L.H. Selman Ltd.'s 70th Paperweight Auction & Price Guide, Fall 2018

L.H. SELMAN LTD.’s

70th PAPERWEIGHT AUCTION & PRICE GUIDE Fall 2018

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Fall Auction 2018

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Auction Number 70

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Part I: A ntique Paperweights and R elated Objects 1 Rare antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori on moss ground paperweight. A wine-red and white pastry mold conceals a yellow rod bundle and floret cane in its center and sits within a ring of six spaced millefiori, each different from the next and including an iconic pink and green rose cane. Another concentric ring ensues, having a slight hexagonal flair to its twelve spaced canes, including an edelweiss cane and a surprisingly hidden rose cane. The colorful millefiori rest in a cambered lawn of dark green rod bundle moss canes, of which each section is dotted with a red-centered white floret. “The ground of green moss dotted with stars and florets recalls the most charming of French Touraine tapestries of the XVIth century. It does not seem possible to achieve a higher expression of art on the road of paperweight making.” —French Crystal Paperweights. “The most sought after, and undoubtedly the most striking, spaced millefiori are the moss green carpet grounds. The prize possessions of a few advanced collectors, these weights feature a ground of many small green canes contrasting jubilantly with the colorful spaced florets.” —Paperweights for Collectors. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $16,000—20,000

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2 Extremely rare and historically important antique Pietro Bigaglia and Giovanni Franchini 1845 Queen of Greece Amalia of Oldenburg paperweight. Giovanni Franchini produced exquisite picture and word canes that were utilized in Pietro Bigaglia’s famous paperweights. The date of “30 set 1845” was particularly important since it commemorates the very special day in September when King Otto I of Greece’s wife, Queen Amalia, visited Venice, as indicated by the letter “A” appearing below a picture cane of a crown. A few other monogrammed examples were made for special guests during this same occasion, including one with the letter “O” for the King of Greece himself. The Queen’s paperweight represents a typical Bigaglia burst of strong colors and goldstone made from a dense gathering of bits of ribbons, canes and filigree. Picture canes of rose bushes, harlequins, a pantaloon, a checkerboard, horses, birds, a gondola and a variety of complex millefiori, representing the zeitgeist of 1845 Venice that Franchini wanted to impress on the special visitors, are scattered on the surface of the colorful background. Pictured and discussed in the PCC newsletter #100, August 2009, on page 16 and in Identifying Glass Paperweights: The Less Familiar on page 68. Fair condition and typical internal flaw as seen in numerous other Bigaglia paperweights. Diameter 3 1/16" $16,000—20,000

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3 Antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes on blue carpet ground paperweight. A continuous prairie of complex blue and white six-point star canes, with a ring of six or seven rod bundles each, creates a carpet where contrasting canes are spaced and pressed into eternal position. The canes include Gridel silhouette canes of a dog, goat, moth and swan, a shamrock and fortress cane, arrowheads and six-point stars. Signature/date cane. The term “carpet” was first used to describe these weights in the Catalogue des collections des arts et métiers (Paris, 1855). “Carpet grounds, usually associated with clustered paperweight designs, are among the most appealing foils for colored and silhouette canes.” —Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $16,000—20,000

4 Extremely rare Baccarat Type I white bellflowers paperweight. Three bellflowers, each with three white petals and three green sepals, hang gracefully from green stems and are framed by leaves that grow from above and below. Clear, star-cut ground. “One of the rarest of flowers from Baccarat...Seven Type I bellflower weights are known...” —Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty. The bellflower is an important flower in mythology, from the Roman goddess Venus looking-glass legend to Gothic fairy lore. Bellflowers were also among the first ornamentals that settlers brought to the New World. Good condition. Diameter 3" $7,000—10,000 5

5 Very rare antique Baccarat bluebell paperweight. Three vivid blue bell-shaped gentians, fringed in white, grow from a long green vine along with a small blue bud and numerous green leaves both bladed and rounded. Clear, star-cut ground. Considered to be one of the more naturalistic and charming flowers from 19th century Baccarat, the flower, long a symbol of the Alps, is found in sunny alpine meadows. “One of the rarer flowers known from Baccarat...(fifteen known).”—The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $3,000—4,000 www.selman.com

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6 Rare and excellent antique Bacchus close concentric millefiori paperweight. Twelve blue and white cog rod bundles, each with over thirty canes per bundle, are joined by a single rogue ruffle cane to form a ring around a rare large central pink and white shield cane. Four concentric rings of complex and ruffle canes in pink and white, with a faint hint of blue hue here and there, surround the contrasting blue ring. The outer concentric ring of complex canes is drawn down under the design to create a spaced ribbed stave basket. “Compared to the output of the French glass works of Clichy, Baccarat and St. Louis, the Bacchus production was very limited, possibly only four hundred or so in total.” —Old English Paperweights. “The glassworks, which initially specialized in domestic glassware and plate glass, began experimenting with fancy Venetian-style glass and paperweights in the 1840s. ‘Letter weights’ as they were called, were never more than a minute part of the company’s production.” —The Art of the Paperweight. Pictured and discussed on page 54 of Old English Paperweights. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 11/16" $10,000—15,000

7 Antique Bacchus close concentric millefiori sodden snow paperweight. A large central gathering of white tube canes, with pink ruffled interiors, is surrounded by a ring of milk-white hollow canes, with orange ruffled interiors, followed by a ring of hollow purple and white ruffles and then by a complex cane of orange hollow ruffles. The next three concentric rings share a continuous milk-white ground and appear as bright yellow, red and blue ruffle canes carefully placed in snow. The sodden snow continues to the perimeter and is pulled downward into a white basket of melded staves. Diameter 3 1/2" $6,000—8,000 8

8 Antique Bacchus close concentric millefiori paperweight. A multi-tiered red and white ruffle cane sits at the center of three concentric rings of contrasting hollow cogs, ruffle canes and rod bundles in a variety of colors. Air bubbles fill the voids between the canes to create a dense field of colors, held inside a stave basket of white and pastel-colored hollow cogs. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $6,000—8,000 4

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9 Antique French, possibly Pantin, patterned millefiori and roses paperweight. Four lush white roses, with pink sepals, are composed of flattened hollow tubes that encircle a small complex cane. The roses rest in four corners, spaced by white stardust canes, around a cobalt blue complex cane. A similar blue cane rests above each rose to extend the square pattern and they are all joined by arching double garlands of green complex cogs and blue and red cogs. The resulting French garden is surrounded by a circle of white edelweiss-type stars. Clear ground. For a similar design, see The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights, page 240. Fair condition. Diameter 3" $2,500—3,500 11

10 Rare and excellent antique Baccarat engraved branches and millefiori marquetry bronze goblet. Scattered colorful complex millefiori are inlaid into a thin glass goblet and bloom amidst delicately arching engraved stems that spread a network of feathery leaves. The secretive and complex technique of engraving glass is detailed on page 27 of Objects of Fantasy: Glass inclusions of the Nineteenth Century where similar vessels are pictured and discussed. The goblet has a gilded flared top rim and three concentric gold circles at the bottom of the cup. An elaborate crest motif is carved into a bronze base that supports the goblet, the foot of which is engraved with flowery motifs. A similar example is pictured as lot 17 in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Thirtieth Anniversary Spring 1999 auction catalog on page 7. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 5/16", height 6 1/4" $3,000—4,000

11 Antique Saint Louis engraved grape vines and scrambled millefiori penholder. A large and detailed engraved grape vine, with variegated leaves, tendrils and grape clusters, spreads the perimeter of a flared clear vessel adorned with a cobalt blue and white filligree torsade on the top. A colorful and dense end-ofday scramble of tubes, filigree, torsades, millefiori and a horse silhouette cane sits in the base and supports the clear vessel above. A similar example is pictured and discussed on pages 68-69 of Objects of Fantasy: Glass inclusions of the Nineteenth Century. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/16", height 5 3/4" $2,500—3,500 www.selman.com

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12 Very rare antique Saint Louis upright bouquet and amber torsade paperweight. Serrated green leaves are gathered together into a green conical stem composite and radiate outward and downward to create a lush cradle for an unusually large bouquet of flowers. A double-tiered salmon-colored clematis, with a yellow center, blooms upward at the center of the bouquet and is surrounded by three complex cane buds that are each spaced by a budding clematis, one in white and one in blue with yellow centers, including a tightly shut cobalt blue bud. The base of the bouquet is surrounded by a very rare white-encased amber torsade. Clear, star-cut ground. Whole or partial labels affixed to the base from the historical Maurice Lindon July 2, 1957 Sotheby & Co. auction as lot 156, the Spink & Son Exhibition May 1972 as lot 184 and the Cambridge Paperweight Circle as SL9. Listed in the Sotheby & Co. March 27, 1953 auction as lot 119 and exhibited and pictured in the 25th Anniversary exhibition of the Paperweight Collectors Circle catalog on page 17. Good condition. Diameter 3" $6,000—8,000

13 Antique Saint Louis paneled jasper magnum paperweight. A large 28-point white cog cane, containing a sky blue six-petalled flower, stands at the center of eight radiating jasper panels. The panels are separated by thick white canes and alternate between blue and white and red and white jasper. Each panel is dotted near the center by a contrasting complex millefiori, alternating between blue or pink and green. A white, amber and blue torsade, characteristically hidden, encircles the panels. Fine condition. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,200—1,600

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14 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori paperweight. Five concentric rings of complex millefiori, including ruffle canes, ogee-tipped canes, crosses and florets, encircle a central large pink, white and pistachio cog around a gathering of six-point stars to create a cambered field of pastel colors. They are gathered and held in a stave basket of ribbed pistachio, white and blue canes. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $2,500—3,500 6

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15 Rare antique Baccarat 1848 spaced concentric millefiori and Gridel silhouette magnum paperweight. Four concentric rings of millefiori include silhouette canes of the deer, horse, dog, dove, elephant, rooster, goat, moth, monkey, pheasant and pigeon, picture canes of a flower and of shamrocks and colorful complex millefiori with trefoils, arrows, six-point stars and cogs are spaced on a dense cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colorful filigree and ribbons. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 13/16" $7,000—10,000

16 Very rare antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom double overlay faceted paperweight. A delicate burst of millefiori in red, blue, green and white, creates a rounded mushroom cap and a mottled stem that reaches the center of a clear, star-cut ground perfectly. Rare cobalt blue-over-white double overlay, with six and one facets. Fine condition. Similar example pictured on page 53 of Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty. Diameter 2 7/8" $6,000—8,000

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17 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight. A large complex floret and cog cane is at the top of a mushroom cap and is encircled by three concentric rings of millefiori, including striking light blue hollow cogs with red centers. The cap sits atop a ring of alternating white ruffle canes and pink complex canes that are pulled downwards to form a striped mushroom stem. A blue-encased white torsade surrounds the bottom of the stem with a single mercury ring. Clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 15/16" $2,500—3,500 www.selman.com

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18 Rare antique Baccarat mottled green snake paperweight. A thick light green snake, with mottled dark green spots, coils its body on a green and mica rocky ground to create a resting spot for its head. Notably, this design is free of the bubble that so often plagued these paperweights during the encasement process. Fair condition, internal flaws. Diameter 3 3/16" $4,000—5,000

19 Antique Baccarat pompon, pansy and clematis bouquet paperweight. A central red pompon, with four tiers of radiating C-shaped petals around a yellow stardust cane, gathers two opposing Type I pansies, each with a honeycomb center, a winding stem and a single leaf, and a white ribbed double clematis overhead, with a honeycomb center, a crown of four leaves, a curvy stem and two leaves. A purple companion bud grows next to a thick twist of gathered green stems below the bouquet. Clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 3 5/16" $5,000—6,000

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20 Rare antique Baccarat patterned millefiori circlets with shamrocks paperweight. A central circlet of red and white pastry molds, centered by a large arrowhead cane, is surrounded by three circlets of complex red and white cog canes spaced by three circlets of complex green and white ruffle canes. Each circlet is centered by a complex cane composed of a central red fortress cane, a ring of seven green shamrocks and a ring of yellow bull’s-eyes. White upset muslin ground. For a similar example, see Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 46, figure 144. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $3,000—4,000 8

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21 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori and roses paperweight. Assorted complex canes, including three contrasting styles of iconic green and pink roses and a white and pink rose, are gathered tightly into a burst of color in a white and green stave basket. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $2,000—3,000

22 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and rose mushroom faceted paperweight. A large and lush iconic pink and green rose cane is the center of a slightly cambered mushroom top with four concentric rings of pastry molds, edelweiss and ruffle canes in pink, green, white and blue. A white stave ring holds the top tightly and is pulled downward into a perfectly spaced mushroom stem. Clear, butterfly star-cut ground. Five and one facets. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $3,000—5,000

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23 Antique Baccarat butterfly and primrose compound paperweight. A butterfly, with well spaced and defined top wings and mottled bottom wings, approaches a red and white primrose flower that blooms on a leafy stem below. Clear ground. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3" $4,000—5,000 www.selman.com

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24 Antique French, possibly Pantin, millefiori trefoil garland with roses miniature paperweight. A central complex cane of white stars is ringed by a trefoil garland which hosts a single complex cane in each of its six inner and outer voids. The canes are varied in both color and design, primarily in red, white, blue and green. Two hollow-tube roses, one in pink and green and the other in white and green, are included in the voids. Clear, star-cut ground. Fair condition. Diameter 2 1/8" $1,200—1,600

