L.H. SELMAN LTD.’s
59th PAPERWEIGHT AUCTION & PRICE GUIDE WINTER 2015
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Auction Number 59
L. H. Selman Ltd. 410 S. Michigan Ave., Gallery 207, Chicago, IL 60605, USA • www.selman.com
Provenance: The collection of Maurice Lindon Sotheby’s & Co., London July 2nd, 1957, lot 92 bearing original collector label. Deloposne & Sons Ltd., London
Literature: Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows By Paul Hollister and Dwight Lamon Page 125, No. 11, Plate 27 Paperweight Collectors Circle 25th Anniversary Exhibition 1981-2006 Olympia, London, November 6th – 12th, 2006 Page 21, top left. Paperweight Collectors Circle Newsletter (108), April 2012, Page 14 See The Visit of Maréchal -Canrobert to Baccarat 21st April, 1858, By Stephen Sugarman. 2
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Important and rare antique Baccarat commemorative paperweight. Over a number of years many examples of the “1858” commemorative paperweight have appeared at auction. Unfortunately, these were, without exception, copies. All were made by Baccarat subsequent to the visit of Maréchal-Canrobert to the Baccarat factory on April 21st, 1858. Only three were made for the occasion of the actual visit: one was presented to the Maréchal, one to the Lord Mayor of Baccarat and one was made for the director of the glassworks. All three have survived. Today one of the weights can be found at the Corning Museum of Glass, one is with the descendants of the glassworks director and the third is represented here. It was first seen by the public at auction as part of the great Maurice-Lindon Collection and is the only one of the trio available for sale today. It continues to bear a Maurice Lindon label.
Of exceptional quality, the weight is made from fairly large complex canes which form a closepack sitting atop a barely visible white upset muslin cushion. The canes include stars, cogs, trefoils, quatrefoils, bull’s-eyes, arrows, whorls and more, as well as one very prominent black horse silhouette on a white, blue-edged cane. The range of colors is typical of Baccarat, including reds, greens, white, touches of yellow and brilliant blues. Most significantly, the commemoration cane dominates the weight’s landscape; a twelve-point white cog rimmed in cobalt blue, it reads “BACCARAT 21 AVRIL 1858” in blue, underscored with blue laurel leaves. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 ¾" $70,000—80,000
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2 A rare Baccarat dated red and white stardust carpet ground paperweight. Two spaced concentric rows of millefiori complex canes and silhouettes, the outer of which is undulating, ring a central pink and white cane framing a black moth silhouette. The first ring of six canes includes a complex arrow cane, a rooster silhouette and the silhouettes of a shamrock, a dog and a horse. The outer ring silhouettes are of an elephant, a goat, a deer, a rooster, a moth and a dog, all set within a beautiful red and white stardust carpet. “B 1948” cane. Paperweight Collectors Circle, Olympia, London, 25th Anniversary Exhibition 1981-2006, November 6th - 12th, page 23, bottom right. Very small half moon bruise near base. Diameter 3" $17,000—20,000
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3 Rare antique Pantin patterned millefiori paperweight. Often presumed to be early or late Clichy, weights like this one would seem instead to have originated with the Pantin factory. In fact, the Pantin factory came to perfect what we all know as the Clichy rose but differences are evident and the four roses in this weight depart clearly from the latter house. A large central white pastry mold cane, filled with white stars and a single blue one at its core, is the focus of a spaced ring of red, white and blue cogs, from which depart eight loops, four of them of white stardust complex canes, two of green cogs and two of cobalt blue star-filled tubes, all resting on a white upset muslin ground. See The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights by Paul M. Dunlop, page 155, Figure 227, P-705. Diameter 3 3/8" $10,000—15,000
4 Extremely rare antique Clichy spaced concentric magnum paperweight. Centered by a large complex white star cane, five spaced concentric rings of varied complex canes cover a clear ground interior dome. The canes include cogs, pastry molds, stars and more, as well as one green and white rose with a pink core. Other colors are pink, red, cobalt and light blue. Of unusually copious proportions, this is a distinctive weight. From the George Kulles Collection. Chip to side of dome. Diameter 4 5/8" $7,000—9,000 Winter 2015
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5 5 Outstanding and rare antique Baccarat “special pattern” paperweight. This rare paperweight was selected from over three hundred examples for its superb quality and appearance to illustrate the brochure for the 25th anniversary of the Paperweight Collectors Circle that took place during the second week of November, 2006 at Olympia, London. A large, six-lobed, blue and white cane focuses inward first to a ring of green, then white, then seven tiny pink honeycomb canes and finally a red and white cog. Six ocher bull’s-eye complex canes fit within the exterior voids. It presides at the center of six identical circlets, actually in the form of unusually large complex canes, each with a dark green quatrefoil core set against white, then ringed in royal blue and finally twelve quatrefoils on white at the outer edge. Upset muslin ground. For an identical example, see “Antique French Paperweights” by Paul Jokelson, page 66, B81. To view the actual weight, see “Paperweight Collectors Circle 25th Anniversary Exhibition 1981-2006”, page 22, bottom left. Diameter 3 1/8" $18,000—20,000
7 Rare and exceptional antique Bohemian close concentric millefiori paperweight. A cobalt blue and white complex center cane is ringed first by seven dusty rose complex canes composed with six point stars. Another ring of complex canes follows in teal and then a ring of seventeen pink Clichy-type roses, all garlanded by a circle of aqua. “Bohemia was well known for its millefiori decorated objects as early as the 1830s.” —The Art of the Paperweight. Diameter 2 15/16" $6,500—7,500 www.selman.com
6 6 Exceptionally rare and very fine antique Baccarat prancing horse faceted paperweight. One of only nine known horse plaque examples and just two that are red, this is a very rare paperweight. A red intaglio carved horse stands with a lifted foreleg on a patch of ground that shows atop a white plaque. The plaque is rimmed with a red line and then framed by a garland of blue and white complex arrow canes in alternation with green-centered, white pastry mold canes. It floats within clear ground with a top facet and six round side facets. “Roughly a dozen classic period paperweights exist which use the cameo carving technique made famous by Bohemian, English, and later, French glassworks. Ten of these were made by Baccarat.” —Baccarat Paperweights; Two Centuries of Beauty, page 64. Diameter 3 1/8" $25,000—30,000
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8 Antique Bohemian scattered millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. From the Silesian factory of Josephine Glassworks, twenty-six canes, including eight silhouettes, are scattered across a white and royal blue upset muslin cushion. An extremely rare cane with eight tiny silhouettes ringing a white floret is a principal feature and can be viewed under magnification in the Peter von Brackel book Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia, page 71, top right. Diameter 2 15/16" $2,000—2,500
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9 Excellent antique Clichy chequer with a central rose paperweight. A very nice pink and green rose presides at the center of this extremely well-centered chequer design. Two successive rings of spaced complex canes ensue, all carefully distributed within the white filigree twist cells, each different in color and design from the next and including a rich panoply of cogs and pastry mold canes. This design is unique to Clichy in the classic period. —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3 1/8" $5,000—6,000
10 Very fine antique Saint Louis concentric mushroom with a coral torsade paperweight. A large central tube cane is ringed by eight blue and white star canes and then by a circle of apple green and white star/cog canes. A circle of pink ensues and then another of blue and white complex stars. The outer ring is of blue tips pulled down into an ocher mushroom stem. A single coral twist wraps a white double twist torsade framing the design together with an air inclusion. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 13/16" $5,000—6,000 Winter 2015
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11 Antique Clichy double entwined quatrefoil on sodden snow paperweight. A pink and white center cane with a green bull’s-eye core is ringed first by blue and white complex star canes and then by a circle of chartreuse. The two quatrefoil garlands ensue, one in pink and white and the other a forest green and blue, weaving through one another to frame the design. Sodden snow ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3 3/8" $4,000—5,000
13 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori with roses miniature paperweight. This wonderful little weight includes whorls, cogs, bull’s-eyes, pastry mold canes and more, as well as a sprinkling of small roses, close packed and in a variety of hues from the rich Clichy palette. A green and white stave basket cradles the design. Surface wear. Diameter 1 13/16" $3,000—4,000 www.selman.com
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12 Rare and excellent antique Saint Louis carpet ground paperweight. Sitting within a beautiful green carpet ground, a central circlet begins with a group of seven white florets framed by small pink cogs and cogs in blue and white, and then finishes with a band of larger florets with black cores. Five spaced silhouette canes ensue, again as circlets, each rimmed with a band of cogs. They include a dancing couple, a dancing devil, a monkey, a dog and a camel. “.. they are one of the richest weights visually, and extremely desirable to have in a collection.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 7/8" $6,000—8,000
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14 Very early antique Bohemian spaced close pack millefiori glass paperweight. This weight was produced in the late 1830s/ early 1840s by an unknown glassworks in Silesia. Only 5 are currently known. The design features a classic assortment of complex canes including a central star cane in the middle. Similar weights are pictured in Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia, pages 31-33. Diameter 2 1/4" $3,000—4,000
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15 Antique Clichy double entwined two quatrefoils on dark blue ground paperweight. Two quatrefoil garlands, one of pink pastry mold canes and the other white with green cores, form eight loops as they wind and entwine around a central motif with a single pink complex cane focus followed by a circle of green cogs and then white pastry mold canes, on a beautiful opaque cobalt ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3 1/8" $4,000—5,000
16 Rare antique Saint Louis looped garlands on cerulean blue ground paperweight. A yellow and white star complex cane with a red bull’s-eye core is the nexus from which six looped garlands move in a clockwise propeller-blade design. The loops alternate between pink tubes and white stardust canes, against an opaque cerulean blue star cut ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3" $5,500—6,500 Winter 2015
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17 Antique Clichy interlacing trefoil garlands paperweight. Two interlacing trefoil garlands, one of green cogs and the other of royal blue pastry mold canes, sit atop a bed of white upset muslin and frame a central circlet motif of seven pink pastry mold canes ringing a single blue cog. Diameter 2 13/16" $4,000—5,000
19 Lovely antique Baccarat looped garland and rose cane paperweight. A rare pink and green Baccarat rose cane is ringed by a slightly spaced circle of red, white and blue complex star canes at the center of the weight. An eight-looped garland frames this central motif alternating between loops of complex white star canes with yellow cores and complex canes of royal blue and white. Clear ground. Diameter 2 13/16" $6,000—7,000 www.selman.com
18 Very rare antique Bohemian millefiori piedouche paperweight. Close-packed millefiori complex canes, including several rose canes both Type I and Type II, are cupped within the basket of a collapsed blue and white striped pedestal. Pictured in Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia, page 220, images 446 and 447. Diameter 2 3/8", height 2 1/4" $1,500—2,000
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20 Antique Saint Louis lavender and white pansy paperweight. The pansy consists of two lavender upper petals and a white and yellow lower petal with lavender stripes. A yellow match head cane centers the flower, and three green sepals frame it, as it grows from a green stem with two veined green leaves, over clear ground. Cullet over upper left petal. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,500—2,000
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21 Very fine antique Saint Louis pink dahlia paperweight. Five tiers of ribbed and shaded petals in an intense pink, here and there shifting to purple, are centered by a green and white cog cane with a white star core. Five spaced green leaves frame the bloom symmetrically, shyly peeking out from beneath the petals. Clear, star cut ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 5/8" $6,500—7,000
22 Extremely rare antique Baccarat type I pansy paperweight. Rarest of the Baccarat pansies, this particular one features two lush aubergine upper petals, one crowned by three green leaves and the other by four, and three translucent cobalt blue lower petals with white arrow markings and white cogged edges. The flower is centered by a star honeycomb complex cane and sits atop a thick, leaning stem shared by a sepal-swathed aubergine bud and three leaves. White cog canes alternate with deep burgundy pastry mold canes to frame the design which is achieved within a clear, star cut ground. A Type I pansy, the rarest type, representing perhaps 1% of Baccarat pansies. —Baccarat Paperweights. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3 1/8" $5,500—6,000 Winter 2015
