Ozarks Glass Hunters

If not for knowing I'm 100% from the Ozarks, I would say I am Appalachian based on my love of the area and music. Also love Blenko Glass Company and this series.

Blenko - Glass Palace Session - Kindred Valley We welcomed Huntington band Kindred Valley out to the second-floor Museum in our Visitor Center, in front of our historical stained glass. It was the golden ...

Ahhh September, so glad to see you. Happy Labor Day everyone!

Went for a nice drive to pick up our auction items and met Nicklas Estate Sales and Liquidators, LLC who were kind enough to demonstrate one of their unboxing’s from a cool collection. Now that’s serious packing. Lovely pieces, I look forward to seeing their next sale.

Went personal shopping for a vacation…look where I ended up in the store. I’m a vintage glass hunter by preference but it’s so cool to see new pretty glass out and about. This was Kohl’s in Branson. Also guess where we’re going.

Happy Independence Day! Here are some random photos of the past couple weeks. Snuck in some hunting on vacation. We have our booth now at Mike’s in Springfield.

I’m on a diet, LOL, just some light hunting. Enjoy the long weekend!

Getting ready to list on eBay.
Rain for days in forecast and had a shipping casualty this week, but happy we planted the garden. 🪴 ☔️
Enjoy your weekend!

Happy Spring!
We went hunting today, lots of pretty colors and booths, BUT mostly just took pictures. Busy with a bunch of other projects this season and enjoying every moment of good weather. Here’s a collection of photos from Relics in Springfield MO. Hope you all are doing great!

Proud to share my nephew’s page. He makes amazing videos on his garage projects. Please share with your favorite mechanically minded friends.

Bigger Jobs Garage - YouTube I have a passion for building and modifying anything with wheels and a engine. I’ve been a gear head ever since a young boy. I put a lot of blood sweat and t...

I’m a day late for Valentines red but if you’re like me you shop for holiday candy the day after so this fits. The lamp is for a friend and was my reason this morning to brave the line!

All I wanted for Christmas was loose leaf tea, a new journey for me. I hope you got what you wanted too, Merry Christmas! A couple of new finds in the mix here. Tea’s ready, cheers!!

Happy Sunday to you! One special find to share. Enjoying these lovely days of fall weather.

Add a touch of whimsy to your home decor with these beautiful Art Glass Clown pieces! One is a 9-inch Murano figure with a standing bowl and the other is a 10-inch white and brown face vase on clear glass. Both are hand-blown with intricate details and vibrant colors. Perfect for collectors or to brighten up any room.

Ozarks Glass Hunters

Does anyone else wish we had two Octobers every year? We even turned on the fireplace this weekend! 😁 here are some new finds too.

Almost officially Fall! More September treasures here, many I will have to research. Let me know if you know what I have here.

Some interesting finds this month

New finds and I officially have to admit my obsession with the Weishar mini fairy lamps.

Been busy listing, here are some behind the scenes of our setup.

Happy August friends, may it be cooler than July! Some irresistible finds here, I call the last photos the party section 😆

I see a fairy lamp inventory in my future..

Happy Independence Day!

Before you enjoy those fireworks🎆 stop in and see us and SAVE 15% on everything in our Visitor Center Gift Shop except lamps.

A trip to the Visitor Center is the perfect opportunity to find a unique piece for your collection that can only be found at the Blenko Visitor Center. Come see our assortment of prototypes, artist whimsies, discontinuations, and other experiments in shape and color as well as our most iconic standard line items like the 384 Water Bottle, Suncatchers and more!

There is a perfect piece for everyone. Come visit us today!

Long post warning. A true glass hunter story:

First I have to confess this is not a story about glass but an artist made clay pottery bowl from Eureka Springs AR, in my neck of the woods by way of the crow. The first piece (my first auction) I found of this artist was quickly bought on eBay by the artist's friend and I learned he (another artist potter) was making a memorial collection of his long passed friend's work. He asked if I had any other pieces of this artist and in fact I did, a very different styled vase that had the same signature, EAGAN. I decided to gift this second vase to him as I'd made a nice profit on the first piece and this story touched my heart having been married in Eureka Springs elopement style many years ago. If you have not visited, I highly recommend any art festival in Eureka, especially in the Fall or Spring months. I told the artist I would keep an eye out for the pottery and I have not seen any since.

Well it has been a year now that I have been chasing glass treasures (and ceramic, wood, clay, metal-I know I am crazy...). This past week I happened to see what looked just like that first clay bowl in a photo online for a local estate sale. I had not been hunting (aka shopping) much lately as I really need to focus on selling but this was a challenge accepted!
The house was a big handsome one at the very top of a hilly manicured drive and I didn't make it to the opening time, so many folks had been through before me. When I did make it I beelined for the fireplace and it was the wrong one, there were two of course in that house. I rounded the corner off the kitchen and found the room I needed to be in but the vase was gone! I looked at the online photos again to make sure and yes, this was its location. I didn't give up but I did decide to shop the sale and keep looking as I knew sometimes folks pick up and rearrange the sale items, putting something down that they changed their mind about.

The A/C was not working well and it was a packed house on a hot summer Ozarks day so with lots of excuse me's and so forth I meandered around this large home enjoying the collections of someone's life and thinking about life in general. I adore estate sales, I didn't think I would but I do. I know life is about love of people and pets but the things we collect are fascinating too. This collection of life was very pretty and interesting but again, I'm on a glass hunting diet still so I held back on any urges and only chose one decanter. I was heading my way back through the front room, the one with the first fireplace, and had been through it twice already. Suddenly I notice it, the small white vase sitting on an almost empty white end table stacked on another so it was almost eye level. I picked it up with a thrill and checked the base to see EAGAN scrawled on the bottom. It did have break though, the tip of a calla lily flower leaf but I heard a chinkle sound when I turned it over and sure enough inside was the broken tip. I bought that vase, the decanter and two brooches (just because) and here we are today with the treasures. I will be offering this vase to the man in Eureka soon. I hope he likes it. Have a blessed week everyone.

Just a little light summer glass hunting lately for us with projects everywhere at our place. I did manage to start a bottle tree which makes me want to hunt bottles now 😆 Happy Summer!

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