L.H. Selman Ltd.'s Auction of Glass Paperweights from The Art Institute of Chicago

PREVIEW: September 6 -16, 2016 410 South Michigan Avenue, Gallery 207 Chicago, IL 60605

AUCTION: Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Noon 900 South Clinton Street Chicago, IL 60607

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Auction �

Glass Paperweights from

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Art Institute of Chicago DATE & TIME of AUCTION

Saturday, September 17th, 2016 at 12:00pm CST.

AUCTION TO BE HELD AT

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The collectors whose artworks are being offered for sale here are each remarkable individuals. It happens that they led lives of privilege and comfort, but they have also all led lives filled with meaning and accomplishment. When you make a purchase from this historic auction on September 17, 2016, you will be obtaining a paperweight from the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the most prestigious museum in the world to showcase the art form. But you will also be receiving a work of art that graced the homes and hearts of thoughtful and discerning individuals who not only found the time in their very full lives to collect and appreciate finely wrought paperweights—but who also heard and answered the call of noblesse oblige, spending their own personal time and considerable resources in the efforts to aid the underprivileged and dispossessed and also to create opportunities for future generations to come. As a collector, you could not be in better company. �

The Potter Palmers Pauline Kohlsaat Palmer was born in 1882, and is not to be confused with the Chicago painter and her contemporary, Pauline Palmer.

Pauline and her husband Potter Palmer II (born 1875), married in 1908, and were the daughter-in-law and son of what was arguably the premier couple living in the city of Chicago since the end of the Civil War. The senior Potter was the titan who built the grand Palmer House Hotel (twice), developed State Street and initiated the revolutionary business model that redefined retail establishments forever. His wife, Bertha, was a legendary beauty and leader in societal circles who also had an impeccable business sense. She reigned over the 1892 Chicago World’s Fair. She singlehandedly began collecting the then revolutionary Impressionist paintings whose later donation would help propel the fledgling Art Institute of Chicago to world class status. Bertha was also always active in a large number of charitable undertakings.

Potter II became the director of the First National Bank of Chicago as well as the President of the Art Institute of Chicago (1925-1943). Pauline came to the Palmers also “pedigreed,” being the daughter of a major Chicago newspaper owner and editor and leader in Illinois Republican politics. Pauline and her new spouse followed in the family tradition of art collecting, although she and her husband “Min” as the younger Palmer was known, preferred smaller scale acquisitions — they were sensitive and

serious collectors who loved drawings, prints and decorative art objects, especially paperweights. Pauline would choose weights not only for herself but she would also select examples to buy with the Art Institute in mind. Pauline also followed in the family tradition of largesse, as is evidenced by the fact that The Children’s Home & Aid Society of Illinois gives the Pauline K. Palmer award for exceptional commitment and service to families. In September of 1942, the Palmers opened their legendary Palmer mansion to the American Red Cross, which then created a much-needed wartime training facility for surgical dressings.

Pauline was the president of the Antiquarian Society from 1919-1927 and again from 1931-1934, making numerous gifts to the AIC. From 1941 up to her passing in 1956, Pauline donated money and art, including many prints, textiles and decorative art objects. Although she enjoyed her efforts, she preferred not to be in charge. In 1925 she confided to her mother that setting up exhibitions or seeking out possible acquisitions was far preferable to her. Potter II died in 1943 and he was given a memorial service in the museum itself. The majority of the Palmer paperweights in this auction were received by the museum in 1931, but the dates range up to 1956. The couple rests in Graceland Cemetery.

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Mrs. Ella Grace Brown Burdick Less is known about Ella Burdick and Lucy K. Kretchmer than about Rubloff and the Palmers. But they too, were of the upper classes; they also enjoyed the benefits of privilege and they also shared the sense of noblesse oblige. Ella was born in 1870 in Peoria County and it is reported that she married Alfred S. Burdick in either 1890 or 1891. At the time of the 1900 census, they were recorded as living in Hinesdale Township in DuPage County. The couple always remained childless.

Her husband Alfred was born in Preston New York, in 1867. At some point, the couple moved to Highland Park. In 1921, Alfred Stephen Burdick was named President of the important Abbott Laboratories and he served in that capacity until his death in 1933. Alfred was laid to rest in the wellknown Rosehill Cemetery. Ella herself lived on until November of 1960 and then joined her husband at Rosehill.

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Nothing is known in detail of Ella’s collecting habits other than knowing she favored paperweights, but there are certainly records of her charitable endeavors. She was 90 at the time of her death and she left an estate valued at over two million dollars.

Most of the money was left to charitable, educational and civic organizations. Twenty-six charitable bequests alone amounted to $287,000. Another $437,000 was divided equally between Northwestern University, Salem College in West Virginia, and the Seventh Day Baptist Memorial fund of Plainfield, New Jersey.

The Art Institute of Chicago received $10,000. Other monies went to individuals. Also, at the time of Ella’s death, 100 of her paperweights had already been on loan to the museum for several years. As per her wishes, the gift was listed as being the “Mrs. Alfred S. Burdick Collection.” The collection was received into the Art Institute of Chicago in 1961.

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Arthur Rubloff Arthur Rubloff (1902-1986) was known as “The man who changed the face of Chicago.” He arrived here a “skinny kid from Minnesota” and began dealing in real estate, specializing in office rentals.

Amazingly, in 1930, the year after the Great Depression began with the sudden crash of the stock market, Rubloff founded the Rubloff Company. Rubloff was a genius at developing real estate projects and his business flourished over the years, reshaping Chicago’s city skyline in the process. He is credited with having developed the north end of the downtown area and is said to have coined the phrase, “The Magnificent Mile.” He headed projects as far away as shopping centers in California, but his major focus was always his adopted hometown, Chicago. Other notable achievements include developing the Evergreen Shopping Center, the Greyhound Bus Station and the Carl Sandburg Village.

Rubloff began his love affair with paperweights accidentally. He first purchased a paperweight in 1947 as a gift to his business partner, who had a small collection. Rubloff found himself captivated and began collecting, over the years developing a serious and extensive collection. Like the other art lovers in these profiles, Rubloff was as generous as he was wealthy, and besides donating a world class paperweight collection to the Art Institute, Rubloff also gave the museum 130 bronzes valued in the millions, as well as six million dollars in cash. In addition he bequeathed five

million dollars to the University of Chicago hospital complex and another five million to Northwestern University for a new library.

There is a special, recently revamped gallery at the Art Institute dedicated to the permanent display of the Rubloff Collection. The project increased the number of weights on view from 341 to more than 800. This elegantly designed space has been expanded and modernized from the original display and was realized with the assistance of the Paperweight Collectors of America (founded 1953), the L.H. Selman Ltd. Gallery and also the family of Wes Clark. The artist Paul Stankard executed a special commission to help dedicate the opening ceremony. The well over 1200 weights the museum acquired from Rubloff quickly positioned it as having one of the three premier collections in the world. One reason for the high quality of the Rubloff holdings comes from the fact that he regularly engaged the curatorial assistance of the legendary Paul Jokelson, sometimes called “The King of Paperweights.” Jokelson advised him on the desirability of certain weights and also guided the collector as to what pieces filled gaps in his huge collection. Rubloff was reported to have spent thousands of dollars in a matter of minutes on Jokelson’s word. The Art Institute first received weights from the real estate mogul in 1978, with the rest of the works as a bequest after Rubloff’s death at the age of 83 in 1986. Over 200 entries in this auction are from Rubloff’s holdings.