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23 Antique Baccarat garlanded red pompon paperweight. A red camomile, or pompon, bloom, its “C” cane petals edged in white, is punctuated by a pale honeycomb stamen and sits atop a gracefully lilting stem flanked by two leaves. An additional four leaves crown the flower as well as a tightly-sheathed companion bud. Alternating complex arrow canes and white cogs frame the design which rests on clear, star cut ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 7/8" $5,000—6,000
24 Antique Baccarat wheatflower miniature paperweight. The wheatflower, with two tiers of ridged, blue-spotted white petals around a blue and white complex cane, is crowned by four green leaves. The flower shares a stem with two additional green leaves, over clear ground. Diameter 1 3/4" $2,000—2,500
25 Antique Baccarat garlanded butterfly paperweight. A large black butterfly body, punctuated with two blue eyes, is flanked by two colorful sets of wings, upper and lower, both in exotic rainbow hues. Each of the four wings hosts a cane, the two upper wings complex canes in brilliant blue and white, and the two lower wings a long green tube with a bull’s-eye center. A garland of alternating white and green canes frames the design which floats over clear, star cut ground. Surface wear on base. Diameter 3 1/16" $2,500—3,000 www.selman.com
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26 Antique Baccarat sulphide of Joan of Arc paperweight. A haloed sulphide, presumably of Joan of Arc looking very hale, presents itself in profile within clear ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Very minor surface wear. Diameter 2 1/2" $350—400 27 Very rare antique Baccarat smooth-petaled double yellow clematis miniature paperweight. A yellow double clematis with very rare smooth petals is centered by a circle of stardust canes with a red bull’s-eye core and is crowned by four green leaves. Two additional leaves flank the sturdy, slightly curving stem on clear, star cut ground. Diameter 1 13/16" $2,500—3,000 28 Antique Baccarat garlanded double clematis faceted miniature paperweight. An extremely well-centered double purple clematis wears a fan of three shaded green leaves and sits atop a pert stem flanked by two more, lending to a pervading sense of symmetry. A white star honeycomb cane centers the flower which is garlanded by alternating white stardust complex canes and red and white pastry mold canes. Top facet and two rows of seven circular side facets each. Clear, star cut ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 1 15/16" $4,000—4,500
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29 Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central complex cane of white stars and blue arrows is closely circled by a ring of complex green and white arrow canes and next by complex white star canes with red bull’s-eye cores. A spaced ring of complex blue bundle rods with star centers ensues and finally a spaced garland of alternating white star canes with red bull’s-eye cores and red and white pastry mold canes, on clear ground. Diameter 2 7/16" $900—1,200 30 Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori on white upset muslin paperweight. A central blue and white pastry mold cane is ringed by eight smaller pink pastry mold canes and then by a spaced garland of five large green and white cog canes in alternation with five pairs of smaller red cogs, over white upset muslin. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 5/16" $1,500—2,000 31 Antique Baccarat interlaced trefoil garlands paperweight. A garland of white and green complex canes entwines with a garland of white, red, and green complex canes, on clear ground. The garlands surround a ring of blue, white and red canes, which encircles a white stardust/bull’s-eye center. Diameter 2 7/16" $600—700
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32 Antique Baccarat open patterned millefiori with silhouettes paperweight. A central stardust complex cane with a blue bull’s-eye center is ringed by three spaced and slightly smaller versions of the same, though with red bull’s-eyes, in alternation with three silhouette canes: a deer, a stag and a moth. A spaced garland of trios of yet smaller versions of the stardust canes in alternation with single blue and white arrow canes frames the design, over clear, star cut ground. Minor surface wear. Small cullet. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3 1/8" $2,500—3,000 33 Antique Baccarat cobalt blue double clematis paperweight. A brilliant cobalt blue double clematis, the edges of its petals a paler shade of blue, has a pink bull’s-eye cane framed by two rings of white star canes at its nexus and sits atop a curving stem flanked by two trios of slightly crenulated green leaves. An additional five leaves crown the bloom which floats within clear, star cut ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,800—2,250 34 Antique Baccarat sulphide of Queen Victoria miniature paperweight. The profile of a young Queen Victoria, her hair in a high chignon and a pendant earring conspicuously adorning her mien, is achieved in a white sulphide encased within clear ground. Very minor cullet. Diameter 2 1/16" $1,500—2,000 www.selman.com
35 Antique Baccarat entwined double trefoil on translucent green ground faceted paperweight. A red bull’s-eye cane ringed by two circles of white star canes forms the center of a design that next moves to a spaced circle of white pastry mold canes. This central motif is framed by two interlacing trefoil garlands in two variations of white and pink. Translucent green ground. Eight side facets. Minor cullet. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3" $2,500—3,000 36 Rare antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. A moth silhouette cane is the focus of a blue and white complex center cane which is ringed first by six spaced canes including a dog and goat silhouette as well as arrows, six point stars and bull’s-eyes. Another spaced ring of complex canes ensues, interrupted by a very rare “1849” date cane, all over white upset muslin. Diameter 2 9/16" $3,000—4,000 37 Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. Very pretty and quite unique, the design begins with four green and white cogs alternating with four red, white and blue arrow canes all with a red and white bull’s-eye core to form a center cane. Eight spaced red and white pastry mold canes ensue and then a spaced garland of blue and white/green and white complex arrow canes, over clear ground. Diameter 1 5/8" $1,500—2,000 Winter 2015
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38 Antique Clichy chequer with a white rose faceted paperweight. An extremely symmetrically achieved chequer design includes a colorful and varied panoply of complex canes as well as a green-sepaled white rose, all presented within well-defined, even white muslin squares. Top facet and two rows of circular side facets. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 7/8" $3,000—4,000 39 Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori with roses paperweight. With a green pastry mold cane at their focus, two spaced rings of varied and brilliantly hued complex canes include first a large pink and green rose and then in the outer ring a seldom seen blue rose. Clear ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 1/2" $2,000—2,500 40 Antique Clichy patterned millefiori on opaque pink ground paperweight. A pink and white rose presides at the center of a large central circlet that moves outward from the rose to eight blue cog canes and then to a ring of white pastry mold canes with green cores. A spaced garland ensues in a pattern of three small green cog canes alternating with a single, much larger, blue and white star complex cane, over a rich opaque pink ground. Minor bruising near base. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 5/8" $4,000—5,000 14
41 Antique Clichy trefoil garland with complex canes and rose miniature paperweight. A brilliant royal blue pastry mold cane sits at the very center of a green cog trefoil garland, its three interior lobes filled by a red and white complex cane, a pink pastry mold cane and a pink and green rose. The three outer voids are filled by a purple cane, a white cane and a pink cane. Clear ground. Diameter 1 3/4" $1,000—1,500 42 Antique Clichy macedoine with rose paperweight. Moss canes, stars, cogs, pastry mold canes and more are closely packed with scattered bits of latticinio tubes and one large pink and green rose, in a richly-hued scramble. Annealing crack. Diameter 2 3/16" $900—1,200 43 Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. A central round of pastry mold and cog canes as well as a single pink and green rose is garlanded by a spaced ring of pastry mold canes and one green moss cane with a white star center, all in an array of the typically brilliant hues for which Clichy was so famous, over a white upset muslin ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 3/16" $900—1,200
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44 Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori on turquoise ground paperweight. A lovely piece, its central motif is of a white floret ringed by pale green and white complex cogs with blue and white bull’s-eye cores and then by pink pastry mold canes. A spaced ring of alternating trios of white stardust canes and large red cogs garlands the design which is achieved against an opaque turquoise ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 5/16" $1,800—2,250
47 Antique Clichy chequer with roses paperweight. White latticinio tubes have been arranged into a traditional chequer pattern, each of the resulting voids filled by a single complex cane. Represented in this example are stars, cogs, bull’s-eye canes, pastry mold canes, florets and more, in a bright and varied palette. Three Clichy roses are included; one in white and green, one in blues and one in pink and green. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 11/16" $2,500—3,000
45 Antique Clichy hexagonal close packed paperweight. An unusual hexagonal design is achieved through the slightly loose close packed distribution of complex canes whose focus is a pink and green rose. A white and green rose is included in the motif as well, along with a rich panoply of colorful and varied complex canes, over clear ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 3 1/16" $2,500—3,000
48 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori with six white roses miniature paperweight. A white complex cog cane is ringed by seven smaller green cogs and then by a circle of six white roses alternating with six purple bundle rod canes. Pink pastry mold canes follow and then a ring of chartreuse, all cradled within a blue and white stave basket. Two chips to base. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 1 5/8" $3,000—4,000
46 Antique Clichy trefoil with a large rose paperweight. A sprawling pink cog trefoil garland frames a royal blue and white complex cog at its center and a blue and white pastry mold cane, red and white cog and a pink and green rose, one each, at the three interior voids. The exterior voids are filled by a purple pastry mold cane, a lavender complex cane and a green moss cane with a central floret. Clear ground. Surface wear. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—600 www.selman.com
49 Antique Clichy spaced concentric miniature paperweight. A red and white bull’s-eye cane peeks out from the center of a complex white star cane which is then ringed by eight moss canes with edelweiss cores. A spaced circle of five purple pastry mold canes in alternation with five pairs of pink and green roses garlands the design, on clear ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 1 13/16" $2,000—2,500 Winter 2015
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50 Antique Saint Louis four flower garlanded posy miniature paperweight. A pretty posy of four varied millefiori complex canes, in white, blue, pink and ocher, cradled within five dark green leaves, sits atop chartreuse stems and is garlanded by two different types of cog canes alternating between pink and white, over clear ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 1 3/4" $1,200—1,800
53 Antique Saint Louis four cane posy faceted amber flash paperweight. Four millefiori complex canes, one blue, one pink, one rose-colored and another red, nestle within a fan of serrated green leaves gathered at the stems, above an amber flash ground. Eight round side facets and a pattern of square faceting to the top. From the George Kulles Collection. Minor cullet. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,500—2,000
51 Rare antique Saint Louis single pear in a latticinio basket miniature paperweight. A single, slightly blushing yellow pear hangs from a short stem and is flanked by two crenulated green leaves. It rests within a white double swirl latticinio basket. There is a slight crack to the stem and severe cracking to the left leaf. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2" $1,800—2,250
54 Antique Saint Louis strawberries paperweight. Three lightly freckled strawberries, each thrusting from short, curling sepals, share a stem with three crenulated pale green leaves, over clear ground. Very minor cullet. Diameter 2 11/16" $800—1,000
52 Antique Saint Louis three-color crown paperweight. Cascading from a large chartreuse complex cane with a blue core at the weight’s crest, twisting red and green latticinio ribbons, and twisting red and blue latticinio ribbons alternate with one another separated by braided ribbons of white latticinio filigree and terminating at the very center of the base. Very fine symmetry. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 13/16" $5,500—6,500 16
55 Antique Saint Louis scramble with a partial date cane paperweight. Whole and partial tubes and canes are closely scattered across a white upset muslin bed in vibrant, rainbow hues. An inverted “ST” and the truncated number 184 appear in a partial cane mixed into the design. Minor cullet. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,800—2,250
