Something unusual is happening in our summer auction. Our star lot is just a baby. It is the only Clichy moss ground miniature we have caught sight of or even heard about. Typically, a Selman Lot 1 would not be a miniature, and, in fact, I doubt that there has ever been one. In this…
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David Graeber | Storytelling in Glass
Every piece of glass art that David Graeber makes begins with a good story. Whether he’s in the mood to pay tribute to a former professor, remember a family member, or document the life journey of a silkworm, each of his works aims to relay a personal reflection or his love of nature. Graeber, born…
Ayotte Paperweights | L.H. Selman Glass
Ayotte Paperweights | L.H. Selman Glass Globally acclaimed for his unbelievably lifelike interpretations of small creatures and birds in their natural habitats, glass artisan Rick Ayotte has spent a lifetime studying and observing nature to create little worlds encased in glass. Beginnings | Rick Ayotte Born in New Hampshire, Ayotte officially began his career at…
Sam Solakyan the Entrepreneur and Community Leader
Sam Solakyan began from humble beginnings and effectively characterizes the American dream. He is an original American whose folks chose to move to the US in 1984, advancing the distance from Armenia. They had a fantasy of becoming showbiz royalty in the clamoring city of Los Angeles, them two being maturing artists. Solakyan never felt…
Sam Solakyan Serving the Local Community
President and CEO Sam Solakyan of Global Holdings, Incorporated, is a flourishing businessperson, humanitarian, and extremely devoted family man. The organization held secretly takes part in different areas of business, running from diversion to human services. Solakyan began Modern Radiology, his own firm, in the wake of being dazzled by wonders of therapeutic innovation, alongside…
History of Philanthropy
Philanthropy is gotten from a decision in Greek inferring “adoration for mankind“. This notice of sustaining, sensible, upgrading and box up the quintessence of humankind. It influences the promoters at this as a matter of fact moment and reaction their qualities in both volunteering and giving. Also, the recipients merit influenced emphatically on pending increases…
Sam Solakyan Helping Charities with His Actions
CEO of Global Holdings, Sam Solakyan is a heavy person who is intended to investing wholeheartedly in his person in the street on considerate acts. He has donated generally towards a well known causes and taken case in know ins and outs acts of companionless generosity. Solakyan by the same token serves on a pair…
Whitefriars Overview and U.S. Flag Portrait Cane Appearances
On Whitefriars… It is generally believed that the Whitefriars Glass Company of London was constructed in about 1680, shortly after the great fire of London. In all probability, its beginnings date back even further. A 1682 map of London shows the glassworks as being near the Inns of Court in the Temple and very close…
The Glass Gallery – L.H. Selman, Ltd. Summer Auction 60
Something unusual is happening in our summer auction. Our star lot is just a baby. It is the only Clichy moss ground miniature we have caught sight of or even heard about. Typically, a Selman Lot 1 would not be a miniature, and, in fact, I doubt that there has ever been one. In this…
The Origins of Glass Paperweights
Glass paperweights seem to have put in their first appearance in Venice, then and now a famous glass mecca, around 1845. A glass worker named Pietro Bigaglia (pronounced Bee-ga-lee-a) was perhaps first to have invented the genre, and his pieces were received with much awe and admiration, inspiring interest and the subsequent and inevitable urge…