25 Antique Saint-Mandé close concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A large cane is composed of a central blue and white six-point star cane encircled by a ring of pink and white ruffle canes. It sits at the apex of three cambered concentric rings or contrasting canes in pink, white and blue, which include a spaced ring of blue and white six-petalled flower canes. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2" $1,200—1,600

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26 Antique Saint Louis purple dahlia paperweight. A lush blossom is composed of a goldenrod and blue cane center surrounded by eight overlapping tiers of purple and pink-striped petals. The tips of six spaced green leaves protrude from under the flower. Clear ground. Diameter 2 3/16" $2,000—3,000 10

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27 Unidentified, possibly antique Chênée, close concentric millefiori paperweight. A cross-centered blue ruffle cane is the focus of four concentric rings of pink stardust canes, blue ruffle canes, white stardust canes and pink ruffle canes. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—1,000

28 Antique Bohemian Riedel close packed millefiori paperweight. A gathering of colorful millefiori of various sizes and shapes sits on a translucent emerald green ground scattered with bits of mica. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

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29 Antique Silesian Riesengebirge Josephinenhutte spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central blue complex cane is surrounded by a variety of six spaced complex canes in blue, red, yellow and green, over a cushion of white upset muslin. Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,000—1,200 www.selman.com

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30 Rare antique Baccarat 1849 spaced concentric millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. Seven colorful complex canes are spaced in two rings with five Gridel silhouettes around a quatrefoil complex cane. Among the canes are shamrocks, arrowheads and the silhouettes of a deer, buck, dog, monkey & moth. White upset muslin ground with a hint of red. Date cane, rarely seen for the year 1849. Diameter 2 9/16" $3,000—4,000 31 Antique Baccarat 1848 spaced concentric millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A central complex trefoil and quatrefoil pastry mold is encircled by three rings of spaced concentric complex millefiori, flower picture canes and Gridel silhouette canes, including the rooster, pheasant, lovebirds, monkey, buck, dog, deer and duck. White and colored upset muslin cushion. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $800—1,000 32 Antique Baccarat 1848 spaced concentric millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A central complex trefoil and quatrefoil pastry mold is encircled by three rings of spaced concentric complex millefiori, a flower picture cane and Gridel silhouette canes, including the buck, deer, dog, pheasant, rooster, swan, monkey, squirrel and duck. White and colored upset muslin cushion. Signature/date cane. Pictured on page 10 of The French Connection in Mexico: The Improbable Paperweight Path. Good condition with internal flaw. Diameter 2 3/8" $800—1,000 12

33 Antique Baccarat 1848 close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes miniature paperweight. A gathering of honeycomb, star, rod bundle, whorl, fortress, trefoil and arrowhead complex canes, among others, spaces the silhouette canes of a dog, deer, rooster, duck, pheasant and horse. White upset muslin occasionally peers from between the canes. Signature/date cane. Pictured on page 16 of The French Connection in Mexico: The Improbable Paperweight Path. Fair condition with internal flaw. Diameter 2 1/16" $1,300—1,800 34 Rare antique Baccarat 1849 close packed millefiori paperweight. A slightly cambered assortment of complex canes includes star canes, quatrefoils, cogs, arrows, bull’s-eyes, a moth and a curious 1849 date cane in which the 4 and the 9 have been inverted. Colorful filigree cushion ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $2,500—3,500 35 Rare antique Baccarat close packed millefiori and roses paperweight. An unusual gathering of large millefiori includes a rare rose cane, encircled by shamrocks, as well as several trios of roses that resemble the Franchini Venetian original. A lovebird cane hides near the edge, hinting at a romantic message. Bits of colorful and white filigree peer out from between the canes. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $4,500—5,500

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36 Uncommon antique Baccarat red and white wallflower paperweight. Five rounded red-edged white petals radiate around a central arrowhead cane, ringed with white and red stars, to form a lovely wallflower. The bloom perches on a curving stem, flanked by two variegated green leaves, and is crowned by three leaves and a companion bud. Good condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,200—1,600 37 Antique Baccarat salmon-colored pompon paperweight. Three tiers of hollow C-shaped tubes, in translucent coral, radiate around a yellow stardust cane to form a pompon that grows from a short stem with two opposing leaves, a crown of four leaves and a pointed companion bud. Green pastry molds alternating with white cogs form a border garland. Clear, star-cut ground. From the Rubloff Collection. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,000—1,400 38 Very rare antique Baccarat yellow and purple wallflower paperweight. Five rounded yellow petals, each with a purple inner petal, radiate from a central white stardust and red bull’s-eye complex cane to form a stunning variation of the typical wallflower. The bloom perches a top a slightly curving green stem, flanked by trios of green leaves, and is crowned by five leaves. The leaves shine with delicate aventurine. Clear ground. Pictured on page 67 and 96 of Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty. The very rare design was sketched on an early Baccarat design sheet, as pictured on page 66. From the George Kulles Collection. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 7/16" $2,000—3,000 www.selman.com

39 Antique Baccarat Type III pansy miniature paperweight. A Type III pansy, with two large dark purple upper petals and three black-striped purple-tipped yellow lower petals, has a stardust and bull’s-eye cane center. Three green sepals emerge from behind the flower as it grows on a short stem with two additional green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Pictured on page 8 of The French Connection in Mexico: The Improbable Paperweight Path. Good condition. Diameter 2" $500—700 40 Antique Baccarat wheatflower miniature paperweight. A wheatflower, with two tiers of ridged blue-spotted white petals around an arrowhead and stars complex cane, is crowned by four green leaves. The uncommon flower shares a stem with two additional green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 1/16" $800—1,000 41 Antique Baccarat blue and white primrose miniature faceted paperweight. Five rounded blue-edged white petals, each with an inner patch of blue, radiate around a central white stardust and green bull’s-eye complex cane to create a dainty primrose. The bloom perches atop a short green stem, flanked by two leaves, with a crown of four leaves. Six and one facets. Clear, star-cut ground. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 1 13/16" $800—1,000

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42 Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori and signature cane paperweight. A lively assortment of whole and partial complex canes, including ruffle canes, several rose canes, bull’s-eyes and a bit of signature cane, creates a colorful cushion over a layer of hollow tube canes only visible from the bottom to give a peek into the factory’s daily work. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,200—1,600 43 Antique Clichy looped millefiori cinquefoil garland on sodden snow paperweight. A green and white rod and floret cane centers a pentagonal inner section, made of burgundy and blue complex canes with a green cane at each point, that launches five red and white complex star cane loops of a cinquefoil garland. Each loop is separated by a contrasting cluster of four canes. White sodden snow ground. Good condition. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,600—2,000 44 Antique Clichy interlaced millefiori quatrefoil garlands paperweight. White stardust canes form a ring with four lobes that intersects another quatrefoil garland in blue and white pastry molds. Together they create a center void that is filled with two concentric rings of green stardust canes and pink and white pastry molds around a central white star complex cane. Transparent ruby ground. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200—1,600 14

45 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori paperweight. A large pink and green iconic Clichy rose, with a yellow and white rode bundle cane at the center, sits at the apex of five concentric rings of alternating millefiori, the second of which includes eight white roses. The motif is cupped within a dark purple and white striped stave basket. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Good condition with internal flaws. Diameter 2 15/16" $3,000—4,000 46 Antique Clichy chequer millefiori paperweight. Two concentric rings of colorful and varied complex millefiori, including pastry molds, rod bundles and stardust, surround a central red and white cog, with an inner ring of small florets, at the apex of delicate white latticinio tubes in a chequer pattern. Diameter 2 9/16" $700—1,000 47 Antique Clichy chequer millefiori and roses paperweight. A central white and blue floret complex cane is surrounded by a spaced ring of six millefiori, including a pink and white rose and a green and pink rose, which is then encircled by another spaced ring of millefiori where a very rare yellow rose resides. The canes are spaced by tubes of white latticinio to create a chequer pattern. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $800—1,200

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48 Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori over red paperweight. Three spaced rings of millefiori in different colors and shapes, including an iconic white rose and two white and green roses, are spaced on an opaque red ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Fine condition and internal flaw. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,500—2,000 49 Antique Clichy pink and white swirl paperweight. Alternating bands of pink and white form a pinwheel design, radiating outward in a clockwise motion from a central blue bull’s-eye cane ringed in white stardust canes. Diameter 2 5/8" $800—1,000 50 Antique Clichy millefiori nosegay miniature paperweight. A green and white iconic rose is crowned by two pastry molds, one in pink and one in white, purple and red. They are gathered in a tight budding trio at the intersection of three rounded green leaves and at the end of a long stem flanked by two rounded leaves to form a fragrant nosegay. Clear ground. Good condition. Diameter 1 3/4" $500—700

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51 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A large central purple pasty mold cane is surrounded by a ring of ten small iconic pink and green roses. Pairs of floret-dotted white star complex canes are separated by red pastry mold canes to create a border garland. Clear ground. Good condition. Diameter 1 3/4" $800—1,000 52 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A central white edelweiss flower cane is surrounded by eight iconic pink and green roses and then encircled by a border of pairs of green canes spaced by purple pastry molds. Clear ground. Fair condition. Diameter 1 3/4" $700—1,000 53 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A large iconic pink and green rose, with a minuscule central cane of yellow filament stamens around a ruffled pistil, blooms at the center of a ring of green pastry molds spaced by a ring of five pairs of white edelweiss canes separated by a purple pastry mold each. Clear ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Fine condition. Diameter 1 7/8" $1,000—1,400

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54 Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet and torsade paperweight. A white-striped clematis is surrounded by a tight ring of three colorful flowers that alternate with three millefiori buds, in shades of orange, blue, red and white. The bouquet is surrounded by serrated green leaves that rise from a long gather of stems. A white twist, spaced by cobalt blue, forms a torsade, with a top mercury ring, and encircles the stems over a clear, star-cut ground. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,000—1,400

57 Antique Saint Louis nosegay and garland over amber miniature paperweight. A blue 28-point cog, with a floret center, is crowned by a trio of contrasting complex canes to create a sweetscented bouquet. The millefiori is crowned by a fan of five green leaves. Pistachio-colored tube canes, with blue dot centers, space a border garland of white stardust canes, each pair alternating in design from blue bull’s-eye centers encircled by cross canes to their inverse. Amber-stained, diamond-cut ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/8" $500—700

55 Antique Saint Louis two-colored crown paperweight. Green and red twist ribbons, spaced by white double-latticinio twists, cascade from a central blue, pink and white complex cane to form a majestic crown. Hollow interior. Fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $600—1,000

58 Antique Saint Louis nosegay over amber miniature paperweight. A bouquet of a pink cross millefiori, a white ogee-tipped cog and a green, white and blue stardust cane grows on green stems and stands at the center of green leaves, three slightly twisting ones above and a serrated one on each side. Transparent amber ground. Fine condition. Diameter 1 15/16" $400—600

56 Uncommon antique Saint Louis upright bouquet and torsade paperweight. Two uncommon unfurled flowers, one with seven upright red petals and the other with six upright cobalt blue petals, sit at opposing sides of a yellow star cane and are spaced by clematis blooms, in purple or white. The bouquet sits on a gather of aventurine green leaves, pulled into stems that reach the center of a clear, star-cut ground. A blue-encased white latticinio torsade encircles the base with two mercury rings. Good condition with internal flaw. Diameter 2 11/16" $1,500—2,000 16

59 Antique Saint Louis nosegay on lace paperweight. Two millefiori cogs, one pink and one honey-colored, flank a central complex cane with a blue floret overhead to create a classic nosegay with a fan of five leaves behind. Red and white star canes alternate with blue and white complex cog canes to create a border garland around the bouquet. White upset muslin ground. Diameter 2 9/16" $500—700

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60 Uncommon antique Saint Louis spaced concentric millefiori on latticinio swirl paperweight. An uncommonly large version of the iconic Saint Louis design is composed of a large pistachio-colored tube and star complex cane centering a ring of five spaced blue tube and star complex canes inside a border garland of alternating green and pink complex canes, over an unusual white double-swirl latticinio cushion. Clear ground. Diameter 3 5/16" $800—1,000 61 Antique Saint Louis blue double clematis on latticinio cushion faceted paperweight. A clematis flower, with two tiers of striped cobalt blue petals around a central floret cane, blooms atop a short green stem, with two side leaves, and is flanked by two green leaves. White double-swirl latticinio cushion. Six side facets. “These flowers do not occur so frequently as the dahlia, about one in six of the St. Louis flower type being a clematis. The flowers are usually double, with gentian blue.” —Paperweights and Other Glass Curiosities. Diameter 2 3/4" $700—900 62 Antique Saint Louis fruit bouquet on a latticinio basket paperweight. A bright green pear and two golden counterparts fan out on a carpet of bright red cherries and serrated green leaves, over a white double-swirl latticinio basket. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $600—800 www.selman.com

63 Antique Saint Louis nosegay letter seal. A trio of millefiori florets, in pink, blue and white, is at the center of four fanning serrated green leaves and a stem to form a lovely nosegay. Clear ground atop a six-sided long neck and grid-cut foot. From the George Kulles Collection. Good condition. Diameter 1 3/16", height 2 1/2" $700—900 64 Antique Saint Louis blue double clematis on red jasper paperweight. Two tiers of cobalt blue-striped petals, around a yellow match-head center, bloom atop a short stem flanked by two serrated green leaves. Another pair of leaves peeks out from behind the resulting clematis bloom. Red and white jasper ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—800 65 Antique Saint Louis spaced concentric millefiori on blue jasper miniature paperweight. Yellow tubes, with white floret centers, encircle pink hollow tubes and a middle blue floret to create five complex canes that are spaced around a central large complex cane in a similar design but in pink, white and blue. Cobalt blue and white jasper ground with a few specks of red. Good condition. Diameter 1 13/16" $400—600

