TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FOUR ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS
Four glass paperweights with worked canes. The first is lettered VC in red over a white latticinio ground; the second, on a pink ground, is lettered in blue A MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR about a central motif; the third sets a red flower over a deep green ground; the fourth is a scrambled weight with colored canes and yellow lettering. The base of one is acid etched with a circular mark showing a three-masted sailing ship with letters.
Capote began collecting paperweights in 1948, when Colette gave him one in Paris; that weight is also in this sale.
Approx. Dimensions: largest 3 "H x 3.5 "round
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: paperweights, art glass, lettered paperweight, commemorative, merry christmas, latticinio, scramble weight, acid etched mark, sailing ship mark, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
Four glass paperweights with worked canes. The first is lettered VC in red over a white latticinio ground; the second, on a pink ground, is lettered in blue A MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR about a central motif; the third sets a red flower over a deep green ground; the fourth is a scrambled weight with colored canes and yellow lettering. The base of one is acid etched with a circular mark showing a three-masted sailing ship with letters.
Capote began collecting paperweights in 1948, when Colette gave him one in Paris; that weight is also in this sale.
Approx. Dimensions: largest 3 "H x 3.5 "round
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: paperweights, art glass, lettered paperweight, commemorative, merry christmas, latticinio, scramble weight, acid etched mark, sailing ship mark, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
