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NEW YORK – The Jasper52 auction titled “Style & Function: The Mid-Century Modern Sale” has all the furniture and fixtures to decorate a home in a retro but fresh, sleek look. Clean lines, organic contours and stylish functionality are all offered in this specially curated sale on Wednesday, April 10. Highlights include a rare Ico […]

NEW YORK – Two useful and inexpensive items commonly found in homes are clocks and glassware. But why own something common and cheap when uncommon and artfully designed items are readily available at competitive prices? Jasper52 will conduct two online auctions offering remarkable examples; clocks on Wednesday, June 6, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, and […]

NEW YORK – The tradition of glassmaking in Murano, Italy, goes back to the 13th century but a particularly innovative and peak time for art glass there was after World War II into the 1950s-60s as the modernism movement came into vogue.

NEW YORK — Murano glass, crafted with Old World traditions by generations of artisans in Murano, Italy, is highly coveted among art glass collectors. While commonly thought of as one island, Murano is actually a grouping of seven small islands connected to Venice by bridges. Glassmakers here pioneered and perfecting such techniques as enameling glass, […]