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Lucy B. Kretchmer Lucinda North Barnett and Herman Louis Kretchmer were both born in 1879. They married in 1910. Dr. Kretchmer had been practicing medicine in Chicago since 1904. Lucy and Herman had two sons, Edwin and Herman Jr. Edwin died at the age of 15. Lucy passed away at the age of 63 in 1942. Her husband remarried four years later. Again, little is known of the details of Lucy’s reasons for collecting paperweights and more is known of her generosity to her fellow human beings. It also appears that family members waited a decade before donating Lucy’s weights as the records show the year 1952 as being when they entered the holdings.

Besides being a doctor’s wife, Lucy was at one time the President of the Board of Managers of the Episcopalian Home for the Aged. She also served as President of the Nurses’ Alumnae of Passavant Hospital and President of the Episcopal Diocese Altar Guild. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for her efforts in Episcopal Church work by Bishop George C. Stewart. Her service was held at St. Chrysostom’s

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Episcopal Church in Chicago’s Gold Coast area. Lucy’s husband Herman became one of the first clinical professors to tailor his efforts to specialize in urology and he lived to see his chosen specialty develop into a major field of clinical endeavor. Dr. Kretchmer spent his entire life in Chicago, graduating from Northwestern University School of Pharmacy before receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School. A newsletter extract published by Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine describes Kretchmer as a “distinguished physician, medical researcher, author and philanthropist.” He died in 1951, but not before he left a will that included a generous provision to establish the “Lucy and Edwin Kretchmer Fund of Northwestern University Medical School for special studies and investigations in the field of urology.” There are 24 weights in the auction from Lucy’s collection.

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Lot 1

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet inside faceted double-encased white overlay star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" B. Vintage French blue, purple, red and white latticinio stirrer. From the Palmer Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 7 1/2"

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C. Vintage French blue and white latticinio stirrer. From the Palmer Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 7 1/4" D. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3"

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Lot 2

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy close packed millefiori in pink and white stave basket paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 3 1/4" B. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes miniature paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 1 3/4"

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C. Unidentified painted sulphide visage highdomed paperweight. See Jokelson, “Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation”, Fig.XXX. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 3 1/8" D. Unidentified painted sulphide visage highdomed paperweight. See Jokelson, “Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation”, Fig.XXX. From the Palmer Collection. Poor condition, interior crack. Diameter 3 7/16" 6

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Lot 3

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat interlaced green and red millefiori trefoils over white lace paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 3 1/8"

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B. Antique Baccarat pink Gentian star-cut paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 1/2" C. Antique Saint Louis end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 9/16" D. Bohemian spaced concentric millefiori over white double-swirl latticinio paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Poor condition.

Diameter 2 5/16"

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Lot 4

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori rock paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 13/16" B. Antique Baccarat pink primrose star-cut miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 1 11/16" A

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C. Antique Clichy purple and white swirl paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection.

Fair condition. Diameter 2 1/2" D. Post-Classic Bohemian spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 3/8"

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Lot 5

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat compound butterfly over white double clematis and bud star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3" B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with red and white torsade star-cut geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 3"

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C. Antique American abstract pink and white garland with air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 7/8" D. Antique American abstract pink and blue cloud with air bubbles paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very poor condition, split in two. Diameter 3 1/4"

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Lot 6

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis blue and white marbrie paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" B. Antique Baccarat blue primrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/4" C. Baccarat JFK sulphide inside faceted white overlay over translucent cobalt blue pedestal paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8"

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D. Antique American turquoise umbrella flower over frit inside base of creamer vase.

From the Palmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 4 9/16"

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Lot 7

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat pink dogrose star-cut miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 1 7/8" B. Antique Clichy nosegay miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 1 11/16" A

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C. Unidentified, possibly Belgian or late Clichy, five millefiori circlets over white latticinio rows paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/4" D. Unidentified spaced concentric millefiori over double-swirl latticinio paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Poor condition.

Diameter 2 7/16"

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Lot 8

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close packed and patterned millefiori paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to dome. Diameter 3 1/16"

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B. Antique Saint Louis pink pompon and bud over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 1/2" C. Antique Baccarat white double clematis star-cut miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 1 9/16"

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D. Antique American abstract blue, black, white and caramel frit with air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection.

Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/2"

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Lot 9

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique American fantasy cog flower and bud over blue jasper paperweight. From the Rubloff collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 13/16" B. Antique Baccarat three white clematis bouquet star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16"

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C. Antique Clichy millefiori circlets with one rose over moss ground paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 2 15/16" D. Chinese close packed millefiori in three-pronged sculpture. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Length 2 3/4", width 1 1/4", height 1 1/2"

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Lot 10

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat 1847 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes over white and multi-colored lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/8" B. Antique Saint Louis spaced concentric millefiori over white lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 2 9/16"

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C. Antique Baccarat blue and white primrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 5/8" D. Antique American pink and yellow umbrella perfume bottle. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, broken stopper stem. Diameter 3 1/8", height 8" 10

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Lot 11

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy close packed millefiori and roses in blue and white stave basket pedestal miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side.

Diameter 1 9/16", height 1 3/4" A

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B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with blue and white torsade star-cut geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/4" C. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori over translucent cobalt blue paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16"

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D. Antique American abstract pink, blue and white garland with air bubbles bottle. Stopper not available. From the Palmer Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 3 1/16", height 4"

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Lot 12

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close packed millefiori with bird silhouette canes paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3"

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B. Antique Baccarat bi-color pompon and bud with millefiori garland star-cut paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/16" C. Baccarat zodiac Cancer crab sulphide over blue jasper faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 3/4" D. Antique American abstract green umbrella over frit in base of vase. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition, interior crack.

Diameter 3 1/8", height 6 1/4"

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Lot 13

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat Type II pansy with millefiori garland star-cut faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8" B. Antique Baccarat yellow buttercup star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 3/4"

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C. Antique Saint Louis nosegay with coral torsade pedestal long star-cut paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chip to side. Diameter 3 1/8" D. Antique American abstract pink, green, yellow and white umbrella in base of vase.

