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Part I: A ntique Paperweights and R elated Objects 1 Rare and outstanding antique Baccarat cinquefoil garland with Gridel canes paperweight. A central red, green, blue and white arrow head cane is encircled by a ring of green and white star/bull’s-eye canes, which in turn is surrounded by a five-loop garland, each one a unique loop of complex canes, including cogs, crosses, stars and four leaf clovers in white, yellow, red, green and blue. A single Gridel cane of a dog, a squirrel, a rooster, a horse and a pheasant punctuates each of the garland’s inner curves, on upset muslin. Exhibited: Paperweight Collectors Circle 25th Anniversary, Olympia, London, November 6-12 2006. See also example in Glass Paperweights in The Art Institute of Chicago, catalogue no. 21. Diameter 3 3/8" $20,000 — 25,000
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2 Rare antique Baccarat four-flower bouquet paperweight. A turquoise and white buttercup centers the well-balanced arrangement, bordered by a pair of Type I pansies and a large white double clematis. The pansies are each comprised of two shaded purple upper petals, and three cobalt blue and white arrowhead/cog cane lower petals, around a pale yellow star honeycomb/ six-point star cane center. The large clematis, with a similar yellow honeycomb/star cane center, has two tiers of eight ridged white petals, and is crowned by four bright green leaves. The rare buttercup, with a bundle of upright yellow star stamens, shares a twisted green stem with a pale turquoise bud and three green leaves. The bouquet floats over clear, star-cut ground. “Large multifloral bouquets were a specialty of Baccarat and displayed the highest degree of skill in lampwork and millefiori techniques.” —Baccarat: Paperweights and Related Glass, 1820-1860. Minor cullet in dome, separated stem. Diameter 3 1/2" $18,000 — 22,000 312-583-1177
3 3 Rare antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori on prairie moss cane carpet ground paperweight. A central blue and white cog cane is surrounded by eighteen spaced assorted complex millefiori, including cog, star, crimp and pastry mold canes, in shades of blue, purple, pink, red and white. Included in the design is a green and white Clichy rose cane and a type II pink and green Clichy rose cane, all nestled in a carpet of prairie moss canes with central white florets. Large bubble in dome. Minor surface wear. “Clichy utilized its moss ground in this weight to create the illusion of vibrant wildflowers on a green lawn. It is an extraordinary example of the factory’s color vocabulary.” The Art of the Paperweight - Challenging Tradition. “One of the most sought after paperweight designs is Clichy’s striking spaced millefiori on moss green carpet ground.” —The Art of the Paperweight. Diameter 2 7/8" $15,000 — 20,000
4 4 Rare antique Baccarat dated blue star carpet ground millefiori paperweight. A central salmon-pink, blue, green and white arrowhead/rod cane is surrounded by assorted spaced complex millefiori, including the Gridel silhouette canes of a dog, deer, butterfly, rooster, goat, and a pheasant/shamrock cane, on a lush carpet of cobalt blue and white six-point star canes. The design also includes an 1848 date and signature cane. The term “carpet” was first used to describe these weights in the Catalogue des Collections des Arts et Métiers (Paris, 1855). “Carpet grounds, usually associated with clustered paperweight designs, are among the most appealing foils for colored and silhouette canes.” —Paperweights: “Flowers which clothe the meadows.” Diameter 3" $15,000 — 20,000
5 Rare antique Saint Louis faceted close-packed millefiori mushroom with torsade paperweight. This unusual close-packed millefiori contains complex canes consisting of rods, stars, crosses, hollow tubes and florets in shades of green, red, blue and white. Unlike the more common Saint Louis close-packed mushroom variety where the stem consists of top outer canes drawn down to create the stem of the mushroom, in this example the outer canes taper only slightly, forming more of a trunk than the usual stem. An amber spiral-encased torsade surrounds the bottom of the mushroom. One top facet and three rows of side facets, with a top row of eight facets and middle and bottom rows of ten along with the torsade, create an ornate Moorish jewel-like design. Diameter 3 1/8" $15,000 — 20,000 www.selman.com
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6 6 Antique Saint Louis two color crown paperweight. This very large example of one of Saint Louis’ specialties contains six wide red and green twisted ribbons, alternating with white spiraling latticinio ribbons, which radiate from a central red, white and blue complex cane made of a cog, florets and six point stars. Minor surface wear. “Saint Louis developed the crown weight design and is the only French factory to have produced these pieces.” —The Art of the Paperweight. Diameter 2 15/16" $5,500 — 6,500
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7 7 Rare antique Venetian signed Bigaglia paperweight. The piece contains a fanciful assortment of brightly colored ribbons of latticinio and aventurine, as well as some of the earliest examples of Franchini silhouette canes, including a rose bush cane, a man in the moon, several pigeons or ducks, a sun, a lyre, two horse canes and a cross potent. The piece also includes a cane with a double eagle, which was the emblem of the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand, along with two “PB 1846” signature/date canes. Diameter 2 13/16" $5,000 — 7,000
8 Very rare antique Saint Louis blue forget-me-nots on double swirl latticinio paperweight. A spray of four vibrantly colored blue forget-me-nots, all with yellow match-head centers, grows from slender light green stems along with four unusual darker green flat narrow leaves. The design rests on a white double swirling latticinio cushion. Forget-me-nots are seen more frequently in both antique Baccarat and Saint Louis bouquets, but are rarely seen in a single nosegay, and then only from Saint Louis. In the Victorian language of flowers, forget-me-nots were a symbol of true love and were associated with much folklore and legend regarding faithfulness and enduring love. A similar example to this lot can be seen in McCawley’s book, Antique Glass Paperweights From France, page 15, plate 46 number 43. Diameter 2 11/16" $10,000 — 15,000
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9 9 Excellent antique Clichy blue and white barber pole chequer with rose cane paperweight. A ruby, magenta and white complex cane is surrounded by twenty canes in two concentric rings including pastry mold, crimp and complex canes, in shades of green, pink, purple, aquamarine, ruby, magenta, deep blue and white, which are divided by short rods of sapphire blue and white-striped filigree. The design contains one pink and green rose cane. “However, usually, the very large florets, including fine Clichy roses in various colors, stand out rich and bold against the white filigree, the ground’s opacity reinforced by parallel filigree rods placed beneath it.” —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 15/16" $6,000 — 8,000
10 10 Antique Baccarat dated close packed millefiori with Gridels paperweight. This delightful close packed arrangement contains a “B 1847” signature/date cane among a colorful array of assorted complex canes, including shamrocks, fortresses, six-point stars, honeycombs, green leaves, crosses, whorls, trefoils, quatrefoils, cogs, a Gridel pigeon, horse, red devil and a white monkey. In addition the design contains two flower picture canes, a red and white primrose with an intricate millefiori center and a pink and white daisy with a honeycomb center. “This Baccarat staple is one of the most consistently interesting weights ever made, always revealing something new”. —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 3 1/8" $2,500 — 3,500
11 Rare antique Saint Louis dated concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade paperweight. The mushroom, with a large chartreuse, blue, and white floret/cog cane centered by five concentric rings of assorted complex canes, includes a rare dark purple and white “SL 1848” signature/date cane. An outer ring of pale green canes curves inward and down to form the mushroom’s tapered stem, which is encircled by a cobalt blue spiral-encased white chaplet bead torsade, over clear, star-cut ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/8" $9,000 — 12,000 www.selman.com
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12 12 Excellent antique Saint Louis silhouette canes on pale green carpet ground paperweight. A large and unusual complex star cane is encircled by a ring of turquoise-centered white crimp canes, which is surrounded by a spaced ring of five silhouette canes, each encircled by a garland of peach colored hollow cog canes, all on a lush carpet of light green hollow cog canes. The silhouettes include two dancing women canes, two horse canes and a camel. “Well done carpet grounds are among the loveliest weights.” —Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society. Diameter 2 15/16" $7,000 — 9,000
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13 13 Very rare antique Baccarat blue fringed gentians paperweight. Three bell-shaped, vivid blue gentians, their rims fringed in white, grow from a long green vine along with a small blue bud and numerous green leaves, on clear star-cut ground. Considered to be one of the more naturalistic and charming flowers from 19th century Baccarat, the flower, long a symbol of the Alps, is found in sunny alpine meadows. “One of the rarer flowers known from Baccarat...(34 known).” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Crack in one petal. Diameter 3" $1,800 — 2,250
14 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori with an inverted 1849 date cane paperweight. An assortment of complex canes, predominantly in blues, reds, white, green and occasionally yellow, includes star canes, quatrefoils, cogs, arrows, bull’s-eyes and more, as well as a curious 1849 date cane in which the 4 and the 9 have been inverted. It is also possible that the last numeral is a 6. Minor striae. Diameter 2 11/16" $3,000 — 4,000
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15 15 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori with roses in a stave basket paperweight. Two pink and green rose canes, two red-centered white rose canes and a white rose with a yellow center are surrounded by dozens of colorful assorted complex canes, including stars, florets, quatrefoils, arrowheads, crimps, cogs, and bull’s-eyes. The design is encircled by a ring of blue, green and white floret/bull’s-eye canes. The arrangement rests in a basket of alternating turquoise and white staves. “The French factories included their most spectacular millefiori canes in close packed weights.” —The Art of the Paperweight - Challenging Tradition. Deep chip to base. Diameter 3" $4,000 — 5,000
16 16 Rare antique Baccarat wheatflower and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A double tier of ridged white petals with blue dots surrounds a center arrowhead/red star cane. Six green leaves crown the flower, which grows from a green stalk with two green leaves and a white bud. The flower rests inside a garland of red and white cogs and red, green and white arrowhead canes, reflecting the flower’s center, over a clear star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Cullet. Diameter 2 3/4" $4,500 — 5,500
17 Antique Boston & Sandwich Company blue and white wheatflower paperweight. A fanciful variation of the wheatflower, the weight has six white petals, each with a line of blue dots down its middle, backed by six brilliant blue petals. A large pink and blue complex cane forms the center of the flower. Three ribbed leaves crown the flower, which sits atop a short slender stem flanked by two additional leaves. Clear ground. Probably made by Nicholas Lutz. Diameter 2 1/4" $3,000 — 4,000 www.selman.com
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18 18 Very rare antique Saint Louis patterned carpet ground with dancing devil silhouette canes paperweight. Two rare silhouette canes of red dancing devils facing one another are surrounded by a ring of red and white star canes, then an intricate interlocking star arrangement formed of concentric rings of blue/pink canes, white ruffled collar floret canes with different centers, and pink/green/blue complex canes. Spokes with two rows of pink/green floret/bulls-eye canes separate panels of white/blue complex canes. “A third [Saint Louis devil silhouette cane], without a doubt the rarest of our trio and certainly a most
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20 Antique Clichy three-flower nosegay with pink cabbage rose paperweight. The nosegay is composed of a large pink Clichy rose with a yellow stamen which grows from a slender green stalk and is crowned by two pastry mold flower canes in blue, green and white and pale pink, framed by five dark green leaves, on clear ground. Diameter 2 1/2" $4,000 — 5,000
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21 21 Unusual antique French, probably Saint Louis or possibly Pantin white clematis paperweight. The clematis is composed of two layers of white ribbed petals with a large solid yellow stamen. It grows from a short curved stem with two broad articulated dark green leaves and a third similar leaf rising above the flower, on clear ground. The dome bears an inscription which reads “Tour Eiffel / Sarah Borrows / June 23rd, 1870”. Small chip on side. The leaves resemble Pantin; however, the flower is more characteristic of Saint Louis, which makes it difficult to determine the factory of origin other than being French. Diameter 1 13/16" $3,000 — 4,000
22 23 Rare antique Clichy stylized flower paperweight. A single millefiori and lampwork flower is comprised of a ring of outer petals with white tips, around a complex pink and white star/rod cane with a white and amber center. It grows atop a long green stem which also bears two stems with buds made from pink and green rose canes, along with three waffle-crimped paddle-shaped leaves over a star-cut ground. Diameter 2 1/4" $3,000 — 4,000
22 Extremely rare New England Glass Company pink camomile over jasper ground paperweight. The large pink camomile blossom is constructed of large flattened hollow tubes surrounding a yellow and orange eight cog center. Five variegated dark green leaves are arranged symmetrically around the flower, which grows from a short green stem over blue and white jasper ground. This lot appears as Figure 5.19 in The Art of the Paperweight - New England Glass Company by John D. Hawley, who writes: “The specimen illustrated in Figure 5.19 may also be a one of a kind. The huge pink blossom with its multiple cog center practically jumps out to the glass”. In his book The Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies Mr. Hawley, again referring to this weight, writes: “To top it off, the artisan arranged this lampwork flower on a stunning blue and white jasper ground, like a wondrous corsage pinned on a sequined gown.” See also: PCA Bulletin 1998 article “Why Antique American? A Collector’s Perspective” by Scott Karlin, page 28, Figure 3. Diameter 2 13/16" $5,500 — 6,500 www.selman.com
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24 24 Antique Baccarat dated scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouette canes on upset muslin paperweight. A red flower picture cane is surrounded by assorted complex canes, including the Gridel silhouettes of a deer, a butterfly, a white monkey, a black monkey, an elephant, a rooster and an unusual cane of a pheasant encircled by shamrocks, on white upset muslin. Additional canes are arrow, shamrock, trefoil, leaf and six-point star along with a “B 1848” signature/date cane and bits of colored filigree. Diameter 3" $2,000 — 3,000