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66 Antique New England Glass Company nosegay and millefiori garland paperweight. Three pastel millefiori flowers and dark green leaves form a nosegay and are encircled by a border ring of white and blue complex canes on a white double-swirl latticinio cushion with a transparent pink center. For a similar example, see page 26, figure 2.14, in The New England Glass Company. Fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $1,500—2,000 67 Antique New England Glass Company spaced concentric millefiori fancy-cut faceted paperweight. A central white complex cane is encircled by a single ring of mint green, burnt red and white canes, which is echoed in a ring of spaced canes at the border with similarly colored canes. White double-swirl latticinio umbrella-shaped ground. Quatrefoil-cut top giving way to four side facets with three toe crowsfoot cuts and spaced by stacked pairs of round facets. Good condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $350—500 68 Uncommon New England Glass Company leaf spray on two-colored latticinio swirl paperweight. An elusive solo leaf spray, with a trio of variegated green leaves spaced by two smooth red leaves, sits at the apex of a stunning and uncommon cambered double-swirl latticinio cushion of alternating white and light pink ribbons. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $800—1,000 18

69 Chinese black fish plaque paperweight. A detailed black fish, with a flourishing tail, swims below four yellow and red water lilies amidst tuffs of green watergrass. The scene is painted on an opaque white plaque ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 3/8" $200—300 70 Antique New England Glass Company red and white twist cruciform faceted paperweight. A pair of parallel red and white twists is bisected by perpendicular twists to form a cruciform that sits on a cushion of white double-swirl latticinio with small air bubbles between the strands. Top quatrefoil-cut, with three toe crowsfoot accents, and four side facets spaced by smaller facets. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $600—800 71 Antique New England Glass Company fruit basket paperweight. Five blushing yellow pears, spaced by four red cherries and green leaves, sit above a white double-swirl latticinio cushion in a formal arrangement. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/16" $200—300

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72 Very rare antique English boy riding an elephant sulphide green magnum bottle dump. A white dimensional sulphide of a boy sitting side ways on the back of a walking elephant, its legs sinking into a light and transparent cloud, is at the center of a conical green glass dome. A similar example is pictured and discussed on page 179 of The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/2", height 4 9/16" $900—1,200 73 Antique Pinchbeck Empress Eugenia portrait paperweight. A bust of Empress Eugenia, the wife of the Emperor of France Napoleon III, shows the Empress in all of her glory with elaborately coiffed hair, flowers, a shimmering earring and a crown in goldencolored zinc or copper. Inscribed with “Eugenie, imperatrice des Francais” at the perimeter. From the George Kulles Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16", height 1 5/8" $1,500—2,000 74 Antique Venetian scrambled end-of-day millefiori and aventurine paperweight. Segments of blue, red, white and aqua twists and tube canes form a colorful example of the day’s labor, augmented by patches of copper-colored aventurine. Fair condition and interior flaws. Diameter 2 5/8" $300—400

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75 Antique Bohemian Egerman engraved stag red-stained low-domed paperweight. A pastoral landscape of a grassy clearing in the woods reveals a young proud stag. The engraved scene is captured against a ruby-stained base. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8", height 1 1/16" $500—600 76 Antique Bohemian Egermann stag and hound etched yellow-stained low-domed paperweight. A hunting scene depicts a hound, neck deep in a stream, in pursuit of a mature stag that is approaching a nearby river bank adorned with trees and shrubs. The landscape is etched into a yellow-stained ground. Fair condition. Diameter 2 15/16", height 1 3/4" $400—600 77 Antique Apsley Pellatt William Shakespeare sulphide paperweight. Detailed curly hair, beard and mustache add dimension to the still left-facing bust of the famous English author, William Shakespeare. Clear ground. Similar examples are pictured on page 32 of The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation and on page 10 of Old English Paperweights. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $700—1,000

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78 Paul Stankard 2003 daisies and blueberries bouquet with honeybees and mask paperweight. Two fuzzy honeybees hover above a gathering of white daisies, with dark yellow centers, blueberries, with shaded splashes of dark purple, and long bladed green leaves. The resulting bouquet rises in a tangle of green moss from the back of a white “pâte de verre” mask. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,500—3,500 79 Paul Stankard 1994 roses and hip bouquet cube paperweight. Three pink roses, with pronounced yellow stamens, space four orange-shaded hip seedpods in a circular bouquet with leaves and stems. A brown mossy patch is revealed at the center and conceals the word canes “seeds” and “fertile”. Clear ground with a beveled cut ridge at the perimeter. Signed/dated. Height 2", width 2 3/8" $2,000—3,000 80 Paul Stankard 1999 seedpod, yellow flower and bee rectangular paperweight. A magnificent and poetic encasement feat divulges a prostrated bee, reverently pollinating a yellow flower with pollen-laden stamens. The prophetic rendition depicts the impending future of the large fuzzy green seedpod that encases them. Clear ground with a beveled cut ridge at the perimeter. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Height 3 1/16", width 2 3/4" $3,000—4,000 20

81 Paul Stankard 1986 prickly pear cactus with yellow blooms paperweight. Flat green rounded cactus pads, growing from brown roots, are studded with thorns and made friendlier by a smattering of four large yellow blossoms, with wispy orange stamens, and promised prickly pear fruits. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $2,000—3,000 82 Paul Stankard 1979 “Foxglove” duo of white flower spikes and root person paperweight, from the Medieval Herbal Series. Two stalks of densely alternating white flowers, each culminating in tight green buds, spring from an open cluster of bladed green leaves, atop a system of white roots which conceal a white root person. Transparent blue ground. Edition #7 of a limited edition of 25. Signature cane. Dated. See page 17 of A Floating World for a similar example. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,500—2,500 83 Paul Stankard (1977) “Cattleya Orchid” paperweight, from the Orchid Series. Three pink-centered white cattleya orchids and tightly-closed companion buds bloom from two green stems, with bladed leaves, and a shared system of trailing brown roots. Clear ground. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $700—1,000

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84 Paul Stankard 2001 flowers, pods, insects and mask paperweight. A fuzzy honeybee, a beetle and an ant explore the edge of a red pod, split open to expose a pale yellow interior dotted with black, while beside it, a companion pod rests intact. Two purple blooms and a bud crowd the scene, which is thick with moss and leaves lining a sandy ground. A yawning green “pâte de verre” mask lies hidden on the underside of the ground, surrounded by short curling tendrils. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $2,500—3,000 85 Paul Stankard 2005 white bellflower all-over bouquet paperweight. White bell-shaped flowers, each with a pale yellow stamen, grow in all directions on looping white stems that weave throughout a thicket of soft brown moss, while white leaves and light brown curling tendrils poke through to join the bouquet. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,500—2,000 86 Paul Stankard 1994 hand, coronets and word canes paperweight. A dimensional hand serves as the root system for a gathering of bladed green leaves, curling tendrils and two yellow coronet flowers, each with long black-tipped stamens. Hidden among the long tendrils are the word canes “fertile”, “seeds” and “wet”. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,500—2,000 www.selman.com

87 Paul Stankard 1982 “Braided Daisy Bouquet” paperweight. Two white purple-shaded daisies and a large pink tea rose, all with prominent yellow stamens, are braided together into a graceful curve, along with a pink bud, three bright yellow buds, four forget-me-nots and its companion sprig of buds. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $800—1,000 88 Paul Stankard 2002 mayfly and pod textured cube paperweight. A mayfly, with a pink articulated body ending in two long cerci, sports four veined delicate transparent wings atop a brown dorsal segment and bulging eyes. Its thin long legs reach over a large transparent white sac of eggs in a protective pose. Clear ground with four clear textured sides. Good condition. Width 2 9/16" $700—1,000 89 Paul Stankard 1978 “Botanical Interpretation" pink and white flowers paperweight. Three graceful spikes of white and pink blossoms spring from a clump of five bladed green leaves and a network of white roots. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $700—1,000

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90 David Graeber 2016 chrysanthemum and berries bouquet miniature paperweight. A lush chartreuse chrysanthemum is surrounded by a purple poppy, three peach-colored roses and three blueberries to form a lush bouquet, complete with long variegated leaves peeking through the flowers. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 1/4" $400—600 91 Chris Buzzini 1998 “Courting Lilacs” white and purple lilacs paperweight, from the American Beauty Florals series. Two lush sprays of lilac, one white and one purple, with trios of green leaves, bloom next to each other on long stems. Clear ground. Edition #16 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,500—2,000 92 Chris Buzzini 1990 purple stalks and white blossoms paperweight. Three long stalks of purple clusters are interspersed with three long leafy-tipped stalks and meet at the roots with three white blossoms. Clear ground. Edition #58 of a limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $900—1,200

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93 James Kontes snake and salamander faceted paperweight. A light red salamander, with green aventurine patches on his neck, scrambles over a coiled yellow-striped black snake, above an aventurine green ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $3,500—4,000 94 James Kontes purple roses and buds on white upset muslin paperweight. Two shaded purple roses, with textured petals and bright yellow stamens, share a network of green stems and leaves with three purple buds, over a bed of white upset muslin. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $3,500—4,000 95 Randall Grubb 1997 white daisy bouquet paperweight. Five white daisies, with mottled orange centers, bloom proudly from tall thick stalks along with a single bud and curled green leaves. Opaque black ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,500—2,000

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96 Gordon Smith 2013 koi pond and flowers compound paperweight. A cluster of purple flowers blooms between speckled brown rocks along the sandy shore of a tranquil pond. Beneath the surface, three lazy koi fish, one with a russet-colored body and two with bright orange bodies, swim closely along the pond floor scattered with speckled rocks and tangles of brown stems. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $2,000—3,000 97 Gordon Smith 1990 pink flowers paperweight. Three light pink flowers, each with smooth petals and bushy pink stamens, intertwine gracefully with smooth furled leaves and two pink buds, over a transparent teal ground. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3" $800—1,000 98 Gordon Smith 1991 raspberry bouquet paperweight. Two red raspberries and a young green raspberry prepare for harvest amidst trios of pale green leaves, while a defiant white blossom attempts to prolong the growing season. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3" $800—1,000

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99 Delmo Tarsitano orange and white blossoms paperweight. A plump orange ripens on a subtly arching branch, framed by two flourishing white blossoms and green leaves, over a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. “Growing up in Queens, just outside of New York City, during the Depression, Del saw vegetables, peaches, and other farming scenes that formed his love for nature. As an adult he kept a lush garden which inspired him to translate life that he saw into glass art.” —1991 PCA Bulletin, page 45. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,200—1,600 100 Delmo Tarsitano pears and blossoms on blue carpet ground paperweight. A pair of blushing pears hangs from a leafy branch adorned with five white blossoms, each with ribbed petals and orange stamens. The flowering branch rests on a close concentric carpet of baby blue stardust canes. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,000—1,400 101 Melissa Ayotte 2005 “Golden Buddha in Gray Stone” overlay faceted paperweight. A “pâte de verre” golden Buddha sculpture rests within a bouquet of tropical red flowers, with purple stamens and red or green tendrils. A dark gray stone-like exterior, with a titled viewing facet creates an innovative design. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2", height 3" $800—1,000

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102 Rick Ayotte 1993 “American Beauty Rosebush" faceted triple paperweight. At the base of three tiers of paperweights, which graduate in size from top to bottom, a pair of blood red roses rests on a bed of green leaves interwoven with a petite red rose and groupings of red and white wildflowers. A similar design is repeated in the next tier, featuring a single red rose on a bed of green leaves surrounded by red and white wildflowers. At the apex of the display is a single rose, with velvety red petals, resting on a fan of green leaves, affixed to the top to create an impressive triple-layer paperweight. Five side facets around the middle tier. Limited edition of 5. Signed/dated. Base diameter 3 1/2", height 5 3/8" $3,500—5,000 103 Rick Ayotte 2001 all-over white and pink rose bouquet paperweight. A lush and dense bouquet is filled above and below with multi-tiered white and pink-shaded roses, a variety of pink and white wildflowers and dark green leaves. Clear ground. Limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $2,500—3,500 104 Rick Ayotte 2006 red and orange rose bouquet paperweight. Four lush multi-tiered roses, in crimson red, scarlet red and orange, are gathered into a bouquet with spurts of orange wildflowers and green leaves. Translucent red ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 15/16" $2,000—3,000 24

105 Rick Ayotte 2005 “Blue Poppy Bouquet on Blue Flash” paperweight. A stunning dimensional arrangement consists of multi-tiered dark blue poppies, blue buds, white lily-of-the-valley flowers, small orange flowers and dark green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,000—1,400 106 Rick Ayotte 2002 “Fleurs du soleil” sunflower bouquet paperweight. Two golden-yellow sunflowers and a multi-tiered bright red rose dominate a lively bouquet that is filled in with a variety of smaller flowers in blue, purple, white, red and orange, with the occasional red-striped green leaf poking through. Clear ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $2,000—3,000 107 Rick Ayotte 1995 “Enchantment” lady’s-slipper paperweight. Two pink and white lady’s-slipper orchids top four pink carnations, with two pink mink protea pointing up towards the orchids, casting an enchanting spell in a thicket of stems and leaves. Clear ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $2,000—3,000

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111 Rick Ayotte 1980 eastern bluebirds compound paperweight. A pair of copper-breasted eastern bluebirds, one male and one female, perches on two separate branches, each branch home to few green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $1,200—1,600

