L.H. Selman Ltd.'s 87th Glass Paperweight Auction Catalog and Price Guide

Summer Auction 2024 PAPerweight Price guide

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PA rt i: A ntique PAPerweightS A nd r el Ated objectS

1 Rare antique Clichy rose, pansy and thistle bouquet paperweight. A large yellow-centered pink millefiori rose, cupped by sepals and crowned by three leaves, tops a bouquet along with a sheathed companion bud. A purple and pale yellow pansy appears to its left, also with a companion bud and a set of thin leaves, and a pair of rarely seen thistles appear on the right, each fashioned from a long purple, pink and white complex cane and cupped by thick green rings of spurs, which also cascades down their stems, flanked by wide serrated leaves. The blooms are gathered by the stems and tied with a striped pink ribbon. Clear ground. Similar arrangements of flowers are known, perhaps suggesting a commemoration of the alliance between England, Scotland and France during the 1853-1856 Crimea War. “A thought-provoking assembly of blossoms and buds by Clichy, simple at first glance, expresses unrequited love...The minute detail of buds with green sepals and stems, loosely tied with pink ribbon, make this an artful interpretation of a symbolic bouquet.” —Glass Paperweights in the Art Institute of Chicago. A similar example was sold in LH Selman’s Auction 43 as lot 3.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$22,000—26,000

2 Extremely rare antique Silesian/Bohemian

Josephinenhutte scattered millefiori and silhouettes marbrie paperweight. A cambered white cushion is festooned with six arches of red ribbon that grow and multiply from the base to the top. Scattered complex millefiori, including the silhouettes of a horse, a running rabbit, a few devils and an eagle, cascade down from the center of the resulting six-point star. “To date this is the only documented ‘marbrie’-paperweight produced by the Josephinenhutte...Perhaps it was this marbrie that inspired the glassmakers at St. Louis in France to produce their version of this design.” —Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia . See the 2004 PCA Bulletin, page 35, for more details.

Diameter 2 1/16"

$14,000—16,000

3 Rare antique Pantin red grape cluster on vine paperweight. Translucent blood-red grapes, each centered by a large seed, are gathered by thin green stems on an arching turquoise vine which also supports a curling brown tendril and four textured greenshaded leaves, sprinkled with dew-like air bubbles. White ground. Diameter 3 1/8"

$6,000—8,000

4 Extremely rare, probably unique, antique Clichy garlanded upright flower paperweight. Six bladed green leaves rise upward and fan outward gently to create a radiating basket for a beautiful flower which sits in its cup, above a drawn stem. The bloom has tiers of contrasting furled pink petals, arranged in close concentric rings around five tiny green matchhead stamens, and a halo of radiating small pink petals. Five thin stems, each tipped with a small white, red, or pink flower, a millefiori core, and a couple of green leaves or sepals, launch from between the leaves and create a spaced garland around the flower. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4"

$8,000—12,000

5 Rare antique Clichy three flower bouquet paperweight. A stunning trio of double-tiered clematis blossoms, each punctuated at its nexus by a unique complex cane, forms a bouquet gathered on stems, tied by a delicate pink ribbon and filled with textured green leaves, some with sparkling aventurine. One flower is shaded pink, another is white and red and the third is cobalt blue. Each flower is accompanied by a corresponding companion bud with a few green sepals. Clear ground. “Any flat bouquet from Clichy would be considered rare, for while the variety of designs is good, the actual number of these weights made was small.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights.

Diameter 2 15/16"

$11,000—15,000

6 Rare antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses miniature piedouche paperweight. Seven white and green rose canes are spaced in a ring with contrasting complex canes, flanked by a ring of green cogs and a ring of pink cogs, all focusing on a pink flower cane. The design is held in a ring of alternating white and blue canes, further supported by a pink and white stave basket, which is drawn down to a footed clear base. “All of the major French factories produced pedestal weights, but Clichy excelled in this area.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Fine condition.

Diameter 2 1/16", height 1 15/16"

$12,000—16,000

7 Rare antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes green carpet ground paperweight. Slightly spaced complex canes, each with a central red six-pointed star cane encircled by a ring of six or seven green six-pointed stars, create a ground where spaced concentric complex canes and Gridel Silhouette canes rest. These include arrowhead, daisy, stars, fortress, quatrefoil, and shamrock canes that alternate with a rooster, butterfly, pelican, dog, pheasant, horse, goat and deer canes. The carpet ground spacing reveals a colorful interior filigree stuffing, also visible from the base. Signature/date cane. Internal flaw.

Diameter 2 3/4"

$5,000—6,000

8 Rare antique Clichy cinquefoil millefiori garland paperweight. A chain of thirteen iconic pink and green roses joins four other intertwined garlands shaped like large question marks, each composed of a different type and color of cane, to form a cinquefoil design with a large pastry mold cane in each of its lobes. White upset muslin ground over parallel latticinio staves. Popular for its beauty, the Clichy rose, perhaps more than any other cane, conjures up the passions of the Victorian era: “One has only to recall the widespread use of the rose in heraldry; the War of the Roses the House of Lancaster with its red rose and York with its white rose. . . The Clichy rose floret is a rose in abstraction, a conception halfway between the large, formal Clichy flowers and the floral geometry of the cane itself, as close to the formal rose in heraldry as to that in nature. Its small size, defying instantaneous analysis, gives it the bud-like illusion of a real rose seen in miniature, a rose somewhat like the cabbage rose of Provence from which rosewater was produced.” —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. The muslin ground and the long chain of roses in this piece make it particularly desirable. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 1993 Auction as lot 3. Fine condition.

Diameter 3"

$8,000—10,000

9 Rare antique Baccarat “thousand petal” red rose and bud paperweight. Six green leaves crown a multi-tiered red rose, with a halo of flat red petals cupping a center of ruffled upright petals, as it blooms atop a gently curved stem, bearing three additional green leaves. A pert sheathed red bud springs from the left. Starcut clear ground. “So called because of its numerous petals, the unmistakable splendor of the ‘thousand petaled’ rose speaks of a love with boundless intensity. The blood-red color of the bloom alludes to the passion of the sender.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition . Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$4,500—6,000

11 Antique Clichy pansy and bud paperweight. A pansy is represented by two dark indigo upper petals, velvety with dew droplets, and three yellow lower petals, each tipped with indigo, decorated with lines that radiate from a small green center. The bloom grows atop a green stem from a cluster of three pert green leaves, accompanied by a drooping dimensional purple bud, sheathed by a cup of green sepals. Clear ground.

Diameter 2 7/16"

$3,000—4,000

10 Extremely rare antique New England Glass Company fuchsia paperweight. A dimensional fuchsia bloom consists of overlapping pink petals that create a collar for blue petals that sheath green-tipped pink stamens. The flower ends a short pink stem at the tip of a forking green branch, flanked by a formal arrangement of four serrated bright-green leaves framing two pointed pink buds that curl back from short bent stems. Clear ground. Pictured and discussed in The Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies, page 132. Excellent condition. Diameter 3"

$5,000—8,000

12 Extremely rare antique Clichy moss carpet ground miniature paperweight. Two rings of spaced millefiori represent the finest canes from the factory, including an iconic pink and green rose at the center, a very rare completely pink rose at the periphery, three different edelweiss canes, pastry molds, cogs and a stardust cane, decorating a green moss carpet ground with tiny red and white floret centers. “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. “The most sought after, and undoubtedly the most striking, spaced millefiori are the moss green carpet grounds. The prize possessions of a few advanced collectors, these weights feature a ground of many small green canes contrasting jubilantly with the colorful spaced florets.” —Paperweights for Collectors. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 1998 19th Auction as lot 3. Good condition.

Diameter 2 1/16"

$11,000—14,000

14 Antique Saint Louis spaced millefiori on white carpet ground paperweight. A patterned arrangement, with five hollow rod complex canes in phthalo blue, salmon pink and green, around a central bull’s-eyes and cogs complex cane, punctuates a soporific cambered cushion, made entirely of repeating red and white cog canes, which is a rare color scheme for a Saint Louis carpet ground. Formerly from the Nelson S. (Jay) Gustin collection. “The antique spaced millefiori weights of greatest value are those set against a solid background of identical millefiori canes-the carpet.” —Paperweights for Collectors. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 1996 14th Auction as lot 5. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 3/4"

13 Rare Clichy five-lobed millefiori garland with roses paperweight. Five iconic pink and green roses dot each of the five lobes of a striking cobalt blue pastry mold garland. The garland surrounds a phthalo blue cog cane, encircled by a ring of pink canes and a ring of moss canes. Five more large canes space the voids between the lobes of the garland. White upset muslin ground over parallel latticinio staves. Good condition.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$7,000—10,000

$6,500—8,000

15 Rare antique Saint Louis silhouettes on green carpet ground paperweight. Spaced silhouette canes of a camel, a dancing lady, a dancing man, a pair of dancing ladies and a pair of dancing devils, each in a ring of coral and white hollow cog canes, encircle a central ring of white cog florets and a ring of white tub florets around a blue-lined floret at the apex. They contrast nicely with a green and white hollow cog carpet ground in which they sit. “... they are one of the richest weights visually, and extremely desirable to have in a collection.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 1/2"

$5,000—8,000

16 Antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly and wheatflower paperweight. A butterfly, with millefiori cane wings and an unusual cobalt blue body topped by turquoise eyes and blue antennae, hovers elegantly over a double-tiered white wheatflower dotted with blue spots. The flower has a white stardust and green bull’seye center, a crown of six radiating green leaves and a stem with additional stems of green leaves, some sparkling with aventurine. Star-cut clear ground. “Butterflies placed above flat flowers in a three-dimensional layering process were a Baccarat specialty.” —Paperweights: Flowers which clothe the meadows

Diameter 2 15/16"

$5,000—6,000

17 Antique Silesian/Bohemian Harrach Glassworks close concentric millefiori and roses mushroom overlay faceted paperweight. Ten pink and green rose canes surround a ring of small blue cog canes that lead to a lone pink and green rose cane at the apex, and are in turn surrounded by a ring of pink cog canes and a ring of more blue cog canes to form a cambered mushroom cap. A basket of hollow white staves is pulled downward into a mushroom stem. Clear ground. Transparent cobalt blue overlay. Six and one facets. Good condition.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$4,000—6,000

18 Antique Clichy red and white barber pole millefiori chequer with rose paperweight. A large white and green rose cane is surrounded by two spaced concentric rings of complex canes, in shades of green, pink, blue, red, yellow and white. The canes are divided by short red and white striped rods, wrapped with spirals of white filigree.

Diameter 2 1/2"

$4,000—5,000

19 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori with a ring of roses in stave basket miniature paperweight. A green ruffle cane is ringed by seven cobalt blue canes followed by a ring of thirteen white edelweiss flower canes, an impressive ring of nineteen iconic pink and green rose canes, a ring of purple cogs, a ring of green cogs and, finally, a border white staves pulled downward into a basket for the design.

Diameter 1 3/4"

20 Antique Clichy large cobalt blue and white swirl with rose cane paperweight. An unusually big iconic pink and green rose rests at the center of long alternating cobalt blue and white curved radial bands that create a large mesmerizing vortex. “Under the magnification of the dome, whirling millefiori pinwheels create a scintillating visual illusion, forming a dramatic ground for the millefiori cane. This piece holds one spellbound, a twisting whirlpool with a rose at its center.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition , page 28. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$4,500—6,000

$3,500—5,000

21 Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori and signature cane miniature paperweight. A lively assortment of whole and partial complex canes, including a rose cane and a rare complete “CLICHY” signature cane, creates a colorful cushion over a layer of hollow tube canes and bits of various canes, only visible from the bottom, to give a peek into the factory’s daily work.

Diameter 2 1/4"

$4,000—5,000

22 Rare antique Baccarat Type I pansy and bud with millefiori garland paperweight. A large Type I pansy, with two large purple upper petals, three white and blue arrowhead cane lower petals and a star honeycomb cane center, is framed by six green leaves as it grows atop a stem, with two additional green leaves and a sheathed purple bud. A border garland of alternating blue and white millefiori appears to rein in the large bloom. Star-cut clear ground.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$2,000—3,000

23 Antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes red carpet ground paperweight. Various complex canes, including the Gridel silhouette canes of a horse, pheasant, deer, elephant, butterfly, rooster and goat, are scattered across a red carpet. Each red and white cane of the carpet is centered by a blue and white six-point star. White and colored lace can be seen from below. Signature/date cane.

Diameter 2 3/8"

$3,000—4,000

24 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom and coral torsade paperweight. A mushroom is topped by a large blue, white, green and coral complex cane encircled by three concentric rings of assorted complex canes in salmon-pink, green, white and blue. An outer ring of white-collared blue star canes is pulled down to form a tapered stem, which is encircled by a tightly wound coral pink-encased white chaplet bead torsade, with a partial mercury ring. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

$3,500—5,000

25 Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade paperweight. A mushroom is composed of a white, blue and pink rod bundle and floret cane, which sits at the center of four cambered concentric rings of red ogee-tipped cogs, white stardust, pistachio green and blue floret bundles and white complex cogs. The outer ring is tapered downward to form a stem for the mushroom. A blue-encased white chaplet bead torsade, topped by a single mercury ring, encircles the base of the stem. Star-cut clear ground. Signature/date cane.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$3,000—4,000

26 Rare antique Saint Louis dimensional pink dahlia on latticinio swirl paperweight. A beautiful and lush flower, with cascading tiers of thin variegated pink petals, has a red and white floret at its nexus and sits atop a radically curving stem shared by two ribbed dark green leaves. Three additional leaves crest the bloom from behind. Double-swirl white latticinio ground. Good condition.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$1,200—1,600

27 Rare antique Saint Louis looped millefiori garlands on cobalt blue ground paperweight. A red, white and blue star floret complex cane centers six looped garlands in alternation between white and green stardust and bull’s-eye canes and salmon and yellow complex canes, on an opaque cobalt blue ground.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$2,000—3,000

28 Antique Saint Louis four-colored crown miniature paperweight. Spaced radiating twists, in colored pairs of red and green and cobalt blue and cadmium yellow, alternate with double-spiral white latticinio rods, all emanating from a white complex cane, to create a delightful crown. Hollow clear interior.

Diameter 2 3/16"

$2,000—3,000

29 Antique Saint Louis four-colored crown paperweight. Spaced radiating twists, in colored pairs of red and green and cobalt blue and cadmium yellow, alternate with double-spiral white latticinio rods, all emanating from a blue, green, white and red complex cane, to create a delightful crown. Hollow clear interior.

Diameter 2 9/16"

$1,500—2,000

30 Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A colorful assortment of complex canes in blue, red, green, yellow, purple and white, includes a flower cane, whorls, shamrocks, leaves, fortresses and arrowheads, amongst others, and conceals the silhouette canes of a monkey, several pheasants, a squirrel and several pairs of lovebirds. A bit of lace peers between the canes. Signature/date cane. Fine condition.

Diameter 3"

center to create a fantasy flower with a sheathed red companion bud, a crown of four green leaves, a short stem and one more leaf, within a garland of alternating arrowhead canes and white crimp canes. White upset muslin ground. Formerly from the Estelle Doheny Collection, no. 70, sold December 17, 2001, in Christie’s “St. Mary’s of the Barrens” auction, as lot 46. Fine condition.

