Classic glass paperweights were originally popular between 1845 and 1860 in central France. The French glass factories of Baccarat, Saint-Louis and Clichy produced approximately 25,000 weights during this time, but they quickly lost popularity as handwriting letters became more and more of a novelty. The first-ever World’s Fair in 1851 London showcased glass paperweights; the…
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…
Sam Solakyan, at age 14, began his way as a business visionary, having trusted to his guardians of the longing to possess a free business. Being a musical performer, his dad, an Armenian foreigner had just restricted learning of business and stayed resolved to help him still. Accordingly, they both procured a corner where both…
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Sunset Blvd and Silverlake Ave. Saturday 4/19/15 – Police, Fire and Bomb squad closed off a section of Sunset Blvd. in Silverlake Saturday night after a report of assault with a deadly weapon and a man barricading himself in an apartment. After 5 hours of street closure, evacuation and investigation, it was confirmed that no…
