PAPERWEIGHTS

[cyberdigger]

I am working in a home which many museums can't live up to, just chock full of amazing antiques.. one category they collect is paperweights, and today I bought these 2 as a kind of house-re-warming gift for them, I just hope I am not insulting them with these specimens.. anyone out there know about theses things? What they're worth etc.. who made them and when? Whaaassupwitdeezzz??

 

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[Steve/sewell]

Hi Chuck,This gentleman( Paul Stankard) is a world renowned artist who has a studio 5 minutes from my house.
On his website he lists a contact area,in looking at the web site it appears it has not been updated since last year.
I would still give them a shot as Paul is probably the worlds greatest artist in this medium.Good luck let me know how
you make out.Here is the link ----- http://www.paulstankard.com/

 

[Steve/sewell]

Chuck just google Paul Stankard and look at all the links. He is an amazing artist as you can see.

 

[cyberdigger]

OMG I'm impressed. Stankard very much, Steve! [sm=tongue.gif]

 

[RED Matthews]

Hi Cyberdigger and you also Steve. I have done a lot of reading about paper weights. I think that multiflora is a neat one. I will be back here after supper, RED M.

 

[RED Matthews]

Well I am back an that is one fantastic artist on the subject. Very interesting work. There were a lot of paperweight makers in the South Jersey early operations. However Charles, I think your two could have been made outside the USA. I have about 30 of them and I think half of them came from China. Fortunately I didn't pay much for them. That one of yours which is usually called multifloura has some neat bubble network in the glass, that makes it outstanding..

A few years I posted some pictures of one that had a sulphide George Washington in it. There weren't many comments made about it.

The work of this Paul Stankard is way above the normal quality I have seen. Thanks Steve for telling us about him.
RED Matthews