Diameter 2 1/2"

$2,500—4,000

31 Antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly and garland paperweight. A butterfly, with blue eyes, a purple latticinio body and four marbled millefiori wings, hovers over a bed of white upset muslin, encircled by a border garland of alternating red and white canes.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$5,000—8,000

32 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouette mushroom with torsade paperweight. Varied complex millefiori, including a picture cane of a flower, leaves, shamrocks, arrowheads, whorls, honeycombs and fortresses, burst outward into a colorful mushroom cap, drawn down into a stem with a blue-encased white torsade and two mercury rings, and conceal a monkey silhouette. Star-cut clear ground.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$2,000—3,000

33 Very rare antique Baccarat red flower and millefiori garland paperweight. Five rounded deep red petals surround a honeycomb

$3,000—4,000

34 Rare antique Baccarat red and white flower and bud with millefiori garland paperweight. A large white stardust cane, with a central red bull’s-eye, presides as the stamen bundle of a white flower with small red petals. A short stem supports the bloom along with a sheathed red companion bud, a halo of six leaves and a few more leaves along the stem, within a garland of alternating white stardust canes and blue arrowhead canes. Star-cut clear ground. Internal flaw.

Diameter 2 11/16"

$1,500—2,000

35 Very rare antique Baccarat Type II blue primrose miniature paperweight. Six delicate transparent blue petals, edged in white cog canes and striped with white arrowheads shooting into them from a central red, white and blue star complex cane, form a rare primrose flower. The bloom sits atop a curvy stem, flanked by two green leaves, with a halo of four spaced leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Good condition.

Diameter 2 1/16"

$1,300—1,800

36 Antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A central moth silhouette cane is surrounded by varied complex canes, including a flower picture cane and the Gridel silhouettes of a rooster, horse, goat, dog, deer, pelican, squirrel and a pair of lovebirds, all over a cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colored cane. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

encircled by a ring of crimp canes, sits in the center void. A single cane, alternating between white stardust complex canes with red bull’s-eye cored complex canes, dots each of the garlands’ empty loops. Transparent cranberry ground. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

$800—1,200

37 Antique Baccarat red double clematis with millefiori garland paperweight. A flower has a large star honeycomb cane center, five pointed red petals spaced by a second tier of five more petals, a curving stem flanked by a pair of leaves and a halo of four spaced green leaves. A garland of alternating blue and pink canes encircles the design. White upset muslin ground.

Diameter 2 5/8"

$700—1,000

38 Antique Baccarat concentric millefiori overlay faceted paperweight. A complex arrowhead cane centers concentric rings of white stardust, red cog complex canes and white crimp canes, bordered by a garland of alternating red and white canes. Clear ground. Transparent green overlay, with five and one facets. Fair condition.

Diameter 2 5/8"

$2,000—3,000

39 Antique Baccarat interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands paperweight. A trefoil garland of white, red and blue star complex canes interlaces with another garland of complex canes, each made of green, white and blue stars around a central pink cog. A star complex cane,

$1,500—2,000

40 Antique Baccarat cruciform-patterned millefiori garland paperweight. An arrowhead cane in a ring of complex canes centers a ring of pink and white complex canes where four spaced semi-circle garland of white stardust and red bull’s-eye canes, each dotted by an arrowhead cane, create a cross pattern. A quatrefoil garland of alternating blue and white complex canes and white stardust canes borders the design. Transparent cranberry pink ground. Formerly from the Estelle Doheny Collection, no. 24, sold December 17, 2001, in Christie’s “St. Mary’s of the Barrens” auction, as lot 134. Good condition.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$1,200—1,600

41 Antique Baccarat quatrefoil millefiori garland paperweight. A ring of white cog canes centers a white stardust and green bull’s-eye cane and is centered by a ring of white stardust and green bull’s-eye cane, inside four garland loops of alternating white cog canes and sky blue and white complex canes. A white stardust and red bull’s-eye cane rests within each of the garland’s four loops. Transparent cranberry ground. Fine condition.

Diameter 3"

$1,200—1,600

42 Excellent antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses in stave basket paperweight. Several striking rose canes, two pink and white, one green and white, two white and one green, join a wonderful assortment of pastry mold, cogs, edelweiss and moss canes, in rich tones of pink, green, blue and purple, all held in a basket of alternating blue and white staves.

Diameter 2 5/8"

$3,500—5,000

43 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori, roses and signature cane paperweight. Two iconic pink and green rose canes and one completely white rose cane are spaced in a tightly packed field of varied millefiori in rich colors, including pastry molds, stardust, arrowheads, bull’s-eyes and a “C” signature cane. An unusual basket of alternating translucent red and white staves holds the design tightly. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$3,500—5,000

44 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and rose paperweight. A white and green rose is closely surrounded by five rings of contrasting complex canes in cobalt blue, white, pink and green, including pseudo roses and stardust. The arrangement is held in a shallow white and purple stave basket.

Diameter 2 1/4"

45 Antique Clichy millefiori and rose chequer paperweight. Two concentric rings of spaced millefiori, including a variety of cog and bull’s-eye complex canes, are separated by delicate white latticinio tubes to create a chequer pattern. A dark burgundy complex cog centers the rings and an iconic pink and green rose appears in the inner ring. An underlying layer of parallel rows of latticinio supports the design. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 13/16"

$2,500—3,000

46 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and roses paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose cane centers a ring of nine green pastry mold canes, inside a ring of fourteen pink and white roses. A garland of large white stardust and red bull’s-eye canes, spaced by trios of green cogs, borders the design. Cobalt blue ground. Formerly from the Estelle Doheny Collection, sold December 17, 2001, in Christie’s “St. Mary’s of the Barrens” auction, as lot 128.

Diameter 2 1/2"

$2,500—3,000

$2,000—2,500

47 Antique Clichy hexafoil millefiori garland paperweight. Alternating pink cog canes and white stardust canes are looped six times in a garland around a central blue and white complex cane. Opaque green ground. Internal flaw.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$1,500—2,000

48 Antique Clichy hexagonal grid-patterned millefiori paperweight. White and red floret complex canes are arranged into a grid pattern where white edelweiss flower canes, pseudo rose canes, cogs and other complex canes are spaced. The overall design forms a hexagonal carpet. Transparent green ground.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$1,500—2,000

49 Antique Clichy five-looped millefiori garland paperweight. Five white oval millefiori garlands, made of white complex canes, radiate around a large white floret complex cane at the center of a spaced ring of five different green complex canes. Quartets of green canes space the loops. Transparent ruby red ground.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$800—1,200

50 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and rose paperweight. A border garland of assorted pastry mold and cog canes surrounds two concentric rings of millefiori in purple, blue, pink and white, including a green and white rose cane, all focusing on a central white stardust and red bull’s-eye cane. Clear ground.

Diameter 2 9/16"

51 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori and blue roses paperweight. A small moss cane centers a ring of white crimp canes followed by a concentric ring of pink and white complex cog canes, bordered by a garland of six very rare beautiful blue roses canes, spaced by pairs of pink pastry mold canes. Clear ground.

Diameter 2 7/16"

$1,000—1,500

52 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori garland paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose cane centers a garland of small white stardust canes, followed closely by a ring of blue pastry mold canes, inside a border garland of trios of pink pastry mold canes, spaced by large green pastry mold canes. Clear ground.

Diameter 2 9/16"

$600—800

$600—800

53 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A purple star complex cane, dotted with a green bull’s-eye cane, centers a ring of green cog canes, each with a yellow stardust center, inside a border garland of white stardust canes, spaced in pairs by large iconic pink and green roses. Clear ground. Good condition.

Diameter 1 3/4"

$400—600

54 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade faceted paperweight. A mushroom, with three close concentric rings of green, white and blue complex millefiori around a pink and green complex center cane, has a coral pink millefiori stem and sits at the center of a blue and white torsade with a mercury ring. Star-cut clear ground. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Previously from the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3"

57 Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with torsade faceted paperweight. A sprawling and radial bouquet of flowers, in red, white and blue, including two small millefiori buds, is assembled with deeply crenulated green leaves and gathered on stems over a star-cut clear ground. A blue and white torsade encircles the bouquet. All-over geometric faceting. Previously from the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

$2,000—3,000

55 Antique Saint Louis red flower and millefiori nosegay paperweight. A five-petaled red flower, with a light blue cog cane center, has each of its petals spaced by a contrasting complex cane, including a golden rod cane, a white edelweiss cane, a blue cog and a white ogee-tipped cog cane. This departure from the traditional nosegay is framed by seven green aventurine leaves of different size, with serrated edges, peering from behind the blooms and tops a short stem. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground.

Diameter 2 1/2"

$600—800

58 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori in cobalt blue stave basket paperweight. Six close concentric rings of diverse millefiori include white ogee-tipped cog canes, fortress squares complex canes, stars, cogs and flowers, all focusing on a large fortress, floret and cogs complex canes and held in a stave basket of cobalt blue-lined white floret rods. Fine condition.

Diameter 2 7/16"

$1,200—1,600

56 Antique Saint Louis pink dahlia miniature paperweight. Cascading tiers of ribbed and shaded pink petals radiate out from a central blue, white and yellow cog cane and rest atop five spaced green leaves. Star-cut clear ground.

Diameter 2 3/8"

$600—800

59 Antique Saint Louis fuchsia and buds on swirling latticinio ground paperweight. A pink and blue fuchsia bloom hangs on a light-yellow branch, topped by buds that hang on thin pink stems and are spaced by five green aventurine leaves. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground.

Diameter 2 13/16"

$1,500—2,000

$700—1,000

60 Extremely rare antique New England Glass Company dimensional flower miniature paperweight. An unusual flower has six dimensional, white-striped, peach-colored and pointed petals pointing upwards in a ring around a large cobalt-encased white millefiori, with a red and green center. A tapered stem and three crenulated mint-green leaves, with small air bubbles like dew, add flare to the poised flower. Clear ground. Good condition.

Diameter 1 13/16"

63 Antique Saint-Mandé close packed millefiori and roses in swirled stave basket paperweight. Two rose canes join myriad other canes around a very large white pompon cane, made of C-shaped white canes centering a large yellow cross cane, all resting atop a basket of swirling pink and white staves. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 3/8"

$2,500—3,000

61 Antique New England Glass Company red and white crown paperweight. A complex blue and white cane tops a radiating cascade of double-swirl white latticinio ribbons, spaced by red ribbon-encased white latticinio twists, to create a well-executed crown with a hollow interior. Clear ground.

Diameter 2 9/16"

$2,000—3,000

64 Antique French or Belgian scattered millefiori on latticinio stave grid magnum paperweight. Two tiers of parallel white ribbon staves create a crisscrossed grid pattern where cobalt blue, red, aquamarine, pink, yellow and white complex canes are spaced in loose concentric rings. Clear ground.

Diameter 3 11/16"

$1,000—1,500

62 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company striped poinsettia paperweight. A yellow-collared red and white cog cane centers a ring of purple-collared red cog canes at the center of seven white-striped red petals, spaced by a second tier of striped petals that each carry a dew-like air bubble. A straight stem, flanked by two serrated green leaves carries the resulting blossom. Clear ground. Formerly from the Estelle Doheny Collection, no. 133, sold December 17, 2001, in Christie’s “St. Mary’s of the Barrens” auction, as lot 26.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$1,000—1,500

$1,500—2,000

65 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori with rose miniature paperweight. A large iconic pink and green rose cane centers a ring of white complex canes, inside a border garland of large pink pastry mold canes, spaced by pairs of smaller green pastry mold canes. Clear ground. Excellent condition.

Diameter 1 13/16"

$500—800

66 Travis Weber 2011 brown flower on latticinio crown marble.

A brown flower, with two tiers of pointed petals, flared up at the tips, sits atop a blue latticinio stave crown, over an amber iridescent ground. The underside is centered by a surface blue flower, edged with beige hurricane vortexes, below a zigzag circumference garland. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 7/8"

69 Akihiro Okama (2011) roses and swirls marble. A transparent iridescent swirling funnel cloud centers two roses, one red and one pink that face opposing directions, each sitting on a transparent white spiral basket, spaced by two bands of looped red hurricane swirls. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 15/16"

$1,200—1,600

67 John Kobuki (2011) blue and white flower marble. An upright blue flower, its hollow cupped petals arranged in three cascading tiers around a funnel center with six yellow stamens, is wrapped in delicate white spiraling thread and cupped by three variegated sepals. Clear ground. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 11/16"

$500—800

68 Zach Jorgenson and Chelsea Bent 2011 collaborative “The Great Race” tortoise and the hare murrina marble. From the famed Aesop fable, a tortoise, motivated by his passenger with a proverbial carrot, has reached the black and white checkered flag of the finish line first as his competitor hops along in the shadows far behind in a very bucolic scene with a hot air balloon depicted in a fantastic murrina cane. Mottled green and purple band around perimeter, over a green ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 5/16"

$700—1,000

$500—800

70 Richard Hollingshead 2014 torsade and stave flower and crown hollow marble and stand. A flower, made of looped orange and yellow-striped staves around yellow and green petals, has a halo of white and pink petals, connected by dark blue lines, inside a garland of transparent dichroic dots. A white and red stave garlands the bloom, atop a spun crown basket of various torsades and striped staves. Hollow transparent pink interior. A matching stand supports the design. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 7/8", height 3 15/16"

$500—800

71 Richard Hollingshead 2014 pink and blue flower marble. A blue and white acorn cage sits like fine stamens inside a pink flower, within a transparent dichroic veil. A blue and white striped cup, sitting in a ring of pink petals atop a blue and white ruffled veil supports the bloom. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 5/16"

$300—400

72 Tomomi Handa flowers, Gilson opal and fairy marble. A fairy hovers near a shimmering opal heart in a sprinkle of millefiori flowers, in hues of pink, above two upright bouquets of flowers and leaves. A translucent purple, pink and blue band separates the bouquets, surrounded by sprigs of three blue leaves each. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 11/16"

$1,200—1,600

73 Dinah Hulet 2003 blue pinwheels surface design marble.

Six blue pinwheels are spaced equally to create rotating poles in a colorful display of yellow and blue interlocked triangles and hurricanes, over a dark orange ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 1/2"

75 Mike Gong and James Daschbach 2009 collaborative “Space Candy” dots and swirl marble. Green and pink ‘candy-swirl’ dots, blue millefiori dots and green aventurine dots are scattered between beige dots and fine beige latitudinal lines. Translucent swirled amber ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 1/2"

$400—600

74 Ken Rosenfeld multi-colored stave and millefiori marble.

Two green millefiori dot opposing poles of a spiraling cushion of gold aventurine, yellow, red, blue, white, green, black and purple staves. Clear ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 5/16"

$500—800

76 Travis Weber 2006 dichroic mushroom cloud upright flower marble. A blue and orange burst of petals around a white core creates a narrow flower which is wrapped in a cloud of transparent dichroic petals, held in concentric rings of turquoise and dichroic white petals. Clear ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 1 9/16"

$200—300

$500—800

77 Mike Gong 2010 white spiral spire in white pools marble. White hollow pools are tightly packed together and held in a dark blue cup, with waves rising to the edge of the pools. A white spiraling spire launches upwards from the center of the pools. Signed/dated.