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25 25 Outstanding antique Clichy interlaced quatrefoil millefiori garland on upset muslin paperweight. This beautifully executed design features two quatrefoil garlands, one comprised of burgundy, white and green cog canes, interlaced with a second garland of thalo blue, white and red canes, all framing two concentric rings. The outer ring of pink and green pastry mold canes surrounds an inner ring of green and white pastry mold canes, around a single violet and white pastry mold cane with an inner yellow rod bundle. The design rests on a bed of sparkling white upset muslin. “Whether woven to celebrate love, victory or merely beauty, the millefiori garlands found in patterned spacing schemes are among the most graceful and delicate ornaments found in paperweights.” —Paperweights for Collectors. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/16" $4,500 — 5,500
26 Excellent antique Clichy millefiori chequer with roses paperweight. This beautifully executed design consists of eighteen assorted spaced complex canes including pastry mold, cog and ruffle in vibrant shades of pink, blue, green, aubergine, maroon and red, divided by sections of white latticinio, over a bed of parallel white latticinio rods. One pink and green Clichy cabbage rose is located in the center ring of the weight, while another larger pink and green rose graces the border garland. Minor cullet in dome. Diameter 2 7/8" $2,000 — 2,500
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27 27 Rare antique Baccarat faceted open concentric millefiori with rose and Gridel canes on lace paperweight. A large central Clichy-type Baccarat pink and green rose cane is surrounded by two open concentric rings of various complex canes including cog, arrow, fortress, trefoil, shamrock and ruffled canes similar to the Clichy pastry mold canes. The design also includes Gridel canes of a rooster and a goat, on upset muslin ground, with a top facet and five side facets. Diameter 2 1/2" $3,500 — 4,500
28 28 Antique New England Glass Company nosegay and concentric millefiori paperweight. The central nosegay is composed of three identical complex cane flowers in white, pink and blue, with four large dark green leaves and a short curved stem. It is surrounded by two concentric rings of complex millefiori, over a double-swirl white latticinio basket. See: PCA Bulletin 1998 article “Why Antique American? A Collector’s Perspective” by Scott Karlin, page 28, Figure 2. Diameter 2 5/8" $1,500 — 2,000
29 Antique Saint Louis wafer dish with scrambled millefiori base. A compressed rounded clear glass bowl with a twisted blue and white latticinio rim terminates in a clear glass collar resting above a colorful scattered millefiori base with whole and partial canes, tubes and latticinio. From the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, the wafer dish was an important desk accessory. In the era of sealing wax, prepared wafers of flour and water were used to seal letters and stick sheets of paper together. The moistened wafer was placed under the turn-over of an envelope to glue it down, giving more security than wax alone. Diameter 3 5/16", height 3" $2,000 — 3,000 www.selman.com
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30 Antique Baccarat scramble or macedoine paperweight. A classic macedoine of multi-colored ribbons and latticinio segments in blue, red, coral, green, yellow and white. Minor surface wear. Chip to base. Diameter 2 11/16" $400 — 500 31 Antique Baccarat faceted green-flash overlay trefoil millefiori garlands and Gridel canes paperweight. A white, red and blue six-point star/arrowhead cane ringed with white, green and red crimped canes is surrounded by a pair of interlaced trefoil garlands, on clear ground. One garland of white and green stardust/bull’s-eye canes and another of red and white crimped/rod canes loop around six spaced Gridel silhouette canes, including a horse, a rooster, a squirrel, a goat, a deer and a pair of lovebirds. The design is encased within a dark green-flash overlay, with six and one facets, and a ring of short finger facets around the lower half of the piece. Minor surface wear. Chip to base. Diameter 3 1/4" $3,500 — 4,500 32 Antique Baccarat eight looped garland paperweight. Eight millefiori loops, in an alternating pattern of white star/six-point star canes and white star/bulls-eye canes, gracefully ring a central circle of red, blue and white star/bulls-eye canes. A red, white and blue star/bull’s-eye cane centers the design over clear ground. Diameter 3" $600 — 800 14
33 Antique Baccarat white primrose with red edging on star- cut ground miniature paperweight. A white primrose, its six petals scalloped at the interior and cupped at the edges with a red rim, has a complex cane of small white stars and a red and white bull’s-eye at its core. Sitting atop a thick curved stem flanked by two slightly furling leaves, it is crowned by an additional three leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 1 15/16" $700 — 900 34 Antique Baccarat Type III pansy paperweight. The pansy, with two purple upper petals, three purple-tipped yellow lower petals, and a stardust/bull’s-eye cane center, is crowned by three spaced green leaves as it grows atop a short stem with two additional green leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 1/16" $500 — 700 35 Antique Baccarat close pack millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade paperweight. The tuft of the mushroom is composed of an abundance of assorted colorful complex canes, including fortress, six-point stars, trefoils, quatrefoils, honeycombs, arrows, whorls, leaf canes and shamrocks, and a Gridel pheasant silhouette cane. The mushroom’s stem is encircled by a cobalt blue-encased white latticinio torsade, bordered by an air-ring inclusion, over a clear, star-cut base. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,000 — 1,500
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36 Antique Baccarat quatrefoil garland on clear ground paperweight. A central blue starred bull’s-eye/white stardust complex cane is encircled by a ring of white and blue stardust canes, which is surrounded by a looped quatrefoil garland consisting of red, white and blue six-point star canes. A large white stardust and green bull’s-eye cane nests in each outer curve of the garland, on clear ground. Diameter 2 3/4" $700 — 900
39 Antique Baccarat miniature close packed millefiori paperweight. This charming miniature contains Gridel silhouette canes of a horse, a rooster, and a squirrel which are scattered among an assortment of colorful complex millefiori, including six-point star, honeycomb, arrowhead, trefoil, quatrefoil, leaf, star bundle, whorl, and cog canes. Diameter 2" $800 — 1,000
37 Antique Baccarat faceted turquoise overlay circular millefiori garlands paperweight. A spaced ring of six circular millefiori garlands surrounds a central millefiori garland within a turquoiseover-white double overlay. A complex cane is centered within each of the seven garlands. Top facet and two rows of side facets. Diameter 3 1/16" $2,500 — 3,500
40 Antique Baccarat Dupont pansy paperweight. The pansy, with two dark purple upper petals, three russet-tipped ochre lower petals, and a stardust/bull’s-eye cane center, is surrounded by three spaced green leaves, as it grows from a long curved stem with two additional green leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. Surface wear. Diameter 2 5/16" $500 — 600
38 Antique Baccarat faceted blue clematis and millefiori garland paperweight. The flower, with six cobalt blue petals, a honeycomb star cane center, shaded green leaves, and a dark green stem, is encircled by a garland of white, red, and pale yellow crimped canes, on clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Diameter 2 7/16" $3,000 — 4,000
41 Antique Baccarat white pompon glass paperweight. The pompon, with several rings of C-shaped white hollow rods around a yellow center cane, is crowned by four green leaves and a white bud, as it grows from a thick green stem, with two additional green leaves, on clear, star-cut ground. Chip to base. Diameter 2 3/8" $800 — 1,000
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42 Antique Clichy millefiori chequer paperweight. A large central pink, green and white pastry mold cane is surrounded by two concentric rings of eighteen spaced complex canes in shades of pink, green, blue, red, purple and white, divided by sections of white latticinio, over parallel strips of white latticinio. Chips to base. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,200 — 1,500 43 Antique Clichy miniature spaced concentric with roses paperweight. A pastry mold cane is encircled by a ring of pink pastry mold canes, which is followed by a garland of ten green and white Clichy roses in pairs, alternating with five burgundy, green and white crimp canes, over clear ground. Tiny chip to dome. Diameter 1 3/4" $1,000 — 1,500 44 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori paperweight. A central red star cane ringed in smaller white stars is the focus of six concentric rings of complex canes including cogs, whorls, honeycomb and other stars. Many-colored at its center, the design moves to a ring of brilliant blue cog canes, next to a ring of pink complex canes and finally to an outer ring of chartreuse canes with pink star centers. Annealing cracks. Diameter 2 1/8" $500 — 600
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45 Antique Clichy miniature spaced concentric millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. A central burgundy, green and white pastry mold cane is encircled by two spaced concentric rings of assorted colorful cog and pastry mold canes, on white upset muslin. An excellent pink and green rose, a Clichy trademark, is included in the design. Diameter 1 15/16" $800 — 1,000 46 Antique Clichy cinquefoil garland on translucent cranberry ground paperweight. A large white and red complex cog/ star cane centers the design, encircled by a continuous garland of five loops consisting of green/white pastry mold canes alternating with blue, red and white complex canes. Within each outside curve of the garlands there is a single cane, each one unique. Diameter 2 3/4" $2,500 — 3,000 47 Antique Clichy pink and white swirl paperweight. Alternating pink and white latticinio ribbons radiate outwards from a large central green pastry mold cane, with a dark blue and white middle, in a counter-clockwise swirling motion. Diameter 2 1/8" $800 — 1,000
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48 Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori over thalo blue color ground paperweight. A complex aubergine, white and green cog cane is surrounded by a ring of green, red and white pastry mold canes, another ring of pink, white and green cog canes, and a final ring of white edelweiss canes with red/green bull’s-eye centers alternating with sets of three small red, white and green cog canes. Opaque thalo blue over white ground. Minor chip to basal ring. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,200 — 1,800 49 Antique Clichy faceted spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central green and white cog cane is surrounded by rings of purple and yellow pastry mold canes, larger red and white pastry mold canes, and an outer ring of pink and green complex canes alternating with trios of smaller blue and white pastry mold canes, on clear ground. Six and one facets. Diameter 2 5/8" $600 — 700 50 Antique Clichy miniature spaced concentric millefiori with Clichy rose paperweight. A large central pink and green cabbage rose cane is encircled by a concentric ring of green, white and pink pastry mold canes. The border is formed by a garland of five blue and pink pastry mold canes alternating with pairs of white edelweiss canes, on clear ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 1 7/8" $1,000 — 1,500 www.selman.com
51 Antique Clichy green and white swirl paperweight. Alternating green and white curved rods form a rare clockwise pinwheel pattern, as they radiate from a central pink, white and pale yellow complex pastry mold cane. Diameter 2 ½" $1,500 — 2,000 52 Antique Clichy scattered millefiori with three roses paperweight. Three large Clichy trademark pink and green cabbage roses are scattered among an assortment of complex canes, including pastry mold, cog, six-point star and crimp in pink, green, red, maroon, purple, shades of blue and white, on clear ground. Diameter 31/8" $600 — 800 53 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori in a deep purple and white stave basket paperweight. The dome is set with five rows of assorted millefiori including star, floret, bull’s-eye and pastry mold canes in shades of red, pink, green and white, around a pink and white pastry mold cane at the center resting within a basket of deep purple and white staves. Two internal cracks along two white staves. Diameter 3 1/8" $600 — 800
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54 Antique Saint Louis miniature patterned millefiori on jasper ground paperweight. A large light blue, pistachio and white cross/floret cane is encircled by five spaced pistachio, pink and white complex canes, on pink and white jasper ground. Diameter 1 3/4" $500 — 600
and white star canes. The white spokes define alternating cobalt blue and white jasper ground and red and white jasper ground, each triangle then hosting a single large complex cane in blue, green, pink or white. A white torsade encircles the design. Striae. Diameter 3 1/16" $700 — 900
55 Antique Saint Louis pelargonium on latticinio cushion paperweight. The flower, with five rose pink petals, pale green leaves, and a short green stem, rests on a double-swirl white latticinio cushion. These Saint Louis flowers, also called geraniums, are similar to the Baccarat primrose. In a 1855 catalogue, Saint Louis identified this flower as “love in a mist”. Scratch to base. Diameter 2 5/8" $1,500 — 2,000
58 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay and garland on amber-flash diamond-cut ground paperweight. The nosegay is composed of four complex cane flowers in salmon, blue, red and white amidst five broad green leaves and a double stem. The garland is composed of green, pink and white star/cog canes, alternating with pink and white complex canes, on diamond-cut amber-flash ground. Detached stems. Diameter 2 3/8" $500 — 700
56 Antique Saint Louis looped millefiori garlands on cerulean blue ground paperweight. An elaborate red, white and green cog cane with a central blue floret centers the design, which is encircled by six alternating loops comprised of white stardust/ red bull’s-eye canes and red/white complex canes, on an opaque bright cerulean blue colored ground. Minor surface wear on dome. Provenance: Joseph W. Hutt Collection. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,500 — 2,000 57 Antique Saint Louis paneled jasper and millefiori paperweight. A central red and white complex cane is ringed by six blue 18
59 Antique Saint Louis multifaceted upright bouquet and red torsade paperweight. The five-flower bouquet is crowned by a yellow-centered white lampwork flower, encircled by four lampwork and cane flowers in various colors, with several green leaves on gathered stems on a clear ground. A translucent red and white spiral torsade bordered by two air-ring inclusions completes the design. Top facet and all-over geometric facets, with a row of scalloped facets bordering the bottom. Chips to base. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,000 — 1,500
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60 Outstanding antique Saint Louis faceted blue double clematis on latticinio cushion paperweight. The flower, with two tiers of ridged cobalt blue petals around a yellow match-head cane center, blooms atop a short green stem consisting of multiple rods. Five green leaves surround the bloom which rests on a doubleswirl white latticinio cushion. Six circular facets surround the upper half of a high dome. “These flowers do not occur so frequently as the dahlia, about one in six of the St. Louis flower type being a clematis. The flowers are usually double, with gentian blue... and yellow centres...” — Paperweights and Other Glass Curiosities. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,500 — 2,000 61 Antique Saint Louis open concentric millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. A large complex cane of green and white with a red and white cross cane center is ringed by five spaced complex canes in blue, pink and white, and a border garland of blue and burnt orange complex canes, on white upset muslin. Diameter 2 5/8" $550 — 650 62 Antique Saint Louis honeycomb faceted nosegay paperweight. Four millefiori in white, pink, green and blue in a traditional Saint Louis nosegay with five leaves and a short curved stem. All-over honeycomb faceting, one round top facet. Diameter 2 1/8" $700 — 900 www.selman.com
