Rare Blenko Glass Leads to Antique & Vintage Thrifting Fun!

Our one-of-a-kind Blenko Devil's Head vase is going to its forever home, and we deliver! We're on the edge of Denver, and after getting to meet a really fun viewer couple (and being wowed by their tales of Treasure Craft and Blenko pieces found thrifting), we're motivated to go shop ourselves.
Colorado thrifting is some of the best anywhere, and our first stop is the last thrift stop in town, the east Denver Goodwill. Hollywood Regency style crystal compotes, teapots, 1930s Noritake and a strange looking tray all catch our eye...and that tray is by Mana, the wild potter who also ran the church whose peyote use ran afoul of the Supreme Court! Just that story alone is enough to sell this $3 thrift find for ten times the price, so we scarf it up and head east through the Great Plains.
It's a long ways to the next open thrift shop, but Burlington, Colorado's Prairie Family Thrift has enough vintage goods to be worth the wait! Like many isolated thrift shops, they're pushing prices up on more recognizable collectibles (Fenton, McCoy) but overlooking other things our collectors want (John Perry duo for $5, anyone?). We pick up three good deals and head across the Kansas border.
Our next thrift stop is where the World's Largest Easel and a high-style Art Deco museum draw travelers in...and where the Goodland, Kansas Church Thrift Shop stands open for business! There's plenty of fun things here, too, from Corning Radarrange dishes to a pair of 1950s toy typewriters. We do our best to ignore the forgotten $1 garage sale tag because they're still a good deal at the higher thrift store price.
Last is the Hays, Kansas Goodwill, a place we catch right at closing...we'll have to start here the next time we come through! But our afternoon thrifting across the Plains turns out grand, with half-a-dozen purchases of good vintage at great prices that will help us unite them with new collectors.
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[@george.carrasco]

Fun video George! Loved rewatching this Blenko and Treasure craft collection! So groovy! Thanks for sharing!

[@Chromble]

Wow!!! Just wow wow wow.

[@simonetichelaar2021]

beautiful colletion

[@dlittle7983]

I love that demon vase and the collection of that lady. I like your showing the architecture. ❣️

[@thrifted-gems-kristen]

Thank you! We are so happy to have given the devil vase a home! 🥰🥰

[@donnahughes8409]

George thank you for showing this woman’s amazing collection of Blenko and the treasure craft. The Blenko holds a special piece of my heart as all my family originated in West Virginia but my grandpa is the only one that ventured across to Missouri where I live. All the rest of his brothers and sisters stayed in West Virginia, and all the other ancestors from before then. ❤️

[@corenekay5776]

That Blenko, wow George! They know it. Amazing, thank for sharing that.

[@thrifted-gems-kristen]

Thank you, Corene! Our visit with George was amazing and you know firsthand what a great person he is!

[@corenekay5776]

@@thrifted-gems-kristen your so right! He is wonderful to know. Your collection was amazing. I enjoyed seeing it very much.

[@DynamiteDaynaD]

George! I can't believe you didn't try on a hat!

[@cherylstevens9665]

Thanks, George ❤

[@colleenfreestone]

thank u george,my son loves this to he is 33 years old

[@crittergirl3647]

Aluminum napkin holder! ❤️

[@hwelch2]

LOL You were looking at the Batman popcorn bucket (9:22) but I had my eye was on the plastic avocado green and harvest gold lazy-susan on the shelf below...I think I grew up in house that had something similar. 😄 You, CLL and FPT have trained my "shelf scanning eye" (thank you for that btw), the Portmeirion Columbine vase (10:02) was enough for me to embarrassingly say out loud "PORTMEIRION!". I know, not worth a lot but the training runs deep. Thank you for the video, it was fun and educational as always.

[@llmifg]

I did the same :)

[@cecoya]

I am going to have to check out the good will in Green Valley didn't know they had one. Another thing CO is known for is using their tags to cover up the makers' mark on ceramics and glass, and they know we are going to peel it and look. lol Happy digging and safe travels

[@donnahughes2472]

Excited to watch, I LOVE Blenko glass!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Me too! I adore their collection, it was so good

[@thrifted-gems-kristen]

Thank you, George! We loved getting to share our collections with you and now with your viewers!

