2024Austin Auction Gallery(2) FLORENTINE PIETRA DURA & DERBYSHIRE BLACK MARBLE PAPERWEIGHTSSee Sold Price
2024Treasurehouse Inc.A pair of Chinese Warring States Period gold and silver inlaid turquoise beast paperweightsSee Sold Price
2024Austin Auction Gallery(2) COMPLEX SUPER MAGNUM MILLEFIORI STUDIO ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHTSSee Sold Price
Glass treasures, from paperweights to Tiffany, at Jeffrey S. Evans, Oct. 13-15 MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Fall Fine & Decorative Arts Auction contains a wide selection of desirable material, from contemporary paperweights and Tiffany art glass to Mid-century Modern and Continental furniture. The auction will take place during three days: Thursday, October 13; Friday, October 14; and Saturday, October 15. Absentee […]
Paperweights add heft to Jeffrey S. Evans auction, April 20-23MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Spring Fine & Decorative Arts Auction contains everything from contemporary paperweights and French art glass to antique sewing accoutrements and mid-century Modern material. The sale will take place during four days, from Wednesday, April 20 through Saturday, April 23, and bidding opens at 9 am […]
Paperweights a top attraction in Jeffrey Evans Apr 22-24 saleMT. CRAWFORD, Va. – The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Spring Fine & Decorative Arts Auction contains everything from contemporary paperweights and Tiffany art glass to ethnographic art and fine jewelry. The auction will take place from April 22-April 24, and sessions on all three days commence at 9:30 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live […]
Paperweights magnify delicate glass artistryNEW YORK – Paperweights are small, heavy objects used to pin down flyaway papers. Although a stray stone could do the trick, early Victorians often favored fashionable bronze alabaster, marble or Derbyshire spar (quartz) weights. Pietro Bigaglia, a glassmaker from Murano, Venice, exhibited the first dated glass weights at the 1845 Vienna Industrial Exhibition. Their […]