The Banfords have continued this practice today. By searching for the best colors, using only the finest of optically clear crystal glass, they have honed their art to a point where pieces by the Banfords grace many private and public collections. Their paperweights are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Corning Museum of Glass, Chicago Art Institute, Musuem of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, and many others. Although Ray is semi-retired, they both continue to further their skills, adding new techniques to their work and expanding their ability to produce the finest paperweights. Their work is individually signed internally with their own distinctive initial canes.
Most pieces are one of a kind, further enhancing their collectability.