From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, interior crack. Diameter 2 7/8", height 5 1/2"

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Lot 14

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with red and white torsade star-cut geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" B. Antique Saint Louis blue pelargonium over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 7/16"

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C. Unidentified, possibly Belgian or late Clichy, five millefiori circlets over white layered latticinio rows paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 1/4" D. Antique American abstract frit umbrellas over yellow in base of ashtray. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition, large chip to base. Diameter 3 7/16" 12

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Lot 15

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis fuchsia on a branch over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 1/8"

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B. Antique Clichy cinquefoil millefiori garland over translucent cobalt blue paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 3 1/16" C. European white overlay over translucent cobalt blue faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/4"

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D. Antique American abstract blue trumpet and air bubble over frit high-domed paperweight. From the Palmer Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3", height 3 5/8"

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Lot 16

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat 1848 green paneled carpet ground with spaced millefiori and Gridel silhouettes geometrically faceted paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 3"

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B. Antique Baccarat white pompon and two buds with millefiori garland melon-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3 1/16" C. Antique Baccarat pink pompon flat base melon-cut faceted miniature paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition, chips to basal cutting. Diameter 2"

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D. Antique American abstract blue frit umbrella paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, several interior cracks. Diameter 3 1/8" September 17, 2016

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Lot 17

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat millefiori shamrocks and circlets over lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, small cracks to shamrocks. Diameter 3" B. Antique Baccarat white double clematis star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 1/16"

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C. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 1/4" D. Antique American abstract blue flower and air bubble over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition, large scuff to side. Diameter 3 1/4"

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Lot 18

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade starcut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 3" B. Antique Clichy close packed pastel millefiori paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 3"

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C. Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 1/16" D. Antique American abstract burgundy flower and air bubble over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition.

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

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Lot 19

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis spaced concentric millefiori over white lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 5/8"

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B. Antique Saint Louis central millefiori over red jasper paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/16" C. Antique Bohemian sheep dimensional sulphide marble. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, chips and scratches throughout. Diameter 1 15/16"

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D. Antique American multi-colored abstract flower and air bubble over pastel frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection.

Good condition, chip to side. Diameter 3 1/4"

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Lot 20

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis 1848 concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

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B. Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori mushroom fancy-cut base faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3" C. Antique English Pinchbeck golden maiden and cherubs paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to top and side. Diameter 2 3/4"

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D. Antique American multi-colored abstract concentric flowers and air bubbles over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection.

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Lot 21

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Bohemian close concentric millefiori with pink and white roses in white stave basket mushroom melon-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 1/8" B. Antique Saint Louis nosegay over amber stain faceted paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16"

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C. Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/4" D. Antique American blue abstract flower and air bubbles over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition, interior crack. Diameter 3 1/16"

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Lot 22

starting bid:

$800

A. Antique Baccarat dotted-blue white wheatflower star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to base. Diameter 2 1/2" B. Antique Clichy concentric millefiori in blue stave basket paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

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C. Antique Clichy Benjamin Franklin sulphide paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 1/2" D. Antique American abstract yellow and orange umbrella with concentric flowers over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 3 5/16"

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Lot 23

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy close packed millefiori with purple, white, green and pink roses in white stave basket miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 1 3/4" A

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B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with blue and white torsade star-cut geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 11/16" C. Antique English concentric millefiori at base of port snifter. From the Kretchmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 7/16", height 4"

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D. Antique English concentric millefiori at base of port snifter. From the Kretchmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 5/16", height 4"

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Lot 24

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy concentric millefiori and pink roses in white stave basket paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 1/4"

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B. Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori mushroom with magenta and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 13/16" C. Antique Baccarat blue primrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 13/16" D. Antique American abstract pink, yellow and orange umbrella over frit paperweight.

From the Palmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 5/16"

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Lot 25

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis nosegay with millefiori garland over white lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3" B. Antique Saint Louis central millefiori over blue jasper paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 3/16"

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C. Antique American end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 3/8" D. Antique American abstract blue, white and yellow umbrella over translucent green cushion paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3"

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Lot 26

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy close packed millefiori with C-cane in blue and white stave basket paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 1/2" B. Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori over white lace paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 3/16"

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C

D

C. Antique Baccarat pink dogrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8" D. Antique American abstract brown umbrella and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8"

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Lot 27

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade starcut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition, chip to base. Diameter 3 1/16"

A

B

B. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori and white roses over white double-swirl latticinio pink cushion paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Poor condition.

Diameter 2 1/16" C. Antique Baccarat upright bouquet with blue and white torsade star-cut geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8"

C

D

D. Antique American abstract pink, yellow, orange and blue trumpet ring with air bubble over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, bruise to side.

Diameter 3 1/8"

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Lot 28

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close packed millefiori mushroom with honey-colored torsade starcut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat white pompon and bud with millefiori garland star-cut paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 2 7/8" C. Antique Saint Louis two red cherries on a branch geometrically faceted paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 3 1/16" D. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 1/2"

C

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Lot 29

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 3/16" B. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori with dog and two horse Gridel silhouettes miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 1 3/4"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique Bohemian central millefiori over red and white marbling paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/8" D. Antique American abstract color collage over white speckles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, scuff to dome. Diameter 3 1/4"

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Lot 30

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet inside faceted double-encased white overlay star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, chip to base.

Diameter 2 11/16" B. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori over white lace faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 1/8"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique French amber-stained etched Dalmatian faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/8" D. Antique American abstract air bubbles over color collage and white speckles paperweight.

From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 2 15/16" 20

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Lot 31

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis spaced concentric millefiori over blue jasper geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/16"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis spaced millefiori flowers with leaves paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 3/4" C. Antique English Pinchbeck golden hunting scene with three dogs, horseman and wild boar paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition, loose base.

Diameter 3 3/16"

C

D

D. Antique American abstract pink-over-yellow umbrellas and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3"

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Lot 32

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat millefiori circlets inside blue-over-white overlay star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat compound butterfly over white double clematis and a bud star-cut paperweight. From the Palmer Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 3 1/16" C. Baccarat JFK sulphide over translucent cobalt blue grid-cut base faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" D. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/16"

C

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Lot 33

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" B. Antique Saint Louis vegetable basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 7/16"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique English Pinchbeck golden gentleman and horse paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 2 3/8" D. Antique American abstract pink and white garland with air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 13/16"

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Lot 34

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori with central camel silhouette in white stave basket paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16" B. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori and white rose star-cut faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, small bruises to base and side. Diameter 2 9/16"

A

B

C

D

C. Walsh-Walsh close concentric pink millefiori in base and stopper with 1848 cane inkwell.

From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 4 1/2", height 6" D. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

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Lot 35

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori with pheasant, dove, pigeon and daisy Gridel silhouettes paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 3 1/8" A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, chip to side.

Diameter 3 1/16 C. Antique American pink and white crimp rose with green sepals pedestal paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, chip to side and crack throughout.

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

C

D

D. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles in translucent blue paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/4"

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Lot 36

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis pink carpet ground with camel, dancing lady, dancing devil and two dog silhouettes paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, bruises to side. Diameter 2 15/16"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with blue and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/8" C. Antique American “Home Sweet Home to Mother” paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/8" D. Antique American “Good Luck” paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition, top wear ring. Diameter 3 3/4"

C

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Lot 37

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 13/16 B. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 5/8"

A

B

C

D

C. Baccarat 1955 Marquis de Lafayette sulphide inside blue-over-white overlay diamond-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/8" D. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 3"

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Lot 38

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Bohemian spaced concentric millefiori over white and multi-colored lace inside translucent blue overlay faceted paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" B. Antique Baccarat upright bouquet with coral and white torsade geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/16"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori inside translucent green overlay faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 1/2" D. Antique American abstract white garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16"

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Lot 39

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori and rare rose canes mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/16" A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with red and white torsade geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to facets.

