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In 1993 Glazer opened his own gallery, where his appreciation for historical context is carried out in the shop’s eclectic and informal design. He has fashioned his Upper East Side gallery after a Victorian “curiosity cabinet,” where some 150 American globes rest at ease among antique prints, astronomical charts, color-plate books and period library furniture … He enjoys bringing a wide appreciation of globes to his clients, and ultimately, seeks to preserve them in his clients’ personal collections and in museums. In time, he hopes antique globes will no longer be the narrow enjoyment of a few, but of all who seek a connection with the earth, history and ourselves.
“Globes encompass everything about us, they’re a merging of art and science,” he says. “In its basic geometric form, the three-dimensional sphere is a very primal way of seeing, touching and thinking about the earth and our humanity. And, we can spin it to fantasize about where we’d like to travel, or simply to connect to where we’re from.'”
