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Updated · Chowhound · Aug 16
1965 Pumpkin Butterprint Pyrex Fetches Hundreds on Resale Market
Updated
Updated · Chowhound · Aug 16

1965 Pumpkin Butterprint Pyrex Fetches Hundreds on Resale Market

3 articles · Updated · Chowhound · Aug 16

Summary

  • 1965 Pumpkin Butterprint Pyrex pieces are drawing asking prices in the hundreds of dollars on resale sites, making the pattern a prized thrift-store find.
  • Limited production drove that demand: the line was issued as a promotional set of four, leaving relatively few examples in circulation.
  • Most resale pieces show orange-on-white harvest scenes—sometimes labeled Amish Butterprint—while turquoise versions were also made.
  • Authentication is narrower than for many vintage wares because Pumpkin Butterprint appears to have been produced only in Pyrex's Cinderella bowl form, with nesting bowls featuring handle-like pouring lips.
  • That shape, discontinued in the early 1980s, helps collectors distinguish genuine vintage pieces and explains why even a single bowl can carry value.

Insights

How can thrift shoppers tell if a rare Pumpkin Butterprint Pyrex bowl is authentic before paying hundreds online?
Why did a 1965 stamp-promotion Pyrex pattern become a four-figure collector prize decades later?