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Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 85 Rare Emil Larson magnum yellow crimp rose paperweight, ca. 1940, with four opaque lime green leaves, in mint condition, containing all of the characteristics of a Larson crimp rose: i.e. approximately 16 petals surrounding a prominent central stamen. The size, let alone the vivid color of the rose, is audacious. Height 3 3/4"; Diameter 3 3/8" Estimate: $3750 - 4500
Click on each image to enlarge	Lot 86 Millville desk set with ink-well and matching paperweight, with a three-dimensional umbrella in the paperweight, inkwell base, and matching stopper, each having panels of royal blue, teal and red over white. Collared, circular foot; pontil mark. Attributed to Emil Stanger, ca. 1900 (See The Art of the Paperweight, p.57, plate 3.27). Inkwell with stopper Height 8 3/4", Inkwell Diameter 3 5/16". Paperweight Height 3 1/3"; Paperweight Diameter 3 3/16". Estimate: $1700 - 2500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 87 John Degenhart pink crimp rose paperweight with mottled pink and white petals. The naturalistic wavy edges suggest a real petal still unfolding, supple and delicate (See The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, p. 248). From the A. Christian Revi collection. Diameter 2 11/16". Estimate: $200 - 300
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 88 American turquoise cross on a rock paperweight framed by the inscription "ROCK OF AGES" in blue print, on opaque white ground; circular top facet. "Midwestern glass factories were established following the discovery of natural gas, which provided a constant fuel source. Paper-weights have been attributed to the Pittsburgh area, to many factories in Ohio (Ravenna and Zanesville are among the better known), and to Indiana."-Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom Art Center. Diameter 3 11/16". Estimate: $200 - 300
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 89 American frit paperweight with a cozy house, front yard and leaf-bare tree, and the inscription "HOME SWEET HOME," over a wavy, multi-colored ground. "(V)ery popular... were those beds of granular chips of colored glass that formed the background for presentation and anniversary weights...bearing the inscriptions 'To Mother,' 'My Father,' 'Home Sweet Home'..."-The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 3 1/4". Estimate: $100 - 200