109 Rick Ayotte 2002 golden-crown sparrows and red berries paperweight. Two golden-crown sparrows, en couple, regard one another across a thick cluster of crimson berries and dark red-tinted green leaves on a snowy ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,000—1,400

112 Rick Ayotte 1991 cardinal and dogwood flowers compound paperweight. A bright red cardinal perches proudly within a dogwood tree, surrounded by white blossoms and a thick sheath of green leaves, layered above another thicket of dogwood blossoms and leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $1,200—1,600

110 Rick Ayotte 2003 “Twilight” hummingbirds and lilies on red ground compound paperweight. A pair of green aventurine hummingbirds, a ruby-throated male and a white-throated female, gathers nectar from brilliant red lilies, with variegated green leaves, buds and tendrils completing the scene. Opaque red-over-white ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,000—1,500

113 Rick Ayotte 1979 male wood thrush faceted paperweight. A male wood thrush, with an orange head, brown wings and a spotted white belly, surveys the territory bellow from his perch on a slender branch. Clear ground. Five and one facets. Signed/ dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 5/16" $500—700

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114 Rick Ayotte 2001 dragonfly and purple water lily compound magnum paperweight. A small red dragonfly, with translucent wispy black wings, buzzes over a multi-tiered water lily, with purple-shaded petals and layers of upright yellow and orange stamens, which floats tranquilly on a translucent purple pond. Limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 3/8" $1,000—1,400 115 Rick Ayotte 1989 red salamander pond scene paperweight. A three-dimensional red salamander pauses on a sandy floor, between a cluster of yellow flowers and another of mushrooms, to peer inquisitively across pale rocks, near the edge of a translucent green pond, at a lovely white water lily floating atop a pair of lily pads. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $1,400—1,800 116 Rick Ayotte 1987 “Pansy Bouquet with Ladybugs” paperweight. Two deep purple pansies, white-edged and with small yellow centers, rest against a bed of various pink and white blossoms interspersed with a variety of green leaves. A prominent red ladybug makes her way across the blooms. Clear ground. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,000—1,400

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117 Rick Ayotte 1992 “Family of Ducks on a Pond” magnum paperweight, from the Pond Life series. A family of three colorful mallard ducks swims across a tranquil green pond toward a mossy shore dotted with blossoms, tall green plants and red toadstools. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/8" $1,200—1,600 118 Rick Ayotte 1986 “Leopard Frog in Marsh with Lily Pad” compound paperweight, from the Pond Life series. A green and black leopard frog rests on a lily pad, adjacent to a blossoming white lily atop two lily pads, which floats on a murky green pond. Beneath the surface, tadpoles dive about bunches of eelgrass growing from an algae-green ground. Edition #11 of a limited edition of 35. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 15/16" $1,200—1,600 119 Rick Ayotte 1979 “Mother Robin with Baby” paperweight. A mother robin, with a reddish-orange breast and black wings, perches on a branch to feed a wriggling worm to her spotted fledgling below. Clear ground. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $1,000—1,400

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120 Ken Rosenfeld “Spring’s Promise” flower bouquet cast glass sculpture. A large lightly textured icicle-shaped piece of glass, with veils of small bubbles, houses a clear section near the top, which contains a bouquet with a full pink rose, two blue flowers, two yellow flowers, buds and green leaves. Fabricated steel stand, with base. Height 19" $2,500—3,500 www.selman.com

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121 Victor Trabucco 2000 “Salamander” magnum paperweight. Inspired by the antique Pantin salamander weights, a hulking green salamander, his skin uniformly perforated to create a spotty reptilian texture, skulks along a brown and silver desert ground from which one large pink succulent bloom thrusts through a clump of variegated leaves. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 15/16" $2,500—3,000 122 Victor Trabucco 1999 monarch butterfly and blueberries upright magnum faceted paperweight. A bright orange monarch butterfly hovers near a delicate white blossom, which blooms from a branch featuring a white bud, three ripe blueberries and an abundance of green leaves. Clear ground. Circular front and back windows. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 4", height 3 7/8" $1,000—1,400 123 Victor Trabucco 1995 coiled snake and red rose magnum paperweight. A smooth black snake, with yellow side stripes and a tan underbelly, coils between a crimson red rose, with four furled green leaves and two silver-speckled black rocks. His black head lifts attentively over a sandy desert floor. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,000—1,400

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124 Victor Trabucco 1994 red roses upright magnum faceted paperweight. Two lush red roses grow from thorny stems and are crowned by a trio of three red buds framed by two delicate sprays of white bells. The flowers are protected by a copious amount of furled green leaves. Clear ground. All-over beveled geometric faceting around the sides and back. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 4", height 3 11/16" $1,200—1,600 125 Victor Trabucco 2000 red ranunculus, bud and two pink blossoms paperweight. A red ranunculus, with black-tipped yellow stamens, blooms triumphantly from a curved branch decorated with a plump red bud, furled green leaves and two petite pink blossoms. White upset muslin ground. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—700 126 Victor Trabucco 1982 yellow blossom paperweight. A lone yellow bell-shaped flower, a black stamen peeking out from within its petals, hangs from a winding slender vine shared by six curling and lightly variegated green leaves, over a clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—600

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127 Debbie Tarsitano dahlia bouquet with bow magnum paperweight. A tall stem of white lily-of-the-valley is threaded throughout a bouquet of three pink or purple dahlia blossoms, small sprays of blue lupine and an assortment of variegated green leaves, all of which is tied together at the stems with a blue bow. Signature cane. Diameter 4 1/8" $1,200—1,600 128 Debbie Tarsitano snakes and dragonfly collage magnum paperweight. A gold-striped dark purple and white snake and a small green snake slither past a large pink butterfly with twisted latticinio wings. Lampwork, lace and millefiori flowers, ladybugs, a formed millefiori cube and a red tic-tac-toe design surround the insects on a pastel-colored powder and fiber ground. Signature cane. Diameter 4" $2,500—3,000 129 Delmo Tarsitano pair of peaches paperweight. Two plump red-shaded yellow peaches hang from a sturdy brown branch, surrounded by spurts of thin green leaves, over a clear ground. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—700

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130 Delmo Tarsitano strawberry and blossoms faceted miniature paperweight. A lone ripe strawberry hangs at the end of a curving stem flanked by two promising white blossoms and several green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 1/8" $600—800 131 Debbie Tarsitano pink rose faceted paperweight. A rose, with several tiers of furled pink petals encircled by open petals, blooms on a brown stem, which is hidden by a cluster of smooth green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/8" $600—800 132 Debbie Tarsitano (c. 1970) two-flower bouquet and bumblebee paperweight. A plump bumblebee crawls towards a multi-tiered pink flower, with a tightly closed companion bud, which grows on a leafy stem and is joined to a multi-tiered blue flower and its bud by a small purple ribbon. Clear ground. Signature cane. One of the first floral paperweights made in the Valley Stream, New York, studio during the exploratory art glass movement sweeping the country. Diameter 2 7/16" $500—700

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133 Ray Banford iris and rose bouquet gingham-cut basket paperweight. A central pink rose presides at the center of a bouquet, featuring two shaded purple irises that alternate with two bright yellow irises each spaced with a single purple or yellow bud. The bouquet is presented upon a bed of radiating green leaves, over a clear, diamond-cut ground. The piece is cut to resemble a basket, with two oblong side facets and gingham-cutting around the lower half. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $800—1,000 134 Bob Banford pink flower and buds on upset muslin paperweight. A double-tiered pink flower, with thick shaded petals and a white stardust center, is haloed by a generous gathering of variegated green leaves and grows on a leafy stem with two opposing spiraled pink buds. The flower rests upon a bed of delicate white upset muslin, which is surrounded by a pink and blue twist torsade. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $800—1,000

136 Bob Banford purple flower miniature faceted paperweight. A single flower, with rounded purple petals that alternate with pointed green aventurine sepals, is centered by a flower picture cane and floats over a clear ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 1 7/8" $350—500 137 Ray Banford pink cabbage roses miniature faceted paperweight. Two dainty pink cabbage roses, with a single pink bud, bloom on green leafy stems and float above a deep purple-overwhite ground. Seven oblong side facets and one top facet. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2" $400—500 138 Bob Banford spotted snake and desert flower paperweight. A twisting green-spotted black snake winds across a textured desert floor, raising his head to admire a lone yellow bloom, haloed by three green leaves. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16" $800—1,000

135 Bob Banford pink flower and bee compound paperweight. A black and yellow bee, with very fine white latticinio wings, hovers above a pink clematis flower, with two pink buds, one red bud, green leaves and snaking stems, against an opaque light blue ground. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 5/16" $400—500 30

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139 Ray Banford pink cabbage rose and buds faceted paperweight. Growing on a leafy stem, a sumptuous pink cabbage rose is crowned by a thick layer of green leaves and a trio of pink buds. Translucent blue ground. Six and one facets, with a lower ring of alternating mitre cuts. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3" $800—1,000 140 Bob Banford orange aster and buds bouquet paperweight. A large two-tiered orange aster, with a black floret cane center, is extravagantly haloed by seven companion buds, two white crocus blooms and five sprays of yellow loosestrife on a radial bed of six green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—800 141 Bob Banford snake and flower faceted paperweight. A red, orange, black and yellow-striped snake lifts his head to admire a nearby flower, with three orange-striped petals and a cage of yellow stamens, rising from a bed of three symmetrically spaced leaves. Pebbly green ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/8" $700—1,000

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142 Bob Banford two fantasy flowers with buds paperweight. Two large blue fantasy flowers, each with five deep blue petals lined with a layer of opalescent glass and with upright yellow stamens, bloom atop independent leaf-studded stems which meet at the root along with a third stem which is crested by a companion bud. A second bud sprouts from behind one of the flowers, each of which is haloed by variegated leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $800—1,000 143 Bobbi Banford yellow flower and buds paperweight. A large bright yellow flower, composed of two tiers of five petals each and a dark yellow-rimmed stamen, is crowned first by four mint green leaves and then by four buds in pink, purple, magenta and white, each cupped by two sepals. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $600—800 144 Ray Banford pink rose with buds on aventurine ground faceted paperweight. A deep pink rose shares a forking stem with three companion buds and an array of dark green leaves over a pink aventurine ground dusted with gold and blue. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $400—500

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145 Yaffa & Jeff Todd 1993 autumn tree paperweight. Tiny white millefiori blossoms, strewn throughout a green meadow along with two brown boulders, are shaded by a canopy of green and burnt-orange foliage, which grows from the twisted branches of a sturdy tree. Edition #4 of a limited edition of 30. Signed/ dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 5/16" $400—500

148 Josh Simpson 2003 “Inhabited Planet” abstract paperweight. Assorted canes, bubbles and swirls, in shades of blue, green and gold, are artfully juxtaposed against a mottled blue surface to suggest the landscape of a planet. A solitary blue and white latticinio twist floats above the planet’s surface to recall an orbiting spaceship. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $200—300

146 Peter Raos 2000 “Spring” millefiori flowers low-domed paperweight. Flower canes, in a vivid assortment of colors, fill the surface of a low dome over a black-threaded green ground which hugs the motif in a border garland effect. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 9/16" $300—400

149 Satava Art Glass 2004 “Moon Jellyfish” high-domed paperweight. A large dichroic jellyfish, in translucent blue and amber with a gold skirt, floats in a clear ocean and appears transfixed with its immobile blue and gold tentacles. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4", height 6 1/4" $450—600

147 John Lotton 1994 pink anthuriums and vines paperweight. Five heart-shaped anthuriums, in hues ranging from pale pink to deep rose, are woven together just below the surface of a clear dome by a tangled network of dark blue vines. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $200—300

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150 Pairpoint red crimp rose with etched pedestal faceted paperweight. A red crimp rose, with orange-shaded petals, is cupped within a cage of four open green sepals and sits within a clear dome. The dome rests atop a clear, footed base etched with grape clusters and vines. Four and one facets. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8", height 3 15/16" $300—400

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151 Cathy Richardson 2007 red woodland salamander magnum paperweight. A skinny red salamander searches for a hiding spot beneath a fallen tree branch, surrounded by bunches of mushrooms, leaves and red berries spread across the forest floor. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 13/16" $1,000—1,400 152 Cathy Richardson 2007 “Desert Garden” lizard and cacti magnum paperweight. A petite black-spotted gray lizard lazily suns himself on a cluster of rocks amid a variety of blooming cacti and succulents. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 8. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 3/16" $800—1,000 153 Colin Richardson 2008 “Study in Peach II” cascading bouquet paperweight. A large pink blossom, with a yellow filament center, grows at the base of a leafy vine, which is home to an assortment of yellow, pink and peach-colored blossoms and buds. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—700

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154 Jim D’Onofrio 1997 pair of frogs paperweight. Two vibrant frogs, each with a yellow head, purple body and blue-striped black legs, crouch on a mossy ground near a stem of purple berries and leaves. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $800—1,000 155 Jim D’Onofrio 2006 “Santa’s Elves” compound paperweight. Two white-bearded elves, one sitting atop a gray hobby horse and the other standing next to a large candy cane, study a long list of names. White-speckled ground. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $800—1,000 156 Jim D’Onofrio 2005 “The Night They Found Santa” paperweight. Two black and white rabbits contemplate the curious spectacle of Santa Claus, splayed in a libatious stupor across a snowy field, minus his trousers and one black boot which lie tellingly nearby. A spilled bottle of spirits completes the tale. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $700—1,000

