Featured Paperweights - Anything Good Here?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by KikoBlueEyes, Nov 28, 2023.

  1. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    I saw this group of paperweights for sale and thought perhaps a couple might be worth something. I need help! Is this just my imagination. Any comments appreciated.

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  2. Bdigger

    Bdigger Well-Known Member

    First I know very little about paperweights.....so this is just my musings....
    The one I circled looks very interesting to me. I like the symmetry. It just looks like a quality weight.
    The one I arrowed is a cane that is different then the others in the weight. Maybe a form of signature/ makers mark? Without a closer view and more pics, it is hard to tell.
    Like I said.....Just my uninformed observations. Maybe @Josh can help. The canes can tell a lot about a Paperweight. Often times makers marks are in the canes. If the price was reasonable I'd buy them if for no other reason then a learning experience.

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  3. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Yes. You got the one I thought was most interesting. I also was interested in the scrambled Millefiori paperweight. I am guessing this is someone who inherited these things, and doesn't know about them. The price point is fairly high, so I really need to if there are a couple of good pieces. I looked at the one you had the arrow at - let me enlarge it. Thank you very much for your thoughts.
     
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  4. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Here is that one alone. I didn't see a signature cane, but I'm not sure where to look.

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  5. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Her pictures are pretty poor, there are actually 18 weights but a lot of them are crap.
     
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Some of those might be really good, but I don't really know what I'm doing with them. The perfume bottle missing its stopper is alas missing its stopper. Might have been something good.
     
  7. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    I get you completely. I have a small collection of weights - a few really good ones. I would like to add some more good ones, but I don't know if any of these would make it worthwhile.
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I have some, but only when I found them going for pennies, or at any rate under USD$10 and the colors and designs wanted to follow me home. I know enough to spot the cruder Chinese ones, suplhides and such, but that's about it.
     
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  9. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    I bought one at auction - a Baccarat - but most of mine are ones from thrifts that don't know what they are selling. I generally don't look anymore, these just popped up. If I would make an offer, I would be paying about $15 per.
     
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  10. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Oh heck no. Way too much .Most look to be Chinese dreck.
     
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  11. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Thank you. I always appreciate your knowledge. I realize that the person who collected had some bad taste.
     
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  12. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    The circled one is Perthshire or strathearn. There’s a couple of reasonable modern Chinese ones, but the really interesting two are the scrambles. The one below the bottle looks very clichy. The big dump is nice, too.

    How much are they after?
     
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  13. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Arrow one might be Toso. The pale green fountain is decent modern Chinese as is the pink below it. Bottle is annoyingly familiar.
     
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  14. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    They want $350. They also said make an offer so I thought $250. I will also pay for shipping because they didn't offer it. I am only showed the interesting ones. There are 18'in total.
     
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  15. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    A toso would also be nice. I could try to sell off the bottle and others to make up the cost
     
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  16. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I’d gamble $250, I think. The Clichy would be twice that if it’s right. I’d also nag then about proper packaging.

    go on, show the rest!
     
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  17. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    I didn't want to until I made an offer, as the world can see these posts.

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  18. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Shipping on these could be pretty high if there are 18 of them. Honestly they might have to ship in more than one box.

    I'm a sucker for interesting glass, but honestly I'd hesitate unless I was really just doing it to learn. I do see some that would be fun to have, but I am also thrown off by a few that look Chinese.

    Tough decision.
     
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  19. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Tough decision. That's why I came to all you wonderful folks. :happy: I like to hear all sides. On Facebook Marketplace shipping is discounted, so I would fork out about $30 for shipping. I would have to pay a like amount in tax. It would be a gamble for sure.
     
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  20. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Peacock is Chinese, butterfly is interesting.

    you should have done a back door post. ;)
     
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