Diameter 7/8"

$600—800

78 Paul Stankard 1989 all-over flower bouquet with root person block paperweight. A tangle of curling green and brown roots gives rise to a colorful assortment of gathered flowers, including pink sprays, orange and yellow orchids, white blossoms and red berries, with accompanying leaves, and supports green tubers. A pregnant root person lays below the bouquet as though giving life to the beautiful flora. Clear ground. Two opposing textured sides. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition. Width 2 7/8", length 2 3/4", height 5 7/16"

$5,000—8,000

81 Paul Stankard 2000 orchid, honeysuckle and lady’s-slipper bouquet with bee, root people, ant and word canes paperweight. A bearded orchid, in voluptuous yellow, orange and red, two white honeysuckle blossoms, two pink lady’s-slippers, a hollow gourd, three blueberries, leaves and tangled moss are visited by an ant and a hovering honeybee from above and by green root people tangled in its roots from below. The words “fertile” and “seeds” appear in two of the curling roots, suggesting a world of sensuousness and proliferation. Clear ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$5,000—8,000

79 Paul Stankard 2013 all-over flower and pod bouquet with honeybees orb. A gathering of pink blossoms, large seed pods, blue cornflowers, small yellow flowers, blue berries and purple forgetme-nots, grows from all sides of a patch of tangled green and brown moss. A honeybee forages through the assortment of pollen-rich flowers. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 13/16"

80 Paul Stankard 2003 “Pineland Flowers Bouquet with Honeybee and Mask” paperweight. A honeybee hovers over three salmon-colored coronet flowers, a bud, red-speckled yellow berries, variegated green leaves and tendrils, which grow from a mossy green mound. A white “pate-de-verre” mask rests on the underside of the moss. The bouquet is also visited by an ant and includes a signature cane bud. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$3,000—4,000

$4,000—6,000

82 Paul Stankard 2006 Experimental squash and seeds textured block paperweight. A hollowed squash, with an orange interior, is attached to a drying curved stem and releases its black seeds onto a sandy patch of ground. Four textured clear sides and clear top and bottom sides. Signed/dated. Rough surface as made. Sides 2 1/2", height 2"

$2,000—3,000

83 Paul Stankard 1986 “Forget-me-nots” blue flowers paperweight. Blue forget-me-not flowers bloom on a branch, with closed buds and slender green leaves, over a clear ground. Edition #51 of a limited edition of 100, created for the Smithsonian Institution. Signature cane. Dated.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$900—1,200

84 Paul Stankard 1975 “Spiderwort” blue flowers paperweight, from the American Floral Series. A blue spiderwort plant, with two three-petaled blue blossoms, buds and pale green leaves, drops a floating seed, over a clear ground. Edition #57 of a limited edition 75. Signature cane. Dated. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$700—1,000

85 Paul Stankard 1982 violet bouquet paperweight. Three purple violets and a partially opened bud are joined by two spadeshaped green leaves and grow from a trailing root system. Clear ground. Edition #12 of a limited edition of 100. Signature cane. Dated.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$700—1,000

86 Paul Stankard 1980 Experimental purple orchid paperweight. Five green sepals create a crown for a white labellum and yellow tongue to form a stylized orchid that shares a stem with two buds and emerges from a fan of green leaves from a tangle of roots. Clear ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 3/16"

87 Paul Stankard 1981 arethusa orchid on blue ground paperweight. An orange-spotted pale pink arethusa orchid blooms atop a thin curving stem with three green leaves, from a root bulb. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #6 of a limited edition of 100. Signature cane. Dated. Created for The Smithsonian Institution. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$800—1,000

88 Paul Stankard 1976 yellow buds on a stem paperweight. Four yellow buds, in various stages of bloom, emerge from a straight stem with groups of five leaves and a pair of leaves, with two green trailing root systems. Cobalt blue ground. Edition #62 of a limited edition of 75. Signature cane.

Diameter 3"

$600—800

$800—1,000

89 Paul Stankard (1977) “Yellow Lady’s-Slipper” orchid paperweight, from the Orchid series. A yellow lady’s-slipper labellum droops heavily from beneath four pistachio-colored corkscrew sepals atop a curving stem shared by four shaded green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #34 of a limited edition of 75. Signature cane.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$500—800

90 David Graeber 2018 all-over purple cornflower bouquet pedestal orb. Lush purple and blue cornflowers are joined by white and pink daisy flowers, small yellow flowers and an assortment of leaves into a heaping bouquet, which floats in a clear orb above a footed star-cut clear base, connected by an opaque pink mitre-cut tier and a diagonal-cut clear tier, spaced by clear discs. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 13/16", height 7"

$5,000—8,000

91 David Graeber and Jim Poore 2019 collaborative rose, lily, blueberry and baby’s-breath bouquet in oval basket-cut paperweight. A lovely bouquet has two yellow roses, each with a cascade of petals, fuzzy white baby’s-breath, speckled pink lilies, companion buds, shaded blueberries, speckled rosehip berries and assorted green leaves. Clear ground. Oval basket-cutting with notched upper rim, by Jim Poore. Signature cane and signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Width 3 13/16", length 4 7/16", height 2 1/8"

$2,500—4,000

92 David Graeber 2009 “Victorian Bouquet” daisies, lilac, azaleas and blueberries paperweight. Three lilacs and three yellow-centered pale pink daisies are arranged in a formal and symmetrical bouquet filled with pink azaleas, blueberries and striped green leaves. Black ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 3/16"

93 David Graeber 2010 lilacs, berries, mums and bees paperweight. Three peach-colored chrysanthemums are symmetrically arranged with three lilac clusters atop a bed of cranberries and radial chartreuse-rimmed dark green leaves. Three diaphanous-winged bees survey the possibilities from above. Opaque sky-blue ground. Signature/date cane. Signed.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$3,000—4,000

94 David Graeber 2011 chrysanthemum, daisies and bee paperweight. A single salmon-colored chrysanthemum, two red azaleas, three purple azaleas and six orange Gerber daisies are bundled into a pretty bouquet along with buds and furled leaves. A gossamer-winged bee hovers above. Clear ground. Signature/ date cane. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$2,500—3,000

95 David Graeber 2010 “Rose Bouquet” cruciform paperweight. A dimensional cruciform arrangement of central light pink roses, with radial arms of small light blue, blue and white flowers, is scattered with buds, striped green leaves and spiraling tendrils and gathered on a bed of moss. Cobalt blue ground. Signature/ date cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$2,500—3,000

$2,500—3,000

96 David Graeber 2012 “Jester Green” mums and lilac bouquet. Three salmon-colored chrysanthemums are spaced by three tapered purple lilac clusters inside a ring of purple flowers, buds and green leaves. Green ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$3,000—4,000

97 David Graeber 2019 rose, daisy, blueberry and lotus pod all-over bouquet orb. An explosion of color bursts on all sides with cobalt blue daisies, small yellow flowers, orange trumpet flowers, yellow lotus seedpods, white trillium flowers, lush pink roses, companion buds and attending leaves. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/8"

$3,000—4,000

98 David Graeber 2010 yellow roses and blueberries paperweight. A dense bouquet of lush yellow roses and several accompanying buds is peppered with scattered forget-me-nots and buds, blueberries, leaves and tendrils, all over tangled green moss. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8"

a profusion of yellow rose buds are woven together with crimson cranberries and delicately punctuated with curling tendrils and leaves. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$3,000—4,000

100 David Graeber 2019 lilac, blueberry, lemon, strawberry and tea rose bouquet paperweight. Three conical sprays of pink lilac radiate from a lush bouquet of three detailed lemon halves, shaded blueberries and a red strawberry with air bubble seeds, spaced by yellow tea roses, strawberries, a whole lemon, a speckled bud and assorted green leaves. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/8"

$3,000—4,000

99 David Graeber 2010 yellow rose, red berry and purple daisy bouquet paperweight. Three open lush pale-yellow roses, three lavender asters, small light blue forget-me-not blossoms and

$3,000—5,000

101 David Graeber 2018 purple hydrangea, pink chrysanthemum and lemons paperweight. Two sliced lemon halves, made of cane carpels, show the expected detailed interior of two whole rugged yellow lemons and are joined by a promising white citrus blossom, two white buds, a pink chrysanthemum flower and its companion bud, a purple hydrangea and its companion bud and assorted leaves, on a tangle of moss. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 9/16"

$1,000—1,500

102 Rick Ayotte “Wetland Wonders” heron, turtle and purple iris rectangular block paperweight. A great blue heron extends a long yellow beak toward the sky in a show of reverence and appreciation for the beauty of his home. A friendly turtle slowly makes his way down their patch of dry earth towards a cool blue pool below, while a frog basks in the sun at the tip of a long-bladed leaf of tall purple irises. Clear ground. Signed/dated.

Height 4 1/16", width 3 5/16", depth 2 1/4"

$1,500—2,000

103 Rick Ayotte 2003 “Abundance” all-over chrysanthemum and berry bouquet paperweight. Two pairs of lush scarlet and purple chrysanthemums are spaced by colorful autumn berries and leaves, evoking thoughts of harvest and bounty. The copious bouquet is further augmented by more mums and berries on the underside, for a warm and superabundant effect. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.

Diameter 3 5/8"

105 Rick Ayotte 2002 “Fleurs du Soleil” sunflower bouquet paperweight. A three-dimensional bouquet consists of two golden-yellow sunflowers, a multi-tiered red rose, orange carnations, blue irises, red tulips, berry clusters, white sprays, buds and assorted leaves. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/8"

$1,400—1,800

106 Rick Ayotte 1997 “Misty Mornings” marigold fall bouquet paperweight. Three dimensional and detailed marigolds, one yellow, one red and one orange, burst through a bed of delicate fall wildflowers and berries, all in shades of heartwarming reds, oranges and yellows, with a bit of green, in a pleasant Indian Summer morning light. Clear ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/8"

$1,600—2,000

104 Rick Ayotte 2002 “Tranquility Rose Bouquet” upright faceted sculpture, from the Illusion series. A pale pink rose, two pink-centered white roses, rosebuds, small pink and white flowers and dark green leaves form a pastel bouquet that floats against a transparent rose-colored background. Two tiers of continuous pencil facets to side, front facet and display facet. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 1/8", depth 2 3/8"

$1,000—1,500

107 Rick Ayotte 2002 “Tranquility Rose Bouquet” paperweight. A lush and dense bouquet is filled with multi-tiered white and pink-shaded roses, a variety of pink and white wildflowers and dark green leaves. Translucent magenta-pink ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 11/16"

$1,600—2,000

$1,000—1,500

108 Rick Ayotte 2007 “Blue Dahlia Bouquet” paperweight. A large monochrome bouquet has two lush bright blue dahlias, a similar cobalt blue dahlia, blue and white poppies and assorted buds as it displays on a fan of green leaves. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/4"

$1,600—2,000

109 Rick Ayotte 1997 spider and fly paperweight. A large yellow spider is concealed in the petals and perky stamens of a yellow flower to better stalk shimmering green aventurine housefly, with gossamer wings. Dark green leaves peeking out from beneath the exotic petals. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/4"

111 Rick Ayotte 1994 “Sweet Summer” carnation bouquet paperweight, from the Four Seasons Bouquet series. Pink and mauve carnations, daisies, yellow mini mums and assorted freesias create a lovely image of summer. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$1,200—1,600

112 Rick Ayotte 1989 “Blueberry Bouquet” paperweight. Three large pink double blossoms, each with a yellow center, interlace with clusters of blueberries, sprays of small white blossoms and green leaves. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$1,500—2,000

110 Rick Ayotte 1991 “Poppy Bouquet” paperweight. Three bright red poppies burst from a bouquet of wood anemones and blue lilies, branches of fanning pale green leaves completing the design. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 3/4"

$1,000—1,200

$1,000—1,200

113 Rick Ayotte 1989 pink cabbage rose paperweight. A very large rose, with a central cluster of tightly furled pink petals, cupped by a larger cluster of more furled pink petals, sitting on two tiers of crimped splayed pink petals, perches on a sturdy branch with a dense halo of green leaves. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/ dated. The artist’s first rose. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.

Diameter 3 13/16"

$800—1,000

114 Rick Ayotte 1990 “Scissor-tailed Flycatcher & Baby” paperweight. Incorporating the state tree, flower and bird of Oklahoma, a scissor-tailed flycatcher perches within a mistletoe-hung pink bud tree, while a lone fledgling poses just below, yellow beak wide apart in an obvious plea for dinner. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 3/4"

$1,000—1,200

115 Rick Ayotte 1989 long-billed star-throat hummingbird and blue polemonium flowers paperweight, from the Hummingbird series. A long-billed star-throat hummingbird, its back aventurine green over a red throat and a satin indigo blue belly, zips by in a quest for nectar in three shaded-blue polemonium flowers, on a vine shared by a bud and dense clusters of green leaves. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. Third in the series.

Diameter 3 13/16"

$800—1,000

116 Rick Ayotte 1986 Baltimore oriole with black-eyed Susan flowers compound paperweight. A brilliant orange Baltimore oriole perches fetchingly in a thick weave of black-eyed Susan flowers. Clear ground. Edition #9 of a limited edition. Signed/ dated.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$1,000—1,200

117 Rick Ayotte 1979 California quail paperweight. A hungry quail, with a black headdress, beak and cheeks contrasting with its white head, sprints in search of dinner, donning a coat of white and black belly feathers below white-striped rust-orange wings and a brown back. Clear ground. Edition #4 of a limited edition. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 15/16"

$800—1,000

118 Rick Ayotte 1988 blue, yellow and red laminated-bill toucan with bird-of-paradise flower miniature paperweight. A colorful laminated-bill toucan bird observes his spectators, perched amidst his favorite flower, a spectacular bird-of-paradise bloom. Clear ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 3/16"

$600—800

119 Rick Ayotte 1998 toad miniature paperweight. A brown warty toad, with a long pink tongue, crouches in prey on a rough sandy ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 3/16"

$700—1,000

120 Mike Hunter 2022 close packed silhouettes, murrini and millefiori with lattice weave vase. A dazzling gathering of complex canes from the artist’s workshop, including roses, pansies, silhouettes, picture canes and murrini, has been meticulously combined into a carpet of color and assembled with a rollup technique into the surface of a clear vase to exemplify the excellence of the artist’s lifetime work and his continuing innovations. The densely packed vase body contrasts with a delicate double-swirl white and blue lattice weave neck, flanked by purple, white and blue torsades. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 5", height 10" $5,000—8,000

121 Cathy Richardson 2022 fish and coral engraved faceted paperweight. A school of dimensional yellow fish navigates through a colorful coral reef, including different specimens in purple, orange, pink, yellow and blue. More coral specimens are engraved on the exterior to achieve an intimate and cloistered underwater wonderworld. Speckled green ground. Top facet. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$2,500—4,000

122 Cathy Richardson 2018 monarch in eucalyptus tree engraved upright faceted paperweight. A flock of monarch butterflies, each of their wings made of detailed orange, yellow, black and white murrini and flanking their slander black bodies and antennae, nestles and frolics with excitement in the drooping branches of its favorite sanctuary, a eucalyptus tree. More detailed butterflies and tree branches are engraved on a clear back. Clear ground. Upright viewing facet. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.

