Glassware

In a market that waxes and wanes, recent sales suggest collectors are active and pushing up prices

A single-owner collection of Venini glassware led Roseberys’ (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) first Design auction of the year in West Norwood.

Chanel No 5 was perfected in the late summer and autumn of 1920 by the French-Russian chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux.

Paris auction staged at the Drouot centre offered a richly varied and valuable range of lots

Punchy prices result as demand for relics linked to the British naval hero remains evidently high

Sale including pieces produced by French designer in cire perdue technique attracts international interest

The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair is arriving at Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire, on November 1-3 for the third time this year.

Massimo Micheluzzi (b.1957), who began his glassmaking career as a photographer for the Venini factory, has become a name to watch in the modern design market.

Annual fair now in 33rd staging offers range suitable for first-time buyers and seasoned collectors alike

A rare presentation ship model, made to commemorate what Nelson called his ‘hardest fought battle’, sold at Doyle New York.

Wanting to create a new perfume for the modern woman, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel invented her signature fragrance Chanel No. 5 in 1921.

A mindful quote about glass from the great American writer Tennessee Williams comes in his one-act drama The Glass Menagerie which premiered on stage in Chicago in 1944: “When you look at a piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.”

Highlights from the estate of Max Clendinning and Ralph Adron sold at Sworders

A new record for any English bottle was set at specialist saleroom BBR Auctions in Elsecar, South Yorkshire.

The Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa (1906-78) designed for Venini from 1932-47, creating around 30 different ranges.

Event that filled the void left by Art & Antiques for Everyone is back at Birmingham NEC after its debut last year