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
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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
Some 38 pieces of Fabergé are coming up at Koller in Zurich on June 22 in a ‘compulsory auction’ of 97 lots of Fabergé &…
RuzhnikovJune 10, 2021
This 266-lot sale is generally pretty mundane, with only a smattering of items liable to interest advanced collectors. I’ve not handled any of the pieces…
RuzhnikovMay 27, 2021
Covid must have been a wonderful pretext for auction houses to stop printing catalogues. I love printed catalogues! They’re great for reference and information, etc.…
RuzhnikovMay 25, 2021
‘During Mikhail Piotrovsky’s time in charge of the Hermitage, several families he knows have made a killing through lucrative Hermitage contracts’ begins an in-depth investigation…
RuzhnikovMay 21, 2021
