Topic: ID help wanted, murano and blenko ??

[carolinmt]

Hi,

I have some glass bookends that I need some help identifying and finding a value for.  I appreciate the time you all put in sharing your knowledge.  I did some research on the murano ones and came up with Fratelli Toso and gold aventurine.  Please give me your opinion if I've identified them correctly and how much they might be worth.  They measure 4" by 4" by 3"

The second set I think is Blenko.  They are a bluish color and solid glass with bubbles in it and are not perfectly smooth on the outsides, they have a mottled feel on all but the largest flat side that would go against the books. where it's perfectly smooth.  The are about 5" tall by 5" wide by 3" thick at the widest point and look like big chunks of ice.  Could these be older Blenko?  I don't know the years these were made.  The reason I ask is that the new ones for sale are 5 1/2" by 5 1/2" by 2 1/2" so are a differnt size than what I have?

links to the images of the murano

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_076.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_077.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_079.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_083.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_084.jpg


and some links to pictures of the ice chunks

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_085.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_089.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_091.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_092.jpg
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/morepics/eb70708_086.jpg

Thanks again for any help you can give me
Carol

[Cathy B]

Hi carolinmt, and welcome to the board! In general it's better to have one item per post. Could you post your query on the Murano piece directly in the Murano board here: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/board,6.0.html ? I'm certain you'll get more information there. After that, we can amend your post above to be just about the other objects.

Thanks, and I hope someone can help you.