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October 13, 2000

Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 3 Important Saint Louis bouquet paperweight. The clear glass is set with a central scarlet dahlia whose central stamen consists of a cogwheel cane containing a tiny blue and white flower with green stem and leaves. The dahlia is encompassed by nine smaller flowers, including two fuchsias, on conjoined green stems. Star-cut base. (See Paperweights-Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows, Hollister and Lanmon (1978), p. 76; No. 207, from the Art Institute of Chicago). Two dahlia petals show small separation. Diameter 3 1/16". Estimate: $8000 - 10,000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 4 Rare Baccarat tricolor bouquet paperweight. The white double clematis features the distinctive yellow, white and ruby star honeycomb center; the red and white striped primrose offers a white stardust/bull's-eye cane; and the blue forget-me-nots each have a white stardust center around a baby blue circular cane. The leaves surrounding the forget-me-nots are of a brighter green than the bouquet's other leaves, and show fine detail. There is a separation from the top of the stem. The arrangement floats above a clear star-cut ground; six and one facets multiply the flowers. Diameter 3 1/2". Estimate: $18,000 - 25,000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 5 Extremely rare Clichy three-flower bouquet paperweight. Inside, a pansy and two double clematis flowers, each flower with a matching bud, are tied at the base with a partial ruby ribbon, on a clear ground. The pansy is naturalistically colored in deep royal purple and butter yellow, and both clematis exhibit vigorous lampwork with peppermint striped veins in the petals and elaborate canes as stamens. Diameter 2 11/16". Estimate: $20,000 - 25,000