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56 Antique Saint Louis paperweight-based miniature vase, or penholder. The piece has a narrow, translucent ruby cup, which is encircled by a white spiral-encased white twist torsade at the rim. The clear-encased base contains patterned millefiori, in cobalt blue, pink, white, green and chartreuse, on a cushion of white upset muslin. Diameter 2 1/16", height 5 1/16" $2,000—2,500 57 Antique Saint Louis strawberries paperweight. In this unusual variation of the Saint Louis strawberry weight, two strawberries, one ripe and dark red, the other still ripening and pale pink, grow on opposite sides of a green vine, with three green leaves, over clear ground. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,800—2,250 58 Antique Saint Louis pink camomile on white latticinio paperweight. A honeycomb of pink “C” canes forms the opulent head of this pompon, punctuated at its core by a very fine pastel complex cane in two tones. It sits atop a curving stem and is framed by four green leaves as well as a tightly sheathed companion bud, all floating atop an undulating double swirl white latticinio bed. Slight surface wear and one very small interior crack. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 1/2" $2,500—3,000 www.selman.com
59 Antique Saint Louis scramble with an “SL” cane paperweight. A vibrant array of rainbow colors fills this macedoine of whole and partial tubes and canes. An inverted “SL” cane is found prominently to one side of the design. Diameter 2 1/8" $900—1,200 60 Antique Saint Louis fruit in a latticinio basket paperweight. Two blushing pears, a green apple, four cherries and a nest of serrated green leaves are cupped within a thick, doubleswirl, white latticinio basket. From the George Kulles Collection. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 5/8" $2,000—2,500 61 Antique Saint Louis green and white jasper ground paperweight. A green and white jasper ground, traces of ocher enriching the palette, is centered by a single large complex center cane of a white star ringed by blue stars, then white florets and finally red, white and blue six-point stars. Diameter 2 3/4" $800—1,000
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62 Antique Bohemian engraved stag paperweight. The translucent amber flash base of the piece features a detailed engraving of a stag leaping in a woodland scene. Diameter 2 3/4" $600—700 63 Unidentified maker “Cuba Libre” motto paperweight. A red, white and blue Cuban flag flies from a staff, with the words “CUBA LIBRE” in white block letters below it, on clear ground. Surface wear. Diameter 2 13/16" $150—200 64 Antique New England Glass Company millefiori over double swirl latticinio paperweight. A pink center cane is ringed by eight white complex canes with purple cores, six white cane spokes departing from the motif and culminating in six pastel complex canes, over a white double swirl latticinio basket. Clear ground. Diameter 2 1/2" $400—500
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65 Antique English green glass flowerpot bottle paperweight. Three tiers of silvery flowers on thread-like stems rise from a translucent vase sitting on the floor of an oblong, green glass classic dump weight. Rough pontil. Diameter 3 3/4", height 6 1/2" $200—250 66 Antique Sandwich Glass Company red poinsettia paperweight. A two-tiered red poinsettia, a white complex cane at its nexus, sits atop an erect green stem flanked by two crenulated green leaves, over a blue and white jasper ground. Slight crack to one of the petals. Diameter 2 15/16" $800—1,000 67 Walsh Walsh circa 1920-1930 close concentric millefiori with faux date cane paperweight. Beginning with a central cobalt blue cluster, seven concentric rings of millefiori canes include reds, oranges and white. A faux “1848” date cane appears in the design, a frequent practice of the factory at this particular point in its history. Rough pontil. Diameter 3 7/16" $900—1,000
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68 Antique Bohemian, or possibly Silesian, horse sulphide on frit faceted paperweight. The white sulphide of a horse’s head framed within a horseshoe presides at the center of a colorful frit ground ringed by seven spaced bubbles. Clear ground and honeycomb faceting to the top half of the weight. Minor chipping to facets. Diameter 3 3/4" $400—500
71 Antique Gillinder close concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central pink and white cog cane with a sawmill core is ringed first by eight pink and white complex cog canes and then by two rows of white complex cogs, the outer ring bigger than the one preceding it. A wide clear encasement holds the motif at its center. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 3/8" $1,800—2,250
69 Unidentified maker red crimp rose pedestal paperweight. A red crimp rose, its several tiers of petals blanching slightly toward the tips, sits within a clear glass dome atop a short, thick pedestal. Diameter 2 15/16", height 3 1/16" $180—225
72 Antique Sandwich Glass Company cobalt blue double poinsettia paperweight. Two tiers of deep blue petals focus on a large central complex cane and are framed by a fan of three spaced green leaves, an additional two leaves flanking the flower’s stem and completing a circle. The design floats above a white double swirl latticinio cushion. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 15/16" $600—800
70 Chinese white plaque bluebird and ferns paperweight. A lone bluebird on the wing seems to take aim at an underlying patch of ferns and bamboo, perhaps in search of lunch. Powdered glass painting technique on an opaque white plaque. Diameter 2 5/8" $200—250
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73 Antique Gillinder molded figurine of a shepherd boy and dog. A reclining boy, sitting on a patch of countryside, holds a small drum on his lap and shares an affectionate moment with his dog. Frosted glass mold. Stamped Gillinder and Sons / Centennial Exhibition. Width 5 1/4", height 4 3/4" $200—250
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74 Paul Stankard 1999 botanical sculpture with flowers, bees, word canes and root people. Suspended within barely discernable clear ground cells fused together to create a near square block sculpture, eight interpretations of flora remind us of the bounty and variety of nature. In one corner, luscious pink blooms entwine with a honeycomb and are visited by two bees; in other cells, clusters of red raspberries burst through a thicket of leaves and tendrils, exuberant sunflowers dazzle and writhe, elegant black and gold twisting pods splay to show us their fruit, blueberries lie in a mossy bed, apple blossoms beckon to a honeybee, pink trumpet flowers bud and bloom, and at the center, a column of twisting wood and moss is threaded with the figures of a male and female and the word cane “dew”. Each vision is both a miracle of nature and a miracle of the artistry which has captured it, as Stankard meticulously evokes a world both ripe and in decay, 20
opulent and stark, budding and going to seed. “I think of my work as referential,” says Stankard. “These are not literal flowers, though it is important to make them believable. The point of my work is not to make specimens but to evoke the experience of nature.” – Paul Stankard. “Paul J. Stankard is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer in the studio glass movement. He is considered a living master in the art of the paperweight, and his work is represented in more than 60 museums around the world.” —Corning Museum of Glass. Dimensions: 7" x 6 ¾" x 3 ¾" $25,000—30,000
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75 Paul Stankard 1990 cloistered botanical floral sculpture with blue ground. A thick, lush, vertical garland of colorful flowers and pods is threaded with leaves and tendrils and suspends within a rectangularly-shaped vertical sculpture in clear ground. The piece is “cloistered” by a translucent blue side and a base of two square bands of translucent blue separated by a single band of clear ground. An exceptional example. Signed/dated. Dimensions 5 3/4" x 2 7/8" x 3" $10,000—15,000 76 Paul Stankard 1973 meadow wreath on purple petite paperweight. A single yellow meadow wreath bloom is haloed by five green sepals and crests the top of a curving stem shared by two yellow bud columns and five green leaves. Magenta over opaque white ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $900—1,200 77 Paul Stankard 1979 strawberry and blossom faceted paperweight. A delicate red strawberry hangs from a slender forking stem shared by a white blossom, three buds and two trios of green leaves, over clear ground. Five and one facets. Edition #52 of a limited edition of 100. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $800—1,000
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78 Paul Stankard 1987 water lilies and spirit people paperweight. Three mauve water lilies with bud and one white water lily with bud, the open blooms all revealing tufts of yellow stamens, nestle within a clutch of lily pads, all afloat atop a mossy pool. Three green spirit people confer below the waterline. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,500—2,000 79 Paul Stankard 1993 common mullein with honeybee paperweight. A stalk of common mullein lifts from a clutch of five pale green leaves and rises to a spray of yellow blossoms and small red berries visited by a honeybee. Trailing roots entwine with the figure of a spirit person at the plant’s base. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $900—1,200 80 Paul Stankard and Christine Stankard Kressler 1972/1996 St. Anthony’s Fire with bee petite paperweight. A single crimson St. Anthony’s Fire bloom, with yellow stamens and apple green stem and leaves, probably created by Paul Stankard in 1972, is visited by a bee presumably created by Christine Stankard Kessler, his daughter, in 1996 and encased in clear ground. Signed and dated by both father and daughter. Diameter 2 1/4" $800—1,000
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81 David Graeber 2013 roses, berries and forget-me-nots cross paperweight. Three yellow roses form the nexus of a floral cross including yellow rose buds, three lavender asters, pink and blue forget-me-nots and buds and a scattering of red berries, over clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,500—2,000 82 Bob Banford two snakes paperweight. Two coiling snakes, one in stripes of yellows, reds and oranges with a black underside and head and the other black with colorful spots, confer elegantly, heads raised, atop a pebbled ground in white and beiges. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,000—1,500 83 Bob Banford large six flower design on diamond-cut ground paperweight. Six colorful blossoms, each of a unique variety and all but one with accompanying bud or buds, bloom on a common tree-like network of stems, dark green leaves splayed behind them. Clear, diamond-cut ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 9/16" $1,000—1,500
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84 Stankard Studio Homage to Van Gogh five sunflowers on ivory paperweight. Five brown-centered yellow sunflowers, with striped green leaves, stand in a tall brown-speckled yellow vase, on opaque ivory-colored ground. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,000—1,500 85 Bob Banford single clematis with bud faceted petite paperweight. A single teal clematis bloom is haloed by five spaced green leaves, alternating with its five petals, and sits atop a curving stem shared by a companion bud and leaves, over a translucent, star cut amber ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $550—650 86 Bob Banford pink roses faceted miniature paperweight. Five pretty pink roses, each cupped within dark green sepals, are woven together in a symmetrical bouquet and displayed against a powder blue and white jasper ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/16" $250—350
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87 Bob Banford fruit bouquet four pears, five cherries paperweight. Four blushing pears and five ruby red cherries are arranged in a symmetrical square atop four symmetrically placed, ribbed green leaves. The design rests on a loose latticinio weave and is framed by a green and pink twist torsade, on clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $800—1,000 88 Bob Banford lily-of-the-valley on ruby ground paperweight. A pretty stalk of lily-of-the-valley is flanked by candid blooms that become smaller with their ascent and culminate finally in three tiny buds at the very top. Four broad, bladed green leaves exalt the design against a translucent ruby ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $700—800 89 Ray Banford cabbage rose on blue ground paperweight. A large, rose-colored cabbage rose and two buds sharing a variegated, leafy stem rest on a translucent, textured cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $700—800
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90 Bob Banford pink clematis on a vine petite paperweight. A pink clematis bloom, with six ribbed petals and a burst of yellow stamens at its core, grows on an undulating, forked vine shared by buds and leaves, over a translucent teal blue over white ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $550—650 91 Bob Banford double clematis on upset muslin paperweight. Two tiers of beautifully articulated rose-colored petals are punctuated with brilliant yellow stamens at their nexus and framed by a halo of black-veined green leaves. The clematis bloom sits atop a sturdy dark green stem flanked by two additional leaves, the design resting on a delicate white muslin ground ringed by a pink and green twist torsade. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $900—1,200 92 Ray Banford red rose and buds faceted paperweight. A dark rose-colored rose sits atop a curving, forking stem shared by two companion buds and a single leaf. Five fully splayed dark green sepals frame the bloom which floats within clear ground. Six and one facets and vertical cuts to the lower perimeter. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $900—1,200
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93 Rick Ayotte 1985 ruby-throated hummingbird and trumpet flowers paperweight. A ruby-throated hummingbird hovers over a vibrant splash of red and yellow trumpet flowers, its nose poised at the tip of a bloom, ready to plunge for nectar. Dark green leaves add contrast to the design, on clear ground. Edition #56 of a limited edition of 75. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $900—1,200 94 Rick Ayotte 1987 sheartail hummingbird with red and purple fuchsias miniature paperweight. A sheartail hummingbird arches its delicate body with the aid of lovely ephemeral wings, poised to gather nectar from a cluster of red and purple fuchsia blooms, on clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $700—800 95 Rick Ayotte 1989 belted kingfisher upright paperweight. A belted kingfisher, with a long black beak and a pointed crown, perches atop a naked stump flanked by a clump of yellow crocus to one side and two large, lavender lady’s slippers to the other, against clear ground. Upright design. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,000—1,500