63 Antique Saint Louis faceted millefiori nosegay paperweight. The nosegay, composed of four millefiori flowers in blue, orange, white and salmon pink with large serrated green leaves on a short stem, rests on clear diamond-cut ground. Circular top facet, encircled by a ring of seven printies, and six large circular side facets. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 15/16" $650 — 750 64 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay and garland on amber-flash diamond-cut ground paperweight. The piece contains a nosegay of four complex cane flowers in blue, red and white, five radiating dark green leaves and a stem, encircled by a millefiori border garland, on diamond-cut amber-flash ground. The garland is composed of green, pink and white star/cog canes alternating with pink, white and blue star/bull’s-eye canes. Crack in blue cane, one leaf detached. Diameter 3" $500 — 600 65 Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori paperweight. Whole and partial complex canes, colorful ribbons, rods and latticinio, in blue, red, green, yellow, orange, pink and white form a vivid cushion. Striae in design. Diameter 2 7/8" $350 — 450 Fall 2013
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66 Matching pair of antique millefiori doorknobs by unknown maker. Each doorknob contains a central blue ruffled cane surrounded by a ring of orange ruffled canes, with an outer ring containing pairs of green ruffled canes alternating with a single mauve cane. The design floats over a clear ground. Each knob is mounted on a brass base, connected to a brass shaft and back plate. Diameter 3", Height 2 5/8" $500 — 700 67 Antique Gillinder and Sons of Philadelphia faceted concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight. A large burgundy and white ruffled cane is encircled by five concentric rings of assorted cog and ruffle canes, in white, blue, pink and green, over clear ground. Rounded dome, six side facets. Pontil mark. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,000 — 1,500 68 Antique millefiori garland on clear ground by unknown maker. A single quatrefoil garland, each loop composed of three white star canes with red centers alternating with two blue and green complex canes, surrounds a center ring of the same white and blue complex canes which surrounds a single large green and blue complex cane. Four blue, pink and green complex canes punctuate the loops of the garland, which floats over a clear ground. Diameter 2 15/16" $500 — 600 20
69 Antique Venetian round scent bottle with brass stopper. The portrait cane of a Venetian gentlemen and a gondola, along with a partial portrait cane, emerge from a sea of gold aventurine and colored glass in shades of red, blue, green, turquoise and white. Finished with a simple brass stopper. Height 2 3/16", width 1 1/2" $1,500 — 2,000 70 Antique American J Peck 1911 paperweight. “J PECK 1911” is written in white block letters, accented with dots of light blue and surrounded by a spaced border garland of alternating red and blue flowers, on clear ground. Diameter 3 3/8" $180 — 225 71 Antique New England Glass Company blue poinsettia on swirling latticinio paperweight. A brilliant blue poinsettia, its two tiers of six petals each with a pink and white complex cane center, grows atop a curving stem shared by three green leaves and a winding tendril, over a double swirl white latticinio ground. Pontil mark. Diameter 3 7/16" $500 — 700
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72 Antique American Knights of Columbus paperweight, by William Graeser. The Knights of Columbus symbol is sketched in black on a white plaque ground, with stems of blue and yellow flowers above and below it. Rough ground base. Diameter 3 1/8" $150 — 200 73 Antique concentric millefiori with “B” signature canes by unknown maker. Four red collared white rod canes comprise the center of the design, surrounded by five concentric rings containing complex canes in red, turquoise, mauve, cobalt blue and white. Within the blue complex canes are over 30 “B” signature canes. To date, the weights containing the “B” signature cane have not been attributed to any maker. See a further discussion regarding this in The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights, page 38. Diameter 3 3/16" $600 — 700 74 Antique, probably Bohemian, flowers and plaque faceted paperweight. A blue and white oval plaque, perhaps representative of a family crest, presides at the center of a hollow cushion streaked with amber, yellow and white in a random pattern brightened with silver aventurine, ringed by five pink and white trumpet flowers perched atop long stems. Eight wide side printies. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 3/4" $400 — 500 www.selman.com
75 Antique New England Glass Company blue poinsettia paperweight. A brilliant cobalt blue poinsettia, with a pink/ white cog cane center, grows from a curved stem with three veined green leaves dotted with rows of tiny bubbles parallel to the central spine. Larger bubbles, representing dewdrops, rest between the flower’s petals, over a clear ground. Chip to base. Minor striae. Diameter 2 1/2" $600 — 700 76 Antique American plaque paperweight. A white glass plaque, with three interconnecting rings at its focus, is flanked above and below by painted glass branches of delicate green leaves and dark blue and yellow flowers. The ring motif resembles the three-link chain symbol of the Odd Fellows. Rough pontil. Diameter 3 1/2" $400 — 500 77 Antique Bohemian close packed millefiori paperweight. A blue, pink and yellow complex cane in the center is surrounded by scattered canes in pastel hues of pink, yellow, blue, violet and orange, all resting on a speckled green and silver mica ground. Includes six yellow clover canes and several star canes. An early work of the Riedel company in Bohemia. “The best of the Bohemian weights show superior workmanship and great charm.” —The Encyclopedia of Paperweights. Diameter 2 1/2" $700 — 900 Fall 2013
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78 Early Chinese miniature single bird over white ground paperweight. A pink breasted gray swallow flies through green leafy branches over a white ground. Swallows are seen as a symbol of good fortune in Chinese culture. Diameter 2" $50 — 70 79 Antique Baccarat molded/intaglio glass lion head paperweight. A clear molded weight with fluted sides includes the large head of a lion at its center. Additional detail to the lion’s head was engraved by hand after the molding process. Significant chipping to base. Cited in: 2012 Annual Bulletin of the Paperweight Collectors Association, Inc., “Entirely Intaglio” by Alan Thornton and Erhard Maroschek. Diameter 3 3/16" $300 — 400 80 Antique New England Glass Company nosegay letter seal. The top of the seal contains three millefiori florets, four dark green leaves, and stem. Four rows of faceting, including six vertical facets. Waffle-cut base. This piece is one of only a few letter seals by the New England Glass Company. Diameter 1 1/4", height 2 1/2" $700 — 900
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81 Antique American umbrella paperweight. Springing from an undulating frit ground of colorful glass pebbles, a moss green umbrella-like flower spreads its six mottled petals across the design, each one terminating in a large bubble and a seventh bubble punctuating the nexus. Rough pontil. Diameter 3 3/16" $250 — 350 82 Antique New England Glass Company patterned millefiori on latticinio ground paperweight. A central complex cane in blue and white is ringed by six pink, white and yellow complex canes. Five short spokes depart from this central motif, each consisting of just two complex canes of differing design, all above a double swirl white latticinio ground. Rough pontil. Diameter 2 1/4" $300 — 400 83 Antique, probably Meisenthal (Alsace-Lorraine), crystal inkwell. A pedestal attaches an inkwell to a large base containing two multi-colored palm fronds, over an opaque white ground. (No stopper). Diameter 3 1/2", height 4 13/16" $600 — 700
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84 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company striped weedflower paperweight. A single stylized weedflower is framed by six ribbed green leaves, its six white petals alternately striped with three blue lines and three pink lines, and centered by a large pink and white cross which is unique to the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company. The clear star-cut base has an unusual amber stain within the cutting. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,500 — 2,000 85 Antique New England Glass Company scrambled millefiori paperweight. The piece contains an assortment of whole and partial complex canes in white, green, red, pink, yellow and violet. Diameter 2 9/16" $400 — 500 86 Chinese orange and pink flower miniature paperweight. The flower, with orange and pink petals, grows on a stem, with green leaves, over clear ground. Diameter 1 3/4" $70 — 90 87 Antique New England Glass Company faceted spaced concentric millefiori over swirling latticinio paperweight. A central red, white and green cog/tube cane is encircled by a ring of complex canes in pink, blue, green and white. Finally an outer www.selman.com
ring of complex canes in shades of pink, blue, white and green, all over double swirling latticinio. Top facet encircled by two rows of six side facets, interspersed with spaced crows-foot cuts and small single flutes. Minor surface wear. Chip to facet. Diameter 2 7/8" $400 — 500 88 Antique New England Glass Company red rose and bud paperweight. The red rose, with two tiers of petals around a furled center, blooms atop a thick green stem, while a companion red bud sprouts from an adjoining green stem, over a double-swirl white latticinio ground. Near the end of the stems are two large green leaves, which are accented with tiny spaced bubbles to represent drops of dew. Small crack near base. Diameter 3" $350 — 450 89 Antique New England Glass Company concentric millefiori with blue-outlined heart canes paperweight. A central complex cane in pink, white and blue is surrounded by three concentric rings of assorted complex canes in shades of yellow, pink, turquoise and white including thirteen blue-outlined heart canes, over a bed of swirling latticinio. Chip to base. Diameter 2 9/16" $450 — 550
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90 Stankard Studio “Bachelor Button and Honeysuckle Bouquet” paperweight, by Christine Stankard Kressley. A well-balanced arrangement, with clusters of lavender bachelor buttons, pink-shaded white honeysuckle flowers, buds, and striped green leaves, rests on a dark green opaque ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $800 — 1,000
93 Paul Stankard 1979 blackberry sprig paperweight. Two smallish ripe blackberries flank a forking berry sprig shared with a promising white blossom and five tight white buds. Two delicate stems, each with a splay of three leaves, enclose the design. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,200 — 1,800
91 Paul Stankard 2000 blossoms, berries, leaves with ant and dragonfly compound paperweight. A tuft of earth, its tangled dark roots trailing from beneath a panoply of bounty, sprouts a sturdy pink rununculus, delicately veined green leaves, two white fruit blossoms and three blueberries, all visited by a single ant and the symmetrically placed wonder of a deep mauve and black dragonfly just under the dome. A “dew” word cane is visible in the undergrowth. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,500 — 3,500
94 Paul Stankard 1980 “Sippewisset Bouquet” paperweight. Three pink wild roses, with upright yellow filament stamens, are framed by three dark purple blackberries, two yellow cactus blossoms and two stalks of white foxglove on gathered stems with green leaves, over clear ground. Edition #45 of a limited edition of 50. “S” signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200 — 1,800
92 Paul Stankard undated floral wreath paperweight. A pretty, semi-circular floral wreath is laced with three white daisies with great tufts of yellow stamens, a pink rununculus with two companion buds, a yellow buttercup, four small deep blue blossoms with four companion buds and three tiny bright yellow buds. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,500 — 2,000 24
95 Paul Stankard 1988 gentians botanical rectangular sculpture paperweight. Two sky blue and white gentians with a companion bud and one brilliant blue gentian with a companion bud flaunt their exuberant colors from within a clump of furling green leaves, all emerging from a bit of earth with trailing, delicate beige, brown and white roots, within a clear glass rectangular encasement. Dimensions 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" $2,500 — 3,000
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96 Paul Stankard 1979 “Botanical Interpretation” on cobalt blue ground glass paperweight. Three spikes of white and lavender partially opened flower clusters push through five green leaves over white roots, on cobalt blue ground. “Botanical Interpretation” is inscribed on the bottom of this paperweight. “S” signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,200 — 1,800 97 Paul Stankard 1972 early edition “White Marsh Gentian” American Floral Series paperweight. A lovely white gentian, its five petals alternating with a halo of five green leaves peeking out from behind, is pierced at the center by six crimson stamens and grows atop a slender stem framed by six symmetrically placed green leaves, against a translucent mauve ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $900 — 1,200 98 Paul Stankard 1982 “Pink Cactus” blossoms and pink buds paperweight. Two fully open pink blooms spring from the tips of a cactus plant whose spiny arms are lined with promising new buds, on cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200 — 1,800
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99 Paul Stankard 1979 mixed bouquet paperweight. A pretty spring arrangement, including three pale violets and two purple violet buds, three stalks of yellow lilac, a large pink bloom and two in crimson, white bellflowers, forget-me-nots and three long blue sprays, is gathered together on slender stems, an occasional leaf peeking through the flora, on clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,200 — 1,800 100 Paul Stankard 2003 “Especially for Pat” orchid bouquet paperweight. A lovely bouquet of six orchids, representing three different varieties, is a splendor of color and grace in shades of delicate lavender, pale green and bold, bright orange, their stems gathered and two bladed stems thrusting upward from behind. Clear ground. “Especially for Pat” is etched on the side. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3" $1,000 — 1,500 101 David Graeber 2009 “Roses and Forget-me-nots” bouquet paperweight. The dimensional, cascading bouquet includes three full roses with shaded pale yellow petals, two opening yellow buds, light blue forget-me-nots with buds and striped green leaves, on clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,400 — 1,800 Fall 2013
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102 Johne Parsley 1991 yellow blossom faceted miniature paperweight. A single yellow blossom, its five petals alternating with a halo of five green leaves peeking out from behind, sits atop a slender stem shared by a listing companion bud and a trio of delicate leaves, over clear ground. Seven and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $600 — 700
