Gain insight into the auction performance of Murano . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according to the artwork medium.

Jessica Vincent found this rare Murano glass vase in an op shop in Virginia. It sold at auction for $171,000. Photo / AP Jessica Vincent had just started surveying the shelves of a Virginia thrift ...

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Murano is an island in Venice where there's a huge history of glass-making. All the Venetian glass comes from there. This is called a Veronese vase. Veronese was an Italian painter.

3 VIEW ALL PHOTOS Thrift store vase bought for $3.99 ends up selling for over $100K (CNN Newsource, Rago/Wright) TOPICS: Thrift store Vase Virginia Murano glass Venini Goodwill Facebook group ...

Jessica Vincent says she was drawn to the colours and words on the base of the vase, which turned out to be a rare piece by an Italian designer.

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.

Scarpa created the 13.5-inch-tall vase for Venini, one of the leading makers of Murano glass, in the 1940s, according to Wright Auction House.

When Jessica Vincent spotted a large, candy-cane coloured vase on a Goodwill store shelf, it was love at first sight. But she had no idea the thrift store find she bought for five bucks was, in ...

An Italian glass vase, purchased for $4 at a thrift store in Richmond, Virginia, fetched $107,100 (including buyer’s fee) on 13 December at Wright Auction House.

Jessica Vincent, 43, unknowingly found an extremely rare Italian vase at her local Goodwill and bought it for $3.99. Designed by Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa, it sold for $107,100 ...