LH Selman Gallery in Chicago is auctioning off some of the paperweight collection from the The Art Institute of Chicago. “It’s like pruning a tree,” said Louise Lincoln, former director of ...

Artist Paul Stankard is among contemporary glass-makers represented in the collection. Paperweights first appeared in Europe in the mid-1840s, according to the Corning Museum of Glass.

In the late 1970s, with her small collection started, Hoover learned of Lawrence Selman, a well-known paperweight specialist. She and her husband met Selman in his small office in Santa Cruz.

Her collection also is split among her three homes, with about 350 paperweights in Texas, 80 in Colorado and 50 in her Kahuku home. The most expensive cost $15,000.

The collection was donated by Gladys and Byron Paddock of Bloomington. The paperweights date from the mid-1970s through latter part of the '90s. More than 500 paperweights are in the collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago had a collection of antique paperweights from as far back as the 1930s. Then Rubloff began donating some of his pieces, and by the late ’80s his entire collection ...

Lawrence Selman's paperweight collection is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at 123 Locust St., Santa Cruz. (800) 538-0766.

A local collector donated his paperweight collection for display at The Victoria College/University of Houston Victoria throughout the month of June. Paperweights date back to the 15th century.

A new donation might include a piece duplicating one already on display. LH Selman Gallery in Chicago is auctioning off some of the paperweight collection from the The Art Institute of Chicago.