105 Debbie Tarsitano clematis on star-cut ground paperweight. A revisitation of the traditional Baccarat clematis, five cupped red petals edged in white are centered with a blue complex cane and framed by five radial leaves from atop a slender stem with three ribbed and curling leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/16" $700 — 900
103 Delmo Tarsitano spider with flowers paperweight. Symmetrically poised atop a white nest on a sandy desert floor, a plump spider is framed by a semi-circle of beautiful, bright-colored desert blooms. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,800 — 2,250
106 Debbie Tarsitano 1976 two purple flowers with leaves petite paperweight. Two purple flowers, each with five petals and yellow stamens, share a common stem with delicate sprigs of green leaves, over clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/16" $500 — 600
104 Delmo Tarsitano environmental snake paperweight. A mottled brown snake slithers his way across a sandy ground, pausing between two upright flowers, one yellow and the other white with yellow stamens, each with sprawling green leaves. Signature cane. Diameter 3 7/16" $2,000 — 3,000
107 Debbie Tarsitano red bud and white berry bouquet glass paperweight. A bouquet of eleven red buds is set against three leafy green branches and sprigs of white berries, all gathered with a white and blue ribbon, on translucent cobalt blue ground. “T” signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $800 — 1,000
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108 Delmo Tarsitano spider in a desert landscape paperweight. A gray spider with orange threaded body sprawls at the center of an earthy web framed by a semi-circle of five succulents, two with orange blooms. A rocky, sandy desert terrain envelopes the scene. Diameter 3 3/8" $2,500 — 3,500
111 Debbie Tarsitano wheatflower bouquet paperweight. A pair of wheatflowers, each with five dark blue-spotted yellow petals around pink and yellow pompon cane centers, grow from long green stems, with sprays of pale blue knotweed and green leaves, on clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 13/16" $900 — 1,200
109 Debbie Tarsitano “Bouquet” paperweight. A purple and yellow pansy, a brown blossom with several layers of petals, two small blue flowers and four blue and yellow buds are laced together with white sprays and green leaves, on clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $1,000 — 1,500
112 Delmo Tarsitano cluster of five yellow pears paperweight. Five cheerful yellow pears share a thickly leafed brown branch against a mottled green and gray ground. Signature cane near base of stem. Diameter 2 1/2" $800 — 1,000
110 Karen Federici 2004 pink and white aster paperweight. A tumble of asters, two white and four pink, each with a yellow stamen, blooms on a thick and variegated twisted vine, on clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $250 — 350
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113 Karen Federici 2000 three blooms on a vine paperweight. Three rose and mauve colored blooms, with gold and yellow stamens, grow from a shared vine which sprawls across a surface of purple aventurine tubular segments scattered over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $300 — 400
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115 Lundberg Studios 1999 sea star vase, by Daniel Salazar. Large white starfish ring the upper half of a doubleencased vase whose lower half is adorned with large white millefiori canes recalling sea anemones. These are placed at the edges of tide pool-like formations manipulated into an interior lining threaded with long , thick green ribbons. Signed/dated. Diameter 5", height 8 1/2" $1,000 — 1,500
116 Lundberg Studios 2012 orange hibiscus on aqua ground vase, by Daniel Salazar. Three orange hibiscus blossoms adorn the outer perimeter of an opalescent double-encased aqua vase, alternating with three companion buds and showcased against a network of leaves and vines lining the interior encasement. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 5/8", height 4 3/8" $500 — 700
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117 Rick Ayotte 1993 Artist Proof camellias with butterfly paperweight. One crimson camellia and one white, each with brilliant yellow stamens, are set against lush, variegated foliage along with a red bud, and visited by a white butterfly with spotted wings, on translucent green ground. Artist proof. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 15/16" $1,500 — 2,000 118 Rick Ayotte 1999 “Heavenly Blue” pale pink camellias and blue forget-me-nots paperweight. Two large pale pink camellias and two small ones, all four with brilliant yellow stamens, are arranged symmetrically on a bed of forget-me-nots in blues both brilliant and pale, the bright yellow dots of stamens as well as lovely contrasting green leaves punctuating the design. Clear ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $1,200 — 1,500 119 Rick Ayotte 2006 shining honeycreeper and purple-crowned hummingbird paperweight. A shining honeycreeper perches comfortably within the leafy foliage accompanying a cluster of lilac-colored blooms, while from below a purple-crowned hummingbird positions himself for a taste of their nectar. Lavender ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 4" $1,500 — 2,000 www.selman.com
120 Rick Ayotte 1981 eastern meadowlark with a rainbow compound paperweight. A dimensional eastern meadowlark perches on a short, thick leafy branch, a rainbow arched in the background. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,500 — 2,000 121 Rick Ayotte 1982 grosbeak on snowy pine compound paperweight. A black and yellow grosbeak strikes a handsome pose on the snow-covered branches of a pine. Edition #15 of a limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $700 — 900 122 Rick Ayotte 1993 American Beauty rose bouquet paperweight. Two lush red roses, one smallish and the other very large, sit atop a bed of tiny rose sprays in red and in white, attendant greenery lending its allure, on a translucent green ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $1,500 — 2,000
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123 Rick Ayotte 1986 scarlet-chested parrot with amherstia paperweight. A magnificent parrot, arrayed in brilliant yellow, red, blue and green, alights between a pair of red flame amherstia blossoms, on clear ground. Edition #9 of a limited edition of 75. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 ½" $1,500 — 2,000
126 Rick Ayotte 2000 “Golden Bouquet” paperweight. Three bright yellow daffodils showcase against a lovely sprawl of pink, mauve and yellow clematis blossoms, buds, purple berries and assorted leaves. A blue bombardier beetle makes his way across the weave. Clear ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $1,200 — 1,800
124 Rick Ayotte 1983 chipping sparrow with fall foliage compound paperweight. A chipping sparrow contemplates a nearby cluster of blueberries from his autumnal perch amid colorful leaves and two bright red poinsettias. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 25. Diameter 3 9/16" $1,500 — 2,000
127 Rick Ayotte 1991 Artist Proof blossom bouquet with a blue bow paperweight. A charming bouquet of twenty-one small blossoms, in mauve, red, blue, yellow and white, framed against a fan of mint green leaves, is tied together by a large blue bow edged in white, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,500 — 2,000
125 Rick Ayotte 2003 Bewick’s wren with magnolia paperweight. A chirping Bewick’s wren suns itself against the colorful backdrop of a large yellow-stamened magnolia, its white petals stained in an assortment of pinks and one of its variegated green leaves serving as a perch. Sky blue ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 15/16" $1,000 — 1,500
128 Rick Ayotte 2002 “Abundance” chrysanthemum and berry two-sided magnum paperweight. A spherical bouquet of scarlet and purple chrysanthemums is flushed through with colorful autumn berries, evoking thoughts of harvest and bounty, on clear ground. Limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 4" $3,500 — 4,500
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132 Rick Ayotte 2007 two birds on the forest floor paperweight. A colorful forest floor with red berries, blueberries, yellow flowers, orange mushrooms and a lady bug is visited by two black-winged birds, one with a yellow crown and the other a red one. Clear ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,800 — 2,250
130 Rick Ayotte 1994 Artist Proof orange rose petite paperweight. An open rose, its rounded petals stained a salmon orange with patches of white mixed into their folds, sits upright atop four dark green leaves, over clear ground. Artist proof. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/16" $400 — 500
133 Rick Ayotte 1999 owl with full moon compound paperweight. A white snow owl perches wide-eyed on a pine branch before a full, low, yellow moon, hung in a dark, star-speckled night sky. Limited edition of 25. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 15/16" $1,500 — 2,000
131 Rick Ayotte 1986 purple crowned lorikeet miniature paperweight. A charming lorikeet sits within a cameo of colorful exotic flora, on clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 7/8" $500 — 600
134 Rick Ayotte 1996 “Springtime in Mallorca” European robin paperweight. From his perch on the protruding branch of a white oleander, a European robin calls to his companions. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,800 — 2,250
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141 Jim D’Onofrio 1993 lantern paperweight. Two leafy sprays of purple blooms ascend a patch of brown fencing from which a lantern has been hung, two large leaves emerging from the side. A dark pebble ground suggests a rural landscape . Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $700 — 900 142 Jim D’Onofrio 2001 green snake and brown mouse environmental paperweight. A long green snake, dotted at intervals with splashes of crimson and black, lies in a twist atop a sandy ground, seemingly unaware of a dining opportunity very nearby in the form of a little brown mouse busy nibbling at his own supper of bamboo leaves. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $800 — 1,200 143 Jim D’Onofrio 1992 frog on a river bank paperweight. A pale green frog, with pale blue spots and yellow stripes, contemplates his next move while sunning on a sandy bank enlivened with two purple flowers and a bit of driftwood . Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $450 — 550
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147 Chris Buzzini 1991 yellow, red and purple bouquet paperweight. A stalk of small yellow blossoms is at the center of a bouquet with three purple flowers, two bladed leaves and two green stalks culminating in a star-like leaf formation, all seemingly bound together with three scarlet blooms and three small green leaves, over clear ground. Edition #10 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200 — 1,800
150 Chris Buzzini 1993 “International Paperweight Foundation” paperweight. A beautiful semi-wreath, including two sprays of timidly opening lilac, two small yellow blossoms and one blue, a large orange daisy and three tightly sepaled buds, keens clockwise within a clear ground encasement, tendrils and trailing roots softening the design. Engraved “IPF” for the International Paperweight Foundation. One-of-one. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,800 — 2,250
148 Chris Buzzini 1987 pink orchid and bud paperweight. A large, graceful pink and white striped orchid bloom leans to one side on a long, slender stem which is delicately balanced with a companion bud and leaves, all departing from a beige tuber and roots. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200 — 1,800
151 Chris Buzzini 1988 purple-spotted white orchid and bud paperweight. Leaning heavily to one side from a cluster of three leafy orchid tubers with trailing roots, a white orchid with two corkscrew petals, two purple-spotted petals, and an orange tongue shares its stem with a tightly sheathed companion bud, on clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,200 — 1,800
149 Chris Buzzini 2009 yellow daisies, phlox and raspberries paperweight. A lovely, full bouquet, including three large yellow daisies, five purple phlox and three companion buds, a swirling white Peregrine thistle bloom with bud and two ripe, red raspberries, is gathered at the stems and embellished with four long, bladed leaves as well as spiraling tendrils, and floats over clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,500 — 2,000 34
152 Chris Buzzini 1990 berry branch and blossoms paperweight. A fragment of stiff brown berry branch, forking and intermittently hung with trios of variegated leaves, sprouts two twigs of red berries below and others with purple blossoms and buds at the top, on clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,500 — 2,000
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153 Colin Richardson 2011 “Melpomene and Fern” paperweight. A melpomene butterfly prepares to land on the delicate branches of a lacy fern, thick with red berries and five white blossoms. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $800 — 1,000 154 Colin Richardson 2011 “Tropical Melpomene” paperweight. Two large purple melpomene butterflies disport themselves in a tropical arena dominated by a woody branch with three robust red blooms and two sprigs of plump pink berries. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $800 — 1,000 155 Cathy Richardson 2008 “Red Woodland Salamander” magnum paperweight. As part of the forest/pond series, this paperweight features a forest floor covered with pine needles, a fallen tree branch, mushrooms, a large variety of leaves and a red salamander sneaking out from under the branch. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $900 — 1,200
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156 Loren Stump floral bouquet miniature paperweight. Two pink flowers, a single blue peony, a spray of yellow loosestrife and attendant green leaves rest on a pink aventurine ground. Diameter 1 7/16" $250 — 350 157 Colin Richardson 2009 butterflies and blue blossoms petite paperweight. Two butterflies, their wings tinged with lavender and orange rimmed in black, alight on a sprig of veined green leaves from whose nexus spring two blue blossoms, each with a surprising orange stamen, as well as two blue companion buds, over clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/16" $400 — 500 158 Randall Grubb 1993 bouquet and millefiori garland paperweight. A charming bouquet of two scarlet blossoms with long yellow stamens, two sprays of lily of the valley and three blue forget-me-nots is centered on clear ground and framed by a border garland of alternating white complex canes and red, white and blue complex canes, all made of tiny stars and hearts. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $600 — 700
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159 Randall Grubb 1992 Cabernet grapes compound paperweight. Three clusters of dark purple grapes and several broad green leaves grow from a twisted brown grape vine. A second gnarled, leafy vine peeks through the voids of the first. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $250 — 350 160 Bob Banford blue flower paperweight. A single blue flower with yellow stamens, a solitary blue companion bud and pairs and trios of green leaves, rests on a clear star-cut ground. Signature cane on base. Diameter 3" $400 — 500 161 Ray Banford faceted cardinal and nest paperweight. A scarlet cardinal, perched atop a thin, leafy branch, surveys a promising nest of three white eggs, over an opaque white ground. Six and one facets and fancy diamond cutting around the lower circumference. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $500 — 700