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96 Rick Ayotte 1981 red-breasted robin with nest paperweight. A red-breasted robin, with black wings and head, dangles a worm from its yellow beak above the gaping mouths of three hungry fledglings ensconced within a mossy treetop nest. Edition #24 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $900—1,200 97 Rick Ayotte 1981 wren with red berries paperweight. A plump wren casts his gaze upward from his perch on a leafy, berry-laden branch, over clear ground. Edition #23 of a limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $1,500—1,500 98 Rick Ayotte 1988 two titmice on holly paperweight. Two titmice, with fossil gray plumes and amber-tinged white breasts, perch one atop the other, one right-facing and the other left, on holly leaves lush with crimson berries, against a snowy ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $1,200—1,800
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99 Rick Ayotte 1996 “Waldon Pond” turtles and plants magnum compound paperweight. Sixth in the Pond Life series. The magnificent, three-dimensional design depicts two Pond Slider turtles, one swimming in a translucent green pond, below an upright yellow water lily, and one resting nearby, on a moss-covered shore, framed by colorful plants and wildflowers. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/4" $2,500—3,000 100 Rick Ayotte 2005 sparrow hawk with frog paperweight. A victorious sparrow hawk pauses on a branch, his latest conquest, a hapless frog, dangling from deadly talons. Milky white and sky blue ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,200—1,800 101 Rick Ayotte 1991 California quail with desert scene paperweight. A three-dimensional California quail pecks his way across a sandy desert floor framed by cactus plants and blooms in both yellow and orange. “This happens to be one of my favorite weights.” Rick Ayotte, —Songs Without Words. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $1,800—2,250
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102 Rick Ayotte 2001 “Fleurs du Soleil” sunflower bouquet paperweight. The three-dimensional bouquet consists of two golden-yellow sunflowers, a multi-tiered red rose, orange carnations, blue iris, white sprays, buds and berries, on clear ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $1,500—2,000 103 Rick Ayotte 1980 yellow-throated vireo and orange blossoms compound paperweight. A yellow-throated vireo perches within a lush cluster of large orange blossoms, delicate mint green foliage filling out the design. Clear ground. Edition #26 of a limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,800—2,250 104 Rick Ayotte 2003 “Joy” bouquet paperweight. Two large pink Gerber daisies and three yellow day lilies cluster together with a colorful assortment of smaller blooms and attendant leaves, in a guileless, cheerful bouquet. Edition #14 in a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $900—1,200
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105 Rick Ayotte 1992 “Pink Peace” paperweight. Two lush, pale pink roses, with dark pink cores and a companion bud midway through aperture, sit atop a bed of dark green leaves speared with small, pointed, pink and white rose buds, over a clear ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,000—1,500 106 Rick Ayotte 2005 white and yellow roses bouquet magnum paperweight. Two large white roses, pink-tinged at the outer petals and with bright yellow stamens, display at the center of a dense bouquet otherwise filled with two pale green lilies and an assortment of buds and blooms in yellow and white, all threaded with contrasting dark green leaves, over an opaque white ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 15/16" $2,000—2,500 107 Rick Ayotte 1994 “American Beauty Red Rose” paperweight. Three very lush, crimson roses, one not quite completely opened, display against a bed of white lily of the valley with dark green leaves and stems, over clear ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $1,500—2,000
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108 Rick Ayotte 2006 cardinal with yellow blossoms plaque. A crimson cardinal displays himself from within the colorful flora of three large yellow blossoms and apple green leaves at the center of a translucent green upright plaque. Printies along the edge. Width 5 ¼", height 5", depth 1 ¾" $1,800—2,250 109 Rick Ayotte 1985 brown thrasher and magnolia bloom paperweight. A brown thrasher, his plumage enlivened with red back feathers, perches on a stem just above two small leaves and below a pink-tinged, white magnolia framed by five shaded green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $900—1,200 110 Rick Ayotte 2010 “Chicago” red rose paperweight. Made for the 2010 L.H. Selman Celebrate the Paperweight weekend, a single, many-tiered crimson rose sits atop five green sepals, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $350—400
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111 Chris Buzzini 2005 yellow daisy bouquet paperweight. Two cheerful yellow daisies, five pink blossoms and another three pink blossoms that are striped and accompanied by two buds, as well as a stalk laden with brilliant blue flowers and a cluster of buds, all entwine with slender stems and tendrils, on clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,500—2,000 112 Chris Buzzini 1987 arcing blue morning glories paperweight. Two open blue morning glory blooms and three companion buds grow from an arcing stem flanked by twisting leaves and outstretched tendrils, on clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200—1,800 113 Chris Buzzini 2008 daisy bouquet paperweight. Two large yellow daisies with tufted crimson centers dominate an arcing bouquet including four blue-dotted, white flowers and others in yellow and orange, all with companion buds and threaded with green leaves as well as long, bladed and furling purple leaves, the occasional tendril punctuating the motif. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,500—2,000
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114 Chris Buzzini 2007 lady’s slipper paperweight. Departing from an exposed system of slender beige roots, five pink and blue lady’s slippers rise up on long stems along with two trios of green, variegated leaves. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,200—1,800 115 Chris Buzzini 2006 yellow daisies and red blossoms paperweight. Two large, two-tiered yellow daisies, each with a companion bud, and a cluster of four small red blossoms with three companion buds are copiously threaded with leaves and tendrils pulling them into a bright bouquet. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,500—2,000 116 Chris Buzzini 2007 blues and pinks and a lilac stalk bouquet. A large light blue flower with blunt-edged petals, smaller blooms in white and pink as well as a lush blue lilac stalk are all pulled into a loose bouquet, leaves and tendrils completing the design. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,500—2,000
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117 Steven Lundberg 2001 two daffodils paperweight. A pair of dimensional bright yellow daffodils rise in full bloom from a clump of long, ribbed and bladed dark green leaves, against a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,200—1,800 118 Steven & Justin Lundberg Glass Art 2006 daffodils and butterflies compound paperweight, by Justin Lundberg. A pink daffodil with an orange trumpet and a yellow daffodil, again with an orange trumpet, float above a bed of pink and orange buds and variegated green and white leaves and tendrils, visited by two orange and yellow butterflies, over clear ground. Engraved with the word “Sketch”. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,200—1,800 119 Randall Grubb grapes on a vine purple double overlay faceted paperweight. Three lush clusters of dark purple grapes hang from a leafy, gnarled vine, within a purple over white double overlay. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $700—800
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123 Gordon Smith 1991 poinsettia paperweight. A three-dimensional, green-veined, white poinsettia, its beautifully molded petals furling delicately, gives burst to a flame of red-tipped green stamens from its nexus, centered on translucent green mottled ground. Edition #49 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3" $500—600 124 Victor Trabucco 1992 morning glories and lily of the valley sculpted paperweight. Two pale blue morning glories and three furling companion buds, two clusters of white lily of the valley and a pretty scattering of small, heart-shaped green leaves are pulled into a delicate bouquet suspended within a clear, upright encasement irregularly cut with honeycomb faceting on the back and large beveled edges. Signed/dated. Dimensions 4" x 4" $900—1,200 125 Victor Trabucco 1990 “Salamander” magnum paperweight. Inspired by the antique Pantin salamander weights, a large, hulking green salamander, his skin uniformly perforated to create a spotty, reptilian texture, seems to be captured within a glass dome halved by an alternating brown and silver-white aventurine desert ground from which one large yellow succulent bloom thrusts through a clump of variegated leaves. An exceptional piece. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 5" $2,500—3,000 www.selman.com
126 Gordon Smith 1984 pink roses paperweight. Two lush pink roses and a companion bud share two sturdy stems laden with trios of thick, variegated green leaves, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $700—800 127 Victor Trabucco pinch berries and white blossoms upright paperweight. Hanging from a gnarled grayish-brown, forking branch, three clusters of four pinch berries each hang in crimson patches interspersed with a scattering of green leaves. Thrusting upward from the branch are two fully opened white blossoms, each bursting with delicate yellow stamens; three white buds and scattered leaves complete the design which floats within clear ground. Upright weight with a front and back facet. Signature cane. Diameter 3 15/16" $1,500—2,000 128 Victor Trabucco 1985 morning glories and lily of the valley sculpted paperweight. Victor Trabucco 1985 mixed bouquet faceted paperweight. Two blue convolvulus blooms, two pink peonies, a yellow flower with bud and a white flower with bud are gathered at the stems to form a colorful bouquet threaded with leaves and tendrils, over clear ground. Six and one facets. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,000—1,500 Winter 2015
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129 Victor Trabucco 1999 black snake large paperweight. An elegant black snake, his profile lined in green and his belly silver, coils between two silver rocks and a burst of green succulent, against a sandy desert floor. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,000—1,500 130 Victor Trabucco 2001 floral bouquet on white lace paperweight. A deep red fuchsia with white inner petals and yellow stamens hangs from a bit of leafy stem shared by a companion bud, on white lace ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $800—1,000 131 Victor Trabucco 2008 China rose and berries bouquet paperweight. A large pink China rose with delicate yellow stamens dominates a bouquet shared by three golden roses, four deep red berries and two lilac sprays, all enfolded within the gentle green of splayed leaves, on clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $900—1,200
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132 Victor Trabucco 1978 purple violet miniature paperweight. A delicate purple violet, with five petals and a bright yellow stamen core, sits atop one of four slender stems rising from a common nexus, the others each crested by a heart-shaped green leaf. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/16" $350—450 133 David and Jon Trabucco 1993 raspberries and blossoms paperweight. Three ripe raspberries hang from a leafy sprig of raspberry bush brightened by five pink buds and two open blooms bursting with yellow stamens, over sandy ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $700—800 134 Victor Trabucco 1981 pink lady slipper, callas and bellflowers paperweight. A pink lady slipper, with yellow stamen, three pink calla lilies, also with yellow stamens, and three white bellflowers all spring from a common cluster of three curled and bladed leaves and a single leaf stalk, on clear ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $800—900
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135 Ken Rosenfeld 1993 yellow and scarlet fantasy flowers faceted paperweight. Against a fan of variegated dark green leaves, six bright yellow flowers form a ring framing two spears of scarlet petals and seven scarlet petals, over a translucent blue ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $500—600
138 Ken Rosenfeld 2013 bunny rabbit and flowers petite paperweight. A little brown bunny with a white cottontail poises at the center of a pebbled, mossy ground near five blue blossoms growing from a clump of leaves. Four variegated rocks further populate the scene. Signature cane/date cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $350—450
136 Mayauel Ward 2009 orange spray with bladed leaves paperweight. A lilting spray of stylized orange blossoms is flanked by two long, bladed green leaves, on clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $200—250
139 Ken Rosenfeld 1994 mums and bell flowers paperweight. Three white spider mums, each with thick green and yellow stamen clusters at its core, share a weaving stem of leaves and tendrils with six purple bell flowers, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $600—650
137 Mayauel Ward 1999 patch of flora cylindrical paperweight. A cluster of varied and colorful flowers, some growing low to the ground and others tall, as well as six crimson berries, rise up from a sandy ground beneath which spreads a network of delicate gray roots. Clear, cylindrical encasement. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4", height 4 3/8" $1,500—2,000
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140 Ken Rosenfeld 2011 strawberries and bees paperweight. Two ripe red strawberries, a third that is still new, a white blossom and five white buds grow from a cluster of veined green leaves, visited by two plump and intent bumble bees, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $550—600
