Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
(2) Greg Held & Bruce Sillars Orient & Flume Glass Paperweight Vases
- Price realized
- $275
- Pre-sale estimate
- $150 – $300
- Hammer price
- $225
- Category
- Vases & Vessels
- Sold
- June 6, 2024
- Sale
- SPECIAL DAY 1- June 2024 Fine Antiques & Estates 4-Day Auction Event
Lot description
(lot of 2) Studio art glass paperweight vases, Orient and Flume, each having double-walled colorless case, with lampwork flowers on foliate vines, including: (1) signed Held (Greg Held, American, 1951-1999) and Sillars (Bruce Sillars, American, 20th c.), dated July 1984, with fluted purple blossoms suspended on green cane vine, initialed OF and dated [19]84 in cane, approx 5"h, 3.75"diam, (1) depicting polychrome flowers with complex canes as pistils, on swirled ribbon cane, initialed O&F and dated 1982 underfoot, approx 4.5"h, 2.75"diam, 6.5lbs total Provenance: From the estate of Carl Carter (Texas, 1955-2023)
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.