| My friend has a store that sells glass artwork. My | | | | attending art auctions. Of all of the pieces I have |
| personal favourite glass artwork is paperweights | | | | bought for her over the years, one sticks out in |
| and I have a lot of fun attending art auctions and | | | | my memory more than any other. |
| buying glasswork with her. We pay a lot of | | | | The prettiest art glass paperweight I have ever |
| attention to what our friends and her clients like | | | | bought at an art auction has to be one that |
| and dislike. | | | | featured a blue and gold Macaw. Rick Ayotte was |
| I often give people art glass paperweights that I | | | | the artist that made it and it was even featured |
| find at art auctions for milestone birthdays and | | | | in a book of his work. He has created many |
| anniversaries. My mother turned seventy last | | | | beautiful art glass paperweights. |
| August and I found a magnificent paperweight for | | | | There is no difficulty at all selling art paperweights |
| her. | | | | made by Rick Ayotte. His work seems to draw a |
| The art paperweight that I bought for my | | | | great deal of interest. My friend tries to win any |
| mother was made by Baccarat and I was | | | | auction she finds for art glass paperweights made |
| extremely lucky that this was one of the last | | | | by him. She won one not so long ago that looked |
| things auctioned. A lot of people had already left | | | | like pink roses. They looked so fragile and cute. I |
| the auction when this item went under the | | | | know that this art glass paperweight will sell |
| hammer. My mother really liked the rose design | | | | without delay. |
| because the rose is her favourite flower. | | | | There have been some inquiries at the shop for |
| I have a Dutch friend from Den Bosch who loves | | | | art glass paperweights by Richard Marquis, |
| effigies of frogs. She has managed to decorate | | | | although we have not found any in any of the art |
| her home very tastefully with her favourite frogs. | | | | auctions we have attended recently. |
| I have been on the lookout for an art | | | | I will keep looking out for art glass paperweights |
| paperweight for her for years. I finally found one | | | | at the auctions I attend, but I will not be going |
| at an art auction last year. The paperweight | | | | way out of my way to track them down. I now |
| featured a frog sitting on a lily pad surrounded by | | | | buy every art glass paperweight I can find that |
| blue water. It was really pretty and my friend | | | | was made by Rick Satava. My favorite has to be |
| began using it on her desk immediately. | | | | the coral orange jellyfish that I found at an art |
| I also have an aunt who collects art glass | | | | auction an hour from my home. It was really |
| paperweights. She has asked me very often to | | | | pretty. |
| find glass paperweights for her when I am | | | | |