Millefiori glass paperweights contain cross-sections of ... “At a recent auction, a rare antique Clichy moss ground paperweight sold for $58,000.” But no one has to collect rare and expensive ...

A look into the world of art glass paperweights as we preview an upcoming auction. “A fragment of a dream” is how Truman Capote described a glass paperweight. There are hundreds of those ...

A rare ”Bird in the Nest” antique glass French paperweight sold for a record $182,600 at an L.H. Selman Ltd. Mail Auction in April 1990. For information on paperweight auctions and books ...

It is very beautiful and someday may be very valuable. Looking at the photograph ... The classical period for glass paperweights began in France about 1845 and their popularity continued through ...

People prize antique glass, carnival glass, Depression-era glass, glass paperweights. Even new liquor bottles may be collectibles soon. Mary Anne Ballard, interior designer, antiques expert and ...

Musselwhite is taking me on a tour of Glass Worlds, a collection of 250 paperweights culled from the museum's holdings, reputedly among the world's best. Mostly from the 19th and early-20th ...

Information or research assistance regarding glass paperweights is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those interested in this ...

Question: My late aunt treasured this unusual paperweight with a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. The bust of reverend King looks like some kind of chalk and is embedded in the glass.

Glass paperweights are often found among the kitschy collections in flea markets and thrift stores, but they’re also having a moment in the contemporary art world. “They’ve actually become ...

But one Winona artist takes the age-old art of making glass paperweights to a whole new level. “The paperweight tradition started in Europe,” says artist Cathy Richardson, owner of Touchstone ...