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Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 250 Perthshire Paperweights inkwell with a millefiori butterfly encircled by a spaced garland on blue ground; stopper has signature cane center encircled by a spaced garland on blue. Height 5 1/2". Estimate: $600 - 700
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 251 Perthshire Paperweights dragonfly paperweight. The latticinio wings are rendered expertly, suggesting the tension and fragility of this fascinating insect. The dragonfly is en-circled by a garland of complex canes, over clear ground; signed/dated 1970. Limited edition of 500. Diameter 2 1/2". Estimate: $300 - 500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 252 Perthshire Paperweights 1981 honeycomb faceted paperweight with three lampwork honeybees. Due to the multi-faceted exterior the overall effect is like a sudden swarm of bees, busily tending to their hive. With grid-cut base. Limited edition of 200. Original certificate: "This is a small craft concern, constituted in 1968 to develop and extend the creation of individual skills and techniques in the making of glass paperweights... One of the aims is the production of pieces... which will become rarities in the future." Height: 3 7/16". Diameter: 3 1/2". Estimate: $2000 - 3000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 253 Perthshire Paperweights 1984 pink lampwork flower and buds paperweight on a swirling white latticinio cushion; red-over-white double overlay. Multi-faceted. Signature cane. Limited edition of 300. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $450 - 550
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 254 Perthshire Paperweights lampwork bouquet paperweight on an emerald green cushion in a green-over-white double overlay with top facet and two rows of side facets. 1996 signature/date cane. Limited edition of 200. Diameter 3". Estimate: $600 - 800
Click on the image to enlarge Click here for another view	Lot 255 Perthshire two interlaced trefoil garlands paperweight encircling six portrait canes, including a rabbit and fox. The design rests on a blue cushion, in a blue-over-white double overlay; faceted. Central signature cane. Limited edition of 250. "Many weights have been lost to the scrap bin before this type of (overlay) could be perfected. The many technical dangers encountered in the construction of the individual layers due to the glass contracting unevenly in the heating and cooling process, have deterred many glass houses from even trying to make this type of weight as uneconomical and time consuming."-Scottish Paperweights, Robert G. Hall. Diameter 3 1/2". Estimate: $500 - 800