116 (Jun-Oct 2013) - Promotional Glass Collectors Association

Collector Glass 116
News
June-Oct 2013
Page 2: President’s Message
Page 3-5: Meet one of the men responsible for your
Addiction – article by Bob LaSalle
Page 6-8: PGCA PA Regional Fall & Annual Meeting Minutes
Page 9-10: PGCA Annual Meeting Photos Page 26: PA photos
Page 11-14: Glasses Display Contest
Page 15-16: Interesting Ebay items & PGCA trade cards
Page 17-18: New Issues
Page 19: Snoopy Glass Discovery by Mary Gween
Page 20-21: A tale of two glasses by Brian Callahan
Page 22: PGCA new glass issue 20 th Anniv. & T-shirt
Page 23-25: Classifieds
Page 27: Membership Information
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Hello fellow members,
Once again our Annual Meeting in Columbus was a great success. Our attendance was
very strong with both old and new faces, a ton of glasses exchanged hands, and everyone
seemed to enjoy all of our club events.
The main highlights of the meeting were a great Friday night informal get together that
was well attended. A special raffle and a great silent auction for some great glasses
donated by fellow club members to raise money for our treasury. A special 20th
Anniversary glass and T shirt to add to our collection. And lastly, a printing of the first
ten Promotional Glass Collectors Association Trading Cards. The quality of the trading
cards and the creativity of the t shirt and glass are items every club member should add to
their collection.
A special thanks goes out to everyone who donated their time to make our Annual
Meeting run smooth. Selling raffle tickets, an entertaining Bingo game, producing a club
glass and t shirt, coming up with and idea of PGCA trading cards and everything else that
club members volunteered their time for, I say Thank You.
I also want to thank everyone who took the time to attend this event. With the price of
gasoline and the economy being what it is, choosing to spend a weekend supporting our
club means a lot.
Enjoy the rest of the summer.
Happy glass hunting,
Fred Stepanian.
New PGCA Members
Lee Hurst - Hampton, NH
Frank Hastings - Glen Allen, VA
John Hough - Landisburg, PA
Janet McGhee - Battle Creek, MI
Patty Cox - Taneytown, MD
Thomas Young – Sebastian, FL
John Andree, Jr. – Sanford, MI
Anne Kulinsky – Liberty Lake, WA
Dennis Kelly – Oneida, NY
Meet One of the Men Responsible for Your Addiction
By: Bob LaSalle
In the realm of promotional glass collecting, there are countless options and areas of focus. Some
collect horse racing glasses, early Disney glasses, jelly jars, or glassware from McDonalds.
Opinions and tastes vary greatly. One thing most collectors can agree upon however, is that the
1970’s made up the golden age for glass promotions. And the multitude of Pepsi Collector Series
glasses are a huge part of that. If these glasses are your passion, one of the people you can thank
is Tony Corsi.
Tony was the Marketing Director for Carrol’s Development Corporation from 1973 to 1976.
Carrol’s was a large fast food chain (that later becoming Burger King) in the Northeast. During
that time Tony and his boss Ted Damon were instrumental in establishing what is perhaps the
most recognizable and ubiquitous character glass set ever produced, the 1973 Warner Brothers
Pepsi Collector Series. The glasses were an instant hit. The promotion was so popular, in fact,
that Tony was forced to miss his own honeymoon in order to continue to drive the promotion.
That promotion spread across the country spawning an explosion in promotional glasses that
hadn’t been seen before, and most likely won’t be seen again.
Pepsico recognized the effect this promotion was having on sales. And they saw Tony as a huge
part of that. Pepsi was able to hire Tony away from Carrol’s in 1976. Tony continued to
develop additional glass promotions that include
some of the most popular and most desired glasses
that exist today.
Tony explained that the process that went in to
developing a successful promotion was extensive.
First, a valuable subject, such as the Warner
Brothers or D.C. Comics characters, had to be
identified. Tony noted that this is one of the most
difficult parts of the process because tastes and
preferences vary greatly from person to person and
region to region. Negotiations would have to take
place in order for Pepsi to secure the licensing rights
for the characters in question. The negotiations
would include a royalty fee paid back to the
licensing company. This was usually a per-glass fee
with a certain amount guaranteed.