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162 Randall Grubb 1987 red poinsettia and two lilies paperweight. A large red poinsettia and two white calla lilies share a common tuft of dark green foliage, on opaque blue over white ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $600 — 800 163 Ray Banford three purple iris with buds paperweight. Three purple iris blooms and three purple companion buds emerge from a clump of thick, bladed and variegated green leaves, over clear, diamond cut ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 5/16" $650 — 750 164 Ray Banford pink cabbage rose on green aventurine ground faceted miniature paperweight. A lovely pink cabbage rose peeks out from a bonnet of three substantial green sepals atop a stem shared by three long leaves, over a patch of green aventurine ground. Six and one facets. Diameter 1 3/4" $600 — 700
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165 Bob Banford fancy-cut crystal bible with cross paperweight. Formed from rows of carefully placed green leaves, three to a file, and fixed with a large white blossom at its nexus, a crucifix is centered within a clear glass rectangle cut to resemble a bible. Height 2 9/16", width 2 1/4", depth 1 1/8" $800 — 1,000
168 Ray Banford golden rose on cobalt ground paperweight. A lush golden-yellow rose, crowned by five green leaves, sits atop a slender stem shared with a sixth leaf and a companion bud, over translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/8" $800 — 1,000
166 Bobby Banford pink and yellow bouquet paperweight. Two large pink flowers, each with clusters of white stamens and framed within a halo of five open sepals, two small white bellflowers, two sprays of yellow and white blossoms and six small yellow buds are gathered into a symmetrical display over clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $400 — 500
169 Bobby Banford snowman and tree Christmas paperweight. Beneath a large brown and leafless tree, a slender snowman, with a carrot nose and black hat, holds a broom in his left hand. A snowy white ground continues to layer with snowflakes falling from a translucent cobalt blue sky overhead. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $250 — 300
167 Bob Banford red salamander with desert bloom paperweight. A large scarlet salamander, his back and legs studded with yellow spots, pauses beside a pink desert bloom springing from the midst of dark green succulent leaves giving shade to a ladybug. Bits of scattered desert detritus circle the scene, over a pebbled beige ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $700 — 900
170 Bob Banford spotted black salamander and yellow flower paperweight. A black salamander, spotted with red and orange, strikes a stealthy pose beside a brilliant yellow desert bloom framed by four teal green leaves, over a pebbled ground strewn with bits of wood. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,000 — 1,500
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171 Mayauel Ward 2004 blossoms and yellow berries paperweight. A lovely weave of small yellow and pink blossoms, three creamy white bell-shaped blossoms, a large red ranunculus flower, a spray of lilac and three yellow berries arcs gracefully across a clear ground, tendrils and leaves completing the design. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $700 — 900
174 Mayauel Ward 1991 mixed blooms bouquet paperweight. A colorful bouquet of two large white blossoms with yellow stamens, two yellow bellflowers, a red rununculus and two companion buds, two sprays of brilliant blue blossoms and two fronds of variegated green leaves, rests within a clear ground encasement. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $700 — 900
172 Mayauel Ward 2010 red hibiscus with crenulated leaves paperweight. A dominant red hibiscus bloom, its two tiers of petals beautifully modulated and graceful, is punctuated at its nexus by a small yellow tuft of stamens and sits atop three crenulated green leaves, symmetrically placed to form a kind of nimbus, over opaque purple aventurine ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $150 — 200
175 Mayauel Ward 1990 flowers on sandy ground paperweight. A swirl of pink, yellow-centered blooms grows from a woody stem low across a sandy desert floor. Tucked up against the pink is a small cluster of red flowers thrusting up through attendant greenery, over an opaque black sandy dusted ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8" $750 — 850
173 Mayauel Ward 2010 yellow flower surface design paperweight. A bright yellow flower, its five crenulated petals pierced at their nexus by an orange stamen, sits atop a stem of loosely outlined golden leaves, all moving across the surface of a slightly frosted dome, three small white millefiori blossoms floating amid the design. A mottled purple orb sits on the weight’s floor lending color and depth to the motif. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $60 — 80
176 Mayauel Ward 2010 white stork and sun compound glass paperweight. A white stork with long yellow beak, perches on a tree branch before an orange low-hanging sun, on honey brown ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $100 — 150
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177 Victor Trabucco 1987 red roses and pink China roses magnum paperweight. A very large multi-tiered scarlet rose, a shy sibling just beginning to open and four small companion buds share a bouquet with three pink China roses and three buds as well as two clusters of pale blue buds. Leaves, tendrils and swirling stems complete the design, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/2" $1,500 — 2,000 178 Victor Trabucco 1987 strawberry with blossoms paperweight. A single ripe strawberry lists from a leafy vine in the company of two white blossoms, their centers thickly tufted with yellow stamens, over translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $700 — 900 179 Victor Trabucco 1994 red and white fruit blossoms with wasp paperweight. A curl of woody branch is shared by a large red blossom, a tightly closed companion bud and a trio of small white blossoms both open and closed, all accompanied by small, thick apple green leaves. A yellow-banded black wasp hangs above from two dark gossamer wings. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 13/16" $1,000 — 1,500 www.selman.com
180 Victor Trabucco 1997 pale blue morning glory on upset muslin paperweight. On a forking, bending, woody stem, a pale blue morning glory faces left in the company of a furling light blue bud, four thick, mottled and curving green leaves and a pair of spiraling tendrils, over a delicate white upset muslin. Signed/dated. Diameter3 5/16" $1,500 — 2,000 181 Victor Trabucco 1982 two orange flowers and a bud paperweight. Two pretty orange flowers, each with five delicately striped petals and a thicket of black stamens, perch fetchingly atop diverging stems including one which hosts a companion bud just beginning to open, all threaded with a network of heart-shaped green leaves and twirling tendrils, over clear ground. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $500 — 600 182 Victor Trabucco 1993 trumpet flower and three buds paperweight. A large white trumpet flower, tinged with pink, lies on a sandy ground accompanied by three companion buds, all growing beneath a bit of fallen branch on a vine shared by four furled green leaves. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,500 — 2,000 Fall 2013
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183 James Shaw and Ken Rosenfeld 2007 collaboration laminated cut-glass bouquet paperweight sculpture. Centered within the upright, diamond-shaped piece is a lampwork bouquet of blue, purple and white flowers, blueberries and red raspberries, all set against a translucent cobalt blue background. Beveled front and back facets, with a clear, square base. Signed/ dated. Height 5 1/2", length 4 3/4" $1,200 — 1,500 184 Ken Rosenfeld 1999 pink lotus blossoms on a pond paperweight. Two fully opened pink lotus blossoms, each with a bright yellow honeycomb center, a third blossom still on the verge of unfurling and two small buds float on a translucent blue ground accompanied by six green leaves. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $500 — 600 185 Ken Rosenfeld 1989 “Vegetable Garden” paperweight. Seven radishes with leafy tops, six tapered carrots, three asparagus spears and two purple turnips are provocatively splayed across clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $400 — 500
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186 Ken Rosenfeld 1994 cactus bloom with green snake paperweight. A sprawling cactus plant, thick with promising buds, gives proof of its potential in the form of a splendid red bloom filled with yellow stamens. Three mottled gray rocks lie nearby and a small green snake curls through the scene, over pebbled ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $400 — 500 187 Ken Rosenfeld 2001 miniature berries paperweight. A white blossom, with long light brown stamens, is surrounded by six blueberries, a blackberry, a white bud and striped green leaves, on clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $400 — 500 188 Ken Rosenfeld 1995 three flower bouquet multi-faceted paperweight. Three very particular flowers, each different from the next, are bound into an exotic bouquet with small red berries, orange and yellow berries and a cluster of green leaves. One flower is a many-tiered blue daisy, another an orange and yellow tiger lily and yet a third is a stalk of lavender bellflowers. The motif sits within a clear ground with fluted cutting around the lower circumference. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $500 — 700
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189 Ken Rosenfeld 2001 monarch butterfly with an informal bouquet paperweight. A monarch butterfly hovers above a pretty bouquet including two yellow-stamened purple flowers, a large sepal-cupped pink bloom and two companion buds as well as a white flower and companion bud, all threaded with attendant greenery, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,000 — 1,500 190 Ken Rosenfeld floral bouquet sphere. The multidirectional, three-dimensional bouquet contains a single double-tiered dark blue flower, two pink flowers with long blue stamens, a doubletiered yellow blossom, small purple flowers, buds, green leaves, vines and coiled dark green tendrils. Includes display ring. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,800 — 2,250 191 Alison Ruzsa “Peter Gunn” paperweight. Round clear windows of various size are loosely scattered across a frosted glass dome. Through a side window the black silhouettes of a woman and a gun-wielding man are viewed leaning against one another, facing in opposite directions. Signed. Diameter 3 11/16" $600 — 800
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192 Ken Rosenfeld 1998 pear and grape bouquet paperweight. A long, deeply blushing purple pear hangs provocatively between two bright blue grape clusters, five pink pear blossoms giving promise of further bounty and attendant greenery adding drama to the design. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $500 — 600 193 Ken Rosenfeld 1996 blue flower and green snake on pebbled ground paperweight. A green snake, with a pale underside and black markings, lies in a twist looking back across his long body, as he pauses beside a blue blossom cupped by five green aventurine leaves, over a pebbled ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $600 — 800 194 Alison Ruzsa 2006 “Baby Carriage in the Garden” single-layer painted design paperweight. The piece contains the colored image of a mother pushing a baby carriage, in a garden with assorted flowers and a large weeping willow tree. Frosted base. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $500 — 700
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195 Paul Ysart pink and white butterfly in a latticinio stave basket paperweight. A single butterfly, with a pink body, orange antennae and sculpted white wings with ruby aventurine spots, floats at the center of a stave basket made of white double swirl latticinio tubes. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $800 — 1,200 196 Paul Ysart pink and red flower on white latticinio tube cushion paperweight. A double blossom pink flower with pointed petals, red down the middle and with a white complex cane nexus, grows on a green stem with three leaves and rests on a cushion of white latticinio tube twists in two alternating patterns. Signature cane under one of the leaves. Diameter 2 7/8" $800 — 1,000 197 Paul Ysart two flower bouquet in white latticinio tube stave basket paperweight. Two flowers, one with five pink-striped blue petals and the other with six ribbed purple petals, each with a companion bud, rise from slightly listing, leafy stems. The design floats above a white latticinio tube stave basket punctuated at the top with tiny clear bubbles. Signature cane. “PY” sticker visible through weight in photograph. Diameter 2 13/16" $800 — 1,200 42
198 Paul Ysart millefiori circlets on opaque aqua ground paperweight. Three ocean blue complex canes with red centers lie at the focus of five spaced circlets, each one composed of three large complex canes alternating with three small, and each one different in color and design from the next. Five red and off-white cog canes form a spaced border, placed between the voids created by the circlets. Rough pontil. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,000 — 1,500 199 Paul Ysart six flower bouquet on black ground paperweight. A charming bouquet of six flowers, in pink, white, red, brilliant blue and sky blue, one of them with listing head, is nestled within four pointed green leaves and bound with a blue latticinio bow, over opaque black ground. A border garland of aqua, blue and white complex canes frames the design. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $1,000 — 1,500 200 Paul Ysart green and ruby dragonfly paperweight. The ruby aventurine body of a dragonfly is dotted with jewel-like yellow spots and flanked by two sets of beautiful green millefiori wings. It is centered on a pink ground and accompanied by two complex canes near its tail, the entire motif then framed by a border of spaced millefiori. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $800 — 1,200
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201 Charles Kaziun Junior blue grounds and pink lilies miniature perfume bottle. On the floor of a small perfume bottle, a pink and white lily, with five slender green and white leaves, is centered against a gold aventurine-strewn cobalt blue ground above which, in an inserted basin, a second version of the same hangs halfway down the interior of the bottle. Radically tilted within a round stopper piece is yet a third version of the same motif. Diameter 1 7/16", height 3 5/16" $500 — 700
204 Charles Kaziun Junior spaced concentric millefiori faceted pedestal paperweight. A round mint green thick plaque laced with gold aventurine features a ring of six complex canes, each different in color and design from the next and including a heart cane, a seventh cane presiding at the center. The motif is encased within a clear ground, faceted and tilted onto a clear ground pedestal. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/8", height 2 3/4" $1,200 — 1,800
202 Charles Kaziun Junior purple and white pansy on pink ground paperweight. A stylized pansy, with two purple, heart-shaped upper petals, three cobalt blue and white millefiori lower petals and a chartreuse star cane complex center, sits atop a pert curved stem and is haloed by three pointed leaves, over opaque pink ground. Signature gold bee on one of the petals, gold “K” on the underside. Acquired through Paul Jokelson and with accompanying letter. Diameter 2 3/16" $400 — 500
205 Charles Kaziun Junior cabbage rose yellow over white double overlay petite paperweight. A pretty pink cabbage rose is cupped within four open green sepals and floats at the center of a yellow over white double overlay. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $1,000 — 1,500
203 Charles Kaziun III red aventurine poinsettia on light blue ground paperweight. The six petals of a red poinsettia alternate with six green leaves peeking out from behind, all framed by a purple and green twist torsade closed by a signature cane. Light blue opaque ground. Diameter 2 5/16" $600 — 800 www.selman.com
