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Title: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: marcylove on October 27, 2010, 12:48:38 PM

I'm trying to find a value for this murano glass sculpture.  the only similar things I have found are:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pics.rubylane.com/graphics/shops/piatik/PS07-12-07-07.1F.jpg%3F62&imgrefurl=http://www.rubylane.com/shop/piatik/ilist/,cs%3DGlass.html&usg=__RSN_qEFwBnVAeSZy6toFk-TPlkw=&h=95&w=106&sz=4&hl=en&start=25&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=u1QbbD5iIV2-BM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=84&prev=/images%3Fq%3Davem%2Bmurano%2Bglass%2B%252B%2Bclear%2Band%2Bgold%2Bfigure%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1

This is what I found on A.VE.M

http://www.boglewood.com/murano/producers/avem.html

It seems that murano glass is all over the scale on price ranges.  I know nothing about murano glass, but in the contemporary fused glass world, dichroic glass is more expensive and has a very similar look to the gold in my statue...  I don't even know how to go about putting a value on this thing!   ???  It's about 7" tall...

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: mariok54 on October 27, 2010, 01:13:06 PM

Apologies, I can't quite make it out, is it a concertina player?

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: marcylove on October 27, 2010, 01:13:27 PM

i posted on this site as well...

http://www.fossilfly.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=3100&highlight=avem

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: marcylove on October 27, 2010, 01:14:39 PM

yes it's confusing...either that or it's a hand muff.  The suspender getup looks German...I think?

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: mariok54 on October 27, 2010, 01:26:23 PM

That was the other thing that crossed my mind. The Alpine get-up makes it difficult to determine the sex in those photos.  It's a Venetian piece so the influence could easily be Swiss/Austian/German ... But if its male, I don't think it'll be a muff

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: marcylove on October 27, 2010, 03:01:41 PM

someone sent me this link from the other forum:

http://www.antiquehelper.com/item/355712

The musicians here look like better quality pieces.  According to them, the prices on these two were probably exaggerated and the AVEM pieces do not fetch the same kind of money...

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: sapphire on October 27, 2010, 06:38:50 PM

Found another along those lines.......

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6302177

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: sapphire on October 27, 2010, 06:51:23 PM

I got through 15 pages on Murano, the other 70 pages are yours   ;)


http://www.JustGlassMall.com  (type Murano into Search box)

Title: Re: AVEM Murano Glass Sculpture
Post by: marcylove on October 27, 2010, 09:54:33 PM

Thanks sapphire!  i'm liking the examples we're finding better than the piece we have!