Once the rights were obtained, an approved artist
would develop conceptual art for the glasses. The
licensing party would go over the art with a fine
tooth comb. Their approval of the art was absolutely
essential in this process. Upon meeting the approval
of the executives from both Pepsi and the property
lending its characters out, pre-production could
begin.
Original artist image for
unreleased Supergirl glass.
The glass company, and for
Pepsi, that was usually
Brockway, would run a very
small test of the glass. For
glasses with double images
such as the 1973 Warner
Brothers, 1976 Pepsi Super
Series, and the MGM Series,
these glasses typically had the
image printed only on one
side, and contained no other
identifying marks such as
copyright holder, date, or a
Pepsi logo. This was done for
One sided test glasses from the 1973 Warner
several reasons. First, as a
Brothers and 1976 Super Series sets of glasses.
test, it was shown to both
Pepsi executives and
executives from the licensing
company for initial approval.
Later, these same type of glasses would be used for photography purposes in advertisements.
Those images were placed into promotional point-of-purchase packages that were given to
restaurants. These included hanging displays, table top displays, tray liners, counter displays,
menu board ads, and large window posters.
Once the image was given the OK, another run of the glass could be done in which the glass was
complete. This would be the production glass that made it to stores.
In the early stages of promotion
development, not every glass
that was tested made it into full
production. The most well
known in the Pepsi Collector
Series would be the Cosby
Kids, Terrytoons (except for
Mighty Mouse which was
produced in limited numbers), a
few Superman glasses,
Supergirl, and the Archies.
Archies prototype glasses that did
The reasons for a promotion not
not make it into full production.
making it to full production
vary. The most common
reason however, would be that the glass set didn’t have enough interest to make it worth while.
The goal in these promotions wasn’t to sell glasses, it was to sell Pepsi. If a promotion wouldn’t do
anything to increase sales, it wasn’t worth running it to completion.
Other times, glasses
changed
significantly from
early test runs to the
final production set.
At times artwork
was changed, other
times, glasses were
tested on one style of
glass blank only to
be released on a
different style glass.
1976 Warner Brothers glasses tested
on a round bottom glass.
As he reflects back, Tony is somewhat surprised that the glasses produced so long ago still have a
loyal following, and that some of them can hold significant value. His biggest regret in his time
working on promotions was not securing the rights to Star Wars, which went on to become a highly
successful promotion for a different cola company. As he said, identifying a property that would be
successful was the hardest part in the development process. Overall though, in terms of his work
with promotional glasses, he saw a lot of success along the way. And that success, as measured by
him and his bosses, wasn’t about selling glasses, it was about selling Pepsi.
In the 1980’s he moved on to create his own marketing company. The easy question is this: Did
Tony move on because the golden age had come to an end, or did the golden age come to an end
because Tony moved on? The answer is probably neither. The real truth behind the end of the
golden age for promotional glasses is both very simple and complex. Tony explained that all
promotions run on a bell curve. Interest grows, peaks, and drops off. For us as collectors, that
explains why some glasses in a set are harder to find than others. And the same can be said for
character glasses overall. It was a fad. It grew, it peaked, and it fell off. And that’s the way it is in
the world of marketing.
Luckily for us there are a lot of fantastic glasses from the era. And one thing is certain. If you
collect character glasses, and they have a Pepsi logo on the side, you can bet that Tony played a
large role in that. And for that we can be grateful, because his insight back then continues to bring
joy to many of us today.
Examples of concept art that made it to production.
PGCA MEETING MINUTES
September 27, 2013
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On Friday, September 27, there were 21 people present and two club officers present
for the fall meeting at the Comfort Inn in Allentown, Pa..
Fred Stepanian called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone to this get
together.
Brian Callahan stated that the latest club newsletter, Collector Glass News #116 would
be complete in about a week. He also reminded us that he will no longer be able to edit
the newsletter after 2013. The club is looking for a new editor.
This meeting was held the same weekend as the Renninger’s extravaganza at
Kutztown, Pa.. Carl, Mary and Brent Sehnert, Sean Will, Dale and Debbie Morrison,
and Terry Scanlin had stands set up at Renningers. Carl stated that he will not be setting
up glasses at any more shows. However, Carl and Mary will continue to do glass
auctions. Also, Carl brought several older PGCA t-shirts to sell at the meeting for $3.
Mary Sehnert was present at the meeting. It was the first time for many of us to meet her.
