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Frank:
I see Ian Turner has listed one of the better known rarities of Monart.

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It is remarkable how few such rarities exist, I am sure that others are tucked away in collections still but many have appeared and reappeared again. But never a duplicate. Perhaps a mathematician could calculate how many such one-off's were made from the recorded data on known collections. But as many of the one off's appear to have been made with a personal element they could still have pride of place in the original recipients family collection. I can think of only a few dozen pieces I would put into this category of one-offs and even less for Vasart - although these are still coming out of the woodwork.

With the paperweights produced by Paul Ysart at Moncrieff, very few survive with the Moncrieff label. Speculation is that Jokelson removed all of the labels before distributing and maybe this will be revealed in the fortcoming book.

It is unfortunate that there is no realistic way of estimating production in the pre-war (WWII) period due to its sporadic nature. Post war it should be more possible but sadly detailed accounts have been lost.

wrightoutlook:
Regarding Jokelson removing the labels, now that's incredibly interesting.

Frank:
This came from a collector who bought many PY's by mail order from Jokelson but we are not certain that they were applied in Scotland. Although it would have been out of character to not apply them.

wrightoutlook:
I guess I'd want to know Jokelson's reasoning for removing labels.

Frank:
Simple economics, remove the information of possible alternative sources.

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