SOTHEBY’S, NEW BOND STREET. WEDNESDAY 25 MAY. 2PM. Ten, maybe 12 people in the saleroom. Just two or three familiar faces amidst the empty seats.…
RuzhnikovMay 30, 2022
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On 25 May 2022, despite events in Ukraine, Sotheby’s London will be holding an auction to assess how things are looking on the Russian art…
RuzhnikovMay 24, 2022
25 Мая 2022 несмотря на события в Украине, Сотбис все же рискнули провести аукцион и посмотреть, что же происходит на рынке русского искусства. Пару раз…
RuzhnikovMay 24, 2022
24 февраля Россия, страна, с которой я связан происхождением и культурой, развязала чудовищную братоубийственную войну. Вот уже несколько дней мы наблюдаем, как русское оружие уничтожает…
RuzhnikovMarch 8, 2022
On November 19 Anita Singh, the Daily Telegraph’s ‘Arts & Entertainment Editor,’ made the sensational claim (Faberge Telegraph Article PDF) that London’s Victoria & Albert Museum…
RuzhnikovDecember 20, 2021
PICTURES There was a healthy gathering at Sotheby’s on Tuesday 30 November – albeit no comparison with previous times, when the Russian contingent was…
RuzhnikovDecember 13, 2021
Christie’s sale of the Harry Woolf Fabergé Collection on Monday November 29 totalled £5.2m (against a total estimate of £2.2-£3.2 million), with 84 of the…
RuzhnikovDecember 10, 2021
I guess Covid does not help travel or do any market a favour, least of all Russian. Bidding on the Woolf Collection finished with the…
RuzhnikovDecember 9, 2021
Christie’s short, lacklustre Picture Session kicked off at 10.30am on November 29. Fewer than half of the 62 lots sold, yielding £3.21m. Lot 21, Ivan…
RuzhnikovDecember 8, 2021
FABERGE Take a look at the Sotheby’s on-line catalogue for their Works of Art session on the afternoon of November 30. What’s the word BID…
RuzhnikovNovember 30, 2021
PICTURES Sotheby’s picture session gets underway at 10:30am on Tuesday 30 November with two wonderful mid-19th century watercolours of Officers and Soldiers by Karl Piratsky.…
RuzhnikovNovember 30, 2021
First of all, let me say how pleased I am that Christie’s have finally produced a printed catalogue. I do hope that this ‘ancient’ method…
RuzhnikovNovember 29, 2021
