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Paperweights add heft to Jeffrey S. Evans auction, April 20-23
MT. 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 sale
MT. 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 artistry
NEW 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 […]
Steuben glass rarities headline at Akiba, Dec. 16
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – Akiba Antiques will present The Fabulous Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Schultz – 608 lots of Steuben glass, European antiques and fine art collected during the course of four decades. The sale begins at noon Eastern time on December 16. The Schultz family are members of the Carder Steuben Club, an important club […]