Exquisite! CRIMP rose CUT and FACETTED! Violet! Start Price USD 120.00 Current Price USD 120.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price USD 299.99 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 18, 2008 End Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Location bayfield, CO See more about 'Exquisite! CRIMP rose CUT and FACETTED! Violet!' Description ABSOLUTELY one of the prettiest ones i have had on here yet! this light purple crimp rose is just beautiful,, saving the best for last! maybe,, but no not really I just had it cut a facetted by Jim beaman and he was trained by SID Garrett who cut many weights and things for Joe St clair. Sid trained jim and Jim did the work on this weight,.. the weight was awesome to begin with,, now that it is cut a facetted it as just AMAZING I know i am really talking it up but I am just telling you what i see.. 4.5 inches tall with the pedstal. PErfectin evey way. hot signed by Joe Hamon and as always a signed certificate of authenticity and romance card about the artist! Hamon : the name is synonymous with quality and value in the glass world. I personally think the name is synonymous with ART. I am Cheryl Hamon/Jackson daughter of  Joe Hamon who worked with glass from the age of 7 until he retired completely from glass work in 2000. He first worked in Oklahoma for His father (Orville Hamon) where he learned the trade, then in 1964 he moved to Durango Colorado where he owned and operated his own glass factory for over 30 years. He closed and retired from glassblowing on Dec 6, 2000; but not before he completed many successful contracts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Washington Cathedral Gift store, the Smithsonian, many other places carried his wares,, such as The Royal Gorge &  Silver Dollar City. He was one of the original glassblowers who set up the glassworks at Silver Dollar City where the tradition continues today. I found out a little story about My Dad: Joe Hamon, and the making of his crimp roses, He was consumed as a very young man with learning how to make one, He was sitting in a church service and all of the sudden it came to him how to do it, and as soon as the service was over he ran back to his little factory nicknamed " Joe's Piddle Plant" and made a crude sort of crimper and made his first few roses, from there it was try, try and try again, he said in the 90's that the success rate of these was not what his other glass pieces had been, he tossed more than he made in the beginning, and then even after he mastered it there would be the occasional investment of time and it would end up being tossed in the end as it was not up to his expectations. I sincerely hope the winning bidder will enjoy this rose, Please remember to check out my store: click on the red door! And also check out my other auction items. I will give a great shipping discount on multiple items shipped in the same box and please add me to your Favorite sellers. I will have many more different and interesting items! And my goal is for you to come back again and again and buy from  FROZENFIRE777. Thanks so much for looking , Cheryl     Place a Bid!