Diameter 3", width 1 5/16"

$2,500—4,000

123 Cathy Richardson 2023 fish, octopus and coral engraved upright faceted paperweight. A school of blue and orange tropical fish and a lively brown octopus make a coral reef their playground. Yellow sea anemones, orange, purple and pink finger coral and other marine fauna in purple and pink emerge from a cluster of mossy rocks and sway gently in the current. More coral and fish are

etched on the flat surface of the clear back. Clear ground. Upright viewing facet. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16", width 1 9/16"

$2,000—3,000

124 Cathy Richardson 2019 tiger lilies, sunflowers and raspberries paperweight. A large yellow tiger lily and two orange tiger lilies, with brown spots on their petals matching their perky stamens, are joined by three sunflowers, in shades of yellow and orange, several buds and ripening raspberries. Serrated purple leaves and variegated green leaves create a soft bed for the colorful flowers and fruits. Fading mauve to green ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$1,400—1,600

125 Cathy Richardson 2023 flock of monarch butterflies paperweight. Ten beautiful murrini monarch butterflies frolic around the branches of a tree, with clusters of thin green leaves, which stand out against a faded blue ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$2,500—3,000

126 Cathy Richardson 2007 lizard and prickly pear cacti paperweight. A black-doted green lizard creeps along a pebbly desert floor between an array of rocks, succulents and prickly pear cacti, with orange and white blossoms. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$1,400—1,600

127 Cathy Richardson 2022 poppy flower bouquet paperweight. Two red poppies, each cupping a tuft of black stamens, are spaced in a gathering of various flowers in blue, purple, pink, white and yellow, including yellow berries, buds and green leaves. Fading purple to beige ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8"

130 Johne Parsley 1993 four pansy bouquet paperweight. A white striped flower, with red filament stamens, centers a spaced ring of four pink, yellow and white pansies, each set on a halo of green sepals, which alternate with four veined green leaves. Transparent blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 11/16"

$1,200—1,600

128 Cathy Richardson 2023 “Anemone Bouquet” with pink and purple flowers paperweight. A dense cluster of purple and pink tiered flowers, each with a complex dark center, is scattered with buds and contrasts drastically with serrated bright green leaves. Dusted purple and blue ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$1,000—1,500

131 Johne Parsley 1992 two red rose and knotweed bouquet paperweight. Two pretty red roses fan outward from a central white flower, spaced by companion buds, sprays of yellow and red knotweed and veined green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 7/16"

$800—1,000

129 Cathy Richardson 2013 tropical foliage and pink flowers paperweight. A tropical croton plant, with deeply variegated pink, blue and yellow leaves, has sprouted a cluster of attractive pink blossoms. Mottled transparent blue ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 8. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3"

$800—1,000

132 Johne Parsley 1991 peaches and cherries miniature faceted paperweight. Three blushing peaches, splayed outward in triangular form, grow from a stem shared by three veined green leaves upon each of which rests a small red cherry. Transparent blue ground. Two tiers of continuous finger facets, joined in triangles, to side and one decagonal top facet. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.

Diameter2"

$1,000—1,200

$1,000—1,500

133 Gordon Smith 2019 dragonfly over blooming succulent plants in the desert paperweight. An elegant red dragonfly, with four dichroic marbled wings, hovers above a collection of colorful spiky succulents in rust-red, gray, green-tipped mauve, yellow and orange. The succulents are gathered around a few flat stones, on a pebbly desert ground. Signature cane. Dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$2,500—4,000

134 Gordon Smith 2022 tropical fish in coral reef paperweight. Two clownfish join three other tropical fish in a domain of rising coral, in white and purple, all featuring spectacular details and textures. Various seashells surround the beautiful coral reef, which rests on a white sandy seafloor ground. Signature cane. Dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$2,500—4,000

135 Gordon Smith 1999 five koi fish and stone compound paperweight. Swimming almost at the surface, two curious koi fish, one orange and one beige, have separated from their three shy cousins, one white, one yellow and one beige, which have stayed in the cooler water at the bottom of their pond. White sandy ground, strewn with colorful stones and green algae. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 7/16"

136 Gordon Smith 2005 California mountain kingsnake and morning glory paperweight. A vine of three opened mauve and pink morning glory flowers, heart-shaped leaves and three tightly furled buds is juxtaposed with a meticulously rendered red and yellow-striped snake, which coils and rises on a sandy ground between earthy speckled stones. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$3,000—4,000

137 Gordon Smith 2022 diamondback watersnake paperweight. A white snake, its manually applied scales meticulously rendered in a triumph of articulation of sinuous loops and curls, displays gray diamonds on its back as it rises up from a mossy ground strewn with metallic stones, shells and a branch. Sandy ground. Signature cane. Dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$3,500—5,000

138 Gordon Smith 2019 blooming succulent plants paperweight. A collection of colorful spiky succulents includes a purple specimen and some that are about to burst with salmon-pink blooms. The succulents are gathered on a rocky ground around a patch of delicate moss. Signature cane. Dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$2,500—4,000

$2,000—3,000

139 Debbie Tarsitano flower bouquet and dragonflies compound paperweight. Two dragonflies, with long yellow-dotted bodies flanked by assorted blue millefiori wings, hover above a bouquet of contrasting dahlia flowers, one yellow and two blue, with a few buds and leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 11/16"

$2,500—4,000

140 Debbie Tarsitano dahlia bouquet magnum paperweight. Six dahlia flowers, each different from the next in shape, color and stamen center, are each haloed by a fan of green sepals and connected by the stems with a few buds, leaves and two violet flowers. Clear ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 1/4"

142 Debbie Tarsitano pastel latticinio dahlia paperweight. Tiers of fine latticinio petals, in shades of pink and blue, intermixed with white, surround a central pink pompon complex cane to create an attractive lacey dahlia flower. A halo of green leaves peers from behind the bloom, which rests on a filament-strewn mottled blue ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$2,500—3,000

141 Debbie Tarsitano close concentric millefiori and pink pompon paperweight. Four concentric patterned rings of pastel-colored millefiori are the playground of several turtle silhouette canes. The millefiori make a soft ground for a central pink pompon cane flower, held by green sepals, within a halo of radial green leaves. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$1,000—1,500

$2,500—4,000

143 Debbie Tarsitano butterfly and dahlia faceted paperweight. A cobalt blue-winged black butterfly, with pink pompon canes in its forewings and blue pompon canes in its hindwings, hovers over a pink dahlia flower with an upright pink ruffled cane center and a halo of green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.

Diameter 2 3/4"

$1,400—1,600

144 Debbie Tarsitano wheatflower and rose bouquet paperweight. A yellow wheatflower, with black dots on its striped petals around a fluffy center, is paired with an upright pink rose, with a pink pompon cane center, in a bouquet with blue knotweed and crimped green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 5/16"

$800—1,000

145 Chris Buzzini 2001 blueberry and flower bouquet paperweight. Two dimensional pink flowers, each with a yellow and black core, a cluster of pink buds, six ripe blueberries, white azalea flowers and bud, tendrils and attending leaves, are joined into a lush bouquet by the stems. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$3,500—5,000

146 Chris Buzzini 1999 “Ribbon Bouquet” phlox, apple blossom and daisy bouquet paperweight. A blue daisy, with a contrasting yellow center, a pink apple blossom, with perky pink-tipped stamens, blue-speckled white phlox and two small blue flowers are gathered into a bouquet by a magenta-pink ribbon around their stems. clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 7/16"

148 Chris Buzzini 1991 twisted stem flower bouquet faceted paperweight. Two pale blooms, a pink trumpet flower with a bud, purple forget-me-nots and sprays of blue bellflowers are threaded with bladed leaves and twisted together at the stems. Clear ground. Twelve thumbprint side facets and one top facet. Edition #15 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$2,000—3,000

149 Chris Buzzini 2000 “Western Wallflower” yellow spray and trailing roots paperweight. A spear of four-petaled yellow wallflowers and olive-green buds continues the steeply arching direction of its stem, bladed leaves and trailing root system. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$2,500—4,000

147 Chris Buzzini 2008 “Star-one of one” blue phlox bouquet paperweight. A plant sprouts a long arching stem of blue-speckled white phlox flowers and buds from a fan of bladed green leaves and has tucked its curling roots sturdily into a pile of peppered gray pebbles and a mossy fallen branch. Clear ground. Signed/ dated. One of the best examples from the artist. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$1,600—2,000

150 James Kontes pears and pink blossom on a branch paperweight. Two striped rust-orange bosc pears and one blushing yellow bartlett pear, each with a green calyx, hang from short stems on a branch with green leaves and two promising pink blossoms. White upset muslin over transparent blue ground. Signature cane.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$2,500—4,000

$2,000—3,000

151 Ken Rosenfeld 2017 koi and lotus pond compound paperweight. Two dimensional koi fish, one yellow and one white, swim in yin-yang harmony in the shade and privacy of green lily pads, accompanied by a white and two pink lotus flowers and their companion buds, at the surface of a cool blue pond. Transparent aqua ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/8"

$1,400—1,600

152 Ken Rosenfeld 2018 trio of fish fancy-cut paperweight. Two dimensional koi fish, one orange and one white, swim in opposite directions as a purple cousin interrupts their yin-yang symmetry. A few strands of sea grass radiate below with a sea urchin skeleton to the side. Transparent aqua ground. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$1,200—1,500

153 Ken Rosenfeld 2019 commemorative end-of-day scrambled millefiori and lampwork paperweight. A unique and innovative design augments the already stunning end-of-day scrambled millefiori tradition with a little ladybug, an aventurine beetle, Easter eggs, two candy canes, a red snake, a few carrots, a cherry, aventurine bows, a raspberry and various flowers amongst rose canes, moss, honeycomb, stardust and filigree twists. Signature/date cane and Texas and star commemorative cane. “Adding lampwork brings a whole new dimension to the design, and encasing it in optical glass further sets it apart from anything in the past”—Ken Rosenfeld.

From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$700—1,000

154 Ken Rosenfeld 2019 chameleon on flowering branch paperweight. A brown branch sprouts large pink and small mauve blossoms and creates a pleasant resting place of a large green chameleon, with a blue belly, three yellow stripes and a string of red dorsal dots, which makes its way slowly on all fours, keeping its balance with a tightly-coiled tail. Clear ground, with translucent purple ring around the base. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$1,000—1,400

155 Ken Rosenfeld 2020 sunflower, clematis, rose, berry and mix flower bouquet paperweight. A forking brown branch sprouts a dense bouquet with a sunflower, two daisies, three purple clematis, four rose buds, a few raspberries, green leaves and tendrils. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 3/16"

$1,000—1,200

156 Ken Rosenfeld 1988 commemorative bluebonnet state flower paperweight. Two sprays of dimensional bluebonnet flowers rise from a speckled patch of earth amidst fans of green leaves. White star cane for the Lone Star State. Clear ground. Edition #7 of a limited edition of 50, made for the Texas PCA. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$700—1,000

157 Jim D’Onofrio 1999 Native at campfire with clay pots and bow cube paperweight. A Native American billows a campfire, with a bow and arrows nearby, next to three colorful clay pots, a dreamcatcher and a bundle of firewood. Sandy ground. Cube shape. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Width 3 3/16", height 2 1/8"

$2,000—3,000

160 Jim D’Onofrio 1999 cowboy and dog at campsite paperweight. A dimensional scene shows a bearded man, clad in a red one-piece pajama with the trapdoor revealing more than you bargained for, crawling on all fours towards his canine companion that has taken aim at their campfire. Boots, logs, kettle and cup are strewn about. Sandy ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 7/16"

$1,000—1,200

158 Jim D’Onofrio 2000 two green lizards paperweight. A large green lizard and a smaller companion, each with red stripes, crawl stealthily on all four, very low to a sandy desert floor, with a few gray stones scattered about, some having sprouted an upright blue flower. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 3/8"

$800—1,000

161 Jim D’Onofrio 2004 tuxedo frog paperweight. A dimensional blue and black frog crawls across red-striped green leaves, near an upright red and white-striped flower. Translucent earth ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$700—1,000

162 James Kontes strawberry and white blossom faceted paperweight. A ripe red strawberry, freckled with yellow seeds, and a white strawberry blossom, with a bright tuft of yellow stamens at its core, share a stem with a companion bud and three dark green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Sixteen space finger facets to side and one top facet. Signature cane.

$1,000—1,200

159 Jim D’Onofrio 1995 two mice and a teapot paperweight. A flowered teapot lies on its side on a sandy desert floor, the pointy head of a curious mouse protruding from within. A companion mouse confers with his friend from nearby, the teapot’s lid at a discreet distance as well as two succulent blooms and yellow-striped foliage. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2013 55th Auction as lot 145. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 1/2"

Diameter 3"

$1,200—1,600

163 Melissa Ayotte 2017 pink and purple floral bouquet paperweight. Yellow-tongued pink cornflowers, small light blue forget-me-not and bell flowers, lavender mums in different stages of bloom and a corkscrew tendril, display themselves against a bed of radial green leaves. Off-white ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$1,200—1,600

164 Melissa Ayotte 2010 “Joie de Vivre” pink asters paperweight. Two large open pink asters and one large half-opened pink aster are the center of a bouquet otherwise composed of three lavender lilacs, one orange ray flower, three yellow crocuses, three yellow lilies, an orange tulip and two white buds. Large leaves and the odd tendril lie at the base of the bouquet which rests on a clear ground. Limited edition of 15. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$900—1,200

165 Melissa Ayotte (c. 2018) red chrysanthemum bouquet fancy-cut overlay magnum paperweight and stand. Three red flowers, with fluffy red and black centers, are the attraction of a circular bouquet with three orange carnations, small pink lilies, furled purple flowers, tendrils and green leaves. It is viewed through two flat facets, inside a black-over-red overlay with various round

facets connected by straight lines. A metal stand displays the piece vertically. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 11/16"

$2,500—3,000

166 Melissa Ayotte 2017 blue cornflowers paperweight wall mount, from the Hive series. Three bursting blue cornflowers bloom at the center of a bed of variegated green leaves, curling tendrils and wispy white blossoms, over a dusty pink ground. Supporting the paperweight is an off-white hexagonal aluminum board, with a hanging wire attached to the back. Signed/dated. Paperweight diameter 3 3/16", mount diameter 5 1/2" $400—500

167 Randall Grubb 1996 yellow tulip tree flowers paperweight. A sturdy tulip three branch is decorated by crimped green leaves and sprouts three fully splayed yellow tulip tree flowers, each with a corona of perky stamens. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$800—1,000

168 Randall Grubb 1992 blue butterfly and yellow flowers paperweight. A black and blue butterfly floats towards a lovely spray of yellow flowers, sprouting from three bladed green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3"

$500—800

169 Bob Banford green leaf crucifix and white flower in fancy-cut bible paperweight. A cross, formed from rows of carefully placed green leaves, three to a file, is centered by a large white blossom, with a red core and thin yellow stamens, and is centered within a rectangle fancy-cut clear bible. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.

