1984 Blenko West Virginia Birthday Piece – #12 of 121
Blenko Glass first issued their West Virginia Birthday commemorative pieces in 1980 producing one piece for each year of statehood. Since then, each year on June 20th, collectors from throughout the country have made the annual pilgrimage to West Virginia to try to obtain one of these limited edition masterpieces.
I’ve had two of these pieces before – for the years 1995 and, most recently, 2000. This past week I acquired the two shown here and these 1984 and 1985 pieces are now available for sale at The Purple Moon. These pieces were designed by Don Shepherd and signed by him (DS) and each is also signed by William Blenko and marked for the year and the issuance number in the limited edition.
While the modern lady and I have an extensive personal Blenko collection we largely focus on Blenko pieces produced prior to 1963 and decided not to keep the West Virginia pieces we are able to locate and acquire.
1985 Blenko West Virginia Birthday Piece – #69 of 122
These pieces are rarely available for sale and we are proud to be able to offer them at this time.