206 Charles Kaziun III purple flower and buds on blue jasper ground paperweight. A pretty and fanciful flower, its five purple petals striped in blue and its center a burst of yellow stamens, is framed by five green leaves and sits atop a curiously twisting slender stem shared by two tightly furled companion buds, over a powder blue jasper ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/16" $300 — 400
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207 Baccarat 1971 red striped yellow flower on blue translucent ground paperweight. A flower, with long yellow petals with red stripes down the middle and a blue complex cane center, blossoms on a green stem with a branching stem and four leaves, on translucent blue ground. Edition #157 of a limited edition. Acid-etched with Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated on base. Diameter 3 1/16" $400 — 500 208 Baccarat (Dupont) spaced concentric millefiori paperweight with faux date cane paperweight. Four spaced concentric rows of millefiori, in heathers, pinks, oranges, white and brilliant blue, ring a faux “1854” date cane at the weight’s center, on clear ground. Diameter 2 1/2" $300 — 400 209 Baccarat 1973 green and yellow salamander paperweight. A green and yellow salamander, with a narrow orange stripe on each side, rests on orange, yellow and green pebble ground, near scattered silver rocks. Edition #83 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1973” signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $650 — 750
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213 Baccarat 1978 blue lampwork butterfly paperweight. A butterfly, artfully constructed from blue millefiori, with a brown body, yellow antennae and fore and hind wings beautifully marked by white-edged blue wing cells, hovers over a yellow and green pebble surface, on a dark green ground. Edition #21 of a limited edition of 125. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1978” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $500 — 600 214 Baccarat 1968 close packed millefiori paperweight. Inspired by the antique Baccarat “church” weight, the piece contains an assortment of colorful complex canes, including the twelve different zodiac silhouette canes. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $500 — 700 215 Baccarat 1987 Oriental Collection apple blossoms paperweight. Four coral-colored lampwork apple blossoms and buds grow from a black branch, over an opaque yellow ground. Edition #107 of a limited edition of 200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $500 — 700 216 Baccarat 1971 Gridel rooster and concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central Gridel black rooster silhouette cane www.selman.com
is surrounded by four concentric rings of assorted pink, yellow, blue and red complex canes, including one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouettes, on a cushion of white upset muslin. Edition #1063 of a limited edition of 1200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1971” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $500 — 600 217 Baccarat 1971 Gridel squirrel and concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central white squirrel silhouette cane is encircled by several concentric rings of assorted green, pink and blue complex canes, including one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouettes, over a layer of white upset muslin. Edition #83 of a limited edition of 1200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1971”signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/2" $500 — 600 218 Baccarat 1973 close concentric green stave basket paperweight. A black trefoil in a white central cane in the center of a red fortress cane is encircled by rings of blue, green, white and red millefiori, all resting inside a shallow green stave basket. Edition #125 of a limited edition. Acid-etched with the Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1973” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $550 — 650 Fall 2013
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219 Saint Louis 1973 looped millefiori garlands on red ground paperweight. Six looped complex millefiori garlands, which alternate between white and blue, propel clockwise from a large pink-rimmed complex center cane, over opaque red ground. Limited edition or 400. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/16" $400 — 500 220 Saint Louis 1977 upright bouquet in latticinio basket paperweight. Seven long-petalled red, blue, purple, white and yellow flowers thrust themselves upward from a bed of dark green leaves. The bouquet rests in a swirling latticinio basket with a twist-ribbon pink and white torsade. Edition #237 of a limited edition of 1150. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $900 — 1,200 221 Saint Louis 1982 Smithsonian Institution exclusive edition blue flowers paperweight. Three flowers and a bud, each with ridged dark blue petals, grow on long stems with several dark green leaves, on a double-swirl, white latticinio cushion. Limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane on the underside. Slight spall to dome. Diameter 3 1/16" $500 — 600 222 Saint Louis 1977 faceted red double overlay clematis bouquet paperweight. A five-flower bouquet, in shades of blue, 46
red, orange, and white, floats over a clear, star-cut ground, within a red-over-white double overlay. A signature/date cane centers one of the flowers. Top facet and two rows of six side facets. Edition #283 of a limited edition of 450. Diameter 3 1/8" $700 — 900 223 Saint Louis 1973 four-color crown paperweight. White latticinio ribbons alternating with twists of blue and chartreuse, and red and green, emanate from a central signature/date cane. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 2 15/16" $600 — 700 224 Saint Louis 1991 red and white kaleidoscope patterned millefiori stave basket paperweight. A small red and white signature/date cane forms the center of a square of alternating blue and red complex canes, three canes on each side, each corner blue cane of this center square forming the interlocking corner of similar alternating red and white squares to each side. The outer edges of each of these squares are accented with additional corner borders of red/green and red/white canes, giving the effect of a colorful kaleidoscope diamond inside a grid carpet of red and white canes; all rest in a red stave basket. Edition #34 of a limited edition of 300. Diameter 3 1/16" $900 — 1,200
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228 Saint Louis 1977 silhouette canes on carpet ground paperweight. Four spaced complex silhouette canes surround a central blue, red and white complex cane and rest on a carpet of red-lined white cog canes, within a white stave basket. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $800 — 1,200 229 Saint Louis 1981 Special Issue Iranian Hostages paperweight. A concentric pattern of 53 white cog canes, encircled by a twisted yellow ribbon, rests on cobalt blue ground. A large cog cane with the numbers “444”, indicating the number of days of captivity for the 53 hostages, is the focus of the weight. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 100. Diameter 2 15/16" $600 — 800 230 Saint Louis 1982 blue and white carpet ground paperweight. A red, blue and white complex center cane, consisting of a red tube center surrounded by small white stars, presides at the center of a carpet of much smaller red tubes and white stars cupped in blue; all rest inside a shallow blue stave basket. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $500 — 600
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234 Whitefriars 1976 faceted concentric millefiori paperweight. Four concentric rings of star canes, in red, blue, white and green, surround a central cluster of white star canes ringing a yellow cane. The border garland of green bull’s-eye millefiori canes suggests a stave basket, on clear ground. Six and one facets with fancy diamond cuts along top and bottom edge. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $300 — 400 235 Whitefriars 1975 close concentric millefiori blue overlay faceted paperweight. A central cluster of five white canes with blue star centers is encircled by four rings of close concentric millefiori in shades of blue, red, yellow and white, enclosed by a border garland of blue and white star center canes, and is encased in a translucent blue overlay. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 7/16" $300 — 400 236 Whitefriars 1976 Bicentennial “Liberty Bell” commemorative paperweight. A central blue and white Liberty Bell silhouette cane is the focus of four concentric rings of blue and white star canes and finally a fifth ring of red canes with blue and white star centers, over clear ground. Five and one facets. “1776 - 1976” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $300 — 400
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237 Parabelle Glass 1998 Artist Proof chequer patterned millefiori paperweight. Alternating Clichy-type roses and pansies, in violet, green, blue, white, yellow and maroon, are arranged inside a lattice of white lattimo strips which forms a matrix five rows up and across, on a deep blue opaque ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 1. Signed/dated on base. Diameter 3 3/16" $2,000 — 2,500
240 Parabelle Glass 1992 spaced concentric millefiori with central pink rose paperweight. A central pink cabbage rose, with a yellow core and green sepals, is ringed by eight spaced complex canes in various and bold colors, all set within a mossy pink ground and framed by a purple and pink twist torsade. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $600 — 700
238 Parabelle Glass white carpet ground spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central blue pansy cane is ringed first by six spaced complex canes, including a yellow pansy and two cabbage roses, and next by another twelve complex canes, each different from the next in design and color, over a white starburst carpet ground. Paper sticker. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,000 — 1,500
241 Parabelle Glass 1996 close concentric pink and green Clichy-type rose paperweight. A central pink and green Clichytype rose is encircled by three rings of similar roses, on a white upset muslin ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 5. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 1/4" $900 — 1,200
239 Parabelle Glass Artist Proof close concentric Clichy-type roses and hearts paperweight. A large red and white Clichytype rose presides at the center of four concentric rings of either smaller red and white roses, or alternating roses and heart canes; a border garland of red and white cog canes completes the design, on a white upset muslin ground. Edition #1 of an edition of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 12/16" $1,500 — 2,000 www.selman.com
242 Parabelle Glass 1998 close concentric Clichy-type rose paperweight. A red and white Clichy-type rose nests at the center of close concentric rings of more roses in assorted colors and sizes. All rest on a white upset muslin ground. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $2,000 — 2,500
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243 Jim Brown 2001 star center millefiori close concentric paperweight. A large central complex cane, having a blue hollow star center, is ringed by blue and red complex canes and then two rings of white canes with blue hollow star centers; all rest inside a shallow stave basket of white star-centered canes. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $500 — 700 244 Jim Brown 2001 millefiori close packed paperweight. Complex canes, in a vast array of color, size and design, are closely packed in a lively carpet including several unusually large canes two of which host prominent three leaf clovers. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $500 — 700 245 Drew Ebelhare 2000 close concentric millefiori stave basket paperweight. A central “E” signature cane is encircled by six concentric rings of colorful complex canes in shades of aqua, red, green and blue, all resting inside a stave basket of pink complex canes. Signed/dated on base. Diameter 5/16" $400 — 500
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246 Cape Cod 1993 concentric millefiori faceted paperweight, by William Burchfield. Centered around a white rose, three concentric rings of millefiori, first in pinks, then red and white and finally in pairs of varied colors alternating with pink and green roses, rest on a white upset muslin ground. Six and one facets. Edition #4 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $600 — 800 247 Cape Cod Glass Works crown paperweight, by William Burchfield. Wide ribbon twists of white latticinio alternate with red and purple twists, all cascading toward the weight’s base from a central pink and green rose cane. Signed on base. Diameter 3 1/8" $600 — 700 248 Jim Brown 2004 honeycomb paperweight. Rings upon rings of ocher colored tube canes, white-tipped and with green centers, create the look of a honeycomb, and are centered by a large complex cane in orange and green bordered by white stars. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $500 — 700
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249 Drew Ebelhare 1998 spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central green and red signature cane is encircled by two spaced rings of assorted colorful complex canes in shades of blue, green, white and red, on an opaque red ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $500 — 600
252 Drew Ebelhare 2004 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central pink peony complex cane with a blue stamen is encircled by five rings of lovely complex canes artfully constructed to resemble different flowers in shades of blue, pink, white and orange, on a clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $500 — 600
250 Drew Ebelhare 1999 miniature piedouche paperweight. A central signature cane in white, aqua and blue is encircled by four rings of complex canes in shades of pink, turquoise, red and blue, all resting atop a piedouche of white staves with two red and white twist torsades. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 1/2" $500 — 600
253 Drew Ebelhare 1998 miniature close concentric aqua stave basket paperweight. A tiny signature cane hides at the heart of a central pink and white millefiori cane which is encircled by three close concentric rings of complex canes in shades of pink, green and blue; all rest inside a stave basket of aqua canes with red centers. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 15/16" $400 — 500
251 Drew Ebelhare 1998 spaced concentric millefiori on blue ground paperweight. A blue and white signature cane sits at the center of two spaced concentric rings of assorted complex canes in shades of blue, white, red and green, on an opaque deep blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $700 — 900
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254 Drew Ebelhare 1996 interlaced trefoil garlands on red ground paperweight. Two interlacing trefoil millefiori garlands, one turquoise and the other white, form six separate cells, each hosting a single white Clichy-type rose cane. Presiding at the center of the design is a white and turquoise complex cane ringed by green millefiori; all rest on an opaque red ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $650 — 750 Fall 2013
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255 Damon MacNaught 2011 close concentric millefiori in aqua and white paperweight. A central cluster of seven complex canes, in orange, white and blue and each with a star cane center, is encircled by concentric rings of various canes in aqua, cobalt blue and white, all framed by an aqua and white border pulled into a mint green stave basket. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $300 — 400 256 Damon MacNaught 2013 large spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. Slightly spaced complex canes, fashioned from orange centered white tubes, create a curious sort of carpet ground through which twelve large millefiori canes, each unique in color and design, have been concentrically interspersed. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $300 — 400 257 Twists Glass Studio 2006 “21 Balloon Salute” encased surface design paperweight. Twenty-one spaced balloons trace the surface of a blue and white-speckled weight, each of them comprised of a clown face portrait cane with a red nose and a green and yellow hat, a painted black string dangling beneath. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $250 — 350 52
