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Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 190 Saint Louis blue and white carpet ground paperweight, with a field of aquamarine and white cog canes in precise millefiori formation. A complex center cane, in pistachio, ruby, white and blue, anchors the composition. With 1972 signature/date cane. Limited edition of 400 (See The Art of the Paperweight-Saint Louis, revised edition, Annual Limited Editions section). Diameter 2 7/8". Estimate: $500 - 650
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 191 Saint Louis three-color marbrie paperweight. The design consists of aquamarine, white and pistachio looped bands emanating from a signature/date cane at the top. Flowing like water ripples down the sides of the sphere, the three colors create different depths in their opacity. Limited edition of 400 in 1971. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $450 - 550
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 192 Saint Louis patterned millefiori paperweight with spaced complex canes, in red, pink, chartreuse, royal blue, cadmium green and white. The design of circles is set off by dividing cables of white filigree. A rich opaque thalo blue ground complements the canes' hues. 1972 signature/date cane. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 1/4". Estimate: $500 - 700
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 193 Saint Louis 1970 pistachio double clematis paperweight, with bud and green leaves, on translucent cobalt blue ground; six and one facets. The flower, with a double tier of petals surrounding a yellow and white signature/date cane, is resplendent on a vigorous emerald stalk. This design was produced in the first year that Saint Louis began to make limited editions. Limited edition of 800. Diameter 3 1/4". Estimate: $425 - 500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 194 Saint Louis clematis bouquet paperweight in a blue-over-white double overlay, with one salmon and one turquoise double clematis; five-and-one facets. The lampworked petals each exhibit the subtle coloration and matchless annealing skills collectors' expect from Saint Louis artisans. 1975 signature/date cane. Limited edition of 450. Diameter 3". Estimate: $500 - 650
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 195 Saint Louis white flower paperweight paperweight with rounded, cane petals, a white bud and slender green leaves on an opaque tangerine ground; central 1973 signature/date cane. The design is vibrant, and the fantasy flower with its ruffled petals seems to dance and twirl. Limited edition of 800. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $350 - 450