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141 Mayauel Ward 2008 “Yellow Orchids” black overlay faceted compound sculpture. Yellow and white orchids grow on brown stems shared by yellow buds and green leaves, against an iridescent veil. Black overlay with three front panels. Signed/ dated. Diameter 5", height 4 5/8" $550—600 142 Alison Ruzsa 2006 “Under the Willow” single-layer painted design paperweight. A suitor, on bended knee, presents an engagement ring to his intended beneath the umbrage of a large weeping willow tree, colorful flowers helping to populate the scene. Frosted base. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $400—450 143 Ken Rosenfeld 2004 red blooms against a blue sky compound paperweight. Six crimson blooms, each with five long, bladed petals cleaved by a single yellow vein, share a network of delicate green stems against a suggestion of mossy green landscape and blue sky. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—600
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147 Jim D’Onofrio 2007 tropical frog, water lily, and fish compound paperweight. A black-spotted orange frog crawls across brown-speckled green lily pads, near an upright pink water lily, on a translucent blue pond. Two fish swim below the lily pads. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,000—1,500 148 Jim D’Onofrio “Adam and Eve” paperweight. The nude figures of Adam and Eve stand before The Tree of Life, Adam holding the offending apple and a long chartreuse snake in the foreground, as if underscoring the tale. Very delicate speckled blue hints at sky against an otherwise clear ground. A 2004 design but, curiously, this weight is neither signed nor dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $900—1,200 149 Cathy Richardson 2012 “Jewel Anemone” paperweight. Three aqua-colored fish, the lower halves of their bodies dotted with colorful spots, swim together over a mossy ocean floor thick with yellow coral, anemones and sponges, all ablaze with spots of vibrant color and further accented with two tufts of white underwater flora. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $800—1,000
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150 Jim D’Onofrio 2007 “Cat and Mouse” compound paperweight. A gray candlestick, holding a burning candle, stands between a light brown mouse and a black-spotted white cat, against a cobalt blue background. The light from the candle’s flame forms a brown-speckled white ring of illumination on the blue background. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,000—1,500 151 Jim D’Onofrio 2002 Artist Proof mythical faces paperweight. Floating within clear ground, the heads of six mythical characters form a cluster of varied and outrageous lore; white beards, black beards, horns, braids and hats all lend an element of color, each character accompanied by a single periwinkle blossom. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $900—1,200 152 Clinton Smith 2011 she-devil petite paperweight. A rollicking red she-devil, sporting knee-high black boots and a black tail, gambols within two cradling leaves from which sprouts a cluster of variously colored fantasy flowers, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/4" $500—550
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153 Cathy Richardson 2008 experimental lizard series paperweight. A green lizard, striped in black, pauses beside a cluster of odd sized rocks draped in a creeping vine with variegated leaves in chartreuse and a deeper green. Yellow and beige pebbled ground invokes a desert atmosphere. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $800—900 154 Yaffa & Jeff Todd 1998 “Sugar Maple” paperweight. Two sugar maple trees, each with variegated gray trunks and each hung with a burst of yellow blossoms, grow side by side in a flower-strewn green field. Painted glass technique, clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—600 155 Yaffa & Jeff Todd 1997 “First Sign of Fall” paperweight. The intertwining gray and variegated trunks of a sturdy tree rise up beneath a canopy of green foliage just beginning to yield to autumn’s reds and golds. It grows in a patch of green strewn with tiny white millefiori blossoms as well as a solitary boulder. Painted glass technique on clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—600
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156 Clinton Smith 2012 desert salamander paperweight. A pale green salamander, with a chartreuse belly and two black stripes tracing the length of his body, curls beside a desert display of black and white rocks and brilliant orange succulent blooms with attendant greenery, against a rock-strewn, sandy floor. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $550—650 157 Colin Richardson 2013 “Consumption” caterpillars, berries and blooms paperweight. A forking, woody branch of beautiful green leaves is shared by six yellow blooms and five large purple berries, two of them victims of two hungry orange and green caterpillars, over clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $700—800 158 Eric Hansen 2013 “Pink Roses” paperweight. Five multitiered, dimensional pink roses of graduating size nest within a patchwork of pale green and variegated leaves against an amber ground painted with strokes of lipstick red, white and yellow, subtle splashes of gold aventurine illuminating the design. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—600
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159 Paul Ysart roulette wheel millefiori patterned paperweight. Concentric rings of pink, red and green complex canes are at the center of an unusual white ground, embedded and then followed by a spaced ring, also embedded, in a pattern of two white daisy canes followed by a single large blue complex cane repeated five times. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 2 15/16" $900—1,200
sawmill cane at their nexus. Five pointed green leaves peek out from behind the bloom in alternation with its petals, and it sits atop a slender stem shared by three additional leaves. An unusual cobalt blue stave basket cradles the design, culminating in pink and white cog openings which form an outer garland. Signature cane. From Christie’s New York City auction of February 5th, 1980, lot #17. Diameter 2 7/8" $900—1,200
160 Paul Ysart early magnum butterfly paperweight. A red aventurine butterfly body is topped by two green antennae and flanked by large green millefiori complex cane wings, upper and lower, all four with large pink complex cane eyes. The design rests on a dark cobalt blue ground and is framed by alternating pink and maroon canes. Rough pontil. Signed. Diameter 3 13/16" $2,000—2,500
163 Paul Ysart one of a kind purple flower and pink garland paperweight. A purple flower, its five ribbed petals alternating with five pointed green leaves which peek out from behind, has a pink cog cane at its nexus and is ringed first by a spaced circle of solid pink canes with black and white cores and then by pink and white complex canes, all on translucent dark blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,200—1,800
161 Paul Ysart millefiori star pattern paperweight. A large sixpoint millefiori star spans the surface of an opaque black ground, beginning with a purple complex cane center moving to a ring of white, then pink and finally resolving in the six triangular points of the star in green. Six large, spaced pink and white bull’s-eye canes frame the design. Rough pontil. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $900—1,200 162 Paul Ysart clematis in a blue stave basket paperweight. Five pink and white striped clematis petals are each cleaved by a thick line of gold aventurine and joined by a pink and white complex www.selman.com
164 Paul Ysart rare clematis magnum paperweight. The only known star cut Ysart, it features a large ten-petaled clematis bloom, with two tiers of five translucent mauve petals, each cleaved by a wide cobalt blue stripe. A black and white cog cane is the flower’s nexus and it wears a nimbus of five variegated green leaves. A leafflanked stem supports the bloom, which wears a nimbus of five green leaves. A spaced garland frames the design. Translucent gray, star cut pedestal base. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/4" $2,500—3,000 Winter 2015
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165 Charles Kaziun Junior pink and white flower with gold bee miniature pedestal paperweight. A pink and white flower, with tiny yellow cane stamens, is framed by four symmetrically placed, slender green and white leaves and is displayed against a tilted, translucent cobalt blue ground. A gold bee hovers above the bloom. Clear pedestal. Signature gold “K” on the underside. Diameter 1 3/8", height 1 11/16" $350—450
168 Vasart Glass patterned millefiori with twists paperweight. A central spot of yellow is ringed first by five white cog canes and then by nine green cogs from which then depart ten latticinio twists in red, yellow, white and blue, each defining a spaced occupied by one elongated cane and one cog, over an opaque black ground. Rough pontil. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—600
166 Charles Kaziun Junior pink rope rose tilted miniature faceted pedestal paperweight. A pink rope rose is accented with three symmetrically placed leaves, the voids created by them each filled with a single blue and white cog/star cane. Green aventurine ground over opaque white. Tilted motif. Top facet and six side facets. Clear pedestal. Signature gold “K” on the underside. Diameter 1 5/16", height 1 5/8" $350—450
169 Charles Kaziun Junior Chinese red snake on gold aventurine petite paperweight. A winding Chinese red snake, striped in orange and with a black head and blue eyes, poses elegantly atop an opaque black ground copiously sprinkled with gold aventurine. Signature gold “K” on the underside. Diameter 2 1/4" $700—800
167 Charles Kaziun Junior blue and white arrow cane flower miniature pedestal paperweight. A blue and white flower, with six arrow cane petals, sits atop a short twisting stem and is haloed by three green leaves. Three green and white cog canes encircle the bloom which rests on pink, aventurine-strewn ground. Tilted design, clear pedestal. Signature gold “K” on the underside. Diameter 1 3/4", height 2 1/16" $350—450
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170 Charles Kaziun Junior pink rose and heart-shaped garland paperweight. A pink and green Clichy-style rose with a yellow stardust core is framed by blue-centered white stardust canes on a pink goldstone ground with a white underlay. Gold foil “K” on the underside. Diameter 2 1/8" $900—1,200
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171 Saint Louis 1979 orange pears, cherries and plums in a latticinio basket faceted paperweight. A fruit still-life, consisting of two orange pears with six red cherries above them and five purple plums below, rests inside a double swirl white latticinio basket. Six and one facets. Edition #76 of a limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3 1/16" $350—400 172 Saint Louis 1953 close packed millefiori piedouche paperweight. A panoply of design and color is represented by close packed complex canes with a signature and date nestled among them. Two pink and white twist torsades enclose a white double swirl latticinio pedestal supporting the design. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8", height 2 15/16" $2,000—2,250 173 Saint Louis 1975 blue camomile on white latticinio cushion paperweight. The flower, composed of four concentric rings of C-shaped, light blue tubes with white edges surrounding a pink complex cane center and backed by three green sepals, grows from a slender stem with two green leaves, on a double-swirl white latticinio cushion. Limited edition of 450. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $300—400
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174 Saint Louis 1971 “Star of David” complex millefiori faceted overlay paperweight. A signature/date cane centers a six-point star design composed of assorted pastel star canes, on an opaque black cushion ground centered within a white overlay. Five and one facets. Diameter 3" $900—1,200 175 Saint Louis 1973 looped millefiori garlands on red cushion ground paperweight. Six looped complex millefiori garlands, which alternate between white and blue, propel clockwise from a large complex star cane center, on opaque red ground. Limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $550—600 176 Saint Louis 1977 clematis bouquet over clear ground faceted paperweight. A lampwork bouquet of five clematis flowers, in orange, red, violet, white and blue with white stripes, each with a white and red complex cane center, grows on multiple green stems with leaves, on clear ground. A border garland of alternating blue and white complex canes completes the design. Six and one facets. Signature/date cane in garland. Diameter 3 3/16" $450—550
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177 Saint Louis 1977 upright bouquet and torsade in a basket paperweight. Several dimensional lampwork flowers, in blues, pinks, yellow and green, are cradled within a bed of radial green leaves, over a double-swirl white latticinio basket and framed by a pink and white twist torsade. A signature/date cane is centered in one of the flowers. Limited edition of 450. Diameter 3 1/16" $450—550
180 Saint Louis 1953 faceted red and white double overlay close packed millefiori mushroom paperweight. A colorful assortment of close packed complex canes is pulled downward from its tuft to create a narrow, tapered mushroom stem. The mushroom sits over clear, star cut ground within a red over white double overlay. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $550—650
178 Saint Louis 1983 six flower bouquet and heart shaped garland on mauve ground paperweight. An upright bouquet consisting of a large red double clematis flower ringed by five single blossoms, two white, two blue and one violet, rests on scattered green leaves and is surrounded by a heart shaped garland of white complex canes, on an opaque mauve cushion ground. Signature/ date cane visible from base. Diameter 2 15/16" $350—450
181 Saint Louis 1989 commemorative paperweight. Created for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, a red, white and blue “1789 - 1989” millefiori cane presides at the weight’s apex and from it slender red, white and blue ribbons swirl clockwise to its base, on clear ground. “BICENTENAIRE DE LA REVOLUTION” is written in gold script on the base, as well as “Saint Louis”. Diameter 2 3/4 $250—300