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157 Mayauel Ward 1999 arching bouquet and berries pedestal paperweight. An orange daisy dominates a gently arching bouquet complete with serrated green leaves, blueberries, a single small red flower and yellow blossoms and buds. Translucent cobalt blue, footed base. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $400—500

160 Mayauel Ward 2002 purple orchid compound paperweight. A large orchid, with lavender and light pink scalloped petals, blossoms on a snaking vine above an additional vine of long green leaves and pink buds. Purple and white jasper ground. Signed/ dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $150—250

158 Mayauel Ward 2007 assorted orchids paperweight. A single branch, intertwined with a leafy green vine, hosts a gorgeous variety of orchids and buds, in shades of pink, yellow, mint green and red. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500

161 Mayauel Ward 2008 upright blue flower paperweight. A cobalt blue flower, with two tiers of beautifully modulated petals, is punctuated at its nexus by a small yellow tuft of stamens and sits atop three scalloped green leaves, symmetrically placed to form a kind of nimbus. Mottled dark purple ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $150—250

159 Mayauel Ward 1997 lady’s-slipper orchids pedestal paperweight. Two elegant pink, lavender and white orchids bloom upon a thin curving stem accompanied by a pink bud, tall green leaves and trailing roots. Black, footed base. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 3/8" $400—500

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162 Mayauel Ward 2005 orange butterfly and flowers compound paperweight. Floating over an iridescent cushion, two lavender flowers bloom on a vine with scalloped green leaves and are visited by a spotted orange butterfly. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $150—250

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163 Randall Grubb flowering pea plant paperweight. An open pod, displaying a string of delicate peas nestled within, dangles from a listing stem adorned with three white blossoms, green leaves and curling tendrils. Clear ground. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—700 164 Randall Grubb 1986 blue flowers and purple spray paperweight. Two blue flowers, each with six petals and a cupped center to hold a yellow stamen, share a common clump of greenery with a spray of smaller purple bell-shaped flowers. Clear ground. Signed/ dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $800—1,000 165 Randall Grubb 1991 orange, yellow and red flat bouquet paperweight. Overlapping yellow, orange and red flowers, each with five petals and upright stamens, rest on a layer of green leaves, haloed by buds of the same colors. Translucent emerald green ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $400—500

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166 Randall Grubb 1987 red poinsettia and lilies paperweight. A large red poinsettia and bud share a common tuft of dark green foliage with two white calla lilies. Opaque blue-over-white ground. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—700 167 Randall Grubb 1988 Christmas tree paperweight. Tapering strokes of opaque green branches stack in alternation towards a top yellow and red ornament cane to form a majestic Christmas tree, propped by a brown trunk at the base and decorated by maroon and pink-colored ornament canes. Opaque white ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—500 168 Randall Grubb 1989 mistletoe paperweight. A festive bouquet of mistletoe sprigs, with white berries and green leaves, is tied by a velvety red bow. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $450—600

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169 Francis Whittemore Christmas candles faceted paperweight. Two white candles, one taller than the other and both dripping wax, are crested with yellow flames and embellished at their bases with a sprig of three green holly leaves and three red berries. Translucent ruby ground. Top facet and side-finger facets. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 3/8" $200—300

172 Francis Whittemore pink crimp rose faceted creamer and stopper. A dusty pink crimp rose, cupped within four green sepals, sits within a clear pointed stopper. The stopper rests within the mouth of a clear creamer vessel, with a handle and eight thumbprint side facets. Signature cane on the underside of the stopper. Fine condition. Diameter 3", height 4 3/16" $400—500

170 Francis Whittemore Christmas stocking paperweight. A small candy cane peeks out from a blue and white-striped Christmas stocking, decorated with a pink bow and green holly leaves. Translucent green ground. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $300—400

173 Francis Whittemore pink crimp rose miniature pedestal paperweight. A dimensional upright crimp rose, with fifteen pale pink petals and four light green leaves, floats over a clear, footed base. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 1 13/16", height 2 1/2" $300—400

171 Francis Whittemore holly sprig paperweight. A stem of dark green holly leaves, with red berries, floats over a translucent ruby ground. Signature. Diameter 2 1/2" $200—300

174 Francis Whittemore orchid and bud faceted paperweight. A delicate pink and white lady’s-slipper orchid bows from a thin green stem alongside a tiny pink bud. Two large green leaves flank the base of the stem. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Five oval thumbprint facets and one top facet. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 1/4" $300—400

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175 Ken Rosenfeld 1990 red rose bouquet on moss ground paperweight. Four striking roses, with multi-tiered smooth scarlet red petals, and two sheathed buds bloom on ribbed green stems over a white-studded green carpet ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $450—600 176 Ken Rosenfeld 2004 monarch butterfly and bouquet paperweight. An elegant monarch butterfly balances upon a vivid bouquet, composed of a pink rose and three purple or blue blossoms, threaded with attendant greenery. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $500—700 177 Ken Rosenfeld 2004 pink dahlias paperweight. Two flourishing multi-tiered pink dahlias and a plump pink bud share a curved stem with several dark green leaves, over a transparent blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $600—800

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178 Ken Rosenfeld 2013 “Clichy Tribute” roses on moss ground paperweight. Three lovely pink Clichy-inspired roses, each with myriad tiers of petals, a brush of yellow stamens and dark green cupping sepals, stretch across a luxuriant green moss ground along with a companion bud, four small white blossoms and forking stems prettily hung with delicate leaves. Signature/date canes. Diameter 2 1/2" $500—700 179 Ken Rosenfeld 1987 pink, blue and white bouquet paperweight. A large white flower, with blue-tipped orange stamens, and two pink blossoms, with long yellow stamens, feature prominently in a fanning bouquet, while pink and white buds, four small blue blossoms and a few green leaves fill in the lower half of the arrangement. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $350—400 180 Ken Rosenfeld 1994 pink rose and bud paperweight. A multi-tiered pink rose blooms atop a long green stem, with a sheathed pink bud and stems of variegated green leaves, on a translucent blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $300—400

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181 Parabelle Glass 1991 Artist Proof holiday wreath and millefiori garland paperweight. A wreath of green aventurine leaves and small white florets is completed with a red and whitestriped bow and rests on a cushion of white upset muslin. A red millefiori garland borders the arrangement. Edition #1 of 1. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $400—500 182 Parabelle Glass 1995 green moss ground with pansies and roses paperweight. A yellow pansy is the focus of three open concentric rings of colorful pansy and Clichy-type rose canes, set into a green moss ground dotted with tiny yellow-stamened edelweiss. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,400—1,600 183 Parabelle Glass 1990 interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands paperweight. A pair of interlaced trefoil garlands, one of green cog canes and one of red cog canes, encircles a central circlet of red and green canes. A green and red complex cane dots the center within each of the six loops of the garlands. White upset muslin cushion. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—500

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184 Parabelle Glass 1985 close packed millefiori paperweight. A colorful assortment of complex canes, including pansies, shamrocks, hearts, stars and a rooster picture cane, rests on a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—800 185 Parabelle Glass spaced millefiori circlets paperweight. Three circlets of red millefiori, each centered by a blue pansy, are spaced by three circlets of blue millefiori, each centered by a purple pansy, to form a ring around a central circlet of blue millefiori centered by a pink Clichy-type rose. Translucent green aventurine ground. Diameter 2 3/4" $700—900 186 Parabelle Glass 1990 white rose bouquet and millefiori garland paperweight. A triangular-shaped arrangement of pink millefiori flowers and white Clichy-type roses is joined together on a bed of green aventurine leaves and rests on a bed of white upset muslin. A border garland of alternating green aventurine and pink millefiori surrounds the design. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 11/16" $400—500

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187 Jim Brown 2005 close packed millefiori paperweight. An assortment of large and small complex millefiori canes, including stars, hearts, cogs and florets, is joined in a dense arrangement to form a beautiful pastel-colored cushion. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $700—900

190 Damon MacNaught colorful close packed millefiori paperweight. Brightly colored millefiori of contrasting shape and sizes, including moss canes, animal silhouettes and a Clichy-type rose, are gathered in a multi-colored stave basket of assorted millefiori. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/2" $400—500

188 Jim Brown 2005 green and white close packed millefiori paperweight. Large and small complex millefiori canes, primarily in white and shades of green, form a dense arrangement held within a white stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $700—900

191 Mike Hunter 2015 patterned millefiori with pansies and roses paperweight. An assortment of red, yellow and pink roses and two red and white pansies are gathered together with pansy or heart complex canes into a formal garden-like pattern and presented atop a flat white stave basket. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—600

189 Jim Brown 2004 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central green and white-collared cane is surrounded by six unique rings of concentric millefiori in white, mint green and cobalt blue, with subtle accents of red and lavender, all of which is held within a white stave basket. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800

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192 Jim Brown pink pompon stopper with bottle. A central green and white ruffle cane is surrounded by three tiers of pink and white-edged C-shaped canes to form a pompon-like arrangement, which fills the dome of a stopper. The stopper rests within the mouth of a clear Waterford bottle, its rounded base cut with decorative lines. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 11/16", height 4 7/16" $400—500

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193 Drew Ebelhare 2004 concentric millefiori bouquet paperweight. A central red and yellow flower cane is closely surrounded by a ring of purple pompon canes, then a ring of spaced pink flower canes, each with three green petals. A border garland of alternating red flower canes and white-striped green leaf canes completes the design. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $400—500 194 Drew Ebelhare 1996 scrambled millefiori miniature paperweight. A colorful scramble of whole and partial complex canes, including stars and Clichy-type roses, forms a tightly packed cushion. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2" $200—300 195 Drew Ebelhare 2000 patterned millefiori flowers miniature paperweight. Nine closely packed rows of assorted millefiori flowers, including pansies and pompons, are tightly held within a stave basket of green moss canes. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 15/16" $300—400

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196 Cape Cod Glass Works 1995 Christmas tree scrambled paperweight. Colorful segments of canes and twists, including bits of aventurine, are scrambled together to form the ornaments of a festive Christmas tree, presented on an opaque white pedestal. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 1 15/16", height 3 13/16" $200—300 197 Cape Cod Glass Works rose crown cushion miniature paperweight, by William Burchfield. A white rose, outlined in blue and cupped in green sepals, sits at the center of cascading white latticinio twists, with hints of aventurine, that alternate with pink and white twists to form a delicate crown cushion over a clear ground. Signed. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2" $200—300 198 Cape Cod Glass Works spaced concentric millefiori and roses paperweight, by William Burchfield. A central pink and white rose, with a signature cane center, is surrounded by two spaced rings of colorful complex millefiori, including six roses. White upset muslin cushion. Signed. Diameter 2 9/16" $350—500

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199 Vandermark-Merritt 1984 “Lily #1” insculpture paperweight, by Barry Sautner. A realistically rendered lily, hanging delicately from a straight stem decorated with five textured leaves, is sculpted within a clear dome. Signed/dated. “Sautner has demonstrated his complete mastery of the diatreta and insculpture techniques by creating multicolored flowers and leaves from triple and quadruple encased paperweight forms. It has been said that Barry Sautner is doing what no artist in sixteen centuries has done.” —The Art of the Paperweight. Fine condition. Diameter 3 9/16" $800—1,000 200 David Grant Maul calla lily high-domed paperweight. A dimensional white lily, with a pink-speckled throat and a long yellow stamen, grows upright from a thick translucent stem adorned with a single green sepal. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16", height 4 3/8" $300—400 201 Jeremiah Lotton 2008 pink calla lily trio paperweight. Three white-striped pink calla lilies, each with a long yellow stamen, grow on translucent green stems from a central network of dark vines. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 5/8" $300—400

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202 Zellique 1993 hearts and vines encased surface design paperweight. Plump red hearts sprout from two thorny vines, which crest a clear dome above a crackled and iridescent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $200—300 203 Michael O’Keefe 1984 abstract amber spiral paperweight. Swirls of transparent blue and pale amber smoke start wide at the base and, in increasingly smaller tiers, fold into a tight arch within a clear dome. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 5/16", width 1 3/4" $300—400 204 David Lotton 1978 “Dua Flora” pink flowers surface design paperweight. Two blossoming flowers, each with light pink petals accented in blue, are connected with green heart-shaped leaves by a network of dark iridescent vines, over a translucent iridescent dome. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 300. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

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205 Saint Louis 1984 “Boule de rampe avec monture” millefiori chequer footed newel post. A handsome chequer arrangement employs a rich assortment of complex canes, each delineated by individual squares of white latticinio tubes over a bed of white upset muslin. The piece is supported by a clear glass pedestal attached to a second pedestal in brass. Limited edition of 300. Signature/ date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/4", height 6 13/16" $2,000—2,500 206 Saint Louis 1973 close concentric millefiori penholder. A swirling white latticinio cup, with a pink and white twist torsade encircling the rim, stands above a paperweight-shaped base containing a close concentric arrangement of colorful and assorted complex canes. Limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4", height 5 1/8" $1,000—1,400 207 Saint Louis 1989 commemorative two-colored crown penholder. Red, white and blue twists, alternating with white latticinio ribbons, cascade down the slender cup of a penholder and are reflected in the form of a crown in the base to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the 1789 French Revolution. Edition #119 of a limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Signed. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Diameter 2 5/16", height 6 1/4" $1,000—1,400 42

