Are old paperweights worth money?

Through time, paperweights have steadily appreciated in value, and some have been outstanding investments. An example, (on the left) is this antique paperweight of silkworms. The Pantin factory made it, we think, as a special exhibit piece for the 1878 Paris Exhibition.

How do I know if my glass paperweight is valuable?

Color: The color, clarity, and brilliance of the glass are extremely important when judging the quality of a paperweight. A yellowish cast to the glass is characteristic of Chinese weights made during the 1930s and 1940s.

What is a Clichy paperweight?

The Clichy Rose Clichy paperweights featured a rose-like cane of unknown origin that is called a Clichy-rose. It consists of a close overlapping arrangement of flattened hollow canes around a center millefiori cane. White, yellow, and pink are the colors most found in Clichy roses.

What is Victorian dump glass?

Glass Dumps: A short explanation: They are large sized, ovoid like the one on the left or round with a flattened base, and usually made of green bottle glass. Glass Dumps were first made in the early 19th century by various bottle and window glass factories in Yorkshire, the Midlands and the North East of England.

Are paperweights worth anything?

Paperweight Collecting Fine glass paperweights originally were used functionally to hold down paper, but collectors now consider them as collectible glass art objects and value them for their beauty, creativity, and rarity.

What are the most valuable paperweights?

$258,000: Cost of the most expensive paperweight ever sold at auction—a Clichy known as “The Basket of Flowers” (Sotheby’s June 26, 1990). £300,000: Estimated cost of damage from a freak 2010 fire in a UK mansion that started when a glass paperweight magnified the sun’s rays onto a pile of books and set them ablaze.

What does the glass paperweight in 1984 symbolize?

In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the glass paperweight is a symbol for the protagonist’s attempts to discover and connect to the past. When Winston Smith finds the glass paperweight, its beauty and strangeness come to represent that mysterious past from which it came, and which Winston longs to learn about.

How do I know if my paperweights are antique?

Identifying Antique Glass Paperweights According to Christie’s Auction House, some antique paperweights include tiny canes that are used to help identify the maker and the date, such as ones arranged to read out a year and a company or maker’s initials.

Are Clichy paperweights signed?

The Paperweight People Clichy paperweights are known for the clarity of their glass and the brightness of the colours. A very small number of examples are signed with a ‘C’ cane set in the middle of a millefiori cane.

What GSM is 80 lb paper?

216 gsm
80 lb Cover Weight/ 216 gsm card stock is our most commonly used card stock. It is a medium weight card stock that will go through almost any type of printer.

Who smashed the paperweight?

The tiny fragment of coral embedded in the paperweight represents the fragility of human relationships, particularly the bond between Julia and Winston, which is destroyed by O’Brien as easily and remorselessly as the paperweight is smashed by the Thought Police.