There are still club glasses for sale. Scott Hamblin will be the person to contact for
glasses. Scott has the current 20th Anniversary PGCA glass and T-shirts and will receive
the older glasses soon.
We had a show-n-tell session. It was one of the best.
Brian Callahan showed a Donald Duck peanut butter glass with lid (Kroger). He also
had a really neat Popeye Nutella glass and two unusual coke glasses. Fred Stepanian
showed a sports glass. Mary Sehnert showed a Christmas glass. Ron Royer showed a
world war 1 peanut butter or jelly glass with a soldier. Carl showed several Disney tip
trays from Mexico. They were encased in glass frames. Very colorful and unusual. Carl
also showed an endangered species prototype, Ringling Bros. circus prototype, Indiana
Jones glass from Guatemala and an unusual Norman Rockwell glass. Bob LaSalle
brought many glasses. There were Archies prototypes, Looney Tunes interactive series
prototypes and many more. Bob also had several photo glasses, where only one side with
the character was printed, to be used in advertising photography. He even had the
drawings of the characters that would be on the glasses. It was a real treat to see such
special glasses.
Donations were collected for the cost of the meeting room.
Numbers were drawn for door prizes. Door prizes were donated by George Reeves,
Jim Rose, Doug Wright and Carl Sehnert.
Brian motioned to adjourn the meeting and Dale Morrison seconded motion. After the
meeting, we had lots of good snacks provided by members. And of course , much glass
shopping and trading, as there was a large selection of glasses to choose from.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Maxwell,
Secretary
PGCA Annual Meeting Minutes
Columbus, OH May 16 & 17, 2013
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On Friday, May 16, there were 27 club members in attendance at our evening social where we
enjoyed an evening of Collector Glass Bingo, homemade cookies, popcorn, caramel corn and
sodas. We also exchanged the new club glass collector cards among members to see who could
get a complete set. The trading cards were created and supplied by Carl and Mary Sehnert and
were a huge success, and people agreed we should continue next year. A complete set can be
purchased for $10.00; individual cards also for $1.00 each (contact Carl Sehnert). Raffle tickets
were sold for the drawing to be on Saturday night, with club members attending from as far
away as Alaska, Arizona, Florida, New York and Canada.
Carl passed out mugs to everyone at registration – some had raffle tickets in them. Members
could purchase an extra mug for $2.00, increasing their chance to get another raffle ticket.
Extra raffle tickets were sold throughout the meeting.
On Saturday evening, May 17, a silent auction was held followed by a Pizza supper. Donations
in the amount of $82.00 were accepted to help offset the cost of the pizza.
Our President, Fred Stepanian welcomed everyone to the meeting. We had a total of 31
persons present (4 additional attendees on Saturday night).
Brent Sehnert had club T-shirts made for the 20th Anniversary. The shirts sell for $20.00 each.
There will also be a club glass available commemorating the 20th anniversary. These will be
available in about 2-3 weeks and will be in the $20-25 dollar range, including shipping.
Steve Simek (Steve maintains the glass database ) was in attendance and was available to
photograph any glasses that people may have brought. He had the opportunity to meet with
several club members.
The trading cards were a huge success, and people agreed we should continue next year. A
complete set could be purchased for $10.00; individual cards for $1.00 each (contact Carl
Sehnert).
Carl mentioned that Scott Hamblin will be taking over the storage and distribution of the
regular supply of club glasses in the future. Scott will be the contact going forward, for any club
glasses you wish to purchase. Many of these are in limited supply.
A supply of business cards promoting the club were made available to those wanting them.
These are great to include in a glass shipment if you are a dealer, or just great to pass out when
you are out and about – an opportunity to promote the club.
Continued:
PGCA Annual Meeting Minutes – May 16 & 17, 2013
Page 8
Two officer positions were up for election – Vice President and Secretary. The current Vice
President, Alice Clark, has volunteered to continue. Carl Sehnert nominated Donna Royer for
Secretary; the nomination was seconded and approved. She will replace David Lester.
A silent auction was held with all proceeds going to the club – this auction brought in $155.00.
This helped to defray out of pocket costs, the balance going to the club treasury.
Club Business:
Brian Callahan talked about accessing the newsletter through the website with a username and
password. Some people did not need the password and were still able to access. The
username and password will change with each issue. If you are unable to access at all, please
let Brian or Mike Vath know.