208 Saint Louis 1972 blue and white millefiori carpet ground paperweight. A central green and red complex cane is surrounded by a blue and white close concentric millefiori carpet ground. Limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—800 209 Saint Louis 1986 spaced millefiori on carpet ground paperweight. A central red, white and blue millefiori circlet is surrounded by a spaced ring of five complex canes, within a carpet ground of light blue cog tubes with green interiors. Limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—800 210 Saint Louis 1978 “Tapis de millefioris” red and white carpet ground with silhouettes paperweight. A carpet ground of red-cored white hollow canes presents four evenly spaced complex silhouette canes of a dog, horse, dancing man and dancing woman, as well as a central red and green complex star cane, tightly packed into a shallow stave basket. Limited edition of 350. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $600—800

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211 Saint Louis 1977 upright bouquet and torsade faceted paperweight. Seven dimensional lampwork flowers, in shades of blue, red, yellow, green and white, rest on a bed of dark green leaves, over a white double-swirl latticinio basket. A pink and white twist torsade completes the design. Six side facets and seven smaller facets surrounding a top facet. Limited edition of 450. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $700—900 212 Saint Louis 1970 concentric millefiori mushroom double overlay faceted paperweight. A complex signature/date cane sits at the center of a mushroom, surrounded by six close concentric rings of assorted complex canes, atop a slender blue stem. Clear ground. Teal blue-over-white double overlay. Five and one facets. Limited edition of 800. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—700 213 Saint Louis 1974 “Ruche rouge” red honeycomb paperweight. Tiers of red C-shaped canes, with white edges, cascade down to form a cushion that resembles a beehive, from a white signature/date cane presiding at its summit. Limited edition of 400. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3" $1,100—1,300

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214 Saint Louis 1981 royal wedding commemoration gold inclusion faceted paperweight. The badge of The Prince of Wales, with three feathers rising through a coronet, appears as a gold inclusion, produced exclusively for Thomas Goode & Co., to commemorate the royal wedding of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. Maroon red ground. Six and one facets. Edition #13 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/ date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—700 215 Saint Louis 1994 red and blue crown paperweight. Pairs of red, white and blue twists, alternating with white latticinio ribbons, cascade down from a complex signature/date cane, over a clear ground. Edition #7 of a limited edition of 25. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—700 216 Saint Louis “Botticelli” engraved crystal with millefiori paperweight. Delicately engraved leaf sprays adorn the surface of a clear crystal dome, punctuated by seven colorful complex canes in assorted designs. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/16" $500—600

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217 Saint Louis 1999 butterfly and millefiori portholes paperweight. A vibrant wall of close packed complex millefiori moves from the base upward to a central porthole to reveal a blue and white butterfly floating delicately at the center. Six smaller portholes along the side, each rimmed in a ring of red and a ring of green millefiori, offer additional views of the butterfly. Edition #12 of a limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,200—1,600 218 Saint Louis 1997 “Prairie” lampwork bouquet and patterned overlay vase. Vividly colored flowers are presented on a bed of scattered green leaves above a white upset muslin ground within a clear dome. The apex of the dome supports a trumpeting cobalt blue vase whose sides have been perforated through to the yellow interior to reveal flowers edged in white and green. A blue and white cog cane border completes the vase. Limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 7/8", height 6 15/16" $2,000—3,000 219 Saint Louis 1985 “Fantaisie” blue and yellow paperweight. An opaque bright yellow dome is completely encased by an outer layer of blue canes, with uniform quatrefoil-shaped perforations giving view to the color below. Limited edition of 250. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 3" $500—700 44

220 Saint Louis 1991 “King” three-colored crown magnum paperweight. A pink and white complex signature/date cane presides at the apex of radiating twists of red and blue that alternate with green and red, spaced with white latticinio twists. Clear ground. Edition #67 of a limited edition of 150. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 7/8" $1,800—2,000 221 Saint Louis 1997 “Printania” bouquet on white star carpet faceted paperweight. A large pink-shaded rose presides at the center of five sprays of tiny delicate blooms in yellow or blue and dark green leaves, over a carpet of white star canes. Six and one facets. Edition #11 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,000—1,400 222 Saint Louis 1992 spaced concentric millefiori on stardust carpet piedouche paperweight. An assortment of spaced concentric complex millefiori, including a ring of silhouette canes, rests within a white stardust carpet ground. White double-swirl latticinio pedestal base, bordered by two blue and white twist torsades. Edition #50 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4", height 3 3/16" $2,000—3,000

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223 Saint Louis (1979) “Bleuet de Neenah” blue cornflower faceted paperweight. Two blue cornflowers flank a companion bud and are gathered together with a bundle of smooth green leaves, over a clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 250; produced for the Bergstrom Art Center. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—700

226 Saint Louis 1954 close concentric millefiori piedouche paperweight. A crisscrossed latticinio base, supported and crowned by pink torsades, serves as the pedestal to six concentric rings of complex canes in shades of pink, purple and blue, which surround a central complex star cane. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4", height 2 3/8" $1,500—2,000

224 Saint Louis 1970 blue dahlia faceted paperweight. A complex signature/date cane sits at the center of a multi-tiered blue dahlia, over a clear ground. Six and one facets. Edition #164 of a limited edition of 300. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 5/16" $800—1,000

227 Saint Louis 1996 “Anthemis” encased faceted double overlay magnum paperweight. A moss ground mushroom bouquet, with clematis blossoms in assorted colors, sits in a cobalt blue-over-white double overlay, cut with three large side facets and a single top facet, which is encased in a clear dome. Edition #14 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 4 5/16" $2,000—3,000

225 Saint Louis 1989 “L’orchidée” red orchid paperweight. Growing from an impressive stalk of fanning variegated green leaves, two deep red orchids, with white mouths, rise up and are capped by a promising young bud. Opaque white ground. Limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—700

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228 Saint Louis 1990 upright bouquet and encased faceted gingham overlay magnum paperweight. A vibrant upright bouquet, its colorful blooms punctuated with millefiori stamens, rests elegantly on a thick bed of tiered green leaves that is pulled downward into a stem. Gingham-patterned blue-over-white double overlay with a top facet, encased in clear. Limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 7/8" $2,500—4,000

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229 Baccarat 1971 millefiori butterfly and yellow flower paperweight. A single yellow flower, with a pink millefiori center, grows on a curved stem with green leaves and is approached by a pink millefiori butterfly. Transparent green ground. Edition #42 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—700

232 Baccarat 1972 pansy and bud paperweight. A solitary pansy, with two large purple upper petals and three black-striped yellow lower petals, grows on a short green stem with three variegated green leaves and a dangling bud. Clear, star-cut ground. Edition #14. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—500

230 Baccarat 1971 blue and white flower and buds paperweight. A white flower, with two upper petals accented in dark purple and three lower petals accented in blue, is haloed by small green leaves and grows from a network of delicate stems, joined by three buds. Opaque yellow ground. Edition #406 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3" $400—500

233 Baccarat 1975 cluster of grapes paperweight. A cluster of dark purple grapes is flanked by two large striped leaves and framed above and below by two green curling tendrils. Translucent white ground. Edition #181 of a limited edition of 260. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $300—400

231 Baccarat 1996 ocean scene with shell paperweight. A greenstriped pale yellow hermit crab shell lies abandoned on an ocean floor, surrounded by a branch of orange coral, an exotic lavender sea fern and two tall green sea fronds, on a green and purple-dusted translucent blue ground. Edition #64 of a limited edition of 100. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $600—800 46

234 Baccarat 1970 pair of pink flowers paperweight. Two variegated light pink flowers, each with a yellow and white complex cane center, grow side by side on individual green stems, each with a single green leaf. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #184 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $300—400

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235 Baccarat 1978 “Church Weight” zodiac close packed millefiori paperweight. Very fine silhouettes of all twelve zodiac symbols are scattered throughout a colorful close packed design featuring a variety of complex canes. Edition #255. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200—1,600 236 Baccarat 1972 close concentric millefiori mushroom double overlay faceted paperweight. A central pink and white cross cane is surrounded by five close concentric rings of millefiori in shades of pink, yellow, white and green, including the outer ring which is pulled down to create a slender pink stem. Clear ground. Pink-over-white double overlay. Five and one facets. Edition #375. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500 237 Baccarat 1972 pears on a branch paperweight. A pair of dimensional blushing red pears hangs from a short brown branch adorned with small green leaves. Opaque white ground. Edition #6. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $300—400

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238 Baccarat 1979 Gridel butterfly and spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central butterfly silhouette cane is surrounded by a spaced concentric arrangement of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes in pastel-colored canes, on a white upset muslin ground. Edition #85 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—500 239 Baccarat 1974 Gridel pelican and close concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central Gridel pelican silhouette cane is encircled by five concentric rings of assorted complex canes, including one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouettes, over a layer of white parallel latticinio tubes. Edition #136 of a limited edition of 240. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $300—400 240 Baccarat 1975 Gridel pheasant open concentric millefiori paperweight. A central Gridel pheasant silhouette cane is encircled by a ring of small white star canes, then a ring of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes and, finally, a border garland of white stardust canes to complete the design. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #178 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $300—400

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241 Charles Kaziun Junior horse and jockey silhouette paperweight. A central square horse and jockey silhouette cane rests on an oval black background, which is framed by a ring of fourteen canes including a duck silhouette, a green shamrock and a heart cane. A blue, green and white torsade encircle the design. Pink goldstone ground. Signature canes. Signature, gold-foil “K” on the underside. Diameter 2 5/16" $1,000—1,400 242 Charles Kaziun Junior yellow crimp rose rectangular pedestal faceted paperweight. A charming upright yellow crimp rose, with four rows of petals cupped within four aventurine green leaves, floats within a clear dome, cut with five and one facets and supported by a clear rectangular base, with translucent blue overlay around the edges. Signature cane. Diameter 2 13/16", height 2 3/4" $800—1,000 243 Charles Kaziun Junior rose and heart-shaped millefiori garland miniature paperweight. A central pink and green Clichytype rose, with a tiny yellow stardust cane center, is surrounded by a heart-shaped garland of blue-centered white stardust canes, over a pink goldstone ground. Signature, gold-foil “K” on the underside. Diameter 2 1/8" $600—800

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244 Charles Kaziun III blue flower and bud faceted paperweight. A single cobalt blue flower, with a yellow center, blooms on a thin stem adorned with four green leaves and a small blue bud. Opaque white ground. Six and one facets. Signature, silverfoil “K” on the underside. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 5/16" $400—500 245 Charles Kaziun Junior yellow lily miniature faceted perfume bottle. An upright yellow lily, with a red center and slender green leaves, blooms from a blue goldstone ground at the base of a bottle, with six circular facets. The same design is replicated in the stopper on a tilted ground, with six and one facets. Signature, gold-foil “K” on the underside of the bottle and the stopper. Diameter 1 9/16", height 3" $500—700 246 Charles Kaziun Junior two snakes and a millefiori flower paperweight. Two striped snakes, one maroon and one yellow, slither about next to a purple and white millefiori bloom, with a gold-foil bee resting atop one of the three leaves. Blue goldstone ground. Signature, gold-foil “K” on the underside. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 7/16" $800—1,000

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247 Ronald Hansen flat bouquet faceted paperweight. A central pink flower is layered atop blue and yellow blossoms and green leaves to create a colorful nosegay, which rests on an opaque light green ground. Six and one facets. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/8" $200—300

250 Ronald Hansen peacock faceted paperweight. A purple peacock, with an extravagant orange-spotted blue tail, perches proudly on a short branch complete with green leaves. Pink ground. Six and one facets. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $200—300

248 Ronald Hansen red flower faceted paperweight. A single flower, with five dark red petals and a white and yellow millefiori center, is haloed by four green sepals and grows on a short green stem with two leaves. Green aventurine ground. Five side facets. Fine condition. Diameter 2 5/16" $200—300

251 Ronald Hansen blue butterfly and millefiori garland paperweight. A central butterfly, with light blue millefiori wings, rests on an opaque white ground and is surrounded by a border garland of green star canes. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $200—300

249 Ronald Hansen pink crimp rose miniature paperweight. A pink crimp rose, with smooth petals, is cradled by three wide blue-edged green leaves. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 1 15/16" $200—300

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252 Ronald Hansen snake miniature pedestal paperweight. A thick dark green snake, with light green and red stripes, winds his way through a scattering of yellow, white and aventurine pebbles. Translucent red ground over a clear, footed base. Signature stamp. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/16" $200—300

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253 Steven Lundberg 1996 “Monarch’s Migration” upright compound plaque paperweight. Three orange, white and black butterflies, their wings made of detailed canes and their bodies painted black, climb and frolic amongst branches of long eucalyptus leaves. Clear ground. Beveled edges and corners with three textured sides. Signed/dated. Created for the 1996 IPF. Good condition. Height 3 7/8", width 4 3/8", depth 2 1/2" $600—1,000 254 Lundberg Studios 1993 “White Cranes” compound magnum paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A pair of graceful white cranes, in overlapping flight over two tiers of blue iris blossoms, travels over a transparent cobalt blue night sky with swirling fog. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 7/8" $1,500—2,500 255 Lundberg Studios 1992 colorful flower bouquet and butterflies magnum paperweight. A landscape of colorful mixed flowers, including violets, forget-me-nots, cherry blossoms and dogroses, is interrupted by upright blooming roses, one pink, one red and one yellow with purple arching stripes. The flowers are spaced by a few leaves here and there and rest on a fan of green leaves. Two purple butterflies approach the fragrant yellow rose. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 5" $1,500—2,000 50

