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The FAE Design Blog Table of Contents:

Fine Art Estates

The FAE Design Blog table of Contents has been divided into the following categories: Most Recent Post Safe Handling of Artwork Artwork Installation Framing Artwork Fine Prints How to get the most out of the FAE Website __ 1. Sign up with FAE to receive our newsletter, and never miss a new blog post or update!

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Finley’s Art World Spotlight: The Myrna and Sheldon Palley Glass Artist Lecture

Anubis Appraisal and Estate Services

March 27, 2024: The Myrna and Sheldon Palley Glass Artist Lecture, at the Lowe Art Museum This great lecture highlighted the glass artist Michael Janis, the Co-Director of the Washington Glass School. The Lowe Art Museum has one of the best art glass collections in the United States. 1970) Thomas Norris (b.

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Jewelry as an Investment

James Farrow Company Jewelry Appraisers

This is a question I get often, so I thought it beneficial to write a little bit about it here on the blog. Also, as many of my friends have found out the hard way, much of what is being sold is glass… so “buyer beware.” If so, do you think they are worth buying as investment items/nice pieces? Also, what concerns would you have?

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Is This The Earliest Commercial Iridescent Glass?

Mark Hill

In 2013, I wrote a blog post on the origins of iridescent glass. Despite credit usually going to the hugely successful Art Nouveau iridescent glass produced by Tiffany and Loetz from the 1890s onwards, the origins of iridescent glass actually date back to 1856 and a Hungarian chemist and technician called Leo Valentin Pantocek.

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Avoid the tragedy of broken glass

Elsinore Gallery

Each year, we replace 100’s of broken glass panes in anything from fine art to posters and family photos. Glass is technically a liquid and once a chip occurs, it will find the path of least resistance to break and that’s usually across the surface of your art.

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Finley’s Art World Spotlight: Design Miami, 2023

Anubis Appraisal and Estate Services

Another highlight was Laura de Santillana, a contemporary Italian glass artist from Venice and hails from the Venini family of glass artists. 2 ¾” Sold for $36,000.00 (Below) 5) Laura de Santillana Untitled (Standing Glass Powders), 2002 Glass Images courtesy of Anubis Appraisal and Estate Services Inc.

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But it doesn’t even look like glass! Sèvres Lithyalin.

Mark Hill

My tastes are much broader, however, but even I was a little surprised when I bought the piece below from my friends the top French and Bohemian art glass dealers M&D Moir at the always-amazing Battersea Decorative Fair today. Friends, family, and the other half were too, exclaiming “ But it doesn’t even look like glass.!

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