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"This collection of sulphides... was all the more exciting as it forced me into many domains of research, to learn the identity of the person depicted on the cameo and in certain cases, why the person was famous."
-P. de Toulgo't, "Reflections from a Collector," from The Art of the Paperweight

Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 226 D'Albret Christopher Columbus sulphide paperweight in a cobalt blue flash overlay with a clear sunburst-cut ground; top facet and fancy side printies. Dated 1966. Limited edition of 200. Diameter 2 7/8". Estimate: $300 - 500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 227 D'Albret John Paul Jones sulphide paperweight in a red-over-white double overlay with a clear, star-cut base; faceted. Dated 1974. Limited edition of 170. Diameter 3". Estimate: $200 - 300
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 228 D'Albret John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy sulphide paperweight in an evergreen flash overlay with gold leaf filigree; clear, sunburst-cut base. Faceted. Limited edition of 300 in 1967. Diameter 3". Estimate: $250 - 350
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 229 D'Albret General Douglas MacArthur sulphide paperweight in a peridot green flash overlay with clear sunburst-cut base; top facet and fancy side facets. Limited edition of 300 in 1968. Diameter 3 1/16". Estimate: $200 - 400
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 230 D'Albret Menachen Begin and Anwar Sadat sulphide paperweight paperweight in a lavender-over-white double overlay; seven and one facets. Limited edition of 120 in 1977. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $300 - 500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 231 D'Albret Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden, sulphide paperweight on a translucent aqua, cross-cut base; six and one facets. Limited edition of 1000. Diameter 2 3/4". Estimate: $80 - 150