179 Saint Louis 1983 camomile on latticinio paperweight. A large multi-tiered camomile bloom, or pompon, its petals devised with white “C” canes and a pale yellow rose at its core, is crowned by three spaced green leaves and shares a stem with a white bud and two leaves, over a double-swirl pink latticinio cushion. Edition #33 of a limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $450—500
182 Saint Louis 1979 faceted “Tutankhamen” gold inclusion and millefiori garland paperweight. A 24-karat gold death mask of the pharaoh is encircled by a white, blue, red and yellow complex millefiori garland, on opaque turquoise ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 300. Signature/date cane on the underside. Diameter 3 1/8" $550—650
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183 Baccarat 1990 Maltese Cross paperweight. Yellow, red, blue and pink cog and tube canes are formally arranged to evoke the Cross of Malta against a dramatic black opaque ground, framed by a garland of red tube canes with blue centers. Edition #80 of a limited edition of 200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $550—650
186 Baccarat 1976 basket of fruit on white ground paperweight. Two pink and yellow pears, a strawberry, a purple fig and some green leaves, rest in a woven brown basket with a curved handle, on opaque white ground. Signature/date cane. Edition #280 of a limited edition of 300. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Diameter 3" $500—600
184 Baccarat 1971 white dahlia on translucent blue ground paperweight. A double-tiered white dahlia, with a pink complex cane center, grows atop a slender, lilting forked green stem with three pairs of green leaves, on translucent dark blue ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—600
187 Baccarat 1967 close packed millefiori Church Weight faceted paperweight. Assorted colorful complex canes and zodiac silhouette canes form a small cushion at the center of a large, clear, faceted dome. Five and one facets as well as a row of scallops at the base. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Diameter 3 1/4" $650—750
185 Baccarat 1975 Gridel pheasant millefiori paperweight. A central pheasant silhouette cane is encircled by a ring of white complex canes and then a ring of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes; a border garland of white millefiori completes the design, on a translucent blue ground. Edition #161 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—700
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188 Baccarat 1978 Gridel dog millefiori paperweight. A central Gridel dog silhouette cane, ringed by small white millefiori, is surrounded by four curved panels of yellow and red complex canes and bordered by a millefiori garland of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes, on dark purple ground. Edition #349 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—700
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189 Baccarat 1973 Gridel pelican millefiori paperweight. A central pelican silhouette cane, encircled by concentric millefiori in pink and green, and including one ring of the eighteen Gridel silhouettes, rests on white upset muslin. Edition #46 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1973” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $900—1,200 190 Baccarat 1971 pale blue dahlia paperweight. The flower, with three tiers of pale blue petals around a yellow millefiori center, blooms atop a stem with green leaves, over translucent dark blue ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—700 191 Baccarat 1974 magenta colored dahlia against a translucent royal blue ground paperweight. Four tiers of slightly cupped, white-rimmed, magenta colored petals, a millefiori complex cane at their nexus, rest against a halo of five spaced green leaves on a translucent royal blue ground. Edition #321 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500
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192 Baccarat 1979 Gridel pigeon millefiori paperweight. A large pigeon silhouette cane is centered by several concentric rings of assorted complex canes, in white, yellow, pink and blue, on a translucent cobalt blue ground. The design includes one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouette canes. Edition #110 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1975” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—600 193 Baccarat 1978 close packed millefiori Church Weight paperweight. Assorted close packed colorful complex canes are dotted with a scattering of zodiac silhouette canes. Similar to the antique Baccarat Church Weight. Edition #1 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $800—900 194 Baccarat close concentric millefiori on clear ground paperweight. A central group of green and white complex canes is encircled by a ring of green and purple fortress canes, a ring of red and green pastry mold canes, then two spaced border garlands of blue and pink fortress canes and then alternating pink or dark red complex canes, over clear ground. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Diameter 2 5/8" $400—500
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195 Whitefriars 1976 millefiori close concentric faceted paperweight. Concentric rings of complex canes on a clear ground, first green star, then yellow, blue and white cinquefoil, yellow and green star, surround a center of six yellow star canes, and are framed by fancy diamond cutting and facets. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $400—450 196 Whitefriars 1973 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central cluster of blue and white star canes is ringed first by blue pastry mold canes, next by yellow canes, then a ring of floret-punctured green canes, large pale pink canes with dark blue outlining, and finally a border of dark pink cogs with dark blue star centers, over clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $350—450 197 Whitefriars 1975 translucent blue overlay close concentric faceted paperweight. A central blue and white complex cane, with a black bull’s-eye, is circled by rings of red, green, yellow, blue and white complex canes, and is encased in a translucent blue overlay. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/16" $350—400
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198 Whitefriars 1975 patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. Rings of pink and blue complex canes enclose a design of six millefiori in green, blue and gold, around a central complex cane accented with red. Five and one facets. Signature and date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $350—400 199 Whitefriars 1974 close packed millefiori faceted paperweight. A colorful assortment of pastel complex canes in blue, green, pink, yellow and white rests on a black ground. A ring of small oval facets along the top edge enhances the complex refraction. Six and one facets. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $400—500 200 Whitefriars 1979 Christmas partridge and pears faceted paperweight. A beautiful partridge, a mosaic of tiny bull’s-eye canes, is set within a white plaque at the center of a large circle of tiny green bundle rod canes into which have been inserted six spaced bundle rod pears. A garland of blue complex canes with six point star centers frames this exceptionally lovely design. Five and one facets. Limited edition of 1000. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $800—1,000
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201 Parabelle Glass 1994 turquoise chequer paperweight. Defined by turquoise cables, twenty-five checkerboard squares host twenty-five complex canes of various color and design, over a white opaque ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated on base. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,900—2,250 202 Parabelle Glass 1994 spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central pink and green Clichy-style rose is ringed by three spaced concentric circles of complex millefiori, predominantly white but with accents in a variety of hues. The outer garland alternates between complex canes and roses, over an opaque red ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $900—1,200 203 Parabelle Glass 1996 Artist Proof Clichy-type rose concentric millefiori paperweight. A large red, white and green Clichy-type rose is encircled by rings of smaller roses, red and white roses alternating with red and white cog canes, red and white roses and purple and white cog canes, and a circumference ring of purple pansies and red and white roses; all are embedded in a white upset muslin ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,500—2,000 42
204 Parabelle Glass 1992 close concentric millefiori paperweight. Six triangular panels are formed by equally spaced narrow gaps, which radiate from a central pink and white millefiori cane, in the concentric rings of white, blue, red and white red striped cog and pastry mold canes, all of which rest on a green moss ground dotted with tiny white blossoms. Top facet. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $350—400 205 Whitefriars 1976 patterned millefiori honeycomb faceted paperweight. Five tubes of white latticinio move outward radially from a small central cluster of complex canes, creating five triangular sections each filled with the same predominantly blue pattern of millefiori. Honeycomb faceting. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—500 206 Parabelle Glass 1990 blue and white star cane paperweight. Concentric rings of blue and white star canes, slightly spaced and with a slightly bigger star at their focus, are garlanded by a blue and white filigree torsade, over a translucent cobalt blue ground. Limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $200—300
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207 Drew Ebelhare 2004 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central orange, blue and white millefiori cane is encircled by five close concentric rings of different complex canes artfully shaped to resemble pansies and other flowers in shades of pink, purple, white, blue and rose, on a clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $700—800
210 Drew Ebelhare 1993 moss ground millefiori paperweight. A central pink and white complex cane, with a tiny orange center, is encircled by a ring of pink and blue canes, and sits within a green moss ground studded with a spaced ring of white cogs; the arrangement rests within a pink and green stave basket. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2" $250—300
208 Drew Ebelhare 1998 spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central blue, green and white signature cane is encircled by two rings of spaced assorted colorful complex canes in shades of red, green, blue and violet; all rest on an white upset muslin ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $550—600
211 Drew Ebelhare 2001 spaced flowers on moss ground stave basket paperweight. A central mauve colored peony cane with an orange stamen is encircled by rings of pink, white, green and blue close concentric canes artfully constructed to look like flowers, on a green moss ground; all rest inside a green moss stave basket. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $700—800
209 Drew Ebelhare & Sue Fox 2014 scrambled canes and flowers paperweight. A large yellow flower with four heart-shaped petals is perhaps the most distinctive feature of this colorful, cheerful olio of canes and flowers, over pink jasper ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $200—300
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212 Drew Ebelhare 2003 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A large purple complex cane with a lemon yellow center is encircled by five rings of colorful complex canes in teal, mustard, white and rose, on a clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $550—650
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213 Mike Hunter 2005 spaced millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. Six spaced white and pale green complex canes ring a seventh atop a bed of white upset muslin. A twist torsade in pastel green and pink frames the design. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 38" $350—450 214 Mike Hunter 2013 concentric roses with a blue border paperweight. A white rose is the focus of concentric rings of roses first in russet, then alternating purple and orange, butter and finally a border garland in blue. White flat stave basket with blue star centers. Edition # 1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $500—600 215 Damon MacNaught 2011 patterned concentric millefiori paperweight. Three diverse concentric rings of complex canes focus upon a center cane in blues and include white stardust bundle rods as well as star canes in various colors. Predominate hues are blues, white and heather, resting in a pale green stave basket. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4“ $500—600
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216 Mike Hunter 2014 scarab silhouette with roses close concentric millefiori paperweight. A scarab silhouette cane is ringed by golden roses and then four concentric circles of millefiori complex canes, first in blues, then green and white, and two more variations of blues, all atop a flat white stave basket. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $400—450 217 Twists Glass Studio 2006 “Clown Balloon” encased surface design miniature paperweight. Five spaced balloons surround the sides of the white-speckled blue weight, including a signature cane and four clown face portrait canes, each with a red nose, and a green and yellow hat. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $150—200 218 Damon MacNaught 2013 close concentric millefiori within a high white stave basket paperweight. A central blue and white complex cane, with a dark blue and white star at its core, is framed by four white florets and then by a ring of alternating blue and white complex canes and green and white cog canes. Next follows a ring of pink-centered dark blue pastry mold canes, the entire design cupped within a high white stave basket fashioned from thickly fluted canes with bursts of orange at their centers. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $180—225