[@donnahughes2472]

It was BEAUTIFUL! Fun video, thank you so much!

[@bobcalderon2534]

Thanks for the nice video.😊

[@george.carrasco]

Loved the Blenko collection! Fun video George! Thanks for sharing!

[@bonniekoehler1771]

I had to chuckle when you showed the 1970's large iridescent plate. You said these sell, but in our Antique Mall, we had 3 of them stolen from 3 different vendors in a 3 month period. Very desirable in our area but not for purchase! Not funny then but I can laugh about it now. Definitely not putting another one in my booth.😂

[@laraemitchell9064]

I really enjoyed being on your road trip with you. One of these trips, consider stopping in OKC if you’re in that trajectory. I’m serious about giving you a free place to stay and get a home cooked meal.

[@m.c.master4622]

W V Day? I guess they mean June the 20th. Great to see all the Blenko, George. Impressive collection. I am from WV and moving back soon; can hardly wait. Haven't lived there for over 30 years. I met a booth renter who invited me to the Blenko factory/museum on her next buying trip!

[@jgbdenman1273]

Hi George and Xeno. I love Spike Jones too. These were interesting stops on your journey.

[@peggyfiedler1556]

What fabulous pieces of glass you viewer collected.

[@jacquelynkirby1442]

Lots of interesting things. Red white and blue china! No no. Red china but keep political views to myself. Blah blah blah😮😅😊

[@jacquelynkirby1442]

George rocks!!

[@LetscampingwithTara]

A very fun thrifty video❤

[@lisacates4185]

Raining in Washington state,but putting out fires❤

[@Sass-Glass]

Ours is almost out here thankfully!

[@karenjohnson7329]

Getting caught up--in desparate need for the junior Typewriter!

[@brendajones-xg7zi]

I live 45 minutes south from Denver.The Goodwills I go to are all very nice! Great Arc thrift stores in Colorado too!!!

[@thrifted-gems-kristen]

Agreed, Brenda! We have some amazing thrift stores in and around Denver. Just stopped by the Goodwill at the beginning of the video and found a stars and bars fairy lamp! 😁

[@yaavoiceinabox]

Checking in. Watch from afar right now. Here in 49455 Mi. Area. You have no idea how you might be saving my life. Well mine and my sister. Both 54 and disabled. Her= C Me= MS. Multiple Sclerosis We've been sitting here for days trying to decide what we need to Title us 😂. We went back to simple. Shawn & Sherrys Stuff 😮 everyone has cool names here, I live on a farm. Right now Sherry n I have to deal with my mom's passing and her house. The renters destroyed it. 3 contractors said sell it as a project house. Fml Neither Sherry or I get disability or Me. And I don't have vet benefits either. Talking about he..l....l..lol we're getting there. I see the light Finally! And you are helping me! Ty ty ty. That is all. ❤

[@sarahj.8372]

Thanks...this has again been just fantastic...my dad's folks were Boulder people...Colorado is special...that was an amazing collection pf Blenko and Treasure Craft and mom and dad had perhaps did have one of those Blenko pieces..it was a genie type bottle with a top on it I remember...so much fun and so glad you are having finds and as always thinks for education and taking us along. My mom's dad came to Montana from Kansas when very little..so this is taking me to a state of my roots I have never been too...thank YOU. (Me too on Lahaina..just horrific.)

[@janetpogue4970]

Oh my gosh, that glass collection is amazing! She must love collecting!! I lnow u enjoyed that too !!

[@LakeshoreFinds]

Thanks for taking us along! And your Blenko collection, Kristen, is absolutely phenomenal! 😍

[@thrifted-gems-kristen]

Thank you! 🥰

[@CONSTELLATION_PEGASUS]

Good evening, George! They have quite the collection of Blenko and Treasure Craft! That roadrunner piece was a good find. I have one of those desktop, clamp-on pencil sharpeners. Those were some really nice, well preserved buildings in Kansas. That 1910 portrait vase was pretty. I really liked that King Kamehameha bust. For $2.00, I wouldn't have been able to resist it. Those were some good thrift stores. The last one was really good. Thanks for the take-along!

