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Title: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Pugrider on December 27, 2013, 03:49:44 AM

I recently purchased a heavy glass bear with the ExBor acid mark on the bottom.  I finally found it pictured in the 1969 catalog.  Please let me know how rare these are and any estimate on the value of the piece.  Thanks.

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/photos/104509467784289017506/album/5434392365761825825

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Nemmie on December 27, 2013, 08:45:27 AM

That link doesn't work for me.

Best method is to upload the pictures to the board.

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Pugrider on December 27, 2013, 03:34:35 PM

Sorry, try this link:

https://picasaweb.google.com/104509467784289017506/EXBOR1969?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLirYHLk7vLCQ&noredirect=1#slideshow/5434392866683958466

Also, I have shrunk my picture sizes and will try to post now.

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Pugrider on December 27, 2013, 03:36:35 PM

Here is a picture of the glass bear.

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Pugrider on December 27, 2013, 03:37:45 PM

Here is the ExBor acid label on the bottom of the bear.

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Pugrider on December 27, 2013, 03:42:14 PM

Here is a picture from the 1969 ExBor catalog if you still can't view using the link.

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: rocco on December 27, 2013, 04:05:05 PM

Hi and welcome to the board!
Thanks for uploading your pics dircetly to your thread.

Your Exbor piece is very nice, a pic against a plain white background would be good to see the colours better.
Dimensions would be interesting, too.

There are no valuations given on the board, as they are far too subjective; best way to learn about an approximate value is to watch auctions or search finished auctions of similar pieces.

I would think it is a rather uncommon piece, and the "Exbor Czechoslovakia" stamp usually adds to the interest, as those animals were produced for decades...

Michael

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Pugrider on December 27, 2013, 04:14:03 PM

Sorry about the valuation question, I asked because I haven't seen one like it on eBay or anywhere else.  It was very hard to photograph, I will try it against a white background and post a new picture with dimensions.

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: rocco on December 27, 2013, 04:29:43 PM

No problem.

I did a little more research, and found this in >> Czech Glass Revue 1970/11 on Jinrich's great site (https://picasaweb.google.com/104509467784289017506/Glasrevue197011?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCckNyK7eTpBg&noredirect=1#5445157938829314658).
Obviously your fish (not bear) was designed by Rene Roubicek, which adds quite a bit to its desirability ;)

Michael

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 27, 2013, 05:52:55 PM

Rene Roubicek...   :o :o :o
wow!

What a maker to have for your first post here. Welcome.  :)

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: Pugrider on December 27, 2013, 06:50:33 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome, this is clearly a case of beginners luck.  I found this piece at a thrift shop in Maryland, so I have no idea where it came from and how it ended up in the U.S.  I am Czech on my mother's side, so I was partially drawn to it by the art and part by the place it was created. 

No wonder he didn't sell very many, it is a fish that looks like a bear...  ;D

Title: Re: ExBor Glass Bear Sculpture Shown in 1969 Catalog
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 27, 2013, 07:22:26 PM

But as you say yourself, you were drawn to it by the art that it is - not what it was supposed to represent. ;)