Diameter 2 5/8" C. Saint Louis 1978 “Rose en relief ” red rose and bud over lavender faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to top facet. Diameter 3 3/16"

C

D

D. Antique American abstract yellow garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

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Lot 40

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat Napoleon III with red and white torsade faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat upright clematis bouquet with blue and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3 1/16" C. Saint Louis upright bouquet over amber stain grid-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to base.

Diameter 2 15/16" D. Antique American abstract mauve garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3"

C

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Lot 41

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close packed millefiori mushroom and signature cane with blue and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruises to side. Diameter 2 13/16" B. Antique Baccarat upright red wallflower bouquet with blue and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 13/16"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique Saint Louis end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Poor condition, deep bruise to side. Diameter 2 9/16" D. Antique American abstract yellow frit and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 11/16"

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Lot 42

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 5/8" B. Antique Baccarat periwinkle variation starcut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff collection. Very good condition, short interior crack. Diameter 2 1/2"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique Clichy Zachary Taylor sulphide paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8" D. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16"

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Lot 43

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis radial spokes and millefiori over jasper with blue and white torsade faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, small chips to facets. Diameter 3 1/4" A

B

B. Antique Baccarat “thousand petal” rose, double clematis, wallflower and Type II pansy bouquet long star-cut faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Poor condition, large bruise to top and deep bruises to multiple facets. Diameter 3 3/8" C. Baccarat zodiac Scorpio scorpion sulphide over translucent cobalt blue grid-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

C

D

D. Antique American abstract off-white garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 9/16"

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Lot 44

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat close concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 1 15/16"

A

B

B. Antique Bohemian spaced concentric millefiori and Clichy-type rose paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 13/16" C. Post-Classic English close concentric millefiori low-domed paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 3 7/16"

C

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D. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles bottle and stopper. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition, damage to lip and stopper. Diameter 3 1/2"

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Lot 45

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis upright flower and matching buds bouquet faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" B. Antique Baccarat blue and white anemone star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 9/16"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique American “In God We Trust” over umbrella paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, bruise to side.

Diameter 3 7/16" D. Antique American abstract yellow low umbrella and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

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Lot 46

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom with coral and white torsade starcut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/4" B. Antique Baccarat white pompon and bud with millefiori garland melon-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

C

D

C. Ysart close concentric millefiori paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 7/16" D. Antique American abstract color collage over white speckles inside rooster sculpture.

From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, damage to wattle. Height 2 1/2", length 4 1/2"

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Lot 47

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy millefiori circlets over sodden snow paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat white pompon and two buds star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 5/8" C. Baccarat 1955 Winston Churchill sulphide over translucent cobalt blue faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" D. Antique English umbrella flower bottle dump doorstop. From the Burdick Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 3 1/8", height 4 1/8"

C

D

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Lot 48

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis two red triple clematises paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 3/8"

A

B

B. Antique Clichy sulphide, possibly of French writer Alphonse de Lamartine, with millefiori garland paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition, surface wear and chip. Diameter 3" C. Antique Baccarat blue primrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16"

C

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D. Antique New England Glass Company endof-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, chip to dome. Diameter 2 7/8"

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Lot 49

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat pink double clematis starcut miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, cracked petal.

Diameter 1 3/4" B. Antique Bohemian spaced concentric millefiori and Clichy-type rose over white and multi-colored lace paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chip to dome. Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, chips to facets. Diameter 2 7/8" D. Antique New England Glass Company endof-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, scratches to dome. Diameter 2 7/8"

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Lot 50

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet inside faceted double-encased white overlay star-cut paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8" B. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 2 5/8"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique Saint Louis chequered white and multi-colored latticinio paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Poor condition.

Diameter 2 1/8" D. Unidentified white and red pulledfeather swirl low-domed paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition.

Diameter 3 5/8"

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Lot 51

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to facets. Diameter 2 3/4" A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chip to base.

Diameter 3" C. Antique Saint Louis nosegay grid-cut faceted paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chips to facets, chips to base and bruise to dome.

Diameter 3 1/16"

C

D

D. Unidentified yellow and red swirl with air bubbles paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16"

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Lot 52

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close packed millefiori mushroom with blue and coral torsade long star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/4"

A

B

B. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori and rose geometrically faceted paperweight.

From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition, chips to base. Diameter 2 1/2" C. Baccarat 1955 Thomas Jefferson sulphide over red jasper fancy-cut faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

C

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D. Unidentified upright orange flower with green sepals pedestal paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 7/8", height 5 15/16" September 17, 2016

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Lot 53

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat compound butterfly over white double clematis and bud star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" B. Unidentified, possibly Belgian or late Clichy, spaced concentric millefiori and 22-point cogs doorknob. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition, aging hardware.

Diameter 1 15/16"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique American “Forget Me Not” over pink and yellow paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition, bruises to side. Diameter 3 3/4" D. Antique American abstract multi-colored design and air bubbles paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Poor condition, interior crack. Diameter 3"

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Lot 54

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade starcut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3" B. Antique Baccarat amber-stained etched recumbent stag faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition, chips to facets and bruise to base. Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

C

D

C. Pairpoint red and white swirl with field of air bubbles etched pedestal paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 7/8" D. Unidentified spaced concentric millefiori over stave cushion paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 5/8"

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Lot 55

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat close concentric millefiori and shamrocks mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3" A

B

B. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori and roses paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 1/2" C. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, fleabites near base. Diameter 3"

C

D

D. Antique American abstract multi-colored umbrella and air bubbles paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, chip to dome and surface wear. Diameter 3"

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Lot 56

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes miniature paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 1 11/16"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat red anemone star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to facets.

Diameter 2 3/4" C. Antique English Pinchbeck golden camel and horse caravan paperweight. From Rubloff Collection. Fair condition, aging canvas.

Diameter 2 3/8" D. Unidentified multi-colored swirl paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Poor condition, deep interior cracks.

Diameter 3 1/4"

C

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Lot 57

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy close packed millefiori and roses in green and white stave basket miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 1/16" B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet gridcut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 5/8"

A

B

C. Unidentified red and white umbrella over sandy ground with air bubbles paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 11/16"

C

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Lot 58

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat two flower bouquet with millefiori garland faceted miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2" B. Antique Saint Louis end-of-day scrambled millefiori with external latticinio ribs hand cooler. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition. Diameter 1 15/16", height 2 5/8"

A

B

C. Unidentified abstract multi-colored collage paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, interior cracks.

Diameter 2 7/16"

C

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Lot 59

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat salmon-colored pompon and bud with millefiori garland star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 1/2"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori and Gridel silhouettes over white and multi-colored lace miniature paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, deep chip to side. Diameter 1 3/4" C. Millville pink crimp rose and green sepal pedestal paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 11/16"

C

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Lot 60

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat spaced concentric shamrock and butterfly silhouettes over white lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chips to base.