Height 2 11/16", width 2", depth 1 1/4"

$1,000—1,200

170 Bob Banford pink and white anemone flower paperweight. Two tiers of thick pink and white petals, striped in dark pink arches, radiate around and cup a central white honeycomb cane with star-shaped alveolus, to form a stunning anemone flower in the style of the antique Baccarat design. The bloom is crowned by crenulated green leaves as it blooms on a forking stem with two companion buds. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane.

Diameter 3 1/4"

172 Bob Banford pink dahlia and torsade faceted paperweight. A triple-tiered pink dahlia has a white stardust center and sits on a radial bed of green leaves, garlanded by a pink torsade, wrapped within a blue spiral filigree. Star-cut white ground. Three tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Internal flaw.

Diameter 3"

$500—800

171 Bob Banford strawberries, blossoms and torsade paperweight. Two ripe strawberries, dotted with yellow seeds, share a forked leafy vine with two white blossoms, with yellow stamen centers, inside a purple and pink torsade at the perimeter. White upset muslin ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$600—800

173 Ray Banford radial rose bouquet gingham-cut basket paperweight. A pink cabbage rose is centered by a ring of alternating pink and white cabbage roses which bloom on radiating stems with mint-green leaves. The bouquet floats within a fancy-cut basket, with two oblong side facets and gingham cutting around the lower half. Diamond-cut clear ground. Signature cane. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$500—800

174 Bob Banford blue clematis trellis faceted paperweight. Two leafy vines serpentine to the top of a white trellis to display their beautiful blue and white-striped clematis and companion buds. Mottled translucent ruby ground. Ten side thumbprints and one top facet. Signature cane. Good condition.

Diameter 2 5/8"

$500—800

$400—500

175 Mayauel Ward 2015 koi fish in a pond paperweight. A dimensional white fish, with orange and black spots, serenely passes through the arms of a fallen branch as it makes its way slowly through a calm pond, scattered with mossy pebbles and straw. Mossy earth ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 5/16"

178 Mayauel Ward 1997 twisted-stem bouquet paperweight. A golden-orange sunflower, with a white spot on each petal, dominates an intertwined gathering of shaded blue blossoms, yellow flowers and buds, a red and white flower and two large variegated leaves completing the motif. White ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$600—800

176 Mayauel Ward 2023 orange fuchsias vines compound overlay upright magnum faceted paperweight. Three blushing yellow fuchsia flowers, with long red-tipped orange stamens, hang from two separate branches with buds and scalloped green leaves. Layered dichroic veiled interior, wrapped in air bubbles. Iridescent blue overlay, lined with dark vines. Three overlapping front facets. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 5 3/16"

$500—800

179 Mayauel Ward 2010 red orchid flower pedestal paperweight. A beautiful red orchid, with five petals crowning a central red labellum with a yellow tongue, shares a forked stem with a companion bud, five variegated leaves and trailing roots. Clear ground over mottled yellow and brown footed base. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 3/8", height 2 1/2"

$700—1,000

177 Mayauel Ward 2011 arching bouquet over black ground marble. A crescent-shaped bouquet, with a yellow daisy, pink bell flowers, red berries, blue flowers, two clusters of pink buds, variegated green leaves and trailing roots, floats over a black opaque ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 1/2"

$400—500

180 Mayauel Ward 2018 orchid on a branch pedestal paperweight. Two orchid plants grow from bulbous bases, attached to a sturdy tree branch by thin white roots, each with a thin brown stem sprouting a few bladed green leaves. One has five delicate orchid flowers, with green sepals around pink and white crimped labella, and the other has seven tightly closed promising buds. Clear ground over red footed base. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 3/8"

$500—800

$500—800

181 Clinton Smith 2019 pink flower bouquet paperweight. Three pink flowers, with perky stamens are spaced by emerging companion buds and surround a central cluster of seven tightly closed buds, all resting on a halo of olive-green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3"

$700—1,000

182 Clinton Smith 2023 frog, bamboo and flowers paperweight. A green frog, with brown spots and yellow dorsal stripes, prepares to leap on all fours from its resting place between fallen bamboo reeds, pink flowers, buds, a branch and green grass. Red pebble-strewn earth ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 1/2"

184 Cathy and Colin Richardson 2019 collaborative toucan and tropical flowers engraved upright plaque paperweight. A colorful bouquet of orange hibiscus flowers, striped pink croton leaves, a spray of striped orchids and clusters of purple berries, shares an arching stem adorned with various green leaves. A detailed feathery toucan perched on a blooming hibiscus branch is etched masterfully on a clear ground behind the bouquet. Display facet. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 1/4", depth 1 11/6"

$600—800

183 Clinton Smith 2014 sucker frog on oleander bush paperweight. A pale green frog stretches his legs across a mass of oleander stems and leaves which is greatly enlivened by a generous smattering of bright pink buds. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$1,000—1,400

185 Colin Richardson 2010 fruit and flower bouquet wreath paperweight. Three clusters of purple berries are joined by bright orange flowers, a burgundy flower, a few pink flowers, attending buds and serrated fan-like leaves, on a steeply arching green vine. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$500—800

$600—800

186 Randall Grubb “Reflections” pink foxglove cylindrical sculpture. Stalks of pink foxglove blossoms and buds rise from speckled boulders, surrounded by delicate purple flowers and bright green leaves.

Diameter 3 1/16", height 3 13/16"

$1,200—1,600

187 Elena Hernburg flower bouquet compound marble. Purple and green fern leaves, pink leaves, green leaves and stems of small green leaves radiate above and below a ring of flowers, including yellow tube clusters, pink bellflowers and blue bellflowers, all of which are being spun and pulled in opposing poles towards the ends of a translucent amber core. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/16"

$500—800

188 Elena Hernburg flock of red butterflies and flowers compound marble. A purple and yellow flower bouquet, with radiating green, purple and pink leaves, is spun and pulled outwards towards the poles of a translucent blue core. A flock of shaded red butterflies frolics all around the blooms. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/16"

190 Elena Hernburg flower bouquet compound paperweight. A bouquet of flowers is topped by a multi-tiered pink flower above a cascade of blue, purple, pink and white flowers, including pompons and pansies. Stems of green leaves are spaced amongst the flowers, which conceal a purple core, wrapped in purple tendrils. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 3/16"

$400—500

191 Elena Hernburg ladybug and flower wreath compound marble. Beige, pink, purple, blue and white dimensional flowers are set is green aventurine leaves and a few pink leaves against a purple core. A red ladybug wanders safely through the blooms. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 15/16"

$500—800

189 Elena Hernburg owls, moths and flowers compound marble. Green and white seedpods are spaced in a bouquet of orange and yellow bellflowers, interspersed with green leaves, whisps of white latticinio and snaking white tendrils. The dense bouquet has become a playground for a cat-and-mouse hunt played by several owls and moths. Pink core wrapped in a dichroic blue cloud. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 1/4"

$500—800

192 Elena Hernburg vines, ladybug, butterflies and flowers compound marble. A wreath of dimensional flowers, in pink, blue, yellow and white, surrounds a core of green, wrapped in segments of white latticinio and cascading vines and leaves. A red ladybug and several butterflies are scattered around the enchanted scene. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 1/4"

$500—800

$500—800

193 Mickael Hingant 2018 blue Indian roller bird and tropical flower bouquet compound magnum paperweight. A dimensional bird in flight, with its patterned blue wings spread open over its detailed body, tail and head that conceals two little tucked feet, soars above a radial bouquet of purple and red hibiscus, red ginger plants spears, various buds and assorted leaves. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 11/16"

196 Mickael Hingant eastern yellow-bellied racer snake and succulents paperweight. Scattered rocks have made a safe garden for two gray succulents, one of which has sprouted a red flower, but also attracted a scaly blue snake, with a yellow and orange belly, that slithers and contorts through the otherwise serene scene. Sandy ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$1,000—1,500

194 Mickael Hingant flower bouquet with green porcelain roses paperweight. A dense bouquet of pink and purple flowers is flanked by two large artichoke-like porcelain roses and interspersed with red-centered white flowers, buds and green leaves. Several flowers are centered by complex millefiori. Clear ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$700—1,000

195 Mickael Hingant spring flower bouquet with tulips, crocuses and forsythias paperweight. Three yellow stems of forsythia flowers are spaced by crimped purple crocus flowers and orange tulips, all of which have millefiori centers, in a bouquet with buds and green leaves, on a patch of earth. Clear ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$700—1,000

$600—800

197 Mickael Hingant swallowtail butterfly and flowers on vine plaque paperweight. A vine of flowers, some turning red and one white amidst green leaves, each with a millefiori center, launches curling tendrils and stems in several directions and has attracted a yellow, black and white swallowtail butterfly. White ground. Rectangular plaque with clear sides. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Width 3", height 4 5/16", depth 1 7/16"

$500—800

198 Mickael Hingant flower bouquet and bow over gold-leafing plaque paperweight. A bouquet of purple and white striped flowers with red cores, small blue flowers with orange cores, a purple flower with a yellow core and an orange-striped yellow flower with a red core, is held by a red and white ribbon bow. Gold-leaf over translucent cranberry red ground. Rectangular plaque with beveled clear sides. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Width 3", height 4 1/8", depth 1 9/16"

$500—800

199 Stefan Bracht 2022 cyclamen and snow paperweight. Six delicate pink pedicels erupt from a snowy patch of earth, each supporting a dimensional cyclamen flower with spun white petals dusted in magenta around a hollow cup auricle. Four heart-shaped green leaves frame the blooms. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$1,000—1,400

200 Stefan Bracht 2021 grasshopper on reed paperweight. A dimensional green grasshopper climbs a stalk of wheat, gathered in a bouquet with a purple cornflower, orange daisies, a raceme of yellow flowers, green leaves and a few wilted lily of the Nile flower heads. Shaded burnt orange ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

202 Stefan Bracht 2021 orange, yellow and purple all-over flower bouquet paperweight. Stalks of wheat, a magenta cornflower, a purple flower cluster, orange daisies, a raceme of yellow flowers, green leaves, tendrils and a few wilted lily of the Nile flower heads are gathered on stems in an all-over bouquet. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$800—1,000

201 Stefan Bracht 2021 rose bouquet paperweight. Three dimensional roses, two pink and yellow rainbow sunblaze roses and one large blood-red freedom rose, are gathered on stems, spaced by branches of green leaves and a lone bud. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$800—1,000

$700—1,000

203 Stefan Bracht 2021 sunflower and mum bouquet paperweight. A large yellow sunflower is the attention-getter in a bouquet with various chrysanthemum flowers in orange, red, blue and magenta, a sprig of lavender, small stems of beige buds and a large mauve daisy. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$600—800

204 Stefan Bracht 2023 tulip, rose of Sharon and cornflower bouquet paperweight. A splayed purple flower, with a rising stigma covered in white pollen, is joined in a bouquet with a blue cornflower, two orange pompons, a cluster of pink lilac, two large lavender-blue tulips, a cluster of yellow flowers, tendrils and leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$600—800

205 Richard Loesel 2023 butterflies, yellow roses and pink lilies triple-stacked paperweight. A small blue butterfly approaches a lone pink pompon flower at the top of a stack of three tiers, each increasing in size to the base. The center displays a radial bouquet of yellow roses and at the bottom, a butterfly in flight over velvety magenta lilies, on a textured beige ground. Signature/date cane.

From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameters 2 1/4" – 3 5/8"

$1,200—1,600

206 Richard Loesel 2023 serpent dragon and flower wreath paperweight. An articulated and dimensional dragon, its body composed of stacked scales in stripes of pink and white, dons a thick mane of white feathers that cascades from its pink head where horns, a mouth of white teeth and a forked nose contrast sharply with the otherwise serene beast. A wreath of yellow, orange, mauve and pink flowers encircles the design. Pale pistachio-green ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

208 Richard Loesel 2022 three butterflies over flower bouquet compound paperweight. Three contrasting butterflies, in orange, pink, blue and white, are each decorated by white, aventurine and black accents to their wings and have shimmering heads, body stripes and antennae tips. They hover over a lush bouquet of lilac sprays, pink pompons and yellow bells around blue pompons, pink flowers and an orange pompon. Green leaves, tendrils and braided stems space the blooms. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 7/16"

$1,000—1,400

209 Richard Loesel two butterflies over yellow dahlia flower compound paperweight. Two pink, black and white butterflies hover over a lush yellow dahlia, centered by a tiny pink Clichy-type rose, and encircled by a halo of green sepals. Clear ground. “MOF” signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$1,000—1,400

207 Richard Loesel 2022 miniature paperweight on flower carpet ground paperweight. A two-in-one design features a tiny paperweight, with a cobalt blue-over-white double overlay, faceted with a ring of five side facets and a top facet, containing a small upright yellow flower and resting on a carpet of multi-colored leaves scattered with a ladybug, flowers and berries. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$800—1,000

210 Richard Loesel 2022 dragonfly over flower bouquet compound paperweight. A blue dragonfly, with a shimmering head and translucent wings, hovers over a dimensional bouquet with pink spears of lilac, yellow bellflowers, a tuft of red, pink, white and orange carnations, tendrils, green leaves, buds and braided stems. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 7/16"

$800—1,000

$800—1,000

211 Richard Loesel 2022 flower bouquet in a basket paperweight. A basket is outlined by a pink-encased white torsade and cleverly filled with a large pink and white filigree twist as the woven side. The basket bursts with various flowers including pink lilac sprays, orange and yellow daisies and white pompons, amongst others. Light green ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

214 Richard Loesel 2022 woman face with flowers paperweight. A woman, outlined in black and with flowers in her hair, including chrysanthemums, pompons and daisies, in red, yellow, orange, purple and pink, has closed eyes, sealed red lips and a mane of fall-colored leaves. White ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 7/16"

$800—1,000

212 Richard Loesel 2022 blue flower bouquet paperweight. Twelve trumpet flowers, with cobalt blue exteriors and white and blue striped interiors, are arranged into a formal circular bouquet, spaced by buds, tendrils and green leaves, and held by spun stems. Mottled earthy ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$700—1,000

213 Richard Loesel 2022 seashells on white sand paperweight. A collection of dimensional seashells, some spiraling to a point, others hollow half shells, some speckled and others striped, in pink, brown, orange and white, is joined by an orange starfish and a few star millefiori on a sandy white ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$600—800

$500—800

215 Richard Loesel 2021 “Mandala” orange dahlia flower paperweight. A splendid flower has a large white stardust center, encircled by six rings of petals, each different from the next, in orange, yellow, white and green. The bloom reaches the entire perimeter and completely fills its radiant halo of green leaves with a bright burst of orange. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$500—800

216 Richard Loesel 2022 “BOB” commemorative flowers and cardinal bird faceted paperweight. The name “BOB” appears out of brown torsade below the parallel branches of a tree with various colorful flowers, coiled tendrils and green leaves, where a bright red cardinal is perched happily. White ground. Six and one facets. Signature/date cane. In memory of Robert White. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$400—600

