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Manufactured by Compagnia di Venezia e Murano (CVM), Vase with Dolphins and Flowers (ca. 1880s–1890). Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
In June, Jessica Vincent purchased this vase for $3.99 during a quick stop at Goodwill on her way home from work. This week ,it sold for more than $100,000.
The vase was then listed as part of Wright's "Important Italian Glass" sale with a valuation of between $30,000 and $50,000. The final sale price more than doubled the top estimate.
Wright confirmed the vase’s authenticity after he sent two dedicated glass specialists from New York to Virginia to inspect it. Bidding for the vase opened at $24,000, the Times-Dispatch reported.
Flash forward a couple months and the vase has now sold for over $107,000. The bottle-shaped design features a swirling pattern that's blown with translucent red and opaque seafoam green glass.
Contemporary Murano-inspired works, clockwise from top left: Stories of Italy black-and-white reversible vase, about $260, storiesofitaly.com; Hawkins New York Confetti double old-fashioned glass ...
Many people don’t realize there are approximately 100 glass factories in Murano. These furnaces are usually owned by families, many of which pass their craft from one generation to the next.
This vase was purchased from a Virginia Goodwill for $3.99. It just sold for $107,000 COLLEEN CURRAN Richmond Times-Dispatch Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 ...
And now a resignation. Turmoil at Midlothian baseball. Created in the 1940s, the vase was part of the “Pennellate” series he designed for Venini, a glass workshop that produced Murano glass.
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