Diameter 3 1/4" C. Antique English air bubbles bottle dump doorstop. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chips to side. Diameter 3", height 5"

C

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Lot 61

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 7/8" B. Antique Baccarat butterfly with millefiori garland star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition, surface scratches and bruise to facet.

Diameter 2 13/16"

A

B

C

D

C. Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud star-cut paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/4" D. Antique English air bubbles bottle dump doorstop. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chip to dome.

Diameter 3 1/16", height 5"

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Lot 62

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis multi-colored clematis garland paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/4" B. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori faceted paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chips to facets.

Diameter 2 1/8"

A

B

C. Antique American abstract multi-colored plain and air bubbles paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 1/8"

C

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Lot 63

starting bid:

$800

A. Antique Baccarat white double clematis miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 1 13/16"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat blue dogrose star-cut thumbprint side faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to facets. Diameter 3 1/16" C. Unidentified pink Bundt cake-style pedestal paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3 3/16"

C

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Lot 64

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy Saint Charles sulphide with millefiori and rose garland over opaque cobalt blue faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 3"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis pink dahlia star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, sugaring swirl above design. Diameter 2 11/16" C. Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company multi-colored latticinio crown paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Fair condition. Diameter 2 7/16"

C

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Lot 65

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy Queen Victoria sulphide with millefiori garland faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruises to sides. Diameter 2 9/16" B. Antique Baccarat red primrose star-cut miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruises to dome.

Diameter 1 3/4"

A

B

C. Unidentified multi-colored frit and air bubbles paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16"

C

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Lot 66

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat 1848 spaced concentric millefiori and Gridel silhouettes over white and multi-colored lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 3/16" B. Antique Baccarat concentric millefiori inside translucent green overlay faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition, chips to base. Diameter 2 1/2"

A

B

C. Pairpoint clear apple over plasterfilled bronze pedestal sculpture. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

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

C

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Lot 67

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori in purple and white stave basket pedestal paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat Madonna sulphide over translucent green geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 11/16" C. Unidentified translucent blue hen over multi-colored swirl paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 7/8"

C

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Lot 68

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy star-shaped cinquefoil millefiori garland over translucent ruby paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 3"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis millefiori circlets over opaque cobalt blue paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 2 5/8" C. Unidentified abstract multi-colored stalagmites geometrically faceted paperweight.

From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chip to facet. Diameter 2 11/16"

C

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Lot 69

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side.

Diameter 2 13/16" B. Ysart close concentric millefiori paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 3/8"

A

B

C. Appert Freres abstract fluted upright spire pedestal sculpture. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, interior cracks.

Diameter 2 3/4", height 7 1/4"

C

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Lot 70

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy five-looped millefiori garland with rose paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16" B. Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 9/16"

A

B

C. Pairpoint red and white swirl with field of air bubbles etched pedestal paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 11/16"

C

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Lot 71

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut thumbprint side faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, scratch to side.

Diameter 3" A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with white torsade geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, small chip to facet.

Diameter 3" C. Antique American abstract blue and white umbrellas with air bubbles over frit paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3 3/16"

C

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Lot 72

starting bid:

$800

A. Antique Clichy nosegay with two roses miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 1 13/16"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat blue dogrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, air bubbles throughout and loose leaf. Diameter 2 5/8" C. Unidentified white flowers over red cruciform paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 7/16"

C

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Lot 73

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with coral and white torsade star-cut geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Very good condition, heavy striation.

Diameter 3 1/8" B. Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori in pale blue and white stave basket footless pedestal paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, crack to stave basket and bruise to side. Diameter 2 11/16"

A

B

C. Antique American abstract pink garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

C

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Lot 74

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori and “A Moi” pansy sulfide in coral and green stave basket paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chip to side. Diameter 2 1/2" B. Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori and squirrel Gridel silhouette mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight.

From the Kretchmer Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 7/8"

A

B

C. Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori, roses and C-cane over opaque cobalt blue paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, visible seam to ground.

Diameter 2 1/2" D. Antique American abstract brown flower over orange frit paperweight. From the C Burdick Collection. Fair condition, interior crack at perimeter and chip to dome. Diameter 3 1/8" 42

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Lot 75

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with honey and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, scratch to side. Diameter 2 13/16" A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis flat bouquet star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 1/2" C. Unidentified abstract yellow, orange and white frit with air bubbles in base of vessel.

From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 3 1/8"

C

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Lot 76

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique New England Glass Company blue double clematis over opaque pink paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/8"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/4" C. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8" D. Antique American abstract blue flower over yellow frit paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chip to side.

Diameter 2 7/8"

C

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Lot 77

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to side. Diameter 2 7/8" B. Antique Baccarat Type III pansy with millefiori garland star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 9/16"

A

B

C. Unidentified American “Busy Bee” green glass puck paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 1/2"

C

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Lot 78

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat Type I pansy and forgetme-not with millefiori garland melon-cut faceted paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Fair condition, deep interior crack at base. Diameter 3 1/8" B. Antique Baccarat pink dogrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 2 1/8"

A

B

C. Antique English air bubbles bottle dump doorstop. From the Burdick Collection.

Fair condition, chips to side and base.

Diameter 3 5/8"

C

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Lot 79

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy pansy and bud paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 11/16"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis fuchsia over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/8" C. Antique English air bubbles bottle dump doorstop. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, bruises to side. Diameter 3 7/16"

C

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Lot 80

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis nosegay with millefiori garland geometrically faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition, chips to facets. Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis blue dahlia over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/16" C. Unidentified ten stacked clear spheres pyramid sculpture. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, only nine spheres present. Width 3 5/8", height 3 1/2"

C

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Lot 81

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy blue complex cane with millefiori garland over opaque green miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, chip to side and ground seam at perimeter. Diameter 2" B. Antique Saint Louis nosegay over amber stain faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, large bruise to side. Diameter 2 3/16"

A

B

C. Unidentified abstract umbrella and air bubbles paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 15/16"

C

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Lot 82

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat wallflower and clematis bouquet with millefiori garland star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition. Diameter 3" B. Antique Baccarat, possibly Dupont, close concentric millefiori paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 1/2"

A

B

C. Antique American abstract white garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 11/16"

C

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Lot 83

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat wallflower and bud with millefiori garland star-cut faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis pompon and bud over pink swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/8" C. Bohemian end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Poor condition, deep crack through middle and chips to side. Diameter 2 1/8" D. Unidentified translucent cobalt blue icosahedron sculpture. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition. Diameter 1 7/8"

C

D

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Lot 84

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with coral and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition, chips to facets. Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes miniature paperweight at end of etched wood cane.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, crack through wood cane.

Diameter 2", height 11" C. Antique American abstract umbrella and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8"

C

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Lot 85

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Paul Stankard 1979 pastel bouquet paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3" B. Antique Saint Louis purple dahlia star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to base.

Diameter 3 1/16"

A

B

C. Unidentified clear beveled glass cube paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Good condition. Height 2 3/8"

C

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Lot 86

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat compound butterfly over white double clematis and bud star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, chips to base.