217 Saint Louis 1999 vegetable basket magnum pedestal paperweight. Dimensional assorted vegetables, including carrots, cabbage, cauliflower leeks and tomatoes are gathered into a colorful and mouthwatering harvest from the best potager. Egg yolk-yellow stave basket with stave ring at the top and bottom. Edition #49 of a limited edition of 100. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4", height 4 7/16"

$2,000—3,000

218 Saint Louis 1977 swirling filigree newel post. Double-swirl filigree threads, in alternating cobalt blue, white and pink, emanate from a pink Clichy-type rose at the apex and cascade downward to a footed clear base. Hollow clear interior. Limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 13/16", height 5"

$700—1,000

219 Saint Louis 1997 “Opah” fish faceted paperweight. A fish, with blue and white complex canes decorating a cobalt blue body, swims over an opaque white ground, dotted with blue rocks. Top facet. Acid-etched insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3"

220 Saint Louis 1990 “Fioretti” blue and white beehive dahlia paperweight. A central complex star signature/date cane is surrounded by numerous tiers of concentric crimped C-shaped canes with white interiors and light blue exteriors. Opaque white ground. Edition #364 of a limited edition of 600. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$1,200—1,600

221 Saint Louis 1999 butterfly and millefiori portholes paperweight. A vibrant wall of close packed complex millefiori moves from the base upward to a central porthole to reveal a blue and white butterfly floating delicately at the center. Six smaller portholes along the side, each rimmed in concentric rings of red and green millefiori, offer additional views of the butterfly. Edition #50 of a limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$500—800

$2,000—2,500

222 Saint Louis 1950s close packed millefiori piedouche paperweight. A panoply of design and color is represented by close packed complex canes, atop a double-swirl white latticinio pedestal, flanked by green torsades at the top and bottom. Acidetched insignia on the base. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter2 9/16", height 2 1/4"

$1,200—1,600

223 Saint Louis 1998 “Blue Star” patterned millefiori garlands paperweight. An eight-point star, carpeted with blue and yellow complex millefiori, is garlanded by pairs of blue and white star canes at the center of a bigger blue and yellow carpet star and ending in a garland of trios of white and blue star canes, defining perimeter triangles of blue and yellow canes. Opaque mauve ground. Edition #31 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$800—1,000

224 Saint Louis 2001 “Vent de printemps” surface vine and engraved leaves green flower and daisies paperweight. A translucent green orb, wrapped in white daises, floats above a triple-tiered upright green flower, with a white stardust stamen center, which sits at the base of a spiraling yellow vine pressed on the surface and sprouting a few etched frosted leaves. Clear ground. Edition #4 of a limited edition of 35. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

cane. Edition #41 of a limited edition of 200. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$700—1,000

226 Saint Louis 1991 “Poète” patterned millefiori circlets paperweight. Red and green millefiori circlets are evenly dispersed on a white millefiori carpet to create a lush geometric design. Opaque white ground. Edition #41 of a limited edition of 300. Signature/ date cane. From The Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$1,000—1,500

225 Saint Louis 1996 coiled snake on close concentric millefiori carpet ground faceted paperweight. A dark green snake, dotted with pink diamond millefiori along its back, is coiled at the center of a close concentric carpet of pink complex cog canes, pulled into a stave basket for the design. Six and one facets. Signature/date

$1,000—1,500

227 Saint Louis 1993 “Abondance” fruit in a latticinio basket paperweight. A three-dimensional arrangement of assorted lampwork fruits including pears, apples, bananas, cherries and plums, rests on a bed of scattered dark green leaves within a double-swirl white latticinio oval basket, with a torsade handle. Edition #55 of a limited edition of 150. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Length 4 5/16", height 3 1/16"

$1,400—1,800

228 Saint Louis 1953 close concentric millefiori piedouche paperweight. A signature/date cane nestles among colorful millefiori, arranged in seven concentric rings around a central white cartwheel cane, atop a double-swirl white latticinio pedestal with red and white torsades at the top and bottom. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 15/16", height 2 3/4"

$1,400—1,800

229 Baccarat 1996 “Garden of Ispahan” patterned millefiori on green ground magnum pedestal paperweight. A yellow filament rod bundle cane is surrounded by a floral design of looping and interlacing white millefiori garlands, their voids filled with quartets of millefiori in hues of blue and green. Opaque emerald green ground. Fancy-cut footed clear base. Edition #44 of a limited edition of 50. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/ date cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 3/4", height 5"

$2,000—3,000

230 Baccarat (presumed 1958) “Church Weight” close packed millefiori, zodiac silhouettes and “8" cane paperweight. A close packed variety of complex canes, predominantly in bold hues of pink, green, blue and white, includes an “8" cane and silhouettes of the zodiac. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3"

From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$1,500—2,000

232 Baccarat 1993 “Vitrail perles multicolores” patterned millefiori paperweight. Multi-colored complex canes are arranged in a spaced and alternating pattern around a pink and yellow cane, against a dark purple ground. Edition #10 limited edition of 150. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 7/16"

$1,200—1,500

231 Baccarat 1964 “Church Weight” commemorative bicentennial close packed millefiori and zodiac silhouettes paperweight. A close packed design is centered by a large white commemorative signature/date cane “BACCARAT 1764 1964" rimmed first by pink and green canes and then by pale complex canes. A carpet of complex canes, studded with zodiac silhouettes, ensues around the central design. Etched “P” proof edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Acid-etched commemorative date stamp.

$1,000—1,500

233 Baccarat 2001 close packed millefiori mushroom and torsade paperweight. A mushroom, with a cambered cap and a tapered stem, is composed of millefiori traditionally found in the iconic “Church Weight”, encircled by a blue-encased white latticinio torsade. Star-cut clear ground. Edition #55 of a limited edition of 75. Acid-etched insignia on the base. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$700—1,000

234 Baccarat 1993 arching blue dots paperweight. Spaced holes, each edged in white and flashed in aqua blue, increase in size as they appear to spiral away from a central hole and form a hypnotic pinwheel pattern. Edition #42 of a limited edition of 150. Acid-etched with the Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/ date cane. Dated.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$800—1,000

235 Mickael Hingant close packed millefiori plaque paperweight. A spaced gathering of millefiori includes orange and red cogs, yellow, white and blue stars, white tube bundles, white hollow tubes, green rod bundles and a few signature canes, amongst others. Clear ground. Rectangular plaque with beveled clear sides. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Width 3", height 4 3/8", depth 15/16"

$400—600

236 Mickael Hingant scrambled millefiori and petals plaque paperweight. Varied flower petals are scattered amidst a loose gathering of orange complex canes, yellow stars, green tube bundles, white cogs and blue signature canes, amongst others. A border of red and white cogs encloses the design. Clear ground. Rectangular plaque with beveled clear sides. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Width 3", height 4 5/16", depth 7/8"

238 Tomasz Gondek 2021 close packed millefiori and torsade plaque paperweight. Varied millefiori, whole, partial, upright and on their side, are gathered tightly inside a border of pink and white cogs and a white-encased pink rod torsade. Mottled black and brown ground. Rectangular plaque with beveled clear sides. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Width 3 11/16", height 2 1/2", depth 1 1/8"

$500—800

239 Tomasz Gondek 2018 pink millefiori flower paperweight. Six complex pink millefiori encircle a white cane to create an ethereal flower, haloed by six carefully placed and delicately veined green leaves. Shimmering iridescent black ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$400—600

237 Tomasz Gondek 2021 three-colored crown and millefiori paperweight. White encased translucent red staves alternate with green aventurine and pink twisted ribbons and cascade down from a cluster of seven complex millefiori, each in a different color, into a crown. Clear ground with hollow interior. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$500—800

$400—600

240 Tomasz Gondek 2022 scattered millefiori on pink carpet ground round plaque paperweight. A carpet of pink tube bundle canes creates a lush ground for spaced complex millefiori, each in a prominent color and with a flower of six arrowhead or striped petals at the center, and subdued complex canes hiding in their shadow. Speckled black and aventurine ground. Flat top facet with beveled edge. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 5/16", depth 1 1/16"

$400—600

241 Parabelle Glass 1997 Artist Proof ring of roses on lace piedouche paperweight. A ring of large pink and green aventurine roses surrounds a central larger cousin and is spaced by a ring of tiny white and green aventurine roses. White upset muslin ground. A white and purple stave pedestal base supports the design, with a white and cobalt blue ribbon amethyst torsades above and below.

Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 3/4", height 1 5/8"

$2,000—2,500

242 Parabelle Glass 1994 millefiori triple-stacked paperweight. A close packed millefiori design, cupped within a red and white stave basket, rises to support a smaller design of one ring of spaced concentric complex canes framing a central complex cane atop white upset muslin. A third smaller design tops the others with a large pink and green rose garlanded by red cogs. Clear ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 10. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8", height 4 11/16"

$2,000—2,500

243 Parabelle Glass 1993 Artist Proof flower bouquet and millefiori over moss ground pedestal paperweight, by Gary Stuart Scrutton. A bouquet of three striped flowers, in red, white and pink, each with a different millefiori center, is gathered on stems with aventurine green leaves and is surrounded by a garland of green and white rose canes in alternation with pink cogs canes. Green moss ground. Alternating pink and red hollow stave basket, pulled downward into a sturdy footed base, encircled by a tightly wound white, pink and red torsade. Edition #1 of 1. Signature/

date cane. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 2 13/16", height 2 3/4"

$1,200—1,500

244 Parabelle Glass 1998 Artist Proof millefiori red chequer paperweight. Defined by red cables, twenty-five checkerboard squares host twenty-five pansy and rose canes, shimmering with green aventurine and in different colors, over a white upset muslin ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 1/4"

$1,200—1,500

245 Parabelle Glass millefiori nosegay on carpet ground with garland paperweight. A cluster of red cog canes creates a heartfelt setting for a flower bouquet, with four complex millefiori in pink, white and red, gathered on spun stems and crowned by green aventurine leaves. A border garland of alternating white cog canes and red cog canes encircles the impassioned design. White ground. Mottled signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 15/16"

$800—1,000

246 Parabelle Glass 1997 Artist Proof open concentric millefiori on moss ground paperweight, by Gary Scrutton. A rose cane centers a ring of moss canes, with tiny rose cane cores, followed by varied and colorful complex millefiori, including roses, pansies, moss and iconic signature bell canes, within a ring of complex millefiori, with a hidden bell cane and a pansy cane, and a final ring of moss canes at the perimeter. White muslin crosspatch ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$1,000—1,500

247 Parabelle Glass 1997 close concentric millefiori and roses paperweight. A rose cane is encircled by smaller cousins, followed by a ring of alternating cog canes, giving the appearance of a radial pattern to the design. A ring of alternating white roses and daisy-like canes ensues, all held in an outer garland of alternating roses and ruffle canes, each sheathed in green aventurine. White upset muslin ground. Edition #4 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$1,200—1,500

248 Parabelle Glass 1998 Artist Proof open concentric pansies and roses paperweight. A rose cane is encircled by a ring of similar but smaller canes, within a spaced ring of pansy canes. Magenta red-over white ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

250 Parabelle Glass 1992 pink flower and millefiori garland on latticinio faceted paperweight. A pink flower, with two tiers of striped pink petals around a central moss cane, has a crown of spaced sepals and sprigs of leaves. The bloom rests on a double-swirl white latticinio cushion, inside a border garland of alternating pansy canes and pink cog canes. A pink and red stave basket holds the design. Top facet. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 15/16"

$800—1,000

249 Parabelle Glass 1994 close concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade faceted paperweight. A mushroom contains a central rose cane encircled by rings of assorted complex canes. Alternating pink and white staves, pulled downward into a pink and white torsade, form a stem for the mushroom. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Edition #7 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$1,000—1,400

$700—1,000

251 Parabelle Glass 1994 four-colored crown with central rose paperweight. Twisting latticinio ribbons in red and white are spaced by twist ribbons in yellow and green aventurine, in alternation with purple and red twists, all flowing downwards in a rainbow palette from a large central pink and green rose cane. Edition #4 of a limited edition of 10. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$1,000—1,400

252 Parabelle Glass 1996 Artist Proof spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A mauve and white pansy cane centers three rings of spaced complex canes, including rose, arrow and pastry mold canes. White upset muslin ground over a ring of transparent red, creating a pink muslin ground when lit from below. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.

Diameter 3 1/2"

$1,500—2,000

253 Mike Hunter 2014 sculpted lizard over hollow crown magnum paperweight. Colorful ribbons of vetro a retortoli in butterscotch hues, white, pink and black, descend from an apex where a large lizard, his spectacular body made of white and red pansy canes and his eyes of a single dafties comic face cane each, seems to declare ownership. Hollow interior. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 4"

$700—1,000

254 Mike Hunter 2023 “Pillar” swan murrina, picture cane, silhouettes and millefiori paperweight. A murrina of courting white swans is at the center of four concentric rings of orange daisy canes, red roses and complex millefiori, held by a spectacular close packed multitude of the artist’s best millefiori and murrini, including roses, birds, insects and portraits. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature canes. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 1/2", height 3 7/16"

$1,200—1,500

256 Mike Hunter 2023 Day of the Dead millefiori skull and murrini paperweight. White flower canes form a white skull with a nose made of a triangular blue and white bull’s-eye cane, its eyes made of lovebird murrini and its mouth made of two rows of chequer canes, while a signature cane dots its forehead, in the space of the third eye. The skull is aptly surrounded by orange marigold flower canes, inside a garland of complex canes. White hollow stave basket. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$800—1,000

257 Mike Hunter 2023 rose cane owl face with Gouldian finch murrini paperweight. A triangle of bright red roses cleaves a cap of purple roses that tops and owl face of pink roses, with Gouldian finch murrini for eyes and a straight beak of three yellow roses nested in cheeks of white roses. White hollow tube stave basket. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$700—1,000

$1,200—1,600

255 Mike Hunter 2023 “Pillar” lovebirds murrina, hearts and millefiori swirl cylindrical paperweight. Hearts and tube bundle canes are spaced on the surface of a cylinder, with a white, orange and purple lattimo swirl core, topped by close concentric rings of complex canes, roses and a murrina of lovebirds. Edition #1 of 1. Signature canes. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 2 1/2", height 2 1/2"

258 Mike Hunter 2023 lilac-breasted roller birds murrina on chequer carpet ground paperweight. Black and white chequer canes are tightly packed together to create a continuous mesmerizing grid pattern around a murrina of lilac-breasted roller birds perched on branches, on a white ground. White hollow tube stave basket. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$700—1,000

262 Mike Hunter 2022 close concentric millefiori with swan, kingfisher murrini paperweight. A murrina of white swans sits at the center of two concentric rings of blue complex canes where kingfisher murrini and white daisy canes are carefully spaced. White hollow tube stave basket, with blue-cored tubes appearing every four staves. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

$600—800

259 Mike Hunter 2022 close packed millefiori, roses, silhouettes and murrini paperweight. Murrini of birds, including a toucan, lovebirds and kingfishers, are joined by a Beano comic face cane, two insect silhouettes, a panda picture cane and rose canes, amongst others, to create a burst of color, inside a white hollow stave basket. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 3/16"

Diameter 2 3/4"