Photo Contest for the Newsletter (photos of collections): Brian needs submissions from club
members. Please email to him or send through the mail.
Brian also shared with members that after this year, he will no longer be able to do the
newsletter. Mike Vath has also helped a lot in this effort. For the remainder of the year, Brian
still needs articles and pictures, so if you have anything, please send it to him.
We had a Show n’ Tell session which was very interesting as always, and included a wide variety
of items. Some of them as follows: prototype Coke Disney glasses (Fred Stepanian), Speedy
Gonzales glass with unpainted pants & shirt on Speedy (Scott Hamblin), set of 6 Ford glasses
from 60’s-70’s (Sean Will), set of 5 Kitchen Aid glasses (Dawn Avdichuk), a Holly Hobby glass
never seen (David Lester), set of 7 Snow White glasses from France (Doug Wright - looking for
#8, Bashful), a glass which had Scribble, Scribble on it from Tumbleweeds cartoon (Brian
Callahan), Happy Snack glass in original box (George Reeves).
Carl Sehnert shared with us a most unusual set of Coca Cola glasses from Japan. These glasses
were all in boxes and when stacked properly, made a McDonald’s Big Mac on the side. Then he
showed us a bag of Japanese chips that when interpreted said “Carl” on the bag. He also had 4
Coke Zero glasses from Japan with the same name on them.
The raffle, when all finished, raised $351.00.
The meeting adjourned, followed by room hopping.
Secretary,
David Lester
PGCA Annual Meeting PHOTOS
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TOP: members with 10 trading card display. MIDDLE: Fri. social hour
BOTTOM: Sat. Pizza Party – pizza table with club officers
BELOW: Fri. Social hour and Sat. PGCA Meeting / 2013 Club Glass
Pictures by Ronald Royer and Donna Maxwell
CGN Photo Contest 2013
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Thanks to all PGCA members who submitted photos for the photo contest,
many members sent several different photos that showed their large
collections, and all of the photos showed neat and nifty ways to display
collections of collectible drinking glasses. As it turns out, coming up with
the idea for the contest is easier than actually judging the photos! Since all
judging is somewhat subjective, the best I can do is make some choices and
go from there. In my book all of the photos and club members who took the
time and effort to send in their pictures are winners.
First Place – Steve Simek
Second Place – (tie) – Matt Maloney and Robert Simon
Third Place – (tie) – John Beecken, Karen Blake, David Lester, Brent
Sehnert, Margie Smith, Sean Will
ABOVE – 1st place winning photo from Steve Simek
BELOW – 2nd place photos - Matt Maloney (left) & Robert Simon (right)
3rd Place photos – Karen Blake
3rd place photos – John Beecken
3rd place photo – David Lester (left), Brent Sehnert (right)
3rd place photo – Margie Smith
3rd place photo – Sean Will
THANK YOU – to all the Promotional Glass Collectors Association
members who sent in pictures, they are all fantastic collections. I wish I
could see them in person. Brian Callahan – PGCA CGN editor.
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PGCA Trading Card Set by Carl Sehnert
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Carl and Mary Sehnert created, printed and provided for the members
attending the annual meeting in May, an ingenious and beautiful set of ten
trading cards. These full color cards featured ten very desirable glasses. Each
attending member received, with their meeting packet, ten cards of the same
glass, and the task then was to trade with other members to get the full set of
10 different cards/glasses. Lots of trading ensued, and the full set was a thing
of beauty. Shown on the next page is the display of the ten PGCA 2013
Trading Cards. Many thanks to Carl and Mary for creating this neat set.
SAW IT ON EBAY
Several interesting glasses were sold on Ebay in the last few months.
Mutley glass ended at $415. Space ghost went for 670.
Another interesting sale on Ebay was a scarce set of 4 Yosemite National
Park frosted juice glasses, that sold for $204. Hard to find glasses, with an
amazing high price for frosted juice glasses.
PGCA TRADING CARDS: Mighty Mouse, Andy Panda, Gray Rocky,
Spiderwoman, Marvin Martian, Superman, Jerry, Bart Simpson, Henery
Hawk Federal LUN, Alfred E. Neuman. Also shown is back of Alfred card.
