Roger G. Jacobsen Paperweight Collection Part 1

Spanning 350 lots, this sale is led by two exceptional centerpieces. A St. Louis Gingham Bleu weight numbered 14 of 50 with its original box and certificate offers a scarce modern tribute to the celebrated antique St. Louis Gingham overlay design, while a Paul Stankard Blackberries Vine weight from the 1970s, numbered 27 of 75, presents a lifelike botanical study with individually lampworked berries, leaves, stems, and root structure. Around these two, the collection spans Perthshire, Baccarat, St. Louis, Orient & Flume, antique American glasshouses, and a run of rare studio names, offering entry points for new collectors and serious targets for specialists alike. Pre-Bidding is underway. Submitting a maximum bid today ensures your place is secure when live bidding closes this auction on September 24, 2026 at 1:15 PM ET. About the Collector This is the opening chapter of a lifetime's worth of acquisitions built by a collector who spent fifty years learning to tell craftsmanship from decoration. Roger G. Jacobsen's eye was formed early, on a pair of unmarked St. Louis weights bought at a sale near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, and sharpened over decades running his own dealership, Paperweights of Quality, and forging direct friendships with the makers themselves. He was a personal friend of Stuart Drysdale, founder of Perthshire Paperweights, who stayed at his home for days at a stretch during American sales trips, and Jacobsen still holds three intact suitcases of Perthshire factory samples from 1978 through 1980 that never reached general production. His relationship with Orient & Flume went beyond that of a typical dealer, a friendship that gave him access inside the California studio itself, and he wrote about the maker for the Paperweight Collectors Association's Annual Bulletin. St. Louis St. Louis is the deepest and strongest category in this collection, anchored by the Gingham Bleu weight described above alongside a pair of weighted candlesticks limited to only 50 sets and numbered 31 and 32, a 1996 Anthemis overlay paperweight numbered 9 of 50 featuring a moss ground clematis bouquet beneath a cobalt double overlay, and a millefiori vase produced for the firm's 150th anniversary in 1995 and numbered 8 of 150. Further highlights include a 19th century early millefiori weight, a 1980 gilded salamander overlay numbered from an edition of 300, and a run of crown, s 1:51 pm - 1:15 pm 8/12 - 9/24 Source: Originally listed on Yard Sale Treasure Map (https://yardsaletreasuremap.com/US/Virginia/Norfolk/2500-Church-St/38881151/userlisting.html?s=tl)