256 Lundberg Glass Art 2006 “Sketch” orchid compound paperweight, by Justin Lundberg. An orchid, with two tiers of white ribbed petals, a pink labellum and a yellow column, blooms upright from a conical green neck that connects to trailing roots and branches. Transparent dark purple ground with iridescent blue dots of various size. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $600—800 257 Lundberg Studios 1993 “First Snow in Kyoto” persimmons and snow compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Snow-covered red and green persimmons hang from branches over an iridescent snow-covered ground, dotted with fallen snow. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $400—600 258 Lundberg Studios 1986 upright orange tiger lily compound pedestal paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. A dramatic upright tiger lily, with six orange petals speckled with black accents, is supported by six offset arching green leaves that rise up from a clear, footed base. Five gray stamens, with brown tips, rise and curl elegantly out of the center of the flower, ringing a central pistil. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16", height 3 9/16" $400—600

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259 Lundberg Studios 2002 pink sterling rose paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. An upright multi-tiered sterling rose, with ruffled pink-shaded white petals and three trios of scalloped green leaves, blooms from a thin green stem that rises from a clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $350—500 260 Lundberg Studios 1985 cherry blossom and buds paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Two tiers of spaced trios of pink-striped ruffled petals form a light cherry blossom that grows from a sinuous branch, with two pink buds and scalloped green leaves, over a clear ground. Edition #134 of a limited edition of 250. Signature/ date cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3" $250—400 261 Lundberg Studios 1988 four pink flowers compound paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Four upright sister flowers, of different height, have five salmon-colored petals, each with a dark stripe in the center, that radiate around a concentric bunch of bright yellow stamens and grow on a long stem with a skirt or two of four leaves from a mottled off-white ground. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $250—400

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262 Lundberg Studios 1995 cherries paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Three ripe cherries hang from a thin branch shared by three ribbed green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $200—300 263 Lundberg Studios 1990 yellow sundrop flowers paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A scattering of translucent yellow sundrops, with deeply scalloped petals, blooms on dark sinuous stems with green leaves. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $350—500 264 Lundberg Studios 1990 viola bouquet compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A simple bouquet of three violets, each with two upper magenta petals and four yellow lower petals, is joined by a tangle of thin overlapping stems and scalloped green leaves. Translucent plum-colored ground. Signature/date cane. Signed. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $250—400

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265 Steven Lundberg 1993 aquarium magnum orb. An exotic pebbled sea floor, with sweeping green, orange and pink sea grass and a few millefiori buds, is dotted with three dark anemones and a tall red and yellow coral spire at the center to create the refuge of two pairs of angelfish. The scene sits atop a transparent green rock-shaped base. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 5 1/2" $2,000—3,000 266 Lundberg Studios 2008 “Amethyst Tropical Tidepool” angelfish compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Three purple angelfish, each with a striped face, swim over a covey of transparent tidepools gingerly enlivened by clusters of lavender anemone. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $300—500 267 Lundberg Studios angelfish and starfish compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Two magenta angelfish explore a bubbly underwater world with two large pink starfish and a group of millefiori sea anemones, over a transparent ground threaded with iridescent blue. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/2" $300—400

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268 Lundberg Studios 1990 yellow angelfish compound miniature paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Two small yellow angelfish, with trailing air bubbles, navigate through a few millefiori jellyfish around a background of pink coral, green sea grass and iridescent waters. Transparent ochre ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/4" $200—300 269 Lundberg Studios 1994 purple veil-tailed Siamese fighting fish compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A purple fighting fish, with a long sweeping white fin and tails, navigates an underwater scene of anemones, pink coral and graceful blades of seaweed, against an iridescent watery ochre ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $350—500 270 Lundberg Studios 1997 “Worldweight” Earth encased orb. Green and beige continents rest within deep cobalt blue oceans to create a world globe, encased within a layer of clear glass. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $200—300

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271 Lundberg Studios 2003 “Merry Christmas” holly compound magnum paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. “Merry Christmas” appears in mottled black-shaded white block letters above three trios of holly leaves and red berries over an iridescent aqua blue snowy ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8" $150—300

274 Lotton Studios 1995 iridescent vines and heart-shaped leaves surface design paperweight. A tangle of iridescent scattered vines connects white and black heart-shaped leaves on the surface of a translucent iridescent dome. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $150—300

272 Lundberg Studios 1996 poinsettia and crown paperweight, by Alejandro Aguirre. A white Clichy-type rose, with a complex red heart cane center, serves as the heart of a large red poinsettia, which rests at the top of a crown composed of radiating red and green twists that alternate with white latticinio ribbons. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $300—400

275 Correia Art Glass moon and waves surface design paperweight. A metallic crescent moon rests on a dark cobalt blue translucent iridescent surface night sky above parallel waves that rise up from the base to the horizon in a pulled-feather style. Concealed interstellar air bubbles spiral at the heart of the weight. Signed. Diameter 2 1/2" $200—300

273 Lundberg Studios 2012 blue sweet peas with buds on sodden snow paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A pretty cluster of shaded blue sweet peas, three open blooms and six drooping buds, thrusts itself upwards along a network of leaves, delicate vines and spiraling tendrils, over a sodden snow ground. Signed/ dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

276 Roger Gandelman 1982 vines and flowers paperweight. Plum-colored vines connect striped blue flowers in a steeply cambered cluster within a thin layer of surface glass. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $120—200

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277 Orient & Flume pansies and gold compound magnum paperweight, by Ed Alexander. Two large pansies, one red and one in traditional purple and yellow, have a hollow yellow tube center and dark shaded patterns on their lower petals. They bloom atop thin green stems below two intertwined stems that carry drooping buds and leaves, while three large pleated leaves frame them from below. Flakes of 24-karat gold on an iridescent cobalt blue ground. Signed. Diameter 4 1/16" $600—800 278 Orient & Flume 1978 golden clematis surface design paperweight. Three clematises, with an aqua cane center and five white petals speckled in red and gold each, are joined through a network of thick brown vines that split the surface of an iridescent dome in equal thirds and are spaced at the base by pulled-feather waves. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $250—400 279 Orient & Flume dogwood flower and gold paperweight, by William Carter. Four notched striped pink petals gather around a central green stamen rod bundle cane to create a delicate dogwood flower. The flower grows on a leafy branch, along with a companion bud, that rises above a sparkling gold-leaf at the center of an iridescent cobalt blue ground. Signed. Diameter 2 7/16" $350—500 54

280 Orient & Flume flowers and vines surface design paperweight. A mauve and a pink clematis, a white blossom, a yellow dogwood flower and several small white cane flowers grow from green vines which extend across a semi-opaque iridescent cobalt blue surface. Signed. Diameter 3 1/4" $250—400 281 Orient & Flume blue and red pulled-feather surface design paperweight. Swirls of iridescent blue and red intermingle to create a divided quadrant pattern on the surface of an opaque pearl white dome. Signed. Diameter 2 13/16" $150—250 282 Orient & Flume monarch butterfly compound paperweight, by Scott Beyers. A detailed monarch butterfly, with cane wings of crimson veined in black and white accents at the edges, hovers near racemes of purple butterfly-bush and an arching leafy branch. Clear ground. Edition #37 of a limited edition of 250. Signed. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $350—500

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283 Paul Ysart butterfly and millefiori garland magnum paperweight. Orange-edged white cogs, with red, white and green cog bundle centers, are pulled into teardrop shapes to form the upper wings of a delightful butterfly, while the bottom two wings are made of white cogs with pink-edged white cog centers. The wings are gathered on a dark aventurine body, topped by a red head with two antennae. A border garland of alternating complex cog canes, in blues and white, encircles the design. Transparent green ground. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 11/16" $1,000—1,400 284 Paul Ysart open concentric millefiori paperweight. A central purple and white complex cane is encircled by three rings of complex canes in orange, green, pink, yellow and white. Translucent mottled dark honey-colored ground. Fair condition with internal flaws. Diameter 3" $500—700 285 Paul Ysart end-of-day scrambled millefiori and air bubble paperweight. A mottled cambered gathering of bits of leftover canes and chips of aventurine is marked with depressions at the perimeter and center where trailing air bubbles rise from the colorful ground. It sits atop a green and white jasper ground. Made in the pre-war Moncrieff era. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—600 www.selman.com

286 Paul Ysart small flower bouquet and millefiori garland paperweight. Four small flowers in pink, blue, yellow and white, each with five petals, are joined by a tightly closed pink bud and gathered by the stem with green leaves into a bouquet. Two pink, orange and white millefiori flank the bouquet. A garland of alternating canes encircles the design. Dark ground. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3" $600—800 287 Paul Ysart patterned millefiori paperweight. A large complex cane is situated at the center of six radiating arms of millefiori in blue, yellow and green, each spaced by a purple, yellow and orange cane, to create a snowflake design. Opaque pale blue ground. Good condition. Diameter 3" $400—600 288 Paul Ysart close packed millefiori paperweight. A tightly packed cluster of colorful and contrasting millefiori is ringed by a border garland of green-centered red and white canes. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—700

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295 John Deacons 2009 spaced concentric millefiori on carpet ground paperweight. Assorted complex canes, including a red heart, a honeycomb, a pansy and silhouettes of a sparrow and a rooster, are scattered on a carpet of blue-cored white crimped canes, over a light blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 7/16" $500—700 296 John Deacons 2000 clematis on a crown overlay faceted paperweight. A double-tiered clematis, with white-striped pale yellow petals, green leaves and a stem, rests on a crown of alternating purple and yellow latticinio rods, encased within a blue-over-white double overlay. Six side and one scalloped top facet with two rings of deeply grooved oval facets at the top and bottom. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 3 5/16" $300—400 297 John Deacons 2011 porthole crown and close packed millefiori magnum paperweight. A crown of green and black twists that alternate with white latticinio ribbons and blue and yellow twists is interrupted in the center by a ring of stardust canes. The opening gives a peek into an inner assortment of complex millefiori, rose canes, pansies, picture canes and a silhouette cane of a sparrow, over a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 4" $400—600 www.selman.com

298 John Deacons 1997 purple, white and blue swirl paperweight. Purple, white and blue ribbons spin outward in an alternating clockwise motion from a central pink, blue and white complex cane. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $200—300 299 John Deacons 2005 Santa Clause radial twists and millefiori garland paperweight. Santa Clause, with his customary red and white suit, black boots, golden belt buckle, white bushy beard and a brown toy bag flung over his shoulder, makes his way through a blizzard of white radial twists, pulled downward into a crown cushion, inside a border garland of pink and green canes. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $200—300 300 John Deacons 2000 Christmas tree paperweight. A green pine tree is decorated with two rows of round ornament canes in pink, yellow, blue and purple. Each ornament is topped by a lit candle. The tree stands in a yellow trapezoidal base. White upset muslin ground. Signature/date cane. Good condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $150—250

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304 Peter McDougall patterned millefiori and twists faceted paperweight. A ruffle cane presides at the center of six radial yellow, blue and white twists, encased in white latticinio, that are each spaced by a ruffle cane before being bordered by an orange millefiori ring. Fifteen aqua, yellow and white short segments of twists radiate from the ring and are spaced by cogs. Transparent red ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $150—200 305 Peter McDougall blue millefiori clematis paperweight. A clematis flower has five complex millefiori petals, each pulled into a pointed shape, spaced by blue cupped pointed petals that radiate around a central millefiori nexus and blooms from a ribbed green stem that launches a network of green leaves, trailing stems and companion buds in different stages of bloom. Orange and white upset muslin ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $250—350 306 Peter McDougall open concentric millefiori paperweight. Four concentric rings of complex millefiori, in subdued tones, radiate around a central complex five-point star cane and let a clear ground peer through between them. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $150—200

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307 Peter McDougall 2007 red forget-me-nots paperweight. An aventurine stem of red forget-me-not flowers, with green aventurine leaves, rests on a cushion of white upset muslin. Edition #17 of a limited edition of 40. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Lampwork by Karen Maxwell. Diameter 2 1/4" $150—200 308 Peter McDougall patterned millefiori and radial spokes paperweight. Six white, gray and blue twists, encased in white latticinio, radiate from a central cross cane and are spaced by blue cogs before being encircled by a green cog ring, from which short segments of mauve, yellow and white twists radiate out, spaced by orange ruffle canes. Black ground. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $120—200 309 Peter McDougall close packed millefiori stave basket miniature paperweight. Colorful and assorted millefiori canes are gathered together inside a border ring of blue and white bull’seye canes, spaced by yellow cogs, that are pulled downward into a spaced stave basket over a transparent amethyst ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/16" $100—150

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310 Peter McDougall 2006 scattered millefiori on turquoise lace paperweight. An assortment of colorful complex canes is well spaced on a cushion of light turquoise upset muslin. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $150—200 311 Peter McDougall patterned millefiori and radial twists paperweight. Nine white latticinio twists radiate out from a central ring of red and white star cog canes, with a central white ruffle cane to create nine triangular panels, each with five rows of contrasting canes. Translucent red ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $150—200 312 Peter McDougall patterned millefiori and radial twists paperweight. Nine radial latticinio twists converge inward to a circle of spaced cog canes, centered by a larger cane, to create nine triangular segments of ten canes each. Pinks, white and blues dominate the color scheme. Black ground. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 2 7/8" $120—200

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317 Perthshire Paperweights 1979 scooter and interlaced trefoil garlands paperweight. A central picture cane of a scooter is surrounded by two interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands, which loop around six different picture canes. Opaque ruby ground. Limited edition of 400; 293 made. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $400—500

314 Perthshire Paperweights (1979) “Seal” overlay hollow faceted paperweight. A lone three-dimensional circus seal spins a purple and white ball on his nose as he stands atop a red-striped white podium, within a hollow dome, encased by a transparent red overlay, with two rows of eight side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 400; 275 made. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—600