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New Issues – Arbys, Horse Racing Glasses and more
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Arbys in the Indiana region has issued a set of 4 Indianapolis Colts glasses,
that retail for $3.99 each, or $14.99 for the set of 4. An Arby’s manager that
I spoke with, said the promotion will go through November, and should be
started again each year during football season, for two more years. The
glasses are attractive and sturdy. The glasses show the Colt’s helmets with
logs from various different years.
At least 5 different horse racing glasses have been produced in 2013, The
Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, and Indiana Derby at Hoosier
Park, as well as Kentucky Oaks.
Another new glass this year, & the best in my opinion, is the PGCA 20 th
Anniversary Glass, with the Hagar characters. A super glass, due to the
efforts of Brent Sehnert. This is a great addition to any collection, especially
if you have the other PGCA Hagar glasses. After buying this glass I had to
break out my PGCA glasses into my small display area. See next page.
Spenser Gifts has some new glasses, including Popeye - black and white
pounder glass Gun Show – showing Popeye’s bulging biceps, a Breaking
Bad - TV Show glass and various comic book Superhero glasses.
The Kentucky Derby also had a plastic cup promotion for 2013. Another
interesting aspect to the 2013 Kentucky Derby glass is that it is a mistake
glass, the year 1948 is mistakenly printed twice. Citation won in 1948,
Ponder won in 1949 but the glasses circulating at the track on Oaks Day has
Ponder winning in 1948 as well. The 139 th Kentucky Oaks also had a glass
for 2013. The pictures below show the Kentucky Derby plastic cups, the
Ponder error on the 2013 Ky Derby glass and the Kentucky Oaks 2013.
New Promotional Glass Collectors 20 th Anniversary Glass
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Possibly rare Snoopy Brothers pilsner beer glass! The word "BROTHERS" is printed in
blue across the top of the glass.
Beneath the characters it says: "SPIKE, MARBLES & SNOOPY are brothers." It is also
marked "SCHULTZ" and "PEANUTS Characters: copyright 1958, 1975, 1982 United
Feature Syndicate, Inc."
On the back of the glass it has "SINCE 1950" across the top (also printed in blue) and a
drawing of three green cactus standing side by side.
Measurements:
6 1/4 inches tall
3 1/8 inches wide top
2 3/4 inches wide bottom foot about
The bottom of the glass has a mark that looks like a divided hexagon / snowflake with the
letter "S" inside each section, which is for “ Sasaki Crystal," a Japanese company.
Picture and information provided by Mary Gween, PGCA Member - this glass will be
available soon on a popular online auction website. If you would like to be notified when
this glass is put up for auction, please contact Mary at the following email address:
collectalotshop@sbcglobal.net (EDITOR”S NOTE: due to the delay for CGN 116 this
glass may already have been sold – Mary was one of the first to send information and
pictures for CGN 116, THANKS! )
A tale of two glasses (or what goes around comes around) part 1
By Brian Callahan
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Two summers ago the club had a regional meeting in Indianapolis, IN which
was held in the Greenwood, Indiana shop of long time PGCA member Larre
Eckert. We had a short show and tell and I brought a box of interesting and
unusual, although obscure, glasses, so that I could show several of the
glasses at the meeting. I showed an early American Ceramic Society glass,
with no date or wording, only the ACERS logo, in gold letters. I also
showed a short roly poly glass, from Coca Cola, with a world design. Very
similar to the ubiquitous Nestles glasses, but one I had not seen before.
American Ceramic Society glass
Coca Cola World glass
About a week later I was going through my boxes of glasses from the
meeting and found that I could not find either of these glasses, that I had for
the show and tell. I called Larre and he checked his place, but could not find
them either. I diligently searched all of the boxes that went to and from the
meeting, but these 2 glasses, along with a few others, were not found. For
me, the Coca Cola glass was no loss, as I had originally bought several of
them, and sold or traded the rest to other club members, but I hated to lose
the American Ceramic Society glass, and also was upset that I seemed to be
so careless as to lose a box of glasses somehow, somewhere, sometime!
Occasionally Larre would ask me if I found the missing glasses, and the
answer was always NO, until about 6 weeks ago when I went to a local
Emporium Flea Market shop south of Indianapolis. There I found not only
the American Ceramic Society glass, for fifty cents, and in the same booth
the Coca Cola glass for $2.50, but at least 4 glasses that looked like some of
the oddball glasses that I had in the missing box – there was a couple frosted
glasses with the rounded shape, a Shortridge High School class of 1938 glass
on the same glass blank as the fluted bottom glasses for the 1950’s Wizard
of OZ series, and several others. So I bought them all, and my long lost
ACERS glass came back home, and for fifty cents.