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219 Harold Hacker coiled snake on pebbles paperweight. A green snake, diagonally striped in gray, has a black patch along the top of his head and sits in a coil atop a bed of white pebbles strewn across a translucent ruby ground. Signed. Diameter 2 3/4" $350—400 220 Francis Whittemore primrose and bud paperweight. A pink primrose, a ring of yellow stamens punctuating its nexus, sits atop a slender pale green stem shared by a companion bud and leaves, over a shaded and textured apple green ground. Signature cane on the underside. Diameter 2 1/2" $500—600 221 Francis Whittemore two pink and white flowers paperweight. Two pink and white flowers, both in profile, rise atop separate stems which meet at the base and are flanked by two variegated green leaves, over a translucent forest green ground. Signature cane on the underside. Diameter 2 7/16" $500—600
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222 Robert Hamon sulphide of a Greek lady faceted paperweight. The lovely white cameo sulphide of a lady in profile, presumably Greek, displays against a cobalt blue over white ground. Five and one facets. Cameo by Mrs. Hamon, cutting by Aaron Croop. Pressed signature “H”. Diameter 3 1/8" $180—225 223 Francis Whittemore green and yellow snake petite paperweight. A small green snake, striped in bright yellow and with a large white head and prominent blue eyes, moves in a sinuous squiggle across an opaque pink ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $500—550 224 Francis Whittemore blue crimp rose pedestal paperweight. A blue crimp rose, its dense petals fading to white at the edges, is cupped within four green sepals and sits within a clear glass dome atop a clear ground pedestal. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/16", height 3 1/16" $300—400
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225 Ronald Hanson pink ring holder. A bronze stylized poinsettia-like flower framed by three green aventurine leaves and with a complex cane center, sits atop an opaque pink ground. Encased within clear ground, a clear ground proboscis extends upward from the center to receive rings. Signed. Diameter 1 15/16", height 3 3/16" $200—250 226 Ronald Hanson two bluebirds and a nest miniature paperweight. A pair of bluebirds perch vigilantly beside a yellow nest filled with three pale blue eggs atop a branch flanked at either end by two green leaves, over an opaque royal blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2" $450—550 227 Ronald Hanson two flowers miniature paperweight. A crimson bloom with six petals and a royal blue bloom with four petals, each flower with a star cane at its nexus and a small fan of green leaves, entwine at the base of their stems, over a swirling yellow ground. No signature. Diameter 1 15/16" $200—250
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228 Ronald Hansen two white buds petite paperweight. Two white buds, each just beginning to emerge from green sepals, crest a long, sturdy stem shared by five shaded leaves, over an opaque sky blue ground. Signed. Diameter 2 3/8" $250—350 229 Ronald Hansen early upright bouquet petite paperweight. An upright lampwork bouquet, with brilliantly-colored flowers in orange, yellow, blue and aqua, has a star/cog center cane and rests atop three symmetrically placed dark green leaves edged in white. Translucent royal blue ground over opaque white. Short, clear, footed base. Signed. Diameter 2 5/8" $150—200 230 Ronald Hansen peppermint-striped six petal flower petite faceted paperweight. A pert flower, with six striped petals and a millefiori center cane core, wears a nimbus of five pointed green leaves and sits atop a slender stem flanked by two buds and two leaves. A white cushion ground has been overlaid with a sapphire blue that pales to light blue everywhere but at the rim. Six and one facets. Signed. Diameter 2 1/4" $180—225
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234 David Salazar Moon and Stars miniature perfume bottle. A yellow crescent moon and white stars are scattered on the midnight blue bottle, and spaced white stars decorate the matching blue stopper. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8", height 3 7/16" $100—150 235 Richard Olma 1983 red flowers compound paperweight. Superimposed atop a clear interior cushion traced with three large, mottled red and white blossoms threaded together with slender green vines, are another three blossoms pushing at the top of an outer encasement and similarly threaded with vines, this time hung with heart-shaped green leaves. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $250—300 236 Christian Arnold 2012 salamander and snake petite paperweight. A skeletal salamander fills the surface of a pebbled ground, nearly flat weight, framed by the skeleton of a snake ringing the periphery. Colors are in ochers and sand tones. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $350—400
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237 Correia Art Glass brass wasps on a black dome paperweight. An opaque, matte black dome is enlivened with eleven large stylized and slightly raised brass wasps. Signed. Diameter 2 7/8" $250—300 238 Murano circa 1950s fish paperweight, possibly by Alfredo Barbini. A wonderful multi-colored fish, brown on one side and in grays, white and teal on the other and with streaming fins striped in chartreuse, purple and white, moves through a bubbly field of green seaweed rising from the base of a clear ground weight and ringing its lower periphery. Diameter 3 1/16" $180—225 239 Grant Randolph 1993 swallowtail on a branch paperweight. A raised black and white swallowtail perches on a sketched branch on the exterior of a clear encasement covering a light blue cushion. A second branch, with spent blossoms, traces the inner surface of the encasement and serves as a backdrop to the bird. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $400—500
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240 Correia Glass red clematis raised surface paperweight. A six-petaled red clematis bloom, with a tuft of yellow at its core, rises from a slender, curving stem shared by three long, bladed green leaves, across the top of an opaque black dome. Signed. Diameter 2 3/8" $200—250 241 Mayauel Ward 2010 “Night Sky” surface design paperweight. An opaque black surface is enlivened with a full white moon and white stars both figurative and represented by a veil of tiny dots, suggesting an infinite sky. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $100—150 242 Peet Robison 1982 butterfly and blossom perfume bottle. An interior vessel lined with white double swirl latticinio ribbons is ringed along the outer sphere by a yellow butterfly and an orange and yellow bloom flanked by two large, heart-shaped green leaves. The leaves and flower rise on sinewy vines that reach up from the bottle’s base. Clear stopper. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8", height 4 1/8" $300—350
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243 Lundberg Studios 1993 “Starry Night” paperweight. Scattered white stars cover a deep, translucent amethyst orb crested by a crescent moon. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $200—250 244 Lundberg Studios 1986 camellia and buds paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A pink camellia, with three tiers of petals and a yellow stamen core, is framed by the tips of three spread, green sepals from which emerge two pink buds, each flanked by two small leaves, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $450—550 245 Lundberg Studios 1996 crane and bamboo paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A white crane, with scalloped and feathered wings and a red crest, swoops down against a canvas of thick bamboo branches hung with two clusters of leaves, on opaque pale green ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $400—500
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246 Lundberg Studios 2000 blue Beta fish paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A brilliant blue Beta fish, with a flourish of swirling tail in a lighter blue, leaves a trail of small bubbles as he climbs upward against a canvas of undulating sea ferns. Opaque green ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—500 247 Lundberg Studios 1989 white crane paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A white, spread-winged crane spans a translucent cobalt blue ground threaded with lighter blue shadowy ribbons. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $180—225 248 Lundberg Studios 1989 two dahlia blossoms compound miniature paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Two white, double clematis blooms, with pointed ribbed petals and large tufts of yellow stamens, rise above swirls of green peppered here and there across a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $250—300
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252 Lundberg Studios 2008 scrambled surface design paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A colorful array of millefiori, of various size and design, completely carpet the surface of an opaque black ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $400—500 253 Orient & Flume 1984 passion flower paperweight, by Bruce Sillars. A large white passions flower, its petals edged with a hint of green, displays a diaphanous pink center with a tuft of orange stamens at its core, and seems pinned across a black opaque cushion by stems, leaves, buds and tendrils that reach downward to the base. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $300—400 254 Lundberg Studios 2009 sunflower and buds paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Cresting a golden opalescent dome, a sunflower bloom is elegantly and loosely framed by slender vines and leaves as well as by a bright companion bud. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $200—300
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255 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1982 “California Poppies” paperweight, by Ed Seaira. Two bright orange poppies and a companion bud bloom atop long, stylized, leafy stems which trace the interior of a clear ground dome encasing an iridescent mottled green and purple cushion. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $300—350 256 Orient & Flume 1986 “Lovebirds” paperweight, by Ed Seaira. Two enthralled green and white lovebirds gaze at one another, their bright yellow beaks nearly touching, as they perch on a dark branch enlivened by two white blossoms and four heartshaped leaves, over clear ground. From the Studio Collection. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $200—300 257 Orient & Flume 1976 bird and flowers surface design paperweight. A pulled feather design encircles the lower perimeter of an opaque golden orb on one side of which rise long stems crested by four pale blossoms and a perching, blue bird. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $350—400
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258 Orient & Flume 1984 yellow flowers and a single blue blossom paperweight. Three yellow blossoms and one single, larger blue blossom, with a millefiori center, share two entwining and then forking green stems, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $180—225 259 Orient & Flume 1977 dragonfly and blossoms paperweight. Hovering above a milky opalescent interior mass, a black-bodied dragonfly with blue and white wings visits a patch of reeds and white millefiori blossoms rising from the base of a clear ground weight whose lower perimeter is festooned in a black pulled-feather design. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $200—250 260 Orient & Flume 1979 bird and butterfly over a field of wildflowers surface design paperweight. Etched into an opalescent blue sphere, a bird on the wing and a gliding butterfly brush the tops of cattails, thistles, grasses and wildflowers ringing the lower periphery. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $200—300
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261 Orient & Flume 1978 patterned opalescent surface design paperweight. A central red complex cane circled by seven pale stars is the departing point for a patterned opalescent golden swirl which moves downward to wrap a translucent dome. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $300—350
264 Orient & Flume crimped petal flower, by Scott Beyers. Five pale pink crimped petals halo a lavender and white complex star cane and rise atop a long, straight, slender stem emerging from a clump of four, long, bladed and variegated green leaves, over clear ground. Edition #8 of a limited edition of 250. Signed. Diameter 2 5/16" $200—250
262 David Lotton 1981 two pink blossoms encased surface design paperweight. Two four-petaled pink blossoms trace the upper confines of an interior clear glass dome, interlacing with green, heart-shaped leaves and teal vines, the entire design then encased a second time. Edition #37 of a limited edition of 300. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $180—225
265 Peter Raos 1998 “Madame Butterfly” encased high-domed millefiori paperweight. The piece depicts crisscrossed green branches, laden with delicate white cherry blossoms, against an opaque rose-colored background. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8", height 3 1/16" $300—350
263 David Lotton 1977 “Multi Flora” surface design paperweight. Six pale salmon colored millefiori are pressed into the surface of a dome traced in green and blue painted glass vines connecting the flowers as well as nine deep teal heart-shaped leaves. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $90—120
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267 John Deacons yellow clematis with a border garland paperweight. A large yellow and orange clematis bloom, with white stardust cane stamens and a halo of four green leaves, rises from a short green stem with three additional leaves and is framed by a blue and white garland of alternating florets and stardust canes, on clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16" $350—450 268 John Deacons 2014 close packed millefiori in a stave basket paperweight. Colorful and varied millefiori complex canes, some big and some small, include star canes, roses, shamrocks, hearts, thistles and more, as well as the silhouette canes of a stag, a bird, a goat and a rooster, all cupped within a ruby red and white stave basket. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $300—350 269 John Deacons 2008 close packed millefiori paperweight. A colorful and varied carpet of complex canes is pulled into a cushion within a clear ground dome. The many complex canes include hearts, stars, sawmills, shamrocks, arrows, roses and much, much more, and delightful animal silhouettes abound. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 7/16" $350—450 270 John Deacons 2006 blue jay in a tree blue and white double overlay faceted paperweight. A lone blue jay contemplates life from a leafy branch atop a compact white upset muslin cushion at the center of a blue over white double overlay. Top facet and two rows of circular side facets, the top row larger than the bottom. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $700—800 www.selman.com
