Glass
Admired for its natural translucence, textural beauty and potential for plasticity in the fine and decorative arts, glass is a substance that has captured the imagination of human beings for thousands and thousands of years.
In scientific language the term refers categorically to any type of amorphous solid material capable of undergoing a glass transition, by which a liquid substance is converted into semisolid state through impact, compression or an cooling. Glass has been the material of choice of cultures for objects both functional and of beauty, from windows, drinking vessels and jewelry, to lamp-work paper weights and large scale decorative sculpture. Whether blown, poured, molded, cast or enameled, both industrial and studio art examples of the material remain popular objects of desire.
Glassmaking traditions have flourished and evolved for centuries, the earliest artificial examples being semi-translucent beads made around 3500 BC in eastern Mesopotamia. Notably too, collector’s also do prize natural glass formed by meteoric impact, such as a numerous Libyan specimens to have appeared on the market in recent years. In Europe, the glassmaking traditions in Italy, notably in Venice and Murano, France, Austria, Bohemia and Britain continue to inspire contemporary artists working in the medium today.
Auctions can be a great way to both research and add to your glass collection. Our Collector's Guide is designed to help you research glass values and bid on glass in live auctions. Each collection includes images, upcoming lots and price results for lots previously sold at auction. Navigate among the collections below featuring Baccarat, Steuben, Murano, Tiffany favrile, Dale Chihuly, Kosta Boda and much more!
- Almeric Walter
- Amberina
- Anchor Hocking
- Art Reed
- Baccarat
- Bagley
- Blenko
- Bluerina
- Caithness
- Cambridge Glass Company
- Carnival Glass
- Central Glass Works
- Chance Brothers
- Charles Lotton
- Clichy
- Consolidated Glass
- Dale Chihuly
- Dan Dailey
- Dante Marioni
- Dartington
- Daum
- Degué
- Dominick Labino
- Dugan
- Duncan & Miller
- Edris Eckhardt
- Églomisé
- Émile Gallé
- Fenton
- Fostoria
- Frederick Carder
- H. C. Fry
- Hazel-Atlas
- Heisey
- Jack in the Pulpit
- Joe Mattson
- Joel Philip Myers
- John Lewis
- Jon Kuhn
- Josh Simpson
- Keene
- Kosta Boda
- Lalique
- Leerdam
- Legras
- Libbey
- Littleton
- Lundberg Studios
- Marcel Goupy
- Mark Peiser
- Marvin Lipofsky
- Mary Shaffer
- Maurice Heaton
- Maurice Marinot
- McKee
- Mdina
- Michael Glancy
- Morgantown
- Northwood
- Nuutajärvi Notsjö
- Orient & Flume
- Orrefors
- Paden City
- Parabelle
- Paul Stankard
- Pauly
- Peachblow
- Philabaum
- Pulled Feather
- Richard Marquis
- Richard Ritter
- Richard Satava
- Robert Eickholt
- Robert Held
- Robert Levin
- Robert Palusky
- Sabino
- Saint-Gobain
- Sonja Blomdahl
- Steuben
- Steven Weinberg
- Stoddard
- Swarovski
- Tiffin
- Toots Zynsky
- Tyrone Crystal
- United States Glass Company
- Val Saint Lambert
- Vandermark Merritt
- Waterford
- Westmoreland
- Whitall Tatum
- Whitefriars
- William Carlson
- Willington
- Zwiesel
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