After the PGCA meeting in question was over I did take a large group of
boxes of cheap glasses that I could not sell, to the local auction barn, and
also on the evening of the meeting I took, for Larre, a large group of misc
non-cartoon, non-soda, unwanted, miserable glasses that nobody, including
me, really wanted, and donated them to a Goodwill store on the far west side
of Indianapolis. So my theory is that my one box from show and tell got put
with either of these groups of glasses, and the Emporium booth owner had
got them at the auction, or at the Goodwill. My guess is the auction, since
they had some other ones that I recognized, and since the Goodwill’s
cheapest price is 49 cents, why buy a glass for 49 cents, plus 3 cents tax, and
then put it out for 50 cents? It did take the glasses a long time to “come
around”, but come around they did, and it made my day. How often do you
get to buy the glass you have been looking for, for several years, for 4 bits?
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How to pay your dues with a credit or debit card when you don't
have or don't want a PayPal account. By Mike Vath, Membership Director
There is a way to use your own credit or debit card to pay for your PGCA membership.
After you fill out the form for renewal (or are joining) and hit "Continue", you will be
presented with a screen to select your method of payment. Select the "Check out with
PayPal" logo.
On the next screen you will be asked to login to PayPal but don't do that, instead, select
"Don't have a PayPal Account? Pay with your debit or credit card as a PayPal guest". On
the next screen presented, fill out what is requested to make your payment with your
card.
The PayPal site is a safe secure way to pay with your card. Let me know if you have any
questions. pepsimike@visi.com
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PGCA 20 th Anniversary Glasses and T-shirt
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NEW 2013 PGCA Club glasses and T-shirts AVAILABLE to PGCA
Members (see Page 18 NEW ISSUES for picture of 2013 PGCA glass)
Pricing options for purchase, all options include shipping.
1 glass $25 by check or $25.75 by paypal
2 glasses $45 by check or $46.35 by paypal
1 Shirt $25 by check or $25.75 by paypal
2 Shirts $45 by check or $46.35 by paypal
1 glass and 1 shirt $45 by check or $46.35 by paypal
2 glasses and 1 shirt $70 by check or $72.10 by paypal
2 glasses and 2 shirts $90 by check or $92.70 by paypal
Shirt sizes are Med, Large, 2XL and 3XL. YOU MUST EMAIL BRENT at
snapsner@bellsouth.net or call during the day to 954-475-7289 to verify that
the size you want is in stock as we only had 56 shirts made and some were
sold at the annual meeting.
Payment can be made via PAYPAL to the following paypal address:
dues@pgcaglassclub.com
or you may mail a check made out to the PGCA to:
Brent Sehnert
1020 SW 149 Lane
Sunrise, FL 33326
Classified Ads
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For sale...Seven (7) Sunday Funnies, looks like fresh from the box. 2 each
Terry and the Pirates, Moon Mullins, Little Orphan Annie, and one (1) of
Brenda Starr-Reporter. All for $35.00 including postage. Prefer to sell as a
group, however, individual glasses at $10.00 each, includes postage. Thanks
for looking. Contact Bob Simon bobofsolon@aol.com 440-349-3659
Check out my Ebay Store for new releases from PopFun and ICUP as well
as other Collectible Glasses. http://stores.ebay.com/SugarGroveCollectibles
Mention you are a PGCA member and recieve a discount on purchases.
thanks, Sean Will
Wanted: I am interested in buying the following Coca-Cola glasses:
•
Prototypes
•
Disneyworld – Entire set except for Minnie Mouse
•
Diet Coke Canada – Romain and Idifix
•
Superman set from Spain
•
Hard Rock Bangkok
•
Any rare or unusual glasses – US and foreign countries
Please contact Lee Hurst at (603) 926-3795 or leehurst@comcast.net
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Mystery Glass
Looking for information on this glass. No identifying marks other than what
you see. Must be the emblem of a supermarket or store of some type. If
anyone has seen this logo on any other type of advertising or recognize the
“king”, please contact Pam Stice at pam@measuringlass.net. I’ve had this
glass for many years and have never seen anything similar.