$700—1,000

$700—1,000

260 Mike Hunter 2021 kingfisher birds murrina on rose spiral paperweight. A small murrina of kingfisher birds centers a ring of white daisy canes and launches arching radial spokes of alternating purple and red roses, spaced by a ring of tiny white stars. White hollow tube stave basket. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3"

263 Mike Hunter 2010 close concentric millefiori paperweight. Two concentric rings of pink, red and orange rod bundle canes and two concentric rings of golden yellow and blue complex canes focus on a complex cane with dafties comic faces and a ring of white “s”. Pink-lined white star stave basket. Translucent pink ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 13/16"

$600—800

261 Mike Hunter 2011 “Garonetti” face, radial twists and millefiori paperweight. A dafties comic face cane centers a ring of complex canes, atop a radial crown cushion of alternating red, white, blue and yellow latticinio staves. A ring of red, white and blue rod bundle canes surrounds the crown, followed by a garland of alternating complex canes, in sets of four contrasting styles. Blue-cored white star stave basket. Translucent blue ground. Edition #1 of 1, made exclusively for weights-n-things. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 2 15/16"

$600—800

264 Mike Hunter 2014 close concentric millefiori, rose cane and torsade paperweight. A pink rose cane is ringed by purple and red heart complex canes and then by purple and blue rod bundle canes. A ring of purple rod bundle canes ensues, followed by a pink and beige torsade and a border ring of pink complex canes framing the design. Red and white flat stave basket. Transparent yellow ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 3/4"

$600—800

265 Damon MacNaught 2020 triple-stacked close concentric millefiori paperweight. Three different close concentric millefiori patterns, two rings to four rings wide, are stacked one atop the other and include rose canes, stars, cogs, hollow tubes and ruffle canes. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 5/8", height 3 7/8"

$700—1,000

266 Damon MacNaught 2014 close packed millefiori with a duck silhouette paperweight. Wonderful and wonderfully varied complex canes in every color are tightly packed into a carpet of stars, tubes, cogs, whorls and a duck silhouette cane, among myriad other inventions, and cupped within a rainbow-colored stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/8"

268 Damon MacNaught 2022 close concentric millefiori and roses paperweight. A large white stardust cane appears at the center and ten more times in the outer ring of a close concentric pattern of millefiori along with pink rose canes, blue dogwood canes and varied complex canes. Yellow and white hollow cog stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$500—800

267 Damon MacNaught 2022 close concentric millefiori, roses and torsade paperweight. A green and pink torsade, closed by a pink heart, rings a concentric design of pink rose canes, blue cartwheel canes, white and translucent yellow tubes, yellow cogs and white cogs. The design is encircled by a double border garland of blue dogwood canes, yellow cogs, pink ruffles and orange rods, pulled downward into a stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 3/16"

$500—800

$500—800

269 Damon MacNaught 2019 radial twists and concentric millefiori, roses and Texas picture cane paperweight. A spaced ring of pink roses is stacked with large yellow roses and trios of stars and cogs, in between radial spokes of shimmering black and pink torsade, all emanating from a central ring of dogwood flowers and a large black-on-white Texas lone star cane. An outer ring of alternating green-cored white tubes and pink cogs is pulled downward into a stave basket for the design. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 9/16"

$500—800

270 Damon MacNaught 2012 close concentric millefiori magnum paperweight. A red and white cartwheel cane centers a ring of blue and white star bundle canes, followed by a ring of spaced aqua and white flower canes and white cartwheel canes, inside two rings of ruffle canes in red, white and blue. A golden yellow ruffle cane stave basket holds the design. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 3/4"

$600—800

271 Jim Brown 2022 cruciform torsade and millefiori faceted paperweight. A large pink and white complex cane launches four equidistant red, white and blue torsade that divide four panels of white, blue and green complex canes. A border garland of pink and white cog canes closes the panels and is held in a blue and white cog stave basket. Eight thumbprint side facets and one top facet. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 7/16"

$600—800

272 Jim Brown 2013 spaced millefiori on purple carpet ground paperweight. A very large complex cane, made of a central green, purple and white ruffle cane surrounded by large triangular-shaped purple-lined white ruffle canes and a ring of small white cog tube canes, dots a carpet of hollow purple cog cane where trios of complex canes are spaced. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 3/4"

$400—600

273 Jim Brown 2004 close concentric millefiori and torsade paperweight. A blue and white-collared complex cane centers a ring of green and white-collared ruffle canes, surrounded by a red and white torsade, followed by a ring of varied complex millefiori. A few colorful hollow cogs staves are scattered throughout the design. White hollow cog stave basket, lined in purple. Translucent emerald green ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$600—800

274 Jim Brown 2012 close packed millefiori and radial torsades faceted paperweight. Three blue, white and green torsades, each flanked by green cog staves, radiate out from a green complex cane at the apex, to form triangular panels of white cog canes, dotted with a few pink and green canes. The carefully executed design is held in a green cog stave basket. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 1/16"

$500—800

275 Jim Brown 2014 close packed millefiori paperweight. An extremely large white and green complex cane, with a ring of stars around a hollow cog, inside a filament cage and sitting in a bowl, centers a tightly packed assortment of colorful canes, spaced by radiating lines of cogs that lead to a stave basket of the same cogs.

Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 3/8"

$600—800

276 Jim Brown 2006 green, pink and white close packed millefiori paperweight. An assortment of large and small complex millefiori, including stars, a pink pompon, cogs, rod bundles and florets, is joined in a dense arrangement to form a beautiful homogenous pink, green and white carpet, with a hint of shimmering green aventurine. The cambered prairie is held in a white cog stave basket, over a clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/8"

$500—800

by two pink cog canes and stands in a spaced border garland of alternating green cog canes and complex canes. Fine yellow and white jasper ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3"

$1,000—1,400

277 Paul Ysart butterfly and millefiori garland magnum pedestal paperweight. A butterfly, with green aventurine upper wings and red aventurine lower wings, has a purple body, a red head, orange antennae and green and blue wing spots, as it shines at the center of a border garland of large pink cogs that alternate with white complex canes, atop a sky blue ground created by a footed blue base. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition. Diameter 3 15/16", height 3 3/8"

$600—800

281 Paul Ysart concentric millefiori on white ground paperweight. A cog bundle cane is ringed by spaced green cogs, inside a ring of blue cog bundle canes and pairs of cobalt blue cog canes. A border garland of magenta-pink cog canes and pink cog bundle canes, spaced by vertical short yellow and orange twists encircles the lively design, which contrasts strongly with an opaque white ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$500—800

278 Paul Ysart red aventurine fish and seashell paperweight. A dimensional red aventurine fish, with yellow eyes, gold fins and a string of pink body dots on each side, swims through tranquil waters above a multi-colored sandy ground, strewn with white rocks and a shell. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 2 13/16"

$600—800

279 Paul Ysart star-patterned millefiori paperweight. A large complex cane is situated at the center of six radiating arms of millefiori in blue, yellow and green, each spaced by a purple, yellow and orange cane, to create a snowflake design. Opaque pale blue ground. Rough pontil scar. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3"

$500—800

280 Paul Ysart aventurine dragonfly and millefiori garland paperweight. A red aventurine dragonfly, with seven yellow dorsal dots, two big red eyes and four golden aventurine wings, is flanked

282 Post-Classic Bohemian torsade and millefiori butterfly and flowers paperweight. Two orange flowers, their petals made of short loops of torsade, around large orange and black centers, are joined by a forking green aventurine stem, with three torsade leaves. They have attracted the attention of a large black butterfly, with blue antennae, legs and green aventurine and orange-outlined wings, filled with parallel yellow torsade and red and blue complex cane wing spots. White ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$500—800

283 Lundberg Studios 1999 pink, white and yellow daffodil bouquet compound paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. A pink daffodil stands in front of a pair of white daffodils, with yellow trumpet centers, and a yellow daffodil, with an orange trumpet center, in a bouquet with curling long leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 9/16"

286 Lundberg Studios 1999 yellow swallowtail butterflies and pink wisteria compound paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Clusters of pink and purple wisteria droop on tiers of leafy vines where a yellow and black swallowtail butterfly alights and its companion butterfly takes flight. Clear ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$600—800

284 Lundberg Studio 2006 angelfish and yellow tangs seascape compound orb, by Daniel Salazar. A school of nine fish, three turquoise angelfish, three purple angelfish and three bright yellow tang fish, travels across a mysterious underwater world with swaying green seaweed, cavernous structures of coral, millefiori barnacles and anemones. Black ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4"

$1,000—1,500

287 Peter Raos 2021 “Vincent” rainbow-colored millefiori and roses low-domed paperweight. Daisy-like flower canes and rose canes are gathered pêle-mêle into a rainbow-colored prairie. Mottled blue and green ground, with shimmering bits of aventurine. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/8", height 1 7/8"

$1,000—1,400

285 Lundberg Studios 1998 scattered rose millefiori ovoid paperweight. A lovely array of rose canes, in pink, red, yellow and white, is scattered on an ovoid-shaped mottled pink and green core. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/8", height 4 1/16"

$500—800

$400—600

288 Peter Raos 2018 “Hydrangea” green, blue, white and mauve millefiori high-domed paperweight. Millefiori rod bundles, made of tiny flower canes, in shades of blue, purple, green and white, are scattered on a mottled green ground, shimmering with goldstone aventurine, over a translucent cobalt blue hollow core. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16", height 3 1/2"

$400—600

289 Drew Ebelhare & Sue Fox 2010 flower and garden path millefiori paperweight. Three arching lines of purple and yellow pansy canes form a triangle, filled with pairs of white honeycomb pompon canes, where a trio of purple buds and green leaves surround a small millefiori flower, echoed by a lone bud and flower outside each arching line. Peach ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 15/16"

$500—800

292 Drew Ebelhare 2009 scrambled millefiori paperweight. Whole millefiori appear to have fallen haphazardly into an elegant dimensional jumble of pink, white, green and blue. Red and white jasper ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 5/8"

$250—400

293 Drew Ebelhare 2002 close packed millefiori in stave basket paperweight. A cambered cushion of close packed assorted millefiori, in orange, yellow, blue, white and pink, is held in a green and yellow cog stave basket. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated “Houston”.

Diameter 2 1/2"

$500—800

290 Drew Ebelhare & Sue Fox 2017 flower and millefiori garland paperweight. A lovely flower, with a pink tier of inner petals around a pink millefiori, surrounded by blue petals and green leaves, is ringed by a garland of white flower canes and an outer garland of leaves in pink, blue and green. Purple ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 2 13/16"

291 Drew Ebelhare and Sue Fox 2010 latticinio button and millefiori paperweight. A white swirl latticinio button, with a blue complex cane flower and a cross of surrounding leaf canes, is encircled by concentric rings of complex canes, each different from the next. Opaque ruby ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3"

$250—400

294 Drew Ebelhare 2010 close concentric white and pink millefiori paperweight. A white-collared cane, with a red center, is encircled by a ring of white ruffle hollow tubes, then by a ring of pink-cored ruffle hollow tubes and, finally, by a ring of miniaturized canes lined in pink and white. The last ring is pulled downward into a stave basket. Clear ground. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 9/16"

$400—500

$600—800

295 Christina Callahan 2022 fox and roses murrini miniature paperweight. A detailed orange fox is pictured on a green cane, inside a ring of red roses. Green ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 1/4"

$150—200

296 Christina Callahan 2019 rose and leaf murrini carpet ground miniature paperweight. A radial pattern of orange and blue rose murrini creates a carpet and includes a ring of spaced green and yellow leaf murrini. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 1/16"

298 Cape Cod millefiori cruciform with roses on upset muslin paperweight, by William Burchfield. A large central cluster of delicate pink complex canes circles a blue and white center cane and forms the nexus of four symmetrical clusters of complex canes, all in pinks and blues, creating a cross formation. Four rose canes, in different color combinations, fill the voids created by the design, which rests on a white upset muslin ground. Signed. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2014 57th Auction as lot 252. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3"

$200—300

297 Delaware Valley Paperweight Club 2002 commemorative murrina paperweight. To celebrate the collectors club’s 10th anniversary, artists Mike, Dinah Hewlett, Isis Ray, Milissa Montini, Sumiko Motoyama, Janice Peacock, Emiko Sawamoto, Will Stokes, Loren Stump, Jessie Taj, Pati Walton with her girl in green portrait cane, Jim Wuerfel, Genny Zbach and Jim Hart prepared iconic murrini canes from their studios, inside a complex cane border garland. White ground. Encased by Jim Hart, with heart signature cane. “ME 01" signature cane. Commemorative date cane “DVC 2002 PCA”. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. A complete list of each artist’s contribution is available.

Diameter 2 7/16"

$700—1,000

299 Cape Cod crown and rose miniature paperweight. A pink and green rose cane, with a miniscule white rose cane at its center, stands out on the surface of a small crown of alternating multi-colored ribbons and double latticinio ribbons. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 3/8"

$150—200

300 James Alloway 2004 multi-colored scrambled spirals marble paperweight. Colorful ribbons, filigree, spiral cushions and baskets are scattered and pressed into a green aventurine inner core, filling the entire interior of a clear glass marble, cut flat at the base. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16"

$500—800

$500—800

301 Peter McDougall bouquet of six millefiori flowers paperweight. Large three-dimensional blue, yellow, green and pink flowers, formed from impressively complex millefiori cane petals, become a striking bouquet, with yellow and white buds, amid red and green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$800—1,000

302 Peter McDougall close packed millefiori mushroom pedestal faceted paperweight. A colorful gathering of varied complex millefiori, small and big, is cupped by a basket of alternating pink and blue cog staves, drawn and shaped into a mushroom stem for the close packed cap above. Clear ground. Two tiers of five facets and one top facet. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/8", height 3 1/8"

$500—800

303 Josh Simpson 1994 abstract planet paperweight. A thin red and blue torsade launches and arches from the surface of a mysterious new planet, with areas of yellow, green and blue filament bundle canes, green pebbles and air bubbles. The dark surface is mottled and dabbled with green, blue, brown and gold leafing. Signed/dated.

