The Layered Look

Entitled "Layered Lines," this 2018 artwork is by contemporary artist Michael Rausch, using vivid colors and a combination of acrylic paint, wax, and resin to create complex texture and dimension. 

Rausch, a native of Portland, Oregon, divides his time between Portland and Palm Springs, California, with his husband, Dale Scott. Scott himself made sports history when, in 2014, while a Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire, he came out as gay. Scott and Rausch met in 1986 in Portland and were married in 2013 in Palm Springs. The mayor of Palm Springs officiated the ceremony. After retiring from the MLB in 2017, Scott published a memoir of his over thirty years in pro baseball entitled The Umpire is Out: Calling the Game and Living My True Self.

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A Toast with the Most!

With New Year's Eve just around the corner, these shimmering sterling silver wine goblets will certainly add special sparkle to your champagne toast!

Underneath they carry the rising sun mark of Asahi Shoten of Yokohama, Japan. Active in the early-to-mid 1900s, this company was known for its high-quality sterling silver flatware and tableware, with Japanese motifs or in sleek Art Deco western style. The company usually used higher grade silver in its creations. This piece is marked "Sterling" and "950." Typically sterling silver is denoted by the assay number "925," indicating that the item contains 92.5 percent silver. These glimmering goblets carry the assay number "950," meaning that they are 95 percent silver.

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