Paperweights for Collectors
by: Lawrence H. Selman & Linda Pope-Selman
1975, Paperweight Press, Santa Cruz, CA
190 pages, $90. hardbound.
flyleaf: “This book offers a new, readily understandable identification guide and history for both antique and contemporary paperweights. Beautifully produced in large art-book format, PAPERWEIGHTS FOR COLLECTORS includes these features:
• Over 225 paperweights illustrated in full color.
• More than 200 black and white illustrations including over 100 close-up details such as individual signatures, dates, silhouettes, and geometric canes.
• Background information on antique and contemporary paperweight factories and individual artists working in the French style.
• New information on millefiori cane identification.
Paperweight authorities, Lawrence Selman and Linda Pope-Selman publish a yearly “Catalogue and Price Guide of Collectors’ Paperweights” which has become the accepted price index in the field. In PAPERWEIGHTS FOR COLLECTORS they have combined their experience and enthusiasm to create a valuable addition to the basic library of every art lover and collector.”
