| I have a shop that sells art glass. My favorite art | | | | just won't sell. It has been in the store the longest |
| glass is paperweights. I have a lot of fun attending | | | | and I think I may have it priced too high. I won |
| art auctions and buying art glass. I try to pay | | | | the paperweight at an art auction several years |
| attention to what my friends and clients like and | | | | ago for one thousand dollars. The paperweight |
| dislike. | | | | was created by Paul Stankard and it should have |
| I usually give people art glass paperweights that I | | | | easily sold for twice what I paid for it. |
| find at art auctions for milestone birthdays and | | | | I have no trouble at all selling art glass |
| anniversaries. My grandmother turned eighty last | | | | paperweights that were made by Rick Ayotte. |
| October and I found a wonderful art glass | | | | His work seems to draw the most interest. I try |
| paperweight for her. | | | | to win any auction I find for art glass |
| The art glass paperweight that I found for my | | | | paperweights he made. I won one not long ago |
| grandmother was made by Baccarat. I was | | | | that was pink roses. They looked so delicate and |
| extremely lucky that this was one of the last | | | | sweet. I know that this art glass paperweight will |
| things auctioned. A lot of people had already left | | | | sell quickly. |
| the art auction when this item went on the block. | | | | There have been some inquiries at my shop for |
| My grandmother appreciated the pansy design | | | | art glass paperweights by Richard Marquis. I |
| because the pansy is her favorite flower. | | | | haven't found any in any of the art auctions I've |
| My cousin loves frogs. She has managed to | | | | attended recently. I looked at some of the pieces |
| decorate her home tastefully with her favorite | | | | he's made and I'm not especially impressed. |
| item. I have been on the lookout for an art glass | | | | I will keep looking for the art glass paperweights |
| paperweight for her for years. I finally found one | | | | at the art auctions I attend, but I will not be going |
| at an art auction I was at last year. The art glass | | | | way out of my way to track them down. I will |
| paperweight featured a frog sitting on a lily pad | | | | just remember that Marquis is an artist that some |
| and the frog was surrounded by blue water. It | | | | of my clients are really interested in. I'm sure that |
| was really pretty and my cousin started using it | | | | I will find an art auction with one of his pieces in it |
| on her desk immediately. | | | | at some point. |
| My aunt collects art glass paperweights. I have | | | | There were some inquiries about nautical themed |
| been asked by her on numerous occasions to find | | | | art glass paperweights a couple of years ago and |
| pretty art glass paperweights for her while I'm | | | | I found a fantastic artist that made them. I buy |
| attending art auctions. Of all of the pieces I've | | | | every art glass paperweight I can find that was |
| won for her over the years, one memory sticks | | | | made by Rick Satava. My favorite has to be the |
| out in my memory more than any other. | | | | coral orange jellyfish that I found at an art auction |
| By far the prettiest art glass paperweight I've | | | | an hour from my home. It was really pretty. |
| ever won at an art auction has to be one that | | | | The coral orange jellyfish art glass paperweight |
| features a blue and gold Macaw. Rick Ayotte was | | | | was just the first Rick Satava piece that I've |
| the artist that created it and it was even | | | | found at various art auctions. I've also found |
| featured in a book of his work. He has created | | | | jellyfish in ruby and blue. They are beautiful by |
| many lovely art glass paperweights. | | | | themselves or when they are put onto a black |
| I have an art glass paperweight in my shop that | | | | light stand that has been built especially for them. |