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Embrace
Christopher Ries (American, b. 1952) · 1998
$5,016 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,052≈ €4,842
Hammer $3,800 · with buyer’s premium $5,016
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “cut, ground, and polished optical crystal”
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 16½ h x 9⅝ w x 2¾ d in (42 x 24 x 7 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- Contemporary Glass (auctions/2025/02/contemporary-glass)
- Date
- February 6, 2025
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 159
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £3,231) (≈ €3,861)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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