Diameter 3 1/16" B. Bob and Ray Banford collaborative rose, pansy, wheatflower, clematis and buds bouquet grid-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

C. Antique American abstract white garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

C

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Lot 87

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat whorl cane butterfly with millefiori garland star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, chips to base. Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

B. Debbie Tarsitano flower bouquet over translucent cobalt blue paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 13/16" C. Bohemian end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection.

Good condition, interior cracks throughout.

Diameter 3"

C

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Lot 88

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Paul Stankard 1982 red thorny rose paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat white double clematis star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 1/2" C. Unidentified clear conical faceted sculpture.

From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chips to facets. Diameter 2 1/4"

C

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Lot 89

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Paul Stankard 1982 pink rose bouquet paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8" B. Antique Clichy Comte de Chambord sulphide over translucent green paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips and bruise to side. Diameter 3 1/8"

A

B

C. Unidentified clear dome with pressed interior border garland paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 1/16"

C

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Lot 90

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Delmo Tarsitano peach on a branch paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" B. Antique Saint Louis nosegay with millefiori garland over white lace paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 1/4"

A

B

C. Antique American abstract pink and white garland with air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 3/4"

C

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Lot 91

starting bid:

$800

A. Debbie Tarsitano flower bouquet star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 5/8"

A

B

B. Perthshire Paperweights cross-patterned millefiori over translucent cobalt blue paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3" C. Unidentified clear glass puck. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3"

C

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Lot 92

starting bid:

$800

A. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with red and white torsade faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

B. Perthshire Paperweights square-paneled millefiori over translucent green paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 3" C. Antique American abstract pink and white umbrella with air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3"

C

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Lot 93

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Paul Stankard 1984 morning glories and berries over sand paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3 3/4" B. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with blue and white torsade faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, chips to facet. Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

C. Unidentified clear beveled cube sculpture.

From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chip to corners. Height 2"

C

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Lot 94

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori mushroom with blue and white torsade star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3" B. Antique Baccarat yellow buttercup with millefiori garland star-cut faceted miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition, chips to facets. Diameter 2"

A

B

C. Unidentified clear icosahedron sculpture.

From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 3/16"

C

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Lot 95

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat yellow pompon and two red buds with millefiori garland star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, chips to base.

Diameter 2 15/16" A

B

B. Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses with garland faceted paperweight.

From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition, small chips to facets and bruise to side. Diameter 2 11/16" C. Unidentified clear beveled corners cube.

From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition, chips to corners. Height 1 3/4"

C

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Lot 96

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis flat bouquet star-cut faceted wafer-dish. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

B. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom star-cut paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, chips to base. Diameter 3 3/16" C. Unidentified hollow clear dome with clear sphere pyramid sculpture. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

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

C

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Lot 97

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat blue double clematis star-cut paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 9/16" B. Victor Trabucco 1985 red rose and four buds over translucent cobalt blue paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 3"

A

B

C. Antique American abstract white garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

C

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Lot 98

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom with coral and white torsade star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, chips to base. Diameter 2 15/16" B. Antique Saint Louis blue double clematis over white double swirl latticinio paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 2 1/16"

A

B

C. Antique American abstract blue flower over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection.

Fair condition, scuffs and scratches to dome.

Diameter 2 13/16"

C

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Lot 99

starting bid:

$600

A. Antique Baccarat blue wallflower and red bud star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 3/4"

A

B

B. Antique New England Glass Company spaced concentric millefiori over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition, chips to dome.

Diameter 2 5/8" C. Antique American abstract white flower and air bubbles over frit paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Fair condition, multiple bruises. Diameter 3 1/8"

C

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Lot 100

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat dotted-black yellow wheatflower star-cut paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 9/16"

A

B

B. Antique Baccarat white double clematis and two buds star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 3/8" C. Antique American abstract multi-colored garland and air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3" D. Antique American abstract white and pink garland with air bubbles paperweight. From the Palmer Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3"

C

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Lot 101

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat yellow double clematis and two buds star-cut faceted paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, chip to facet. Diameter 2 9/16" B. Paul Stankard 1978 white flowers and chokeberries bouquet paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 13/16"

Lot 102

starting bid:

A

B

A

B

$600

A. Antique Saint Louis blue triple-tiered clematis with match-head center over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Kretchmer Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 2 13/16" B. Saint Louis 1981 flat bouquet paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 3"

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Lot 103

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis flower garland faceted wafer-dish. From the Rubloff Collection.

Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16"

A

B

B. Ray Banford three irises and one rose bouquet grid-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 3" C. Antique Saint Louis end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 1/2"

C

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Lot 104

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat red dogrose star-cut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" B. Paul Stankard 1978 violet bouquet paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" A

B

C. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition. Diameter 3"

C

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Lot 105

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Clichy dimensional nosegay with millefiori garland over white lace paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition, lace canes at surface of base perimeter. Diameter 2 3/4" B. Ray Banford two purple pompons and bud grid-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 15/16"

A

B

C. Post-Classic English close concentric millefiori low-domed paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Good condition.

Diameter 3 5/16"

C

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Lot 106

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat red double-tiered periwinkle and two buds star-cut paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to base. Diameter 2 9/16" B. Antique Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori inside translucent red overlay starcut faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chips to base.

Diameter 2 9/16"

A

B

C. Ray Banford lily-of-the-valley stem over translucent ruby faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 2 7/8"

C

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Lot 107

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Bob Banford magenta double-tiered dogrose and bud over white star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3"

A

B

B. Baccarat Dupont Type III pansy and bud star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, chip to base.

Diameter 2 3/4" C. Antique Saint Louis fruit basket over white swirl latticinio paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8"

C

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Lot 108

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Baccarat blue primrose star-cut paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 2 9/16"

A

B

B. Baccarat 1977 stork silhouette cane, concentric millefiori circlets and 16 silhouette canes over opaque cobalt blue paperweight.

From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" C. Ronald Hanson blue clematis and bud over red miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 1/16"

C

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Lot 109

starting bid:

$1,000

A. Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet with white torsade star-cut geometrically faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Very good condition, chips to corners.

Diameter 2 3/4" B. Antique Clichy Queen Victoria sulphide miniature paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 1/16"

A

B

C. Baccarat 1975 central pheasant silhouette cane and 16 concentric silhouette canes with millefiori garland over translucent cobalt blue paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection.

Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/16"

C

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Lot 110

starting bid:

$300

A. Antique Millville sailing ship and lighthouse pedestal paperweight. From the Burdick Collection. Very good condition.

Diameter 3 5/8" B. Saint Louis 1953 Queen Elizabeth II coronation sulphide with millefiori garland over blue faceted paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Good condition, bruise to side. Diameter 3 1/4"

A

B

C. Perthshire Paperweights 1978 Scottish Heather with millefiori garland over translucent cobalt blue paperweight. From the Rubloff Collection. Excellent condition.