318 Perthshire Paperweights 1977 “Christmas Bells” millefiori faceted paperweight. Two bells, each composed of white and pink stardust canes, are strung together with a ribbon of green and white canes, on a translucent ruby ground. Eight and one facets. Limited edition of 325; 318 made. Signature /date cane. Internal flaws. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500

315 Perthshire Paperweights 1993 “Nativity Scene” faceted paperweight. A Nativity scene picture cane, with Mary praying by infant Jesus in a cradle, rests at the center of a five-point star, composed of yellow stardust canes, bordered by white latticinio rods. Wedges of assorted canes surround the star, including five cobalt blue and white star canes, on a translucent cobalt blue ground. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Edition #204 of a limited edition of 250. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500 316 Perthshire Paperweights 1977 “Skier and Holly on Lace” Christmas paperweight. A complex picture cane of a skier is encircled by a ring of ruby and white star canes, which is bordered by five spaced sprigs of green holly leaves and red berries, over white upset muslin. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—800 60

319 Perthshire Paperweights 1977 carpet ground and picture canes paperweight. A central American thistle picture cane is encircled by an assortment spaced complex canes, including six different picture canes of flowers and birds, on an off-white and pale aqua floret cane carpet ground. Limited edition of 400; 338 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $400—500 320 Perthshire Paperweights 1980 “Transportation Garland” picture canes paperweight. A central cluster of complex canes is encircled by a spaced ring of five different picture canes, each representing a mode of transportation. Five looped millefiori garlands, in various colors, surround the picture canes. White upset muslin ground. Limited edition of 400; 285 made. Signature/ date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $400—500

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321 Perthshire Paperweights (1980) rose overlay faceted paperweight. A dimensional pink rose, on a stem with a bud and green leaves, rests over a clear, star-cut ground. Transparent green overlay. Two rows of eight side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 200; 167 made. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $400—600

325 Perthshire Paperweights 2000 pastel close packed millefiori paperweight. An attractive assortment of close packed millefiori, in pastel colors, rests directly over a thick cushion of white upset muslin. Edition #112 of a limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 1/4" $400—500

322 Perthshire Paperweights (1979) upright pink flower double overlay faceted paperweight. A pink flower has six pointed petals that rise in a conical long neck and are splayed on a horizontal plane around a signature cane stamen. Five green leaves rise from the base and fan outward. Clear, grid-cut ground. Blue-over-white double overlay, with four oval side facets spaced by smaller oval facets and one top facet. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 5/16" $300—400

326 Perthshire Paperweights 1976 “Forget-Me-Not” millefiori nosegay on latticinio paperweight. A nosegay, with four blue complex millefiori forget-me-nots, slender green leaves and stems, rests on a pale green double-swirl latticinio cushion. Limited edition of 400; 397 made. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3" $400—500

323 Perthshire Paperweights 1983 “Water Lily” and butterfly faceted paperweight. An upright pink water lily has attracted a blue butterfly with its C-shaped petals folded inward in two tiers around a central yellow stardust stamen cane, cupped by four dark green sepals and buds, blooming atop three variegated bright green leaves with two pink buds and floating on a transparent multi-colored mottled pool. Two rows of five side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 300; 205 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $500—600 324 Perthshire Paperweights 1993 “Fuchsia” paperweight. A gracefully drooping fuchsia blossom, in pink and lavender, shares a long matrix stem with three pink buds and eight green leaves on a cushion of white upset muslin. Edition #193 of a limited edition of 300. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600 www.selman.com

327 Perthshire Paperweights 1979 “Sunflower” paperweight. A large central orange and yellow sunflower, with eleven cupped petals and a green and white complex cane stamen, is ringed by a garland of alternating golden and green complex canes, each supported by two green leaves. Burnt-orange ground. Limited edition of 350; 303 made. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $450—600 328 Perthshire Paperweights (1978) “Bouquet” flowers on black ground paperweight. A bouquet of three lampwork flowers in pink, purple and white, each with a different millefiori center, includes an orange bud and is held together by a dark green leafy stem. Black ground. Limited edition of 350. Signature cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

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329 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 concentric millefiori overlay faceted bottle. A large green and yellow complex cane resides at the base of a long-necked bottle, encircled by three concentric rings of assorted complex canes. A stopper, topped by the same complex cane as at the heart of the bottle, tops the flared rim of the bottle. Both the bottle and the stopper are encased in a transparent cadmium green overlay, with rings of facets. Limited edition of 350; 347 made. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16", height 7 1/4" $350—500 330 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 “Tudor Rose” pink flower and millefiori garland paperweight. Two tiers of notched pink petals radiate from an additional signature cane center to form a rose surrounded by a leafy stem and millefiori garland. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $400—500 331 Perthshire Paperweights (1991) white columbine flower and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A white columbine blossom, on a stem with pink buds and green leaves, is encircled by a looping garland of pink and white canes. Clear ground. Eight and one facets. Limited Edition of 300; 234 made. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 7/16" $300—400 332 Perthshire Paperweights (1990) clematis flower and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A double-tiered pink clematis blossom, with six alternating yellow and blue radial buds and stems, is encircled by a spaced ring of blue canes, followed by a ring of twists and a ring of pink canes. Clear, grid-cut ground. Two rings of ten small side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 300; 249 made. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400 62

333 Perthshire Paperweights 1980 “Fish” underwater scene faceted paperweight. Three fish, each of varying color and genus, circle upright stalks of blue-green seaweed, over a speckled blue, yellow, pink and green ground. Two rows of six side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500 334 Perthshire Paperweights 1969 two-colored crown paperweight. Red and blue twists, alternating with spiraling white latticinio ribbons, emanate and cascade downward from a central red, blue and white cane. Clear ground. Limited edition of 350; 268 made. Signature/date. Diameter 3" $400—600 335 Perthshire Paperweights 1969 upright flower magnum paperweight. A five-petalled flower, each pointed petal in mottled blue and white radiating around a central rod bundle cane, rises up through three tiers of slightly flared green leaves above a yellowshaded patch in a rust-colored ground. Five blue ringlets of cane encircle the base of the flower, each with central colored cane. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 13/16" $400—600 336 Perthshire Paperweights (1982) “Spray” pink flowers faceted paperweight. Five delicate pale pink flowers, with pink buds and long green leaves, rest on a translucent blue ground. Three rings of honeycomb facets and a top facet. Limited edition of 300; 141 made. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/8" $300—400

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337 Perthshire Paperweights 1970 spaced millefiori florets overlay faceted paperweight, by Anton Moravec and Jack Allen. A large central complex cane, in blue and pink, is encircled by a ring of five spaced canes in reversed colors. Clear, star-cut ground. Transparent blue overlay. Five side facets and one top facet bordered by five small printies at the top and bottom. Limited edition of 150; 29 made in dark blue. Signed/dated. First overlay produced by Perthshire. Diameter 2 13/16" $300—400

triple overlay. Two rows of eight side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 400; 347 made. The first triple overlay by Perthshire. Diameter 2 15/16" $350—500

338 Perthshire Paperweights (1977) patterned millefiori flower paperweight. A central pink flower, composed of six cog canes stretched into teardrops around a signature cane center, is surrounded by a scalloped border garland of blue millefiori canes punctuated by spaced pink canes, on a translucent green ground. Limited edition of 400; 346 made. Fine condition with internal flaw. Diameter 2 15/16" $250—400

342 Perthshire Paperweights 1973 spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central circlet, consisting of three close concentric rings of cogs around a large complex cane, is surrounded by a spaced ring of cogs and then a border garland of pairs of pink ruffle canes separated by blue canes. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $250—400

339 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 pink and orange butterfly paperweight. A large butterfly, with a pink body and antennae, pink millefiori fore wings, with green and white eyespots, and orange millefiori hind wings, with mauve and white eyespots, rests on a ribbed opaque green ground and is encircled by a border garland of alternating mauve and blue complex canes. Limited edition of 450; 372 made. Signature/date. Diameter 3" $350—500 340 Perthshire Paperweights (1977) white anemone flower overlay faceted paperweight. A purple-rimmed white anemone blossom, with a signature cane center, four green leaves and a stem, floats over a clear, v-groove ground. Yellow-over-white-over-pink www.selman.com

341 Perthshire Paperweights 1973 close packed millefiori paperweight. A colorful assortment of close packed complex millefiori canes covers an opaque purple ground. Limited edition of 400; 378 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $350—500

343 Perthshire Paperweights (1982-1997) patterned millefiori and twists paperweight. Two concentric rings of green cogs encircle a central signature cane and launch ten radial twists, in orange, green and white, to create triangular panels with seven cogs each. Another twist caps each panel inside of a blue cog border garland. Translucent teal ground. Diameter 3 1/16" $150—200 344 Perthshire Paperweights 1978 patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A Maltese cross design, with radial twists dividing panels of assorted canes, sits on a translucent green ground. Top facet. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $200—300

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345 Selkirk Glass 1983 Christmas candles paperweight, by Peter Holmes. Three candles, with green holly leaves and red berries, are centered over a basket of white latticinio rods. Edition #11 of a limited edition of 75. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $150—250

349 Selkirk Glass 1985 purple bellflowers faceted paperweight, by Peter Holmes. Three stems of purple bellflowers and green leaves are encircled by a ring of spaced purple and white canes. Clear ground. Five and one facets. Edition #48 of a limited edition of 250. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $200—300

346 Selkirk Glass 1984 Christmas bells and holly glass paperweight, by Peter Holmes. Two blue bells, green holly leaves and red berries are tied together with an aventurine bow, over a ruby and white latticinio basket. Edition #27 of a limited edition of 75. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $150—200

350 Cape Cod Glass Works swirling crown paperweight, by William Burchfield. A complex cane of red and white bull’s-eyes around a central dark cane starts a hypnotizing pattern of swirling strips of red and white that cascade into a crown. Signed. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $200—300

347 Scotia of Scotland (1980) Santa Claus paperweight, by William Manson. Santa Claus, dressed in his traditional red suit with white wrist and ankle warmers, an aventurine belt buckle, a warm hat and a thick white beard, carries a large sack of gifts flung over his shoulder, surrounded by powdery white snow, on a dark purple ground. Signature cane. Good condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $150—200

351 Caithness Glass (1995) “Omphalos” abstract etched eagle high-domed paperweight, by Philip Chaplain. An amber teardropshaped air bubble trails down to the center of four white arching sepals which cup the bubble over a white-speckled mound as a representation of the Greek mythological center of the world. Two eagles, sent by Zeus, are etched on the surface. Speckled pink and purple surface background. Edition #73 of a limited edition of 350. Signed. Diameter 2 15/16", height 3 7/8" $200—300

348 Phoenix 2002 Christmas rose and holly paperweight. A white flower, with each of its five ribbed petals notched at the top and striped with two yellow lines, has a yellow cane center and blooms from a straight green stem from the middle of two variegated holly leaves atop three red berries. A border garland of white cogs completes the design, over a purple ground. Edition #9 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 3 1/16" $120—200

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352 Murano water lily and leaping frogs magnum paperweight. An upright pink water lily, joined by two upright lily pads, provides the perfect playground for two leaping frogs. A transparent dark blue pool is strewn with millefiori aquatic flowers and water lentils. Fine condition. Diameter 4 1/2" $150—250

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353 Caithness Glass (1985) “Quicksilver” air bubble and abstract swirl paperweight, by Colin Terris. An air bubble is enveloped by a silky swirl of white and blue that rises from a translucent blue cushion. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 3" $150—200

357 Karuna Glass abstract millefiori marble, by Douglas Sweet. Hollow tube canes, thin ribbed canes, angular metallic foil and iridescence are gathered together into a burst of lively colors. Signed. Diameter 1 13/16" $150—250

354 Caithness Glass 1978 “Mistletoe” millefiori garland faceted paperweight, by William Manson, designed by Colin Terris. A sprig of mistletoe, with slender green leaves and white berries, floats above a white complex millefiori garland, which rests on dark purple ground. Five and one facets. Edition #452 of a limited edition of 500. Date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 1/16" $150—250

358 Jim Davis abstract swirl marble. Ruffled bands in bright colors, including pink, yellow and green with some aventurine, swirl over a spun white cloud speckled with purple. Signed. Internal flaw. Diameter 1 13/16" $150—250

355 Caithness Glass (1990) “Sweet Pea” bouquet faceted paperweight, by Margot Thomson, from the Whitefriars Collection. Three sweet pea blossoms, in purple, lavender and pink, are centered by two concentric rings of pastel-colored cog canes. Clear, grid-cut ground. Eight and one facets. Edition #120 of a limited edition of 250; 244 made. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 3 1/8" $150—200 356 Caithness Glass set of four millefiori miniature paperweight pins. Four very small millefiori, one with a red heart, two with thistles and one with “CCC” in commemoration of the collectors’ club, are at the center of two rings of millefiori and each is mounted to a brass butterfly clasp. Original jewelry cases. Diameters 1/2" $400—500

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359 Glass Eye Studio 1994 abstract flower painted miniature paperweight. A painted blue flower stands against a white ground dabbled with black, pink, yellow and blue flecks. Encased in a thin layer of clear glass. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 13/16" $100—150 360 Jim Hart 1998 set of two air bubble, blue and aventurine marbles. An air bubble rises at the center of arching bands of blue, black and aventurine from a cushion of blue glass, one with a metallic surface and the other with a cloud of fine bubbles. Signature/date canes. Diameter 1 7/16" $120—200

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