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October 13, 2000

"In 1953 paperweight collector and connoisseur Paul Jokelson suggested that Baccarat experiment with making sulphides. Their first attempt... proved to the craftsmen that encasing cameos in glass was possible. That same year the factory produced its first successful contemporary sulphide commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England."
-All About Paperweights

Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 214 Baccarat Pope Pius XII sulphide paperweight on sunburst-cut ground; double overlay with five and one facets. Limited edition of 284. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $350 - 450
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 215 Baccarat Mt. Rushmore sulphide paperweight on translucent blue ground in a red-over-white double overlay; large top facet and eight oval side facets. Limited edition of 1000 in 1976. Diameter 3 1/2" wide. Estimate: $500 - 700
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 216 Baccarat Adlai Stevenson sulphide paperweight in a purple flash overlay, with four and one facets, and starburst cuts on the sides. Clear, star-cut base. Limited edition of 472. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $250 - 350
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 217 Baccarat Abraham Lincoln sulphide paperweight in a double overlay with clear ground; faceted. Mark near one of the facets. Limited edition of 197 in 1954. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $400 - 600
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 218 Baccarat Thomas Paine overlay sulphide paperweight; limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 3/16" Estimate: $200 - 300
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 219 Baccarat Pierre Laval sulphide paperweight in a blue-over-white double overlay; five and one facets. Limited edition of 100. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $600 - 850