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APPRECIATE IT.

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>> THANK YOU IT IS A PLEASURE.

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>> A FRAGMENT OF THE DREAM IS

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HOW TRUMAN CAPOTE DESCRIBED A

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GLASS PAPER WEIGHT AND HUNDREDS

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OF THOSE DREAMS IN THE FAMOUS

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RUBLOFF COLLECTION AND NOW AN

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ART GALLERY IN CHICAGO IS

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PREPARING TO AUCTION A PORTION

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OF THAT COLLECTION WITH THE

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SALES GOING TO THE MUSEUM AND A

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NONPROFIT.

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"CHICAGO TONIGHT" GOT A PREVIEW

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OF THIS UNCOMMON EVENT.

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>> IN THE HISTORIC FINE ARTS

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BUILDING ON SOUTH MICHIGAN

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AVENUE, THE GALLERY FOCUSED ON

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PAPER WEIGHTS SINCE THE COMPANY

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BEGAN IN 1969.

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>> A BEAUTIFUL PAPER WEIGHT IS

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AN ETERNAL BUBBLE.

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IT'S CREATED FROM MOLD ENCRYSTAL

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AND INFUSED WITH DELICATE AND

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WELL CONSIDERED PLEASING

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GEOMETRIES FILLED WITH SHAPES

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AND COLORED PIECES OF GLASS THAT

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ARE COAXED INTO POSITION AS THE

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GLASS COOLS.

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>> THEY DRY YOUR EYE IN WHEN YOU

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FIND ONE THAT RESONATES IN ITS

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SYMMETRY OR IN ITS ORIGINALITY

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IT BECOMES A PERSONAL ITEM.

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>> PAPER WEIGHTS CAN BE ETCHED

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WITH PORTRAITS OF NOTABLE PEOPLE

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FILLED WITH LIFE LIKE CREATIONS

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OF FLOWERS AND INSECTS OR

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PLAYFUL ABSTRACTIONS AND YOU CAN

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FIND A 50 POUND PAPER WEIGHT TO

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PIN DOWN YOUR PAPERS WHEN A

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HURRICANE WIND IS BLOWING.

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BUT THE MOST PROMINENT WORKS

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COME FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF

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CHICAGO.

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>> THE ART INSTITUTE HAS

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CONTACTED US AND ASKED IF WE

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WOULD HELP THEM AUCTION OFF SOME

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OF THE DUPLICATES THAT THEY HAVE

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FROM THEIR EXHIBIT THERE.

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>> THE HAMMER PRICE OF THE

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WINNING BID GOES TO THE ART

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INSTITUTE.

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AND ALSO BENEFITS THE GLASS

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PAPER WEIGHT FOUNDATION.

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A LAKE FOREST NONPROFIT THAT

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SEEKS GREATER AWARENESS OF THE

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GLASS PAPER WEIGHT AS AN ART

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FORM.

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NOT ONLY HAVE THE WORKS BEEN IN

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A MUSEUM WHERE THEY ARE

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CONSIDERED REDOESN'T DENT THEY

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BELONGED TO PROMINENT

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CHICAGOANS INCLUDING THE PALMER

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FAMILY AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER

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ARTHUR RUBLOFF.

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MANY COME FROM THE SO-CALLED

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CLASSICAL PERIOD IN FRANCE

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ANDITALY IN THE MID-19TH

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CENTURY.

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AND ACCESSORIZING YOUR DESK WAS

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IN FASHION AT THE TIME AND YOU

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WOULD GET YOUR INK WELL AND YOUR

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MATCHING PAPER WEIGHT AND THE

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PAPER WEIGHT HAD A LIFE OF ITS

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OWN AND THE GLASS WORKS WERE

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COMPETING AND THEY ARE EASY TO

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COLLECT.

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SO WE HAVE MUCH MORE PAPER

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WEIGHTS THAN WE HAVE INK WELLS.

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>> ONE TECHNIQUE, ITALIAN FOR

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1,000 FLOWERS WAS INVENTED 2000

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YEARS AGO.

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>> IT WAS BAB LOANIANS WHO

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BABYLONIANS AND THEY WERE

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PULLING PIECES OF GLASS AND

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CUTTING CROSS-SECTIONS WHERE YOU

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WOULD SEE A FLAT IMAGE OF THE

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DESIGN THEY WANTED.

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>> A MODERN TECHNIQUE, LAMP WORK

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USESES A TORCH TO MOLD THE GLASS

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AND CREATE THREE DIMENSIONAL

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IMAGES INSIDE.

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>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PIECE, ONE

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OF THE MODERN MASTERS YOU WILL

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SEE DELICATE FLOWERS AND ROOT

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SYSTEMS OF PLANTS AND YOU WILL

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SEE ALL KINDS OF THINGS INSIDE

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THE GLASS.

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>> PART OF THE MYSTERY IS HOW DO

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YOU GET THE SUBJECT INSIDE THE

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GLOBE?

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WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS AT

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2500 FAHRENHEIT ANYTHING CARBON

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BASED WOULD INCINERATE.

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SO THEY HAVE TO USE ONLY THINGS

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THAT WOULD SURVIVE WHICH IS

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GLASS.

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>> PAPER WEIGHTS ARE STURDY BUT

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NOT UNBREAK ABLE THEY ARE MOST

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LIKELY TO BE DAMAGING AGAINST

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ANOTHER PAPER WEIGHT.

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AND THE COLOR OF THE GLASS IS AS

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BRIGHT AS THE DAY IT WAS MADE.

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BUT YOU DO NOT WANT TO PLACE A

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PAPER WEIGHT IN SUNLIGHT.

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THE GLOBES CAN REFLECT SUNLIGHT

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AND START A FIRE.

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FOR NOW, THE MUSEUM QUALITY

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GLASS PAPER WEIGHTS ARE SEEKING

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NEW OWNERS.

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AT THE UPCOMING AUCTION EVERY

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LOT WILL HAVE A STARTING BID OF

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$1,000.

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>> IT IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY.

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WE WANT THE PAPER WEIGHTS TO GO

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TO GOOD HOMES AND WE WANT TO BE

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ABLE TO GIVE THE COLLECTORS A

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PRESENT SOMETHING THAT HAS

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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND

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SELECTED PIECES.

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>> PIECES THAT ATTRACT ART

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COLLECTORS WITH AN EYE FOR

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GLASS.

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>> THEY LOWER YOUR BLOOD

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PRESSURE THEY ARE WORLDS WITHIN

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WORLDS.

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>> MORE THAN 300 PAPER WEIGHTS

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WILL BE UP FOR AUCTION ON

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH AND