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paperweights.co - information and links for collectors

Perthshire Xmas paperweight for 1972
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This site exists to help anyone who is interested in paperweights to find the information that they are looking for. There are links to various collectors clubs around the world, to books that can help you understand more about the fascinating and complex subject of paperweights, to other paperweight sites, to sites of dealers that sell paperweights..... and to other related topics.

There are also pages to help you identify paperweights - but this is a complex and difficult topic, so there are no guarantees of success! These include a page of modern Chinese paperweights, which turn up in all sorts of places at all sorts of prices; a page of examples of the more common weights that turn up at car boot sales or charity shops; and the Murano project (updated 24 June 2010).

Advice and information - help with identification and valuation

We retired from our professional careers a few years ago to live in Somerset, and now spend a lot of time on what was our hobby. As a result we are specialists in paperweights, and we write articles and give talks about them in the UK and abroad. Alan is also the Newsletter Editor for the Paperweight Collectors Circle.

We do know enough to spot the occasional errors in the catalogues of major auction houses, for example - but we don't know everything: anyone who claims to is deluding themselves! However, we can probably help you with the identification and valuation of your paperweights (whether for sale, insurance or probate).

Paperweights for sale

We have a range of paperweights for sale - please contact us if you would like more information on any shown on our sales pages. These include antique French, old English and various other paperweights.

We sometimes have weights for sale on eBay - click here to check if any are listed at the moment.  And, of course, we are always on the lookout for interesting weights - whether single items or a whole collection.

Contacting us

We have removed the direct email contact link to try and reduce the amount of spam that we receive. We can be contacted by email as follows: use the name alan.thornton and the provider physics.org - you will need to put an @ between the two parts.

You can telephone us on: 01935 822316 (from outside the UK use 0044 1935 822316).

Articles

Here are two items concerning English paperweights: (article) (guide)

Recommended books

We recommend Miller's Guide as a good value starter guide ( usually under £5 ) to identifying and learning about paperweights. If you collect Caithness paperweights, then the Charlton Catalogue is very helpful, and for Scottish paperweights more generally, try Scottish Paperweights by Bob Hall. For an overview of paperweights more generally, have a look at World Paperweightsby Fleming & Pomerencke.

There are many more books to do with paperweights and collecting more widely on the new Books pages.

We have added to this site some of the articles that we have written for various publications.  We hope they are of interest, and maybe inspire you to join one of the collectors' organisations such as the Paperweight Collectors Circle.

UK Makers

We have some very skilled and innovative makers in the UK, including well known names such as John Deacons, Willie Manson, Peter MacDougall, Peter Holmes, Richard Golding, Johathan Harris and Mike Hunter. There are many others not as well known. It is worth checking up on smaller glass studios in your own locality - you never know what you will find. In our area we have Siddy Langley and Will Shakspeare - both superb glass artists, who make some paperweights.

Please browse the site, and let me know what you think would improve it - and please send me useful links if you have any. We have included links to various useful Books, and also to Onspeed, which we have found very effective at speeding up image downloads - even with broadband.

We hope you enjoy the site.........and enjoy paperweights......they are an art form, an object of fascination, an investment, and a topic of conversation..... and no doubt more besides.  For example, seek out the Infinity Project on Josh Simpson's site for a different way to display (?) paperweights.

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Selected paperweights for sale

Recently added items - click on pictures to enlarge

Caithness LE 67/250  £100.00 Caithness Whitefriars Honeysuckle (Allan Scott) £275.00 Old English Walsh Walsh ink bottle £325.00
Caithness
Camelot LE

£100.00  
Caithness Whitefriars
Honeysuckle LE

£275.00  
 
Old English
Walsh Walsh

£325.00  

Buzzini 1988 Violets & Lilac £995.00 Perthshire PP63 £80.00 Saint-Louis jasper ground £210.00
Chris Buzzini
Violets & Lilac

£995.00 
Perthshire
PP 63 design

£80.00   
 
Saint-Louis
Jasper ground 2 1/8"

£210.00

Perthshire Limited Edition 1974 £180.00 Paul Stankard 'Yellow meadowreath' £600.00 Antique Saint-Louis fuchsia £850.00
Perthshire 1974B
Limited Edition

£180.00 
Paul Stankard
Yellow Meadowreath

£600.00   
 
Saint-Louis Fuchsia
Superb. 1850s

£850.00

Clichy 2 1/2 inch concentric in b/w stave basket £1250.00 Antique Baccarat garlanded clematis £495.00 Clichy blood red ground £1200.00
Clichy concentric
2 1/2 inch; basket

£1250.00 
Antique Baccarat
garlanded flower

2 inch £495.00   
 
Clichy red ground
2 1/2 inch.

£1200.00

Antique Baccarat B1848 2 1/2 inch  £1600.00 Antique Baccarat closepack dated B1847 £2350.00 Drew Ebelhare 1997 £180.00
Antique Baccarat
B1848; 2 1/2 inch

£1600.00 
Antique Baccarat
Closepack B1847;

£2350.00   
 
Drew Ebelhare
Millefiori 1997 2 1/4 "

£180.00   

Antique Baccarat closepack £1450.00 Paul Ysart 1930s  £295.00 Rick Ayotte magnum 'Purple-headed Lorikeet'
Antique Baccarat
Closepack; 2 7/8 inch

£1450.00 
Paul Ysart 1930s
On blue;3 inch

£295.00  
Rick Ayotte 2006
LE 9/25
£1200.00

Andrew Byers 2005  'Double-sided' bouquet. Jim D'Onofrio 2005 Parabelle Artist's proof 1998
Andrew Byers 2005
Rare, superb quality.

£1250.00 
Jim D'Onofrio 2005
Hunter's Moon

£725.00 
Parabelle 1998
Artist's proof.
£1350.00

Frank Eisner (Moncrieff)  3 3/8 inch.  £120.00 Stunning Mayauel Ward bouquet 1992 Stunning Dainel Salazar 4 layer, near magnum.
Frank Eisner
Moncrieff 3 3/8 inch.

£120.00
Mayauel Ward 1992
Bouquet.

£525.00
Daniel Salazar 1998
Superb 4 layer
£650.00 

Daniel Salazar1989 Sterling Rose Rare Whitefriars 1980 Christmas Bells. Box, certificate. £875.00 Randall Grubb 1991 Plum Blossom
Daniel Salazar 1989
Sterling Rose.

£250.00
 
Whitefriars Xmas 1980
Rare.

£875.00 
Randall Grubb 1991
Lilac Bouquet.

£495.00

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Cherished number plate

Having sold our second car, the number plate D12 AGT (on retention certificate) is now for sale (valued at £900.00). Price £600.00.
'Showroom plate' versions include DR AGT and DRAG T.

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