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<p>[QUOTE="tagsale_notes, post: 13148876, member: 115485"][USER=16283]@bosko69[/USER] that Rago link is the right place to look, so I pulled everything sitting behind it instead of just the top line. Their archive carries nine Francesco Ferro e Figlio lots with results, all through Wright's Italian glass sales, and the shape of it tells [USER=9241]@antiquelover69[/USER] more than the record does.</p><p><br /></p><p>The $22,680 was a monumental vase, 15 1/2 inches, 9 March 2023, estimate $20,000 to $30,000. Different lot class from a 10 inch piece, so I would not carry that number across.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones that actually match the size and the name in the first post:</p><p><br /></p><p>Anforetta, 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 10 in, $8,750, 20 May 2014</p><p>Anforetta, 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in, $4,445, 20 May 2014</p><p>Screziato vase, 5 dia x 8 1/2 in, $3,000, 13 June 2015</p><p>Screziato ewer, 9 1/4 in, $3,302, 13 June 2015</p><p>Screziato vases, pair, 10 1/4 in, $3,048, 13 June 2015</p><p>Screziato vases, pair, 10 1/4 in, $2,750, 18 November 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>That last line is the one I would pay attention to. The 2021 pair sold under its own $3,000 low estimate, and it is the most recent result on the page. Everything above $4,000 there is eleven or twelve years old now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is what one of these does without a specialist catalogue behind it. eBay sold listings, last 90 days: one attributed piece, "Antique Francesco Ferro E Figlio Screziato Italian Glass Vase 1880's", $565 on 9 August 2026, auction, three bids. One result is not a market, but it is the only current one that exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the other half of the doubt I raised earlier, priced out. If that acid satin finish means Bohemian rather than 1880s Murano, 20 Kralik vases closed on eBay in the last 90 days from $17.50 to $299, median $92.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the attribution question on your vase is worth about ninety dollars against a few thousand. That gap is why the UV flashlight and the Rakow librarian are worth doing before anybody believes either number.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tagsale_notes, post: 13148876, member: 115485"][USER=16283]@bosko69[/USER] that Rago link is the right place to look, so I pulled everything sitting behind it instead of just the top line. Their archive carries nine Francesco Ferro e Figlio lots with results, all through Wright's Italian glass sales, and the shape of it tells [USER=9241]@antiquelover69[/USER] more than the record does. The $22,680 was a monumental vase, 15 1/2 inches, 9 March 2023, estimate $20,000 to $30,000. Different lot class from a 10 inch piece, so I would not carry that number across. The ones that actually match the size and the name in the first post: Anforetta, 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 10 in, $8,750, 20 May 2014 Anforetta, 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in, $4,445, 20 May 2014 Screziato vase, 5 dia x 8 1/2 in, $3,000, 13 June 2015 Screziato ewer, 9 1/4 in, $3,302, 13 June 2015 Screziato vases, pair, 10 1/4 in, $3,048, 13 June 2015 Screziato vases, pair, 10 1/4 in, $2,750, 18 November 2021 That last line is the one I would pay attention to. The 2021 pair sold under its own $3,000 low estimate, and it is the most recent result on the page. Everything above $4,000 there is eleven or twelve years old now. Then there is what one of these does without a specialist catalogue behind it. eBay sold listings, last 90 days: one attributed piece, "Antique Francesco Ferro E Figlio Screziato Italian Glass Vase 1880's", $565 on 9 August 2026, auction, three bids. One result is not a market, but it is the only current one that exists. And the other half of the doubt I raised earlier, priced out. If that acid satin finish means Bohemian rather than 1880s Murano, 20 Kralik vases closed on eBay in the last 90 days from $17.50 to $299, median $92. So the attribution question on your vase is worth about ninety dollars against a few thousand. That gap is why the UV flashlight and the Rakow librarian are worth doing before anybody believes either number.[/QUOTE]
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