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Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 152 Paul Ysart closed packed inkwell containing complex cog, quatrefoil, and star canes in cobalt blue, turquoise, pink, lime, blue, fuchsia, yellow, amber, and orange, in the stopper and the base of the cone-shaped inkwell. "The autonomy offered by the intricate craft of lampworking, requiring simple equipment and no working assistance, must have proved as rewarding as the task of creating his own intricate millefiori and filigree canes. Both provided a break from the conformity of the factory floor." -Paul Ysart Paperweights, Alison Clarke; Ysart Glass. Diameter 3 15/16"; Height 4 1/8". $2000-3000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 153 Early Paul Ysart millefiori inkwell with orange poppy, white, blue and yellow canes separated by twists of poppy and white latticinio. The canes and filigrana in the stopper show off the lampwork skills of Ysart to best advantage. Diameter 4"; Height 4 1/4". $1800-2500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 154 Salvador Ysart yellow and green inkwell. The coloration of the canes and filigrana give the inkwell an appearance of so-called "vaseline glass." Swirling, feathered filigree of yellow glass decorate's the ink's well, and the knopf and base are finished with a ring of very boldly designed millefiori, similar to Spanish tile designs. "There were loud calls from one glassmaker to another as one task was finished… and also the occasional curse as things went wrong, especially from Salvador who had a terrible temper! After all this hectic activity, pieces of beautiful glass emerged hours later from the end of the lehr." -Monart Glass, Ian Turner; Ysart Glass. Diameter 4"; Height 4 1/4". $900-1500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 155 Dominick Labino abstract design paperweight, with dark blue and golden-yellow swirling ribbons in a translucent amber veil. Labino paperweights have been in the permanent collections of over twenty-seven museums, including the Corning Museum of Glass, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Pilkington Museum in England. Signed/dated 1972. Diameter 2 1/4". $450-600
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 156 Dominick Labino abstract design paperweight depicting four long-stemmed flowers, with green, yellow and brown dappled petals, encased in an amber veil. Signed/dated 1970. "Labino is an exploring craftsman. He has created 'aerial sculpture' or 'air sculpture' within the walls of many of his freehand-blown glass pieces. For a man who began to work on glass as an art form only in 1963, a few years have brought forth an amazing production." -American Glass Paperweights and Their Makers. Diameter 2 1/2". $450-600
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 157 Charles Kaziun concentric millefiori paperweight with a large central silhouette of a hunter and dog on azure blue ground. Additional canes include silhouettes of a rabbit, turtle, and shamrock, surrounded by a mint green and white twist. Black and white "K" signature cane on front, gold "K" signature on base. "Pride of place must go to Charles Kaziun…for raising modern American paperweights above the level of mediocrity…(He) has produced silhouette canes which are distinctive to him-a turtle, a heart, a golden bee, a whale, and a seated rabbit." -Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 3/16". $1200-2000