258 Francis Whittemore red rose on white opaque ground miniature paperweight. A lovely red rose, its petals unfurling, sits atop a slender green stem flanked by two clusters of three green leaves, on white opaque ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2" $400 — 500 259 Francis Whittemore yellow flower on opaque pink ground paperweight. A pale yellow flower, with six petals and a loose cluster of yellow stamens, sits atop a short, slender green stem from whose base springs a single, bladed green leaf. Opaque mauve ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/16" $300 — 400 260 Francis Whittemore purple crimp rose pedestal paperweight. A lovely deep purple crimp rose, its layers of petals all boldly edged in white, is cupped within a bed of open sepals and floats within a clear dome set atop a clear ground pedestal. Signature cane. Diameter 1 7/8", height 2 1/2" $300 — 400
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261 Ronald Hansen pair of pears over blue ground faceted petite paperweight. Two yellow pears sharing the same stem ripen amid green leaves over an opaque blue cushion ground. Eight and one facets. Signed. Diameter 2 1/16" $120 — 150 262 Ronald Hansen faceted millefiori on color ground pedestal paperweight. A central complex “H” signature cane, is encircled by a spaced blue millefiori garland, on gold-speckled opaque pink ground. Six and one facets, with a clear, footed base. Diameter 2 1/4" $300 — 400 263 Ronald Hansen budding white flowers on red ground faceted paperweight. Five white buds in various stages of bloom grow from a green stem having two long pointed leaves, on an opaque red ground. Five and one facets. Signed. Diameter 2 1/4" $120 — 150
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264 Ronald Hansen flower trio on cobalt blue ground faceted petite paperweight. A spaced trio of clematis flowers, one yellow, one blue and one pink, each with a blue and white star cane center and green sepals, is divided by three spaced green leaves, on translucent cobalt blue ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 2 1/8" $120 — 150 265 Robert G. Hansen green snake on pink ground petite paperweight. A ridged green snake, with large red eyes and flicking red tongue, moves across opaque pink ground, surrounded by a ring of red, blue, copper, green and white glass chips. Diameter 2 1/8" $120 — 150 266 Ronald Hansen blue flower on sienna ground faceted petite paperweight. A blue flower, having six opalescent petals and a red and white complex cane center, is framed by six green sepals and rests on an opaque sienna ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 2 1/4" $120 — 150
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267 Josh Simpson 1991 “Planet” abstract design miniature paperweight. A fanciful and abstract representation of the planet earth, rendered in swirls of blues and greens, is orbited by an equally fanciful spaceship in the form of a spiraling cane. Diameter 1 13/16" $150 — 200 268 Bridgeton Studio 1978 red-striped white angelfish paperweight, by Chris Buzzini. Cresting the top of the weight, a red and white angelfish moves upwards from a circumference of stylized waves interrupted by an undulating sea fern whose stems are tipped by four large yellow millefiori flowers. A pale gray mass fills the dome, lending color to the design which traces its interior surface. Signed by Buzzini. Diameter 2 3/4" $200 — 250 269 Dominick Labino 1981 stylized flower paperweight. A stylized bloom, its four petals a pastiche of oranges and pinks twice outlined in large orange loops, rests on a translucent amethyst cushion. Signed/dated, 7 - 1981. Diameter 2 1/2" $550 — 650
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270 Zellique Studio 1991 underwater themed paperweight. A thick, twisting wave of bubble-studded blues fills a dome whose inner walls are traced with green seaweed and white millefiori canes that recall anemones. Three red and yellow angel fish orbit the scene. Diameter 3 1/8" $150 — 200 271 Zellique Studio 1987 flowers and vines surface design paperweight. A pretty pink five-petalled flower sits near the apex of a dome traced with painted glass vines studded with white millefiori flowers. The floor of the weight is covered in a thick purple aventurine ground which lends its color to the motif above. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $150 — 200 272 Zellique Studio 1990 “Flowers and Vines” surface design on clear-encased paperweight. Decorating the clear surface of the piece are a blue lampwork flower and several smaller white cane flowers, growing on twisted brown vines. Crackled, iridescent cobalt blue interior. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $200 — 250
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273 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" $120 — 180
276 Sylvia Fama frosted white and polished cut paperweight. Abstract dove-like polished surfaces emerge from a clear glass orb that has been cut away to release them, leaving them suspended upon frosted sides. Signed. Very slight chipping to lower half. Diameter 3" $120 — 180
274 Charles Lotton 1979 abstract surface design paperweight. Meandering concentric rings of horizontal stripes, in aubergines, browns and gold, are interrupted here and there by an arabesque swirl and completely cover the weight’s dome. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $120 — 180
277 James Holmes 1986 spiraling latticinio paperweight. Spaced spiraling dark blue and white threads wrap a column of spiraling light green threads, forming a cocoon around a long upright pink, white and blue latticinio ribbon at the weight’s center, within a clear ground encasement. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $50 — 70
275 David Lotton 1977 three flower surface design paperweight. Three large blooms, white with tinges of pinks and stripes of green, trace the surface of a translucent clear dome wrapped in a sinuous weave of delicate blue vines. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $120 — 180
278 Lundberg Studios 1992 miniature “Worldweight” paperweight, created for the 1992 International Paperweight Festival. The Earth’s seas and continents are approximated in tones of cobalt blue, light blue, greens, beiges and brown. Engraved with “LH Selman 1992 IPF”. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 7/8" $80 — 120
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279 Steven Lundberg Glass Art 2001 “Caribbean Dream” compound paperweight. A beautiful black angelfish with yellow markings moves through a tropical underwater landscape symmetrically filled with purple and white millefiori anemones, seaweed and ferns over a translucent aqua ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $350 — 450 280 Steven Lundberg Glass Art 1999 multi-colored fish and barnacles paperweight. A central dome formation, its surface a labyrinth of blues, is encrusted with numerous barnacle-like canes in an array of hues including pinks, blues and brown. Floating above, two rainbow-colored fish with bright yellow tails make their way clockwise just within the upper parameter of a clear encasement. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $500 — 600 281 Steven Lundberg Glass Art 2003 purple iris compound paperweight, by Justin Lundberg. A large lavender iris, with a beard in stripes of oranges, reds and pinks, is achieved in layers and enhanced with five colorfully and fancifully striped leaves. The motif hovers over a swirling ground of translucent blues. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 13/16" $600 — 700 56
282 Lundberg Studios flamingo paperweight, by Steve Lundberg. Framed by two clusters of reeds, a pink flamingo bends his long neck gracefully to a spot of water, possibly looking for dinner, against a translucent pale mint ground. Signed. Diameter 2 3/4" $400 — 500 283 Lundberg Studios 1979 butterfly with yellow flowers compound paperweight. Rising up from the base of the weight and floating above a deep blue ground whose surface fades to a pale teal, three delicate leaf-flanked stems undulate and list to the right, each crowned by a single yellow millefiori flower. A blue and yellow butterfly hovers above. Diameter 2 11/16" $400 — 500 284 Steven Lundberg Glass Art 1998 “Bed of Roses” scent bottle. Clichy-style cabbage roses in a variety of sizes and in shades of pink and red are pressed into the yellow, green and white mottled surface of a perfume bottle, creating a lush rose garden effect that is rich in both color and design. Swirling greens threaded with yellow are pulled into a long stopper. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16", height 4 7/8" $200 — 300
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288 Steven Lundberg 1983 pulled feather perfume bottle. A deep teal blue feather design is pulled upward in four sections departing from the base of a slender opalescent gold perfume bottle. An opalescent blue stopper rises to a graceful steeple-like point. Height 6 1/16" $180 — 225 289 Lundberg Studios 1991 “Metamorphosis” compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Resting on spindly twigs with four flat green leaves, a cocoon waits patiently to unfold, while to its left and right two larvae give promise of more life to come and a Monarch butterfly floats overhead. Clear ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $500 — 600 290 Lundberg Studios three white blossoms and orange butterfly paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Three large white flowers with six delicately scooped petals and small lemon yellow centers, growing from a sinuous light green vine with scalloped green leaves, are visited by a burnt orange colored butterfly, over opaque blue ground, milky white at the edge. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $300 — 400
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294 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1979 mauve millefiori flower paperweight. The flower, composed of a white and pink complex cane center and encircled by two concentric rings of assorted C-shaped mauve rods, rests on six radiating light green leaves, over an iridescent cobalt blue cushion. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $300 — 400
292 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1986 flowers and vines surfacedesign paperweight. A mauve clematis, a white blossom, a blue flower, and several small white cane flowers grow from green vines which extend up one side of the piece, and down the other, on a semi-opaque iridescent gold surface. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $200 — 300
295 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1976 iridescent blue-green and white crown paperweight. An iridescent blue flower rests on the top of the piece, surrounded by radiating, curved, iridescent blue-green ribbons, which alternate with white latticinio rods encased in the weight’s frosted surface. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $400 — 500
293 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1986 pink tulip compound paperweight, by Bruce Sillars. A large three-dimensional pink tulip, with two, long, bladed green leaves, erupts from the floor of a clear ground paperweight. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $200 — 250
296 Orient & Flume 1986 “Canada Goose” among lake reeds compound paperweight, by Ed Seaira. A brown, black and white goose swims on a lake among long green reeds and blue streaks, over blue-gray iridescent ground. Edition #23 of a limited edition of 250. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $300 — 400
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297 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1991 pansy and buds paperweight, by Greg Held. A yellow and brown pansy is bordered by a pair of sepal-cupped yellow buds, and rises from a cluster of three crenulated green leaves, over iridescent cobalt blue ground. Edition #17 of a limited edition of 250. Signed. Diameter 2 3/4" $350 — 450 298 Correia Glass 1985 parrot in the jungle compound front faceted paperweight. A red parrot with exotic green plumage and a yellow beak perches on a bit of bamboo above a dramatic black ground. Frosted exterior and slanted front facet. Edition #140 of a limited edition of 200. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $150 — 200 299 Correia Art Glass/Chris Buzzini 1985 yellow and white narcissus over a cobalt blue ground front faceted paperweight. A lovely white narcissus with a bright yellow trumpet at its nexus is symmetrically framed by six variegated and bladed green leaves. It is placed above a cobalt blue orb and viewed through the tilted facet of a frosted exterior. Edition #88 of a limited edition of 200. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $150 — 200
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300 Orient & Flume 1979 dragonfly over iridescent purple ground paperweight. Long millefiori studded reeds, in an array of mauves, climb up from the base of a large clear-encased iridescent purple ground, surrounding a pale mauve dragonfly with latticinio wings and bright yellow eyes as it hovers near the dome. Edition #49 of a limited edition of 250. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $300 — 400 301 Correia Art Glass 1978 “Moon and Sea” clear-encased magnum paperweight. The piece contains a white crescent moon against a translucent iridescent sky, over white and cobalt blue waves. Edition #231 of a limited edition of 250. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $120 — 180 302 Peter Raos 1995 “Monet - Spring” encased high-domed millefiori paperweight. Colorful millefiori flowers, in shades of blue, red, lavender and white, are scattered across a green-speckled background. Bits of sparkling gold aventurine are also integrated into the design. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $150 — 250
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307 Strathearn brown and white patterned millefiori paperweight. Three concentric rings of complex canes, the second of large cross canes, focus on a single white cane at the weight’s middle. The two outer rings are divided into sections of three canes each by twisted strips of brown latticinio. Diameter 2 7/8" $70 — 90 308 Strathearn star-cut miniature concentric millefiori paperweight. A single white complex cane is centered by three rings of orange, blue and yellow canes. The last ring contains alternating yellow and orange complex canes. Diameter 1 15/16" $40 — 60 309 Unidentified maker Clichy-type roses and spaced millefiori on green ground faceted paperweight. Five pink Clichytype roses are arranged in a square and enclosed by four yellow and white twists; a spaced border of alternating small star canes and pink-centered pastry mold canes completes the design, on a translucent green cushion ground. Four and one facets. Diameter 2 13/16" $200 — 300 310 Smyers Glass 1977 iridescent blue surface-design paperweight. An iridescent blue and ivory Tiffany-style pulled-feather pattern culminates at the nexus of three evenly spaced pulled feathers at the weight’s apex. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $100 — 150
