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Tamara Today

Although commonly considered Polish, Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) was actually Russian – born Мария Гурвич-Гурская (Maria Gurvich-Górska) in Moscow to a Polish mother and Jewish…
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January 26, 2026
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Three Sales

SAVOURY SNACK On 10 December 2025 Adam Partridge Auctioneers from Macclesfield in Cheshire (20 miles south of Manchester) offered a ‘unique and important piece of…
Ruzhnikov
January 14, 2026
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Christie’s Sale Report

Christie’s London 5pm December 2. Fabergé’s Winter Egg on the block. Saleroom crammed. Atmosphere tense. Drama in the air. Lot 7, Imperial Winter Egg Хлеба…
Ruzhnikov
January 4, 2026
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Will It Sell?

The resurgent Russian art market should receive an almighty boost in London on December 2 when Fabergé’s glittering Winter Egg heads a 48-lot Russian Sale…
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December 1, 2025
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2025 Icons Highlights

The Icon Market received a boost earlier this year when the Louvre announced it had acquired 272 icons from the Abou Adal Collected, amassed since…
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October 5, 2025
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Horses for Courses

On 19 March 2025 it was nice to return to auctioneering civilization – in Newbury, an affluent horseracing centre 60 miles west of London on…
Ruzhnikov
April 10, 2025