Mayauel Ward 2018 yellow roses, red sprays, blueberries and purple daisy bouquet orb and stand.
modern
MW593
$1,680
Gordon Smith 2018 snow corn snake and succulents paperweight.
modern
GS220
$3,200
David Graeber 2018 strawberry trio and white blossoms paperweight
modern
GB162
$825
Alison Ruzsa 2017 silhouette dancing couple overlay high-domed paperweight.
modern
AR135
$565
John Deacons 2018 scattered millefiori on striped cushion inside a crown overlay faceted paperweight.
modern
DE725
$400
Cathy Richardson 2018 "Prairie Wildflowers Bouquet" pink clusters, cattails and blue flowers paperweight.
modern
RN185
$1,000
Mike Hunter 2018 off-set close concentric millefiori and lady dancer silhouette paperweight.
modern
TW748
$500
Auction of Paperweights Sold by The Art Institute of Chicago
L.H. Selman hosted a live auction in Chicago on September 17th, with bidders worldwide, online, by phone or absentee bid, selling close to 400 works of glass art originally owned by Arthur Rubloff, the Potter Palmers, Ella Grace Burdick and Lucy K. Kretchmer, and until several days ago, held in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The combined hammer price for each paperweight sold by the Art Institute of Chicago will be given to the museum for the purchase of artwork. 100% of the net profits from the buyers’ premiums will be donated to the Glass Paperweight Foundation for their discretionary use to provide scholarships and purchase equipment for artists who are in need. .... READ MORE
Just Published: Classic Paperweight eBook
We are pleased to bring you “The Art of The Paperweight” by Lawrence H. Selman. We are now making these important books available online, as a free service to the paperweight community, and for all the newcomers who we hope will begin to share our passion for fine glass art paperweights. Here is a brief excerpt, please read and share as you see fit.
“I admire glass paperweights primarily because they are the culmination of some 2,000 years of glassmaking artistry and experimentation. When one looks at paperweights in terms of the history of glassmaking, one realizes that there is little that makes them unique. The workmanship in a millefiori paperweight, for example, is no better than that perfected for the production of inlay plaques in ancient Alexandria... READ MORE
"The Art Institute Of Chicago More Than Doubles Its Famed Rubloff Paperweight Collection"
— by Elysabeth Alfano, Huffington Post
“Paperweights? Yes, paperweights! If you can't really envision what they are (or why), you are in luck. The Art Institute of Chicago, which houses one of the largest paperweight collections in the world, is more than doubling its permanent Rubloff Paperweight Exhibit from 341 to more than 800 paperweights. For the first time ever, the museum, which has many very rare, antique examples of the art form, will also dedicate a space to contemporary paperweights... READ MORE