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311 William Manson 2000 red rose magnum paperweight. Two stylized crimson roses and a crimson bud display against a fan of pale green leaves, each with a dark green stripe down the middle that is flanked by two sets of small bubbles. The roses are rendered in tiers of small, nearly round petals and their companion bud is beautifully cupped between softly relaxing sepals that expose the stain of color within. Clear, star-cut ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 35. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/4" $600 — 700 312 William Manson 1999 red bird on a branch inside iceball faceted paperweight. A red bird perches on a brown forking branch dusted with snow, the tip of each branch bearing red berries and leaves, above snowy ground, inside clear crystal mimicking a ball of ice cut in half. Large viewing facet and small base facet. Edition #40 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $300 — 400 313 William Manson yellow bird on leafy branch with red berries paperweight. An alert yellow bird, with a spotted burnt orange breast, perches on a dark brown branch with five large green leaves near four red berries, over clear star-cut ground. Edition #10 of a limited edition of 30. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 2 3/4" $350 — 450 314 John Deacons 2007 PCA millefiori petite paperweight. Surrounding a PCA 2007 center cane is a ring of alternating green and blue cogs and then a spaced ring of eight green cabbage roses. A pink, aqua and white twist torsade frames the design which rests on translucent ruby ground. Signature cane. Date cane. Diameter 2 3/16" $40 — 60 www.selman.com
315 Runi 1989 five blossom paperweight. Five lovely pastel flowers, each with five petals which shift from a pale blue to pale pink and at whose nexus a single bubble presides, are woven together by a delicate system of stems which is shared by five pale green leaves, all seeming to float within a clear ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3" $150 — 200 316 Peter McDougall green, yellow and white barber pole ribbons crown paperweight. Green, yellow and white barber pole ribbon twists, edged in black, alternating with white latticinio twists, radiate from under a green and white millefiori cane. Signature “PMcD” cane on base. Diameter 2 3/4" $300 — 400 317 Peter McDougall blue flash faceted cushion paperweight. A colorful assortment of complex canes rests inside a shallow stave basket of alternating gold and white complex cane rods, and is enclosed in a translucent blue amethyst flash overlay. One top and twelve concave side facets. Diameter 2 7/8" $350 — 450 318 John Deacons 1980 bouquet on black ground faceted paperweight. An elegant lampwork upright bouquet, with one large white, purple and yellow flower with a complex cane center, a trio of smaller white flowers with delicate yellow and orange stamens, and a pair of yellow daffodil-like blooms, all on green stems with leaves, is arranged on an opaque black ground. Six and one facets. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 2 7/8" $200 — 250 Fall 2013
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facets. Edition #8 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $300 — 400 331 Perthshire Paperweights 1984 faceted caterpillar paperweight. A green millefiori caterpillar with a red head stretches across two green mulberry leaves, on clear ground. Top facet, and twenty side finger facets. Limited edition of 300; 208 made. Signature cane on underside of leaf. Diameter 2 1/2" $200 — 250 332 Perthshire Paperweights 1996 double overlay paperweight. A colorful lampwork bouquet rests on an emerald green cushion, in a green-over-white double overlay, with a top facet and two rows of side facets. Limited edition of 200. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 3" $500 — 600 333 Perthshire Paperweights 1976 Christmas poinsettia paperweight. A brilliant red lampwork poinsettia with green sepals and gold complex cane stamens is surrounded by a border garland of alternating green and white millefiori canes, on clear ground. Edition #243 of a limited edition of 350; 316 made. Signature cane on the underside of the poinsettia. Diameter 3" $350 — 450 334 Perthshire Paperweights 1986 Christmas candle paperweight. A red candle, with green holly leaves and red berries, floats over a stave basket composed of red and white latticinio twists, alternating with green rods. Limited edition of 350; 338 made. Signature “P” included in one of the green canes. Diameter 3 1/8" $300 — 400 Fall 2013
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Translucent blue ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 450. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3 1/16" $250 — 350
336 Perthshire Paperweights 1976 millefiori cushion paperweight. A hexagon pattern of latticinio encased twists and patterned millefiori rests on a raised opaque blue cushion ground surrounding a central window through which assorted colorful close packed millefiori can be seen. Large circular top facet. Edition #146 of a limited edition of 300; 295 made. Signature/date cane on the base. Diameter 3 7/16" $700 — 900
340 Perthshire Paperweights patterned millefiori sunrise paperweight. Four rays of red, blue and white twists emanate from a partial disk grouping of violet and white cog canes which represents a rising sun and divides the weight into wedges of complex canes, alternating between multi-colored canes and solid pale green canes, on an opaque light blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $250 — 350
337 Perthshire Paperweights 1990-1995 miniature star-pattern millefiori with twists and panels paperweight. A central “P” cane rimmed by a yellow cog and then encircled by a ring of cogs in pale green, is at the focus of five triangular panels of multicolored millefiori defined by five colorful latticinio twists. Two concentric rows of millefiori in yellow and chartreuse complete the design, which rests on a slate colored ground. Signature cane. Diameter 1 7/8" $120 — 180 338 Perthshire Paperweights 1977 patterned millefiori on blue ground paperweight. A central red and white complex cane is ringed by pink and white cogs from which wedge-shaped panels radiate, defined by nine twists. A border of twists and a border garland of pink and yellow cog canes complete the design. 64
339 Perthshire Paperweights 1976 spaced millefiori paperweight. Several spaced colorful complex canes and a “P 1976” signature/date cane rest on a cushion of blue upset muslin. Contains picture canes of a horse, a deer and a duck. Diameter 2 7/8" $350 — 450
341 Perthshire Paperweights 2000 close packed millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. An assortment of pastel close packed millefiori rests directly over a thick cushion of white upset muslin. Edition #117 of a limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $300 — 400 342 Perthshire Paperweights 1995 patterned millefiori and radial twists paperweight. A central red complex cane with a green center is the hub from which six green, white and blue twists radiate; the design incorporates mustard, pistachio, green and red complex canes, blue and white half canes, and a border garland of orange and white canes, on a translucent ruby ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 300; 191 made. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 2 15/16" $300 — 400
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347 Perthshire Paperweights 1992 scrambled millefiori paperweight. A colorful assortment of cog, fortress, silhouette and pastry mold complex canes in shades of red, blue, green, white and purple are jumbled upon an opaque black ground. Limited edition. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 2 7/8" $200 — 300 348 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 patterned millefiori on pink cushion paperweight. A small central green and white cog cane is encircled by a ring of blue and a ring of pistachio cog canes; from this central group radiate twelve pink and green twists. In the ensuing twelve panels are one blue cog cane, one white with an orange center, two green canes with blue centers, and two aqua cog canes, on an opaque pink cushion ground. Signed/dated on base. Diameter 2 1/2" $150 — 250
345 Perthshire 1979 blue silhouette faceted paperweight. A complex cane center is surrounded by three rings of close concentric millefiori canes and four silhouette canes that sit in the corners of a square of twists; four spaced millefiori canes midway between each corner complete the design, on a translucent blue ground. Eight and one facets. Edition #101 of a limited edition of 450; 373 made. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3 1/4" $600 — 700
349 Perthshire Paperweights close concentric millefiori faceted paperweight. A central blue “P” signature cane is encircled by pale green complex canes and a ring of alternating blue or brown and white canes; from this center group extend eight white and mauve twists forming wedge panels containing different pastel colored canes, all framed by a double border garland of pink and then orange complex canes, on opaque blue ground. Top facet. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $180 — 225
346 Perthshire Paperweights 1992 scrambled millefiori paperweight. A colorful assortment of cog, fortress, silhouette and pastry mold complex canes in shades of red, blue, green, white and purple is jumbled upon an opaque black ground. Limited edition. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3 1/8" $200 — 300
350 Perthshire Paperweights 1973 spaced millefiori and silhouette canes on upset muslin ground paperweight. A colorful assortment of complex canes, including two silhouette canes and a signature/date cane, is scattered on a cushion of white upset muslin which rests over a translucent ruby ground. Diameter 2 3/4" $400 — 500
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351 Murano close concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A central red, green and white complex ruffle cane is encircled by a ring of blue and white star canes and a border garland of green, red and white millefiori, on a clear ground. Fake date cane [1857] in border garland. Diameter 2 1/16" $50 — 70 352 Murano close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central yellow, green and white complex cane is encircled by three rings of intricate millefiori canes in red, yellow and blue, on translucent red ground. Diameter 2 9/16" $60 — 80 353 Edinburgh Crystal white flower and patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A small white lampwork flower, with five deeply scooped petals, is the focus of five triangular panels formed by green, yellow and white twists, each containing close packed small pastry mold canes in different pastel colors, on a translucent teal cushion ground. Five and one facets. Edition #151 of a limited edition of 250. Signed on base. Diameter 2 7/8" $180 — 225 354 Early St Clair Glass Works multi-colored flower paperweight, by Joe St Clair. Rising from a multi-colored frit floor that is pulled into a crest at its middle, five stylized flowers in white, blue, yellow, pink and green form a circle within the outer edges of the dome, each one with a large bubble in its middle. Another five bubbles alternate with the flowers at the base of the weight. Diameter 2 9/16" $120 — 180 66
355 Chinese concentric millefiori paperweight. Departing from a central complex cane formed with yellow tubes, four concentric rows of millefiori alternate between a deep orange, green, yellow and orange, and orange, white and green. Diameter 3 1/4" $70 — 90 356 Murano clear encased mushroom paperweight. A bluecentered white floret presides within a white tube cane at the center of four concentric rings of complex canes, rather loosely arranged, beginning with green cogs then moving to pale blue, red with yellow and white centers and finally red-centered white tubes with floret middles that are pulled down to form a mushroom stem. Clear encasement. Diameter 3 1/16" $50 — 70 357 Unidentified concentric millefiori red and white double overlay paperweight. Five concentric rings of complex canes, in white, yellow, blue, red and aqua, focus on an aqua center cane and form a cushion which floats above a clear, grid-etched base. Deep red over white double overlay. Five and one facets. Short annealing crack to lower side. Diameter 3 1/4" $70 — 90 358 Terry Crider 1977 translucent green marbrie paperweight. White festoons drape the exterior of a translucent green paperweight with a cavity at its apex reminiscent of the cavity holding an apple’s stem. Departing from this cavity in four quarter movements, waves of festoons make their way to the base in ever-diminishing breadth and structure. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $100 — 150
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363 Pairpoint Glass pink crimp rose paperweight. Four large green leaves alternating with four thin green sepals, cup a pink crimp rose with lovely shaded petals. Six and one facets and six clear printies alternating with six diamond cut printies near the base. Diameter 3" $300 — 400
360 Caithness Glass 1987 “Noel” pink flower and holly paperweight, by William Manson. A pink lampwork flower, with dark mauve sepals, rests near a curved garland of green holly leaves bordered by a ring of speckled white snow, on translucent purple ground. Edition #58 of a limited edition of 250. Signed. Diameter 3 1/4" $250 — 350
364 Unidentified maker, possibly Bohemian, scramble or “macedoine” paperweight. Twisted latticinio and canes of various size, color and design mesh tightly together in this bold-colored interpretation of the classic end-of-day scramble or “macedoine” paperweight. Diameter 2 7/16" $300 — 400
361 Caithness Glass 1987 “Miniature Christmas Tree” faceted paperweight, by Allan Scott. A green Christmas tree, decorated with red ornaments and topped with a tiny millefiori flower, sits in a red stand encircled by a garland of pink and white star canes, on translucent purple cushion ground. Five and one facets. Signed. Diameter 2 1/4" $180 — 225
365 Caithness Glass “With Love” lotus flower and red heart paperweight. The piece contains a multi-tiered white lotus blossom, with a small red heart at its center, against a background of translucent cobalt blue. Tilted front facet. Signed. Diameter 2 5/8" $80 — 100
362 Caithness Glass 1991 “Holly and Bell” holiday design faceted paperweight, by Allan Scott. A gold aventurine bell, decorated with green holly leaves and spiraling red and green ribbons, is encircled by a pale green millefiori border garland, on translucent cobalt blue ground. Top facet, and a single side facet. Edition #121 of a limited edition of 150. Signed. Diameter 3" $180 — 225
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366 Cristal D’Albret 1963 John Kennedy faceted sulphide paperweight. A white sulphide portrait of John F. Kennedy is centered above a waffle cut green flash base. Six and one facets. Diameter 2 13/16" $50 — 70
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371 Antique American umbrella paperweight. Springing from an undulating white ground studded with colorful glass pebbles, a red umbrella-like flower spreads its five petals across the design, punctuated at their nexus by a large bubble. Diameter 3 1/8" $200 — 300 372 Unidentified maker abstract swirl miniature paperweight. Random swirls of pink and white latticinio and swirls of translucent red are punctuated here and there with large bubbles and encased within clear ground. Slight spall to dome. Diameter 2 1/16" $50 — 70 373 Chinese concentric close packed millefiori paperweight. Concentric rings of closely packed complex canes in a variety of bold colors form a small cushion near the floor of a clear encasement. Diameter 2 3/16" $70 — 90 374 Unidentified maker, possibly Alex Stelzer, black and orange umbrella frit paperweight. A purple umbrella flower, its four bending petals outlined in orange, is punctuated at the tip of each as well as at its nexus by a large clear bubble. It rises on a thick purple trunk from the seeming vortex of a yellow frit ground. Unfinished pontil. Diameter 2 3/4" $80 — 120
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375 Strathearn Glass concentric millefiori bar set.  This complete bar set includes a corkscrew, a bottle stopper, bottle openers, a pair of shot cups and a long, twist-handle spoon, each of polished brass hardware, topped with a miniature concentric millefiori paperweight. Circa early 1970s. Original black vinyl presentation case. Scuffed corners and edges to the case. Dimensions of case: 12" x 8 1/2" x 2 1/4" $700 — 900 www.selman.com
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