Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim for the best price for their items, including wind-up toys, a Murano glass vase, a gentleman’s companion, industrial lamps and a filing cabinet.

On Wednesday, the vase was auctioned for $107,100 to an unidentified private art collector in Europe. About $83,500 went to Vincent, and about $23,600 went to Wright Auction House.

And if there is one item that really epitomises our obsession, it's probably the Murano lamp. Venetian glass is thought to have been made for thousands of years, with the production concentrated ...

The vase was then listed as part of Wright's "Important Italian Glass" sale with a valuation of between $30,000 and $50,000. The final sale price more than doubled the top estimate.

While Murano glass may have been made anytime between 1940 and today, handkerchief glass from the 1950s and 1960s is the most valued. Patterns (and prices) are the best indicators of age.

This mini glass table lamp nods to the trend and emits the same sort of glow, crafted from gold-hued glass. Shop mini glass table lamp at Urban Outfitters, £39 Buy now ...