Diameter 2 9/16"

C

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L.H. Selman Ltd. on Behalf of The Art Institute of Chicago Presents a Historic Opportunity Paperweights, or simply weights as collectors refer to them, are magical things. They exude grace – permanent soap bubbles imbued with delicate and intriguing elements floating within a cushion of molten crystal and coaxed while cooling, into assuming a multitude of pleasing geometries. These creations represent the nexus of exquisite design and dedicated execution. Each paperweight is unique and provides a gleaming playground for light, offering shifting, variegated interior vistas with every turn of the hand or angle of the sun.

The finest examples were originally created in the great glass ovens of mid-19th century France and many found their way into American collections. This catalogue is host to a large number of such art works.

It is our hope that you will find examples of what the dedicated paperweight collector Truman Capote described as “some fragment of a dream” that you claim for your own collection and which will bring you pleasure for years to come. �

Welcome Welcome to L. H. Selman Ltd. located in the historic Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Our name has been synonymous with the finest antique and contemporary paperweights for over 40 years. As the country’s premier dealer, our mission has always been to promote the very best in fine art glass paperweights.

Through our gallery, and at auction, we exhibit and sell outstanding examples of this demanding art form from the 19th century, through the present day. We nurture emerging talent from contemporary and creative independent studios. L.H. Selman Ltd. enjoys a sterling reputation in the field, earned through years of working closely with our clients to help them build discriminating and sophisticated collections.

Selman maintains an expansive inventory, with the largest collection of antique and contemporary paperweights anywhere, displayed in an inviting and elegant setting. We also maintain a miniature, but informative, museum display which offers an enlightening look into

the interior processes of this intricate glass art. Selman.com, our online presence, allows collectors to browse portions of our inventory, read artists’ profiles and order works of art. We hold regular auctions, each accompanied by a full-color catalog, which offer collectors the chance to acquire some of the very best in antique, contemporary, and secondary-market pieces.

Paperweight Press, our publishing house, offers a full spectrum of literature exploring the art and science of paperweights and glass art.

Our full-color brochures present new work from accomplished masters and emerging artists, as well as offerings from our collection of antique weights. Our professional consultants are dedicated to the highest level of service and attention to detail with every client, from the casual collector to the serious connoisseur. With a depth of knowledge and an ability to educate and advise individuals in developing their collections, we make a commitment that says, “Invest with confidence, you will receive only the best from L.H. Selman Ltd.”

A Brief Background Some might consider the paperweight to be a simple desk accessory.

Historically, many have been locked away in the treasure vaults of kings and collected by some of the world’s most famous personalities.

The origin of glass paperweights can be traced to France, around 1845, when glass factories such as Baccarat, Saint Louis, and Clichy were competing to create the finest crystal luxury items. Water sets, tableware, and desk accessories such as inkwells, led to the creation of presse-papiers. These relatively affordable objets d‘art were originally developed as elegant gifts and exhibited to great acclaim in London’s Great Exhibition of 1851. After such success, the glasswork factories competed to outdo each other, creating intricate designs set in grand presentation pieces which are highly sought after in today’s market.

The original French glass paperweight sensation lasted about 25 years after which the art form fell out of vogue and the intricate process for creating them was eventually lost to subsequent generations of artists and artisans. In the 1950s not long after the Second World War, Paul Jokelson, an enthusiastic collector of antique weights, convinced the factories in his native France to re-invent the technique. The result has been a renaissance of the most difficult of all glass art forms – the contemporary glass paperweight, which in many instances exceeds the brilliance and complexity of its predecessors. Glass paperweights can now be found in museum collections around the world, including the Corning Museum of Glass, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum.

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In the mid-1960s, Lawrence Selman, with a PhD in organic chemistry from Yale and mastery of the viola da gamba, was introduced to paperweights through a fellow musician who collected them.

Selman bought some pieces as gifts for his friends, and slowly became involved in trading paperweights. It wasn’t long before the small works of art became more than a passing fancy for him, as he found himself traveling across the country to purchase and sell them. Eventually, Selman left behind his career as a professor of chemistry, and started L.H. Selman Ltd. as a small mail order business. Recognizing a void in information available to the paperweight-collecting community, Selman decided to create a publishing company through which he could distribute his own knowledge of paperweights for the benefit of collectors, new and established. His first effort was Paperweights for Collectors. The book proved indispensable, and many others followed.

Selman also founded the International Paperweight Society.

In 2001, Selman was awarded the honor of being named one of the Top Ten People of the 20th Century to influence the paperweight art form by the Paperweight Collectors Association. In 2009 Lawrence Selman and his wife Marti, sold their business to Mitch and Ben Clark, two brothers who have been immersed in the wondrous world of paperweights since their youth. To know more about today’s L.H.Selman Ltd., please contact us. We love to talk to talk about paperweights.

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Conditions of Sale All property offered and sold (“property”) through L.H. Selman Ltd., (“L.H. Selman”) and SUSANIN’S Inc. (“SUSANIN’S) shall be offered and sold on the terms and conditions set forth below which constitutes the complete statement of the terms and conditions on which all property is offered for sale. By bidding at the auction, whether present in person or by agent, by written bid, telephone, internet or other means, the buyer agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Bidding on items indicates acceptance of the following terms: 1. A 20% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on each lot sold on a house paddle; 25% will be added to lots purchased online.

2. All lots are sold “AS IS” and all sales are final. Neither L.H. Selman, nor SUSANIN’S, nor the consignor are responsible for the correctness of any statement of any kind concerning any lot, whether written or oral, nor for any other errors or omissions in description or for any faults or defects in any lot.

Neither the seller, ourselves, our officers, employees or agents, give any representation, warranty or guarantee or assume any liability of any kind in respect of any lot with regard to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, description, size, quality, condition, attribution, authenticity, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibition history, literature or historical relevance. Except as required by local law any warranty of any kind whatsoever is excluded by this paragraph.

3. Bids must be made in the following increments:

$200 to $500: $25

$500 to $1,000: $50

$1,000 to $2,000: $100

$2,000 to $5,000: $250

$5,000 to $10,000: $500

$10,000 and over: $1,000 4. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the buyer. The auctioneer has the right to reject any bid, to advance the bidding at his absolute discretion and in the event of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneer shall have the sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re- offer and resell the article in dispute as well as the sole right to settle disputed bids and decide whether or not to reoffer the lot.

5. Upon the fall of the hammer, title to any offered lot or article will immediately pass to the highest bidder as determined in the exclusive discretion of the auctioneer, subject to compliance by the buyer with these Conditions of Sale. Buyer thereupon assumes full risk and responsibility of the property sold, agrees to sign any requested confirmation of purchase, and agrees to pay the full price, plus Buyer’s Premium, therefore or such part, upon such terms as L.H. Selman may require.

6. The record of sale kept by L.H. Selman will be taken as final in the event of any dispute.

7. The purchaser assumes complete responsibility for items at the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer. L.H. Selman and SUSANIN’S claim no liabilities as to the conditions of lots past this point.

8. Some lots carry reserves. This is a confidential minimum set by the consignor and the auction house below which a lot will not sell. L.H. Selman may implement such reserves by bidding through its representatives on behalf of the Consignors.

