Blue glass circling the orb, a delicate green-leafed flower suspended inside, it seemed one of a kind. But the paperweight, instead, is a near duplicate of artwork already on display. That’s one ...

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Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Rare paperweights, many from the 19th century and held in ...

When Keren Hoover was 15, her parents returned from a trip to Italy with three paperweights for her. The small glass orbs were millefiore-style paperweights, one of the most popular designs, holding a ...

New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANSlife) The experts at leading auction house Christie's share their advice on what to look out for when buying a paperweight. These overlooked and frequently gorgeous items -- ...

Paperweights are popular and often expensive collectibles. The first glass paperweights probably were made for an exhibition in Vienna in 1845. Within a few years, the French Saint-Louis glass factory ...

It is not what most would consider a dangerous hobby. But a glass paperweight nearly cost one collector his life after it caught the sun's rays and set his home on fire. Matthew Williams, who has ...