?


Reader needs our help - was her glass properly repaired? Did the value decrease? hjh








Hillary,





I recently purchased a 16" Persian Cylindrical u-cut vase by designer Wayne Husted.It's the vase with the downward slopes on the sides on the attached photo.It is beautiful but unfortunately it had some rough edges (small chips) along the bottom area of one slope. We have since carefully did some grinding and polishing on the rough edge. Hopefully done so it is not so noticeable. How much value would you say we have lost by this damage/repair? It still has it's silver label on the front and all else is in good condition. I actually couldn't find any info on this particular colored piece on the Internet to get any value at all, so not sure.I only found that the tangerine 10.75" style is worth approx. $495 Thank you. A.