Mystery Glass Below Left … Below Right-Newly found Purdue Coke CC
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Classifieds
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FOR SALE: very limited number of PGCA 3rd annual meeting Dec. 3,
1994 white Attendee pinback buttons showing Mighty Mouse glass, $10
each plus postage; very limited number of PGCA 4th Annual Meeting Dec.
2, 1995 green Attendee pinback buttons showing CGN’s Drinking Glass
book, $10 each plus postage; McDonald’s Muppet Caper owner/operator’s
glass (1981) featuring Miss Piggy, $500; 1975 MGM 5” Jerry
sample/prototype with Jerry’s body in a light yellowish brown color (ochre?)
and the background panel is pink (instead of the standard yellow); Tom’s tail
and Jerry’s stomach are white as is the standard issue, $500; McDonald’s
Captain Crook from the early 70’s character prototype set of six shown on
page 68 of my McDonald’s Drinkware book. The paint on this glass is a bit
muted and not glossy, but the glass looks good and displays well. I have
made no attempt to tweek the paint. Keep in mind this is a very rare glass in
any condition, $375. Mayor McCheese from the early 70’s character
prototype set of six shown on page 68 of my McDonald’s Drinkware book.
The paint on this glass is a bit muted and not glossy, but the glass looks
good and displays well. I have made no attempt to tweek the paint. Keep in
mind this is a very rare glass in any condition, $375. Early 70’s clear glass
figural protype McDonald’s characters pictured on pages 65-67 of my
McDonald’s Drinkware book. These are McDonald’s first attempt at
promotional glassware. I have only 4 of them: Captain Crook, Mayor
McCheese, Ronald McDonald, and Hamburglar, $750 each. Set of six
“Official” 1939 New York World’s Fair glasses in original box which says:
“Special Offer World’s Fair Glasses only 3¢ each when purchased with big
15¢ bottle CANADA DRY.” Sparkly pristine condition with red, white, and
blue deco, never been used. Box is in excellent condition, $500.
Finally, an item that has to be in extremely short supply: an original
Collector Glass News T shirt with the caption “I’m a Cartoon Glass
Collector,” and showing Bullwinkle on a Pepsi glass. Below we have:
“Collector Glass News, P. O. Box 308, Slippery Rock, PA 16057.” Maybe
some of you remember these! Worn maybe twice and washed once (?)
Probably the last good one left! Size Large, colors vivid. $25, plus postage.
All prices plus shipping and insurance, to be determined. If you have
questions or wish to make purchases, contact Michael Kelly for details at
thekellys2@comcast.net. Phone number is 415-380-1885.
Pennsylvania Regional PGCA Fall Meeting
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From the Membership Director
Membership listing requests:
You may request a free listing of members (contains members who want their contact
info published) up to 2 times a year by email (PDF file) and once a year by USPS. See
contact info for Mike Vath below.
Update your contact info:
1. Electronic - http://fs11.formsite.com/pgcaglassclub/form192302838/index.html
2. USPS mail - See contact info for Mike Vath below.
Web links pertaining to membership:
1. Join or renew - Use the form on the back of the newsletter or go to
www.pgcaglassclub.com and click on join/renew or go directly to
www.pgcaglassclub.com/joinpgca
2. View newsletters (including some back issues) www.pgcaglassclub.com/cgn
This is a protected directory and you must enter a UserID and Password to access the
newsletters. Current ID is pgca
and Password is goofy
3. Request back issue newsletters if you do not have web access - Only back issues to
106 (Dec 2010/Jan/Feb 2011) are available at this time - See contact info for Mike
Vath below to order. You will be responsible for postage.
Contact for membership questions or services:
Mike Vath
13796 Fairlawn Ave
Apple Valley, MN 55124
952-432-2074 (home)
952-210-4371 (mobile - unlimited texting)
pepsimike@visi.com
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Editor's Notes
ISSUE 116
This edition of Collector Glass News has PGCA Meeting minutes and photos from the Annual meeting
in Columbus, Ohio and PGCA Meeting minutes and photos from the PA Regional Fall Meeting in
Fogelsville, PA. Thanks to David and Linda Lester, Donna Maxwell and Ronald Royer, Mary Sehnert
and others who sent photos and information from these two club meetings, and Fred Stepanian for
coordinating the Annual meeting and the President’s Letter.