Diameter 3"

$400—600

304 Peter McDougall close packed millefiori paperweight. Large and small millefiori, of varied complexity and in orange, pink, blue and green, are gathered into a cushion atop a teal blue ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 9/16"

$700—1,000

305 Peter McDougall dimensional purple millefiori flower paperweight. A flower has five petals made from purple, white and blue Maltese cross and star complex cane slices, attached in an upward slant to the tip of a green stem, below a central white cog stave. The bloom is matched by three plump cane buds that emerge from shorter stems and green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 2 3/4"

$600—800

306 Peter McDougall millefiori and radial spokes pin dish. Nine white latticinio spokes, alternating with triangles of varied complex canes, radiate around a central ring of green cog cross canes and a blue star cog, at the center of a clear shallow bowl. Red ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 9/16", height 1 7/8"

$150—200

307 John Deacons 2014 millefiori triple-stacked paperweight. A colorful close packed millefiori design, on a translucent cobalt blue ground, is topped smaller design of scattered millefiori, including silhouettes, roses, a pansy and cog canes, on a white upset muslin ground, which is in turn topped by a small three-colored crown of green, red and blue twisted ribbons, spaced by white latticinio ribbons and topped by a pink and aqua rose cane. Signature/date canes. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 5/16", height 5 1/4"

canes. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 1/4"

$400—600

310 John Deacons (c.2014) close-packed millefiori super magnum paperweight. A wide variety of millefiori canes in different colors and sizes, including cogs, roses, crosses and thistles, is embedded upon a thin layer of translucent pale blue with a clear core. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 9/16"

$700—1,000

308 John Deacons 2007 close packed millefiori mushroom and torsade magnum paperweight. A buck silhouette cane centers a mushroom cap made of myriad complex millefiori, including animal silhouettes, roses, thistles and whorls, amongst others, which sits atop a pink and white stave stem pulled downward into a translucent deep cobalt blue ground. Two concentric white torsades encircle the base of the stem, separated by a ring of alternating latticinio segments and rose and pansy canes. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/4"

$400—600

309 John Deacons millefiori butterfly and roses with torsade paperweight. A blue aventurine butterfly, its wings made of yellow, green, white and pink complex canes, rests atop a green upset muslin ground, framed first by a red, purple, yellow and green torsade and then by an outer garland of alternating purple and yellow rose

$500—800

311 John Deacons rose carpet ground on upset muslin magnum paperweight. A colorful selection of rose canes, ranging from purple to yellow interiors and with pink and aqua exteriors, lies atop an upset muslin ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 15/16"

$500—800

312 John Deacons 2012 close packed millefiori and silhouettes overlay faceted paperweight. A cambered cushion of myriad millefiori, including picture canes, silhouette canes, a thistle cane and roses, sits atop a basket of alternating opaque white and cobalt blue staves on a translucent blue cushion. Clear ground. Yellowover-white-over-pink triple overlay, with two tiers of five side facets and one top facet. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/16"

$500—800

313 Perthshire Paperweights (1981) “Bees” swarm magnum honeycomb-faceted paperweight. An intimidating swarm of bees is revealed as a simple trio of yellow and black-striped honeybees, with clear wings folded in, amplified aptly through all-over honeycomb faceting. Grid-cut clear ground. Limited edition of 200. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 11/16"

$1,000—1,400

314 Perthshire Paperweights 1990 close packed millefiori pedestal magnum paperweight, by Peter McDougall. Assorted colorful complex millefiori, including a central signature/date cane and an artist signature cane, are packed tightly into a cambered cap above a tapered pedestal, containing vertical white latticinio rods, over a footed clear base with ten facets. Translucent green ground. Limited edition of 200; 163 made. Scratched “177" in the base. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 4 3/16", height 4 5/16"

$1,200—1,500

317 Perthshire Paperweights (1979) five-flower bouquet faceted paperweight. A bouquet, reminiscent of the patriotic French tri-colored antique Baccarat design, is composed of a pink double clematis, a beautiful cobalt blue and pink primrose and three peach-colored forget-me-nots that bloom on green leafy stems. Star-cut clear ground. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 450; 332 made. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 3/8"

$300—400

318 Perthshire Paperweights (1994) “Magnum Bouquet” flower bouquet with bow faceted paperweight. A dimensional pink rose and three sheathed companion buds are joined in a bouquet with dimensional scalloped flowers and small yellow and orange flowers, all tied by the stems with attending leaves by a spiraling lavender ribbon bow. Grid-cut clear ground. Three tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 35; 29 made.

Diameter 3 9/16"

$1,000—1,500

$500—800

315 Perthshire Paperweights 1991 square-patterned millefiori and twists paperweight. A diamond-shaped arrangement of canes and twists rests within a square-shaped pattern, composed of assorted complex canes and four long twists. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3"

316 Perthshire Paperweights 1979 “Sunflower” paperweight. An orange and yellow sunflower, with cupped petals and a green and white complex cane stamen, is ringed by a garland of alternating golden and green complex canes, each supported by two green leaves. Burnt-orange ground. Limited edition of 350; 303 made. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 1/4"

319 Perthshire Paperweights 2000 flower and star-patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A central blue flower, with a yellow stardust cane center, is surrounded by a spaced ring of eight blue canes which are then bordered by sixteen twists in a star-shaped design. Yellow lace ground. Eight and one facets. Edition #74 of a limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$300—400

$700—1,000

320 Perthshire Paperweights (2002) “Gold Tartan Crown” paperweight. A golden-yellow six-petaled flower sits at the apex of cascading pairs of radiating blue and red twists, which alternate with pairs of white latticinio staves, to create a regal crown. Pale green ground. Limited edition of 50, produced exclusively for L. H. Selman Ltd. Signature cane.

Diameter 2 3/4"

$500—800

321 Perthshire Paperweights (1998) pink thistles oblong frosted faceted paperweight. Three upright pink thistles, on stems with serrated green leaves, float over a clear ground. Frosted exterior, with a tilted display facet and a smaller star-cut back facet. Limited edition of 200. Signature cane.

Diameter 2 5/8", depth 3 3/16"

first in multi-color, then in orange. A green and blue millefiori garland loops around the design, interrupted by six perimeter complex canes. Transparent red ground. Signature cane. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 11/16"

$500—800

322 Perthshire Paperweights (1992) “Clematis on Trellis” flower vines paperweight. Vines of pink and white clematis flowers, buds and assorted leaves, climb a golden trellis, over a translucent green ground. Edition #26 of a limited edition of 300; 277 made. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3"

$400—500

323 Perthshire Paperweights (1982) “Double Overlay” bouquet fancy-cut paperweight. A bouquet, with a large pink flower, two aqua flowers, two opening buds and bright green leaves, floats over a star-cut clear ground within a dark blue-over-white double overlay. Six vertical side flutes with fancy cutting and one top facet. Limited edition of 300; 205 made. Signature cane.

Diameter 2 11/16"

$250—400

324 Perthshire Paperweights 1980 fruit bouquet paperweight. A pear, an orange, a lemon and three cherries nestle on a bed of leaves. Double-swirl white latticinio ground. Limited edition of 350; 228 made. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 9/16"

$400—600

326 Perthshire Paperweights (c.1990-1995) sunrise-patterned millefiori paperweight. Four rays of yellow, green and white twists emanate from a mound of yellow cog canes, which represents a rising sun and divides the design into wedges of green cogs that alternate with wedges of multi-colored cogs. Black ground. Signature cane. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$250—400

327 Perthshire Paperweights (1997) close packed millefiori heart faceted paperweight. A heart-shaped blue millefiori garland is filled with a close packed cluster of complex canes in a heartfelt burst of color. A border garland of green canes encircles the heart, over a transparent ruby ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane.

Diameter 2 7/16"

$400—600

325 Perthshire Paperweights (1989) cat picture cane and millefiori garland paperweight. A central picture cane of a marmalade cat, impressively composed of more than 5,000 individual glass rods, is surrounded by two spaced rings of complex millefiori,

$150—200

328 Perthshire Paperweights (1998-1999) “Magnum Butterflies” flock in millefiori paperweight. Eight large butterflies, all with contrasting millefiori wings in hues of green, blue, pink, purple, orange and yellow, each have a blue head, yellow antennae, black eyes and a dark pink body. They frolic in a cluster over a black ground. Limited edition of 25; 11 made, exclusively for G. W. McClanahan. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$700—1,000

329 William Manson 1981 flower, three butterflies and millefiori garland compound paperweight. Three butterflies are variously clad in millefiori wings of pink, blue, green aventurine and white, and float one atop the other above a large double-tiered pink bloom with a millefiori center and five green leaves. A pink millefiori garland frames the design. Clear ground. Edition #35 of a limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/16"

$400—600

333 William Manson 1997 “Diana” pink rose upright faceted paperweight. Produced in memory of Princess Diana, a delicate pink rose, with two pink buds and green leaves, blooms on a curving stem from a mossy patch of ground. The flower floats before a translucent cobalt blue, grid-cut ground. Front viewing facet. Edition #9 of a limited edition of 3000. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 1/2"

$150—200

330 William Manson 1998 “Bat Cave” upright faceted paperweight. Three black bats in flight are captured against a textured tan and copper aventurine background. Front viewing facet. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 100. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4"

$300—400

334 William Manson 1998 blue flower and white spears textured faceted paperweight. A blue flower grows at the end of a thin brown stem with many green leaves from a mossy green and white plain and blooms above two sprigs of white snapdragon-like spears. Textured blue-flash speckled ground. Front facet and display facet. Edition #21 of a limited edition of 100. Signature cane. Signed/dated “William Manson (son) 1998".

Diameter 2 5/8"

$200—300

331 William Manson 1980 pink flower overlay faceted paperweight. A pink double-tiered blossom sits atop five green aventurine sepals, flanked by serrated aventurine leaves, and rests on an opaque lavender cushion within a translucent blue overlay. Five and one facets. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2013 54th Auction as lot 311. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8"

$300—400

332 William Manson 2000 flower and vine upright faceted paperweight. A five-petaled flower, each white petal dotted with orange and contrasting with a purple stamen center, blooms on a thorny vine, with an orange filament bloom and several green leaves, from a patch of mossy ground and grass. Translucent dark cobalt blue ground. Viewing facet. Edition #92 of a limited edition of 150. Signature cane. Signed/dated.

Diameter 2 5/8"

$300—400

335 Caithness Glass (1990) Artist Proof “Dawn Chorus” blackbird and nest faceted paperweight, by William Manson, from the Traditional Collection. A blackbird leads its fledglings, which peek from a nest, in a morning chant ritual, their orange beaks agape simultaneously, in a tree with buds and green leaves. Transparent green ground. Front viewing facet. Limited edition of 250; 128 made. Signed. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3"

$300—400

336 Selkirk Glass 1997 “Double Clematis” blue flower on coiled vine and millefiori garland faceted paperweight, by Peter Holmes. A double-tiered blue flower centers a curling vine, dotted with blue companion buds and leaves, inside a spaced border garland of alternating pink and green millefiori. Clear ground. Seven and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$200—300

337 Assorted artists 21 paperweight specimen sample collection frame. Delightful detailed original lampwork specimens and original millefiori samples from Rick Ayotte, Bob Banford, Bobbi Banford, Ray Banford, Cape Cod Glass, Jim D’Onofrio, Drew Ebelhare, John Gooderham, Randy Grubb, Jim Kontas, Nontas Kontas, Johne Parsley, Peter McDougall at Perthshire Paperweights, Paul Stankard, Ken Rosenfeld, Parabelle Studios (Gary Scrutton), Debbie Tarsitano, Delmo Tarsitano, David & Jon Trabucco, Victor Trabucco and Paul Ysart are mounted and labeled on a white matting, inside a framed black box. Metal wire for wall mounting.

Width 14 3/4", length 11 3/4", height 2"

$1,000—1,500

338 Heron Glass 2014 close packed millefiori and silhouettes orb. Various cartwheel-style canes, stars, cogs, fans, hearts, pine trees and a multitude of silhouettes representing sea animals and land critters, amongst others, are gathered into a white, yellow, red, green and blue carpet on the surface of a clear orb. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 2 7/8"

$800—1,000

339 E. S. “Skip” Dubois III pear overlay miniature faceted paperweight. An orange-speckled yellow pear waves a veined green leaf to one side and a drooping stem to the other. Opaque dark blue ground. Green-over-white double overlay. Six and one facets. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1"

341 E. S. “Skip” Dubois III 2008 pansy miniature faceted paperweight. A purple, yellow and white pansy has fine orange filaments at its center and a crown of three green leaves between its petals. Transparent amber ground. Six and one facets. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1"

$150—200

342 E. S. “Skip” Dubois III blue flower and torsade miniature faceted paperweight. A blue flower has six well-spaced petals and six green sepals radiating around a cage of yellow filament stamens. It is encircled by a perimeter pink and blue torsade. White ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1"

$150—200

343 Orient & Flume 1983 California quail and orange poppies surface design paperweight, by Ed Seaira. A black, brown and white quail perches on a sturdy branch of orange poppies, leaves and stems on the surface of a translucent iridescent gold dome. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 3 1/4"

$150—200

340 E. S. “Skip” Dubois III 2002 close concentric millefiori overlay miniature faceted paperweight. A charming assortment of canes, in yellow, orange, blue and white, is arranged in rings on a blue ground. Blue-over-white double overlay. Six and one facets. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.

Diameter 1 1/4"

$300—400

344 Chris Heilman 2015 “Garden” orange and purple flowers paperweight. A cluster of eleven orange flowers, each with a blue center, erupts from the center of a symmetrical plant, with bladed green leaves, flanked by pairs of purple spike plants, from a garden bed of purple, red and green ground cover. Clear ground. Signed/ dated.

Diameter 4"

$400—600

$150—200

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Fine condition: Minor surface wear or damage below the sightline

Good condition: Visible but tolerable surface wear

Fair condition: Visible surface wear that obstructs the design

Internal flaws, including annealing cracks, will be mentioned separately.

Payment

Successful bidders will be invoiced at the auction’s close. Unsuccessful bidders will not be contacted. Successful bidders must pay, in U.S. dollars, the full amount of the hammer price, the Buyer’s Premium calculated on the hammer price, all shipping fees and all applicable taxes. Payment is due upon receipt of the invoice and a 2% per month penalty on monies owed will be charged after 15 days. Split payments and payment plans are not accepted without prior approval, at the sole discretion L.H. Selman Ltd. A Buyer's Premium of 20% will be applied to all forms of payment and an additional 3% to the Buyer's Premium will be charged as a processing fee for debit and credit card payments. We accept Visa, Mastercard, AmericanExpress and Discover cards, checks, cash, Zelle QuickPay and bank wire transfer payments. Bank wire transfer fees are the responsibility of the buyer. No other forms of payment are accepted. All checks must be drawn from a U.S. bank and mailed to PO Box 1732, North Riverside, IL 60546. Purchases will not be shipped to the buyer until full payment is received.

Shipping

Orders are shipped using USPS Priority Mail, with Signature Confirmation required for delivery, once full payment is received. Alternate shipping methods are available and will be billed at cost, if requested by the buyer. Tracking information will be provided. Domestic items are shipped at a charge of $15 for the first paperweight and $5 for each additional paperweight in the same shipment. For shipments to Canada, the cost will be $40 plus $5 for each additional paperweight. For shipments to other international destinations, the cost will be $65 plus $5 for each additional paperweight. Price of shipping and insurance for over-sized items will vary according to size and weight. Buyers are responsible for providing a correct shipping address to L.H. Selman Ltd. and assume responsibility for undeliverable packages. Buyers are responsible for any additional fees required to take possession of the package.

Return Policy

Upon the close of each lot, purchase is understood to be final. The buyer must notify L.H. Selman Ltd. of any discrepancy within 48 hours of receipt. All items have been carefully selected and described, but if you feel that a lot has been misrepresented, requests for return will be handled on an individual basis. Returned merchandise will not be accepted without prior approval. In no event will L.H. Selman Ltd. incur liability beyond the purchase price of an individual lot.

Guarantee

All lots are sold on an “as is” basis. L.H. Selman Ltd. makes every effort to describe each lot with complete accuracy and accepts responsibility for the authenticity of the items offered for auction. Photographs are provided for the guidance of the buyer. If you have any questions, please call L.H. Selman Ltd.