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. Produced for the Italian ...

Venetian glass steals the spotlight at the American Art Museum, ... In the next gallery, Maria Bang Espersen’s “Things Change” features a row of large, thin-walled, transparent vases.

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 ...