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
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
The interview that Hermitage boss Mikhail Piotrovsky gave to the Russian media outlet RBK on 7 April 2021 left me – and everyone else with a…
RuzhnikovApril 21, 2021
The Hermitage Fauxbergé Show is Over But the Stench of Scandal Lingers On The Ivanov Exhibition of Fake Fabergé in the Hermitage, officially styled…
RuzhnikovApril 14, 2021
Another item worthy of attention is the ‘Presentation Ring with Imperial Eagle’ (catalogue n° 9). ‘Fabergé – Jeweller to the Imperial Court’ Exhibition Catalogue This…
RuzhnikovMarch 24, 2021
Professor Ivanov has complained, in one of his speeches, about my ignoring the icon of St Nicholas the Wonderworker (n° 25 in the Hermitage catalogue) when…
RuzhnikovMarch 23, 2021
