Blue glass circling the orb, a delicate green-leafed flower suspended inside, it seemed one of a kind. But the paperweight, instead, is a near duplicate of artwork already on display. That’s one ...

When Keren Hoover was 15, her parents returned from a trip to Italy with three paperweights for her. The small glass orbs were millefiore-style paperweights, one of the most popular designs, holding a ...

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Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Rare paperweights, many from the 19th century and held in ...

While almost any small, heavy object could be used as a paperweight, the pieces on display at the Paperweight Collectors Association of Texas’ Saturday meeting in Tyler are considered by many to be ...

It’s an unusual hobby, set to draw people from all over the state to Nacogdoches this weekend. The Paperweight Collectors Association of Texas will hold its meeting this Saturday at Comfort Suites on ...

Those who remember Arthur Rubloff likely recall him as one of Chicago’s most influential developers and real estate moguls. Fewer, though, know him as the owner of one of the world’s greatest glass ...

Peter Miller via Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 It’s hard to argue with Brendan I. Koerner who, in his 2006 piece for The New York Times, says “The store-bought paperweight is something of a metaphor for ...