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Christopher Ries

American · b. 1952 · Sculptor

Christopher Ries is an American glass artist and sculptor. Ries is noted for applying classical sculptural reduction to cold optical crystal rather than using traditional hot… (Wikipedia)

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SpringRago Auctions · Sep 2020$75,000≈ £58,466≈ €63,270Sign up to see
GuardianRago Auctions · Sep 2020$47,500≈ £37,028≈ €40,071Sign up to see
GuardianRago Auctions · Sep 2021$35,000≈ £25,596≈ €29,866Sign up to see

Christopher Ries’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Christopher Ries, Lotus, 2008, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Lotus, 2008
Rago Auctions · Sep 19, 2025
$4,826Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Point of View, c. 1999, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Point of View, c. 1999
Rago Auctions · Sep 19, 2025
$4,064Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Solstice, 2008, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Solstice, 2008
Rago Auctions · Aug 20, 2025
$1,122Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Untitled, 1991, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Untitled, 1991
Rago Auctions · Aug 20, 2025
$1,270Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Sculpture Embrace, A signed and dated 'Embrace' sculpture in partially frosted, cut optical glass by Christopher Ries in 2008 — Sculpture Embrace
Bonhams · Jul 10, 2025
€640Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Sculpture Afterglow, A signed and dated 'Afterglow' sculpture in partially ground, polished and cut optical glass by Christopher Ries in 1997 — Sculpture Afterglow
Bonhams · Jul 10, 2025
€960Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Embrace, 1994, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Embrace, 1994
Rago Auctions · May 16, 2025
$6,096Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Desert Flower, 1993, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Desert Flower, 1993
Rago Auctions · May 16, 2025
$6,985Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Afterglow, 1989, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Afterglow, 1989
Rago Auctions · May 16, 2025
$3,048Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Afterglow, 2003, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Afterglow, 2003
Rago Auctions · Apr 11, 2025
$1,397Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Embrace, 1998, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Embrace, 1998
Rago Auctions · Feb 6, 2025
$5,016Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Afterglow, 1998, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Afterglow, 1998
Rago Auctions · Feb 6, 2025
$2,286Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Embrace, 2001, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Embrace, 2001
Rago Auctions · Sep 20, 2024
$11,970Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Wild Orchid, 2005, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Wild Orchid, 2005
Rago Auctions · Sep 20, 2024
$11,340Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Holiday, 2007, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Holiday, 2007
Rago Auctions · Sep 20, 2024
$7,560Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Afterglow, 2001, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Afterglow, 2001
Rago Auctions · Sep 20, 2024
$3,528Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Golden Egg II, 1987, cut, ground, and polished Cerium-colored optical crystal — Golden Egg II, 1987
Rago Auctions · May 17, 2024
$10,710Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Embrace, 2000, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Embrace, 2000
Rago Auctions · Feb 21, 2024
$4,788Sign up free to see

Lotus
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Feb 11, 2024
$4,725Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Golden Egg II, 1987, cut, ground, and polished Cerium-colored optical crystal — Golden Egg II, 1987
Rago Auctions · Oct 5, 2023
$13,860Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Holiday, 2012, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Holiday, 2012
Rago Auctions · Oct 5, 2023
$20,160Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Celebration, 2001, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Celebration, 2001
Rago Auctions · Oct 5, 2023
$10,080Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Wild Orchid 2, 2007, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Wild Orchid 2, 2007
Rago Auctions · Jan 20, 2023
$11,340Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Afterglow, 1998, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Afterglow, 1998
Rago Auctions · Sep 23, 2022
$4,000Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Lotus, 2020, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Lotus, 2020
Rago Auctions · Sep 23, 2022
$3,750Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Lotus, 2009, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Lotus, 2009
Rago Auctions · May 13, 2022
$4,000Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Point of View, 1994, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Point of View, 1994
Rago Auctions · Jan 21, 2022
$16,250Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Guardian, 2003, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Guardian, 2003
Rago Auctions · Sep 24, 2021
$35,000Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Bouquet of Light, 1998, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Bouquet of Light, 1998
Rago Auctions · Sep 24, 2021
$17,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Lotus, 2008, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Lotus, 2008
Rago Auctions · Sep 24, 2021
$27,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Untitled, 1991, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Untitled, 1991
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2021
$7,040Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Lotus, 2008, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Lotus, 2008
Rago Auctions · Jan 22, 2021
$32,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Golden Egg II, 1987, cut, ground, and polished Cerium-colored optical crystal — Golden Egg II, 1987
Rago Auctions · Jan 22, 2021
$17,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Mountain Flower, 2004, cut, ground, polished, and engraved optical crystal — Mountain Flower, 2004
Rago Auctions · Jan 22, 2021
$16,250Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Embrace, 2008, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Embrace, 2008
Rago Auctions · Jan 22, 2021
$17,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Prisma, 1987, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Prisma, 1987
Rago Auctions · Jan 22, 2021
$32,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Afterglow, 2007, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Afterglow, 2007
Rago Auctions · Jan 22, 2021
$17,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Guardian, 2002, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Guardian, 2002
Rago Auctions · Sep 12, 2020
$47,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Harmony, 2010, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Harmony, 2010
Rago Auctions · Sep 12, 2020
$23,750Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Spring, 2008, cut, ground, and polished optical crystal — Spring, 2008
Rago Auctions · Sep 12, 2020
$75,000Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Celtic Cross, 2012, cut, ground, and polished cast glass — Celtic Cross, 2012
Rago Auctions · May 13, 2020
$6,250Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Untitled, 1982, optical glass — Untitled, 1982
Rago Auctions · May 13, 2020
$1,408Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Large sculpture — Large sculpture
Rago Auctions · May 19, 2019
$11,250Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Sculpture — Sculpture
Rago Auctions · May 19, 2019
$3,000Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Small sculpture — Small sculpture
Rago Auctions · May 19, 2019
$7,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Small sculpture — Small sculpture
Rago Auctions · May 19, 2019
$7,500Sign up free to see

Christopher Ries, Sculpture Afterglow, A signed and dated 'Afterglow' sculpture in cut, polished and partially ground optical glass by Christopher Ries in 1997 — Sculpture Afterglow
Bonhams · May 29, 2024

Christopher Ries, Sculpture Embrace, A signed and dated 'Embrace' sculpture in partially frosted, cut optical glass by Christopher Ries in 2008 — Sculpture Embrace
Bonhams · May 29, 2024

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