[@user-rr3yw9dn1l]

Wow that first goodwill was packed full of stuff.

[@LauraMe...]

Hello all from a rainy day in Maine!

[@TheAntiqueNomad]

Hello! So good to see you in the chat

[@LauraMe...]

@@TheAntiqueNomad it was about time I remembered!

[@carybrown3070]

I would have gladly doubled your money for that Heisey Orchid goblet! My mom collects it! So next time you are headed to Seattle if you want to unload any orchid, I would be interested! LOL!

[@tinad.2097]

Thank you so much George for taking us to places I will never be. Your knowledge is deep and vast and I have learned so much from you!

[@dorisbern6539]

Wild George, thank you for this adventure. I like to see all of these places and see the knowledge you have. Thank you so much, sweetie.❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@janethayes1908]

That GW looks like a TJMax or Home Goods compared to the ones near me!!!

[@carolgadles7045]

You picked up alot of great things thrifting in Colorado. I enjoyed that woman’s collection of Blenko, Treasure Craft and her other pieces. Thanks for sharing with us !!!!!!

[@dawnhaynes7784]

Enjoyed that very much thanks George 😊

[@KatMayeux-fd5it]

Being someone who is from that area of the country, if you can ask around, perhaps at the grocery store, they can tell you who owns those independent thrift stores. If you call them they will come open up for you

[@jfeltes]

This is John Fancypants. You just showed me a photo of that when we were at the Mid Mod show in Co Springs. LOL And now I run into this video. Thanks again for my camera lens cover. See you at the Front Range Glass Show in Loveland October 1st and 2nd.

[@thrifted-gems-kristen]

Hi, John! So glad you found George on KZbin! We were so honored to meet George and to have him show our collection!

[@FlyLoDG]

good info throughout, thanks

[@agomodern]

Can't believe it took so long to sell that Blenko devil. You can always stuff wrapped smalls in that snifter to save on space and help it to be packed safely.

[@thrifted-gems-kristen]

We are glad to give the devil vase a forever home! And I'm glad George left the snifter because I picked it up a day or so later! 😂😂

[@agomodern]

@@thrifted-gems-kristen Good grabs.

[@AliceGoesNomad]

💖

[@sassy7173]

Lol I was just there last week!I bought a little green treasure craft Sombrero from Carles Bad Caverns

[@teresarichardson9431]

If you come thru Topeka KS stop at the owls nest on Topeka Blvd.😊

[@yvonnesangster2934]

The goodwill store in Amarillo Texas, stays open till 7 PM! All year round! I love it!

[@hwelch2]

I almost forgot...we were so close to a "hat moment" but I'm glad you didn't put the falling apart mess on...not a good look on anyone.

[@Flojoe6274]

We had an Art Deco Telephone building on Second Ave between 12th and 13th in Manhattan. Then Verizon bought it but I don't know who owns it now.

[@cathystrong4314]

Always love your videos!

[@user-ns9em7jn7i]

You were in my neck of the woods! I live west of Denver.

[@heiditusberg565]

All the Goodwills in Colorado have closed their changing rooms because of theft and people doing drugs in them. I live on the Western Slope and it’s a pain.

[@yvonnesangster2934]

I think it is so cool you went through Goodland, Kansas! One of my students after he graduated, got a job in Goodland Kansas as the high school art teacher. I’m very proud of him!

[@twistoffate4791]

That must be a really good feeling. Congrats!

[@yvonnesangster2934]

@@twistoffate4791 It really is! Thank you Twist

[@601RoLiz3NP]

George I’ve just found your channel and I love it! I’m sure this is asked and answered, but I have to know. Did you acquire your vast knowledge of antiques and history in general from “on the job training,” or do you have a degree in history? It’s fascinating to me how much you know about just about every piece you see! Thanks for teaching us!

[@shopalot4]

Love your videos. I wish the sound didn’t always sound so muffled

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