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Sold! 30 Nov 09 Romanov Heirlooms: The Lost Inheritance of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna auction at Sotheby's in London. ‘Romanov Heirlooms’ Sale realises £7 million, seven-times the high estimate of £900,000. The auction was 100% sold by value and with every lot finding a buyer the sale became the first Russian Art Auction at Sotheby’s to become a ‘White Glove Sale’. Two Faberge cigarette cases sold around $1 million each. |
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Exhibition at the Metropolitain Museum of Art in NYC. Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868
October 21, 2009–January 10, 2010 Recommended! |
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Sold! 8 Jun, 2009. Rare early 19th century Russian Officer's 1798 Pattern Sword made by famous maker Schaff & Sons sold at Bonhams in London for £120,000. |
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Sold! Nov 2, 2009. Rare Russian award - 18th century 3½-inch-high oval portrait of Czar Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame is sold at Sotheby's in New York for $1.3 million, over ten times its high estimate. |
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Sold! Oct 21, 2009. Trafalgar flag is sold for £384,000. The only surviving union jack from the Battle of Trafalgar has sold for more than 20 times its predicted price |
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Sold! Sept, 2004 Forbes Fabergé Eggs Sale - information on the sale of the largest private collection of Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs, owned by the Forbes family to a Russian oil and gas magnate, Victor Vekselberg. |
Museums of interest to collectors of Russian Imperial objects.
- The State Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia) A mother of all Russian museums and a true Mecca for any Russian collector. Established by Catherine the Great herself and served as Czar's residence for over 200 years.
- The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia) - The Russian Museum collection contains circa 400.000 exhibits tracing the entire history of Russian art from the tenth to the twentieth centuries.
 The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia) - The Gallery's collection contains more than 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics, created by Russian artists and ranging in date from the 11th to the early 20th century. - The State Historical Museum (Moscow, Russia) - a museum of Russian history wedged between Red Square and Manege Square in Moscow with exhibitions ranging from relics of the prehistoric tribes inhabiting present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty.
- The Moscow Kremlin Museum (Moscow, Russia) - The collections of Museum-Preserve "The Moscow Kremlin" comprise over than 60 thousands historical, cultural and artistic exhibits from the late III millenium b.c. till present including Russian state regalia, Arms and Armor, Russian gold and silverware, Russian Orders and medals, Manuscripts and early printed books.
- The State Museum Tsarskoe Selo (near St. Petersburg, Russia) - a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south from the center of St. Petersburg.
- The Amber Room (near St. Petersburg, Russia) - a site about the history, the present day news concerning this famous masterpiece, and about the completion of its reconstruction by a team of craftsmen.
- Hillwood Museum & Gardens - (Washington, DC, USA) A superb collection of Russian fine art, icons, decorative arts and Faberge
- Museum of Russian Icons (Clinton, Massachusetts, USA) The collection includes about 340 Russian icons, the largest collection of its kind in North America and one of the largest private collections outside of Russia.
- The Amherst Center for Russian Culture (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA) - an impressive collection of books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, and other materials, which represent the breadth and depth of Russian cultural achievement in modern times.
Russian online news web sites and publications:
- Antikvariat Magazine - Russian-language magazine dedicated to collecting of Russian fine and decorative art and other areas of Russian collectibles.
- Moscow News - Moscow-based English-language online daily newspaper offering political, economical and cultural news from Russia.
- St. Petersburg Times - major English-language online daily newspaper from St. Petersburg
- Russian Life Magazine - an English-language magazine of Russian history, culture, business and travel.
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