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9. Absentee (phone, fax or mail) bids will be executed when possible as a convenience to our clients free of charge. It is entirely possible to buy items by absentee bid for less than your top bid price. Any absentee bids must be submitted in writing to L.H. Selman prior to commencement of the offer of the first lot. L.H. Selman’s copy of any such bid shall conclusively be deemed to be the sole evidence of same, and while L.H. Selman accepts these bids for the convenience of bidders not present at the auction, L.H. Selman shall not be responsible for any errors or the failure to execute, or, to execute properly, any absentee bid.

10. In order to make arrangements to bid on the telephone at the time a lot is being sold, you must contact our office in advance of the auction. We will make arrangements to call you just prior to the lot being sold so that you may bid over the telephone.

There are usually a limited number of phone lines available into the room, so if you wish to bid over the telephone, it is important for you to make your arrangements early. “Cover-me Bids”: if you wish to bid by telephone, you might also want to consider a “cover-me bid” at the time you make arrangements for phone bidding. A “cover-me bid” allows your phone contact here at L.H. Selman to still execute a predetermined bid amount for you in the case that they cannot get through to you on the telephone. Your phone agent is the only person who will have this bid and will only use it to bid in the event that he/she cannot reach you. Assuming you are reached via telephone, they would not use your bid, but rely on your verbal instructions. “Cover-me bids” are not mandatory, you can place one at your discretion, they are simply a safety device in the event you cannot be reached by telephone in time.

11. Payment is due upon receipt of invoice. Those bidding in-person will be delivered an invoice by the end of the auction. Those bidding online will be provided an invoice upon the end of the bidding session for the auction. Absentee bidders will be emailed an invoice following the end of the auction.

12. L.H Selman may, as a service to buyer, arrange to have purchased property posted and shipped at the buyer’s expense.

L.H. Selman is not responsible for any acts or omissions in packing or shipping of purchased lots whether or not such carrier is recommended by L.H. Selman. Packing and handling of purchased lots is at the responsibility of the buyer and is at the entire risk of the buyer. Shipping will be billed at cost, plus handling and insurance. Items will be shipped to domestic buyers via our choice shipping service unless otherwise specified by the buyer, and to overseas buyers by air mail. The buyer will be charged for any increased costs in shipping, including postage, handling and insurance.

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13. L.H. Selman requires a valid Visa or MasterCard on file in the bidder’s name to complete registration for each auction. Visit www.Selman.com to register for the auction. Payment must be made at the end of the sale unless prior arrangements have been made. L.H. Selman accepts cash, certified checks and money orders. Personal checks may be accepted if credit has been established with us prior to sale date. We also accept Visa or MasterCard for invoices totaling under $5,000.

14. All purchases must be paid for within three (3) business days after an auction; items must be picked up within seven (7) business days after an auction. Property which is not paid for within the three (3) day period will be charged to the purchaser’s credit card. No lot may be removed from L.H. Selman’s or SUSANIN’S premises until the buyer has paid in full the purchase price therefor including Buyer’s Premium or has satisfied such terms that L.H. Selman, in its sole discretion, shall require. Subject to the foregoing, all Property shall be paid for and removed by the buyer at his/her expense within seven (7) days of sale and, if not so removed, may be sold by L.H. Selman, or sent by L.H. Selman to a public warehouse, at the sole risk and charge of the buyer(s), and L.H. Selman may prohibit the buyer from participating, directly or indirectly, as a bidder or buyer in any future sale or sales. In addition to other remedies available to L.H. Selman by law, L.H. Selman reserves the right to impose a late charge of 2.0% per month of the total purchase price on any balance remaining seven (7) days after the day of sale. If Property is not removed by the buyer within seven (7) days, a handling charge of 2.0% of the total purchase price per month from the seventh (7) day after the sale until removal by the buyer shall be payable to L.H. Selman by the buyer; L.H. Selman shall charge 2.0% of the total purchase price per month for any property not so removed within sixty (60) days after the sale. L.H. Selman will not be responsible for any loss, damage, theft, or otherwise responsible for any goods left in L.H. Selman’s possession after seven (7) days. If the foregoing conditions or any applicable provisions of law are not complied with, in addition to other remedies available to L.H. Selman and the Consignor (including without limitation the right to hold the buyer(s) liable for the bid price), L.H. Selman, at its option, may either cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages all payments made by the buyer(s), or resell the property. In such event, the buyer(s) shall remain liable for any deficiency in the original purchase price and will also be responsible for all costs, including warehousing, the expense of the ultimate sale, and L.H. Selman’s commission at its regular rates together with all related and incidental charges, including legal fees. Payment is a precondition to removal. Payment shall be by cash, certified check or similar bank draft, or any other method approved by L.H. Selman. Checks will not be deemed to constitute payment until cleared. Any exceptions must be made upon L.H. Selman’s written approval of credit prior to sale. In addition, a defaulting buyer will be deemed to have granted and assigned to L.H. Selman, a continuing security interest of first priority in any property or money of, or owing to such buyer in L.H. Selman’s possession, and L.H. Selman’s may retain and apply such property or money as collateral security for the obligations due to L.H. Selman. L.H. Selman shall have all of the rights accorded a secured party under the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code.

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15. Unless otherwise indicated, all Property will be offered by L.H. Selman as agent for the Consignor.

16. Buyer is strongly encouraged to and acknowledges that it had the right to make a full inspection of all Property prior to sale to determine the condition, size, repair or restoration of any Property. Therefore, all property is sold “AS IS” and all sales are final.

SUSANIN’S is acting solely as an auction broker, and unless otherwise stated, does not own the Property offered for sale and has made no independent investigation of the Property. L.H. Selman and SUSANIN’S make no warranty of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any other warranty or representation regarding the description, genuineness, attribution, provenance or condition to the Property of any kind or nature with respect to the Property.

17. L.H. Selman in its sole and exclusive discretion, reserves the right to withdraw any property, at any time, before the fall of the hammer.

18. Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer at the time of sale, all bids are per lot as numbered in the printed catalogue.

L.H. Selman reserves the right to determine any and all matters regarding the order, precedence or appropriate increment of bids or the constitution of lots.

19. No “buy” bids shall be accepted at any time for any purpose.

20. In no event shall any liability of L.H. Selman’s to the buyer exceed the purchase price actually paid. Under no circumstances will L.H. Selman or the auctioneer be responsible for lost profits or other financial damages.

21. L.H. Selman reserves the right to vary the terms of sale and any such variance shall become part of these Conditions of Sale.

22. No claimed modification or amendment of this Agreement on the part of any party shall be deemed extant, enforceable or provable unless it is in writing that has been signed by the parties to this Agreement. No course of dealing and no delay or omission on the part of L.H. Selman in exercising any right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right and waiver on any one or more occasions shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy of L.H. Selman’s on any future occasion.

23. These Conditions of Sale and the buyer’s, the Consignor’s, SUSANIN’S (SUSANIN'S Inc.; Illinois Auction License #440-000833), and L.H. Selman’s rights under these Conditions of Sale shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois and Consignor and Buyer agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the County of L.H. Selman’s primary place of business.

24. If you are registering or executing a bid for someone else under your number, please bear in mind that you are responsible for the settlement of that account with us regardless of whether the person you’re executing or registering for pays you or not.

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