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Lot 209
Bob Banford primrose paperweight, with a royal blue and white primrose,
having a star/honeycomb center cane, a layer of green leaves,
and a long stem, on clear, star-cut ground. "B" signature
cane near stem.
Diameter 3 1/8". $550-700 |
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Lot 210
Ray Banford iris paperweight, with three dark purple iris, three purple
buds, and winding green leaves on clear, diamond-cut ground.
"B" signature cane near stem.
Diameter 3 1/4". $600-800 |
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Lot 211
Bob Banford primrose paperweight, with a red and white primrose, a central
star/honeycomb cane, green leaves, and stems on clear, star-cut
ground. "B" signature cane near base of stem. Diameter
3 1/8". $550-700 |
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Lot 212
Ray Banford cabbage rose paperweight,
containing two, multi-petal,
pale pink roses, on stems with emerald green leaves, over gold-speckled,
midnight-blue ground. A tiny gold-foil bee rests on one of the
leaves. "B" signature cane near stem.
Diameter 2 1/2". $1000-1200 |
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Lot 213
Bob Banford salamander paperweight,
composed of a yellow-spotted
black salamander, crawling near a plant with a pink flower and
dark green leaves, under which two ladybugs are hiding, on multi-colored
sandy ground. "B" signature cane near the plant.
Diameter 3 3/16". $700-900 |
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Lot 214
Ray Banford floral basket paperweight, containing a radiating, circular, upright
bouquet of alternating pink and white cabbage roses and dark
green leaves, over diamond-cut ground, within a clear, fancy-cut
basket that includes two tilted side facets and an engraved torsade
on the basket handle. "Ray creates beautiful full dimensional
flowers, especially roses and iris, often enhanced by fancy faceting
and cutting which add brilliance to the lovely designs…
Among the most popular are the overlays cut like a basket to
reveal the floral bouquets inside. The author's favorites are
the clean baskets where the form is suggested only by the cutting."
-Annual Bulletin of the PCA (1985-86). "B" signature
cane.
Width 2 3/4". $2000-3000 |