271 John Deacons 2013 rose on a blue and white swirl paperweight. A large magenta rose, eight round petals framing a central cluster of others that are yet unfurled, sits atop a curved green stem shared by three finely lined leaves, and wears a nimbus of an additional five, over a blue and white swirl ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $300—350 272 John Deacons 2014 close packed millefiori cross paperweight. Four triangles of colorful and varied millefiori canes, including tube canes, cogs, arrow canes, shamrocks, stars and hearts and silhouettes of a stag, a bird, a dog, a horse and a rooster, as well as lovely Clichy-style roses, are defined by two intersecting files of complex white stardust canes with a blue and white complex cane at their nexus, all over a translucent dark blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/8" $400—500 273 John Deacons 2014 pink and yellow butterfly on upset muslin paperweight. A gold aventurine butterfly, its pink wings spotted with yellow, rests atop a white upset muslin ground framed first by a pink, blue and white twist ribbon torsade and then by an outer garland of alternating purple and rose colored complex star canes. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 13/16" $250—300 274 John Deacons 2008 spaced concentric roses and pansies in a pink over white faceted double overlay paperweight. A charming design of spaced concentric pansies and Clichy-style roses hugs the top of a translucent ruby ground cushion at the interior of a pink over white double overlay. Top facet and five round side facets alternating with two smaller windows. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $700—800 Winter 2015
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279 John Deacons 2013 wagon wheel millefiori paperweight. A central cluster of millefiori complex canes as well as the silhouettes of a robin, ram, sheep, bull and chicken, are interspersed with hearts and roses and encircled by a white twist torsade. Thirteen spaced Clichy-style roses ensue, divided by short segments of latticinio twist, and a second torsade frames the design. Translucent cobalt 276 Peter McDougall 2006 “Mid-year Ghost Fish” paperweight. ground. Signature/date cane. A blue latticinio ghost fish, a member of the catfish family, swims in Diameter 3 1/8" $350—400 a stream near green reeds, and rocks of gold aventurine and brown, on clear ground. “PMcD” signature cane. Limited edition of 35. 280 Peter McDougall 2010 millefiori and lampwork garland Diameter 3" $150—200 on upset muslin paperweight. A large, patterned center cane is ringed first by eight complex canes alternating between green and 277 Unknown maker mixed bouquet faceted translucent overlay yellow and then by eight spaced complex canes in white and pale paperweight. Apparently a counterfeit, this weight is signed with blue. This millefiori motif presides atop an upset muslin ground a signature “J” purporting to belong to John Deacons and yet not and is garlanded by eight spaced blue forget-me-nots, each sharing conforming to his signature cane production. Probably created a short stem with two cheerful leaves. Edition #30 of a limited by a J Glass gaffer, the design is a very pretty arrangement of two edition of 40. Signature/date cane. bright red and yellow flowers, one large rose-colored clematis with Diameter 2 3/4" $250—350 bud and two blue blossoms, within a translucent green overlay with a star cut ground, a top facet and two rows of eight circular 281 Peter McDougall close concentric millefiori paperweight. A side facets each. Signature cane. large central cluster of varied and colorful millefiori canes is ringed Diameter 3 5/16" $400—450 by four concentric circles of complex canes, each circle different from the next in both color and design, and rests atop an opaque 278 J Glass 1980 three-flower bouquet on black ground. A black ground. Signature cane. light blue double clematis blooms alongside a yellow clematis and Diameter 3 1/16" $250—350 a light pink clematis, on stems with dark green leaves, over black ground. Signature/date cane. 282 Peter McDougall close scattered millefiori paperweight. Large Diameter 2 1/4" $200—250 scattered complex canes, of varied color and design but predominantly pastel, are distributed in a close formation which is nevertheless loose enough to give view to the clear ground below. A border of colorful canes sits at the lower periphery. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $250—350 54
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283 Perthshire Paperweights 1974 flower and buds on mauve ground paperweight. Growing atop a long, curved stem, a lone flower with six ribbed white petals tipped in purple and with a three leaf crown, is accompanied by a bud and leaf. A second bud emerges from its sepal sheath atop a shorter stem with single leaf that touches but lists away from the flower. Opaque mauve ground. Limited edition of 350; 345 made. Signature cane. Diameter 3 13/16" $250—350 284 Perthshire Paperweights 1978 miniature double clematis in green stave basket paperweight. A yellow double clematis flower, blooming on a short green stem with an opening bud and green leaves, floats over a stave basket of green canes. Limited edition of 400; 374 made. “P” signature cane in center of flower. Diameter 2 1/4" $200—250 285 Perthshire Paperweights 1979 miniature pink flower blue and white double overlay faceted paperweight. An upright six-petaled pink flower blossoms from the sheath of five curling sepals and floats inside a double overlay of blue and white, over a clear strawberry cut ground. Eight and one facets. Edition #83 of a limited edition of 400; 351 made. Signature cane in the center of the flower. Diameter 2 1/4" $200—250 286 Perthshire Paperweights 1977 Special Yearly Collection patterned millefiori paperweight. A central six-petal flower, composed of green complex canes around a “P” signature cane center, is surrounded by a scalloped border garland of pink millefiori canes punctuated by spaced green canes, on translucent green ground. Limited edition of 400; 346 made. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—450 www.selman.com
287 Perthshire Paperweights 2000 “Millennium Weight” paperweight. A red, white and blue millefiori flower rests on a circle of yellow upset muslin, framed by a garland of red and white cog canes, which is in turn bordered by a spaced ring of five picture canes and a “2000” date cane, on a band of white upset muslin. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 500. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $300—350 288 Perthshire Paperweights 1989 faceted amethyst-flash overlay frog paperweight. A lampwork frog sits atop a speckled cushion, within the hollow of an amethyst-flash overlay. Sixteen and one facets. Limited edition of 250; 124 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—600 289 Perthshire Paperweights 1982 millefiori circlets faceted paperweight. A central millefiori cluster containing a date cane “N”, in shades of gold, blue and rose, is surrounded by five spaced circlets of green complex canes, above a clear, star cut ground. Five and one facets. Diameter 2 7/16" $200—300 290 Perthshire Paperweights 1981 blue gentian on white latticinio strips paperweight. A blue lampwork gentian flower with a complex cane center rests on a bed of parallel white latticinio strips above a blue cushion and encircled by a border garland of blue and white millefiori canes. Limited edition of 400; 265 made. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 2 3/4" $200—250
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303 Perthshire Paperweights one-off swirl paperweight, by Jack Allan. Curving white latticinio-encased orange ribbons form a pinwheel design, as they radiate from a central reddish-orange flower cane which is bordered by a ring of violet-colored stars. Diameter 2 1/2" $300—400 304 Perthshire Paperweights 1986 spaced concentric millefiori on black and white upset muslin cushion. A purple and white signature/date cane presides at the center of two spaced rings of complex millefiori and picture canes, on a black and white upset muslin cushion. Picture canes include holly, an ostrich and a gorilla. Diameter 2 1/8" $200—250 305 Perthshire Paperweights 1989 miniature blue and white swirl paperweight. Departing from a central pink and white lampwork flower with a yellow core, blue ribbons swirl clockwise against a white ground. Limited edition of 600; 591 made. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/8" $200—250 306 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 spaced millefiori and silhouette canes on upset muslin ground paperweight. A colorful assortment of complex canes, including three silhouette canes and a signature/date cane, is scattered on a cushion of white upset muslin which rests over a translucent green ground. Diameter 2 11/16" $200—250
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315 Strathearn close concentric miniature paperweight. A red-cored yellow cog cane is the focus of three concentric rings of cog canes starting with a circle of pink, then yellow and finally red, on an opaque cobalt blue ground. Diameter 1 11/16" $80—100 316 Lundberg Studios marbrie paperweight. A painted surface technique, festoons of red and blue drape down the surface of an opaque white paperweight, falling in quarter divides from a central dark blue sphere with a white heart core and red rim at the apex. Donated by Daniel Salazar for the GPF. Diameter 3 1/16" $250—300 317 Caithness Glass 1983 “Fugue” paperweight. A beautiful large, stylized, three-petaled bloom, orange with a swirl of long pink stamens at its nexus, is gently cupped within five slender sepals atop a translucent blue ground. Edition #340 of a limited edition of 750. Signed. Diameter 3 3/16" $180—225 318 Caithness Glass 2000 “Moonlight Lily” full moon and pink water lily paperweight, by Colin Terris. From the Monet Revisited series. A delicate pink water lily floats on a blue-green pond, beneath a white full moon. Cobalt blue flash overlay, with a front facet. Edition #119 of a limited edition of 250. Signed Diameter 3 1/8" $250—300
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319 Joe Zimmerman 1955 flower base basket. A large five-petal red flower lines the base and lower periphery of a clear ground basket with ruffled edges and a handle. The petals are each dotted with a large round bubble and alternate with five additional bubbles, this time elongated. Signed/dated. Width 6 1/2", height 5" $200—250 320 Caithness Glass 1987 “Hedgehog” faceted paperweight, by William Manson. A copper-colored hedgehog, with little black spikes poking from his fur, poses demurely amidst a circle of spindly plants and flowers all springing from a sandy chartreuse carpet atop a dark ground. Top facet and fancy side faceting. Edition #11 of a limited edition of 100. Signed. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—700 321 Selkirk crossed halberds on sodden snow paperweight. Two crossed halberds, with gold aventurine blades, are embellished with two large green aventurine holly leaves tracing the angle of the halberd shafts with a short stem at their nexus crested by two millefiori complex canes. A thin row of pale green millefiori borders the design which rests on white sodden snow. Rough pontil. Diameter 3" $200—250 322 Selkirk Glass flowers and buds with spaced garland paperweight, by Peter Holmes. A forking stalk of four flowers, two buds and assorted leaves is garlanded by a spaced ring of chartreuse and white cog canes, against a cobalt blue ground. Signed. Diameter 2 3/4" $180—225
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323 Murano end of day super magnum paperweight. Exceptionally large varied and colorful complex canes are smoothed across the surface of a black dome sprinkled with silver aventurine and are part of a random design including double swirl white latticinio ribbons and twisted ribbons of solid rainbow hues. Diameter 6 1/2", height 4 1/2" $150—200 324 Baccarat “Libra” zodiac sulphide paperweight. The zodiac sign of Libra, represented by the scales of justice in a white sulphide, displays over translucent blue ground. Six and one facets. Diameter 2 3/4" $180—225 325 Unidentified maker, possibly Murano, egg-shaped crown paperweight. Pink, aqua, blue and green twisted ribbons cascade from the apex of a clear ground egg form, alternating with ribbons of white latticinio. Diameter 1 3/4", height 2 11/16" $80—100 326 Joe Zimmerman hollow skunk paperweight. A small black and white ceramic skunk sits at the interior of a hollow blown weight, cradled within a bottle green flower covering the base, a large bubble dotting each of the petals. Stamped insignia “S” on the underside. Diameter 3 5/16" $100—150
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327 Caithness Glass 1993 “Ocean Wave” domed paperweight, by Helen MacDonald and Alastair MacIntosh. An abstract green and white wave motif crowned by a canopy of bubbles including a large central bubble, sits within a frosted glass high domed weight whose sides have been pressed with undulating waves. Tilted front facet. Edition #87 of a limited edition of 100. Signed. Diameter 3", height 3 1/2" $550—650 328 Kosta Sweden “Jewel #5” egg-shaped paperweight. An abstract blue and black swirling flower motif caps the upper half of a clear ground egg-shaped form. Signed. Diameter 2 3/16", height 2 3/4" $80—100 329 Whitefriars red bubble paperweight. The interior of a translucent ruby ground paperweight is symmetrically studded with concentric rings of bubbles. Paper label. Diameter 2 7/8" $90—120 330 A collection of used paperweight reference books and bulletins. A wealth of information at your fingertips, several editions of the PCA Annual Bulletin as well as the much-praised Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights by Paul Hollister are just two important features of this compilation of essential collector information. Condition of books varies. $80—120
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