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