Also included in this issue are articles by Bob LaSalle, Carl and Mary Sehnert, Mary Gween, Brian
Callahan and the PGCA photo contest. The newsletter cannot survive without contributions, so please
send articles, photos, new issue information, classified ads and glass collecting information to Brian
Callahan at 317-345-4547 or bricall@att.net.
This issue of Collector Glass News will be available as a pdf file, accessed through the web site at
www.pgcaglassclub.com/cgn. This issue of Collector Glass News is available on-line for those who
elected a discounted membership. If you are receiving a copy through the Postal Service and wish to
get the discount, contact Mike Vath at pepsimike@visi.com. Paper copies in black and white will be
sent to members who are getting the paper copy. I’d like to thank all of the club members, authors, and
others who have helped in the last 3 years to put out the club newsletter, your help has been much
appreciated.
It is very important to keep your email address up to date with the club. This will ensure that you will
receive the email announcing the availability of the latest CGN on-line. Use this link to make changes
to your information: fs11.formsite.com/pgcaglassclub/form192302838
So far we have newsletters on-line going back to issue # 106 (Dec 2010).
GlassnertAuction.com Glasses Auctions can be found at www.glassnertauction.com. The Glassnert
Auction is planning many regular and some weekly auctions for 2014.
I’d like to thank Carl Sehnert and Mary Sehnert for working on the auction and newsletter, and thanks
to the authors of the articles. Also thanks to President Fred Stepanian, Secretary Donna Maxwell,
Mike Vath who maintains the club membership, Marilyn Johnston our club treasurer and Alice Clark
club VP, as well as Brent Sehnert and Matt Stoll, board members. Without their hard work we could
not send this newsletter to club members. Don't forget to browse and submit glasses to the glasses
database, at www.glass411.info developed and maintained by Steve Simek.
Collector Glass News is published four times a year by the Promotional Glass Collectors
Association. Subscriptions rates are
2 year - $25 (web access) 1 year - $15 (web access)
2 year - $35 (1st class USPS delivery) 1 year - $20 (1st class USPS delivery)
ALL subscriptions include membership in the PGCA along with all its benefits.
Payment information can be found on the back cover or on the PGCA website. Send changes of
address to: Mike Vath 13796 Fairlawn Ave, Apple Valley, MN 55124 or use
www.pgcaglassclub.com/upform.htm
Staff: Editor:Brian Callahan Writer:Brent Sehnert Auctions:Carl & Mary Sehnert
Promotional Glass Collectors Association Officers: President: Fred Stepanian
Vice President: Alice Clark, Treasurer: Marilyn Johnston, Secretary: Donna Maxwell
Board Members: Mike Vath, Matt Stoll, Brent Sehnert, Brian Callahan
Elections for club officers are held each May at the annual meeting. Each office is a two year term.
PGCA Web Site: www.pgcaglassclub.com - web site of Promotional Glass Collectors Association
Advertising Rates: Free member classified ads may be submitted to bricall@att.net or
317-345-4547. Display ads or rates contact Brian Callahan at 317-345-4547 or bricall@att.net.
Collector Glass News is the official publication of the Promotional Glass Collectors
Association. Benefits of membership include purchase of club glasses, newsletter, attending
meetings and voting on club issues, free wanted/for sale ads and classifieds and access to printed
auction information in the Collector Glass News newsletter.
PGCA Membership Application
Collector Glass News is the official publication of the Promotional Glass
Collectors Association. As a member, you are eligible for all the benefits of the
PGCA. These benefits include:
· The purchase of club glasses (limited edition we only make 144!)
· Attend club meetings
· Voting on club issues
· Place free wanted/for sale ads
· You may also bid in the club auction by phone or email. This is a great
opportunity to add to your collection without extensive travel.
· The opportunity to meet great people!
- Club Newsletter Collector Glass News sent 4 times a year
To join or renew your membership, fill out the information below:
Name______________________________________________
Address____________________________________________
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Country
Phone (
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check payment option you are sending and mail to address below:
$15.00 for 1 year (Collector Glass News – internet web access )
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$25.00 for 2 years (Collector Glass News– internet web access )
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Send to:
PGCA Treasurer, Marilyn Johnston, 528 Oakley, Central Point OR 97502
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You can join or renew online at
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Revised 04/2013