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14 June 16:34:51	Go to www.ezap.me/RussianArt for the latest news or just click on the RussianArt link to the right.   RussianArt
9 December 10:24:02	"A healthy week of Russian sales in London halts the market's decline" - comment and analysis on Russian Week in London by Colin Gleadall in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
9 December 10:15:55	'Anatomy of Feelings' - the first UK solo exhibition Russian non-conformist artist Vladimir Yankilevsky takes place at the Mall Galleries Feb 23 - March 6.   Mall Galleries
9 December 10:15:18	Moscow's Regina Gallery (www.regina.ru), which specialises in Russian contemporary art, is due to open in London next March. More in The Telegraph.   The Telegraph
8 December 12:09:30	"The big buyers in the Romanov sale were not the new moneyed Russians but the old moneyed Americans" - Christopher Martin-Zakheim  Iconastas
8 December 12:08:20	"MacDougall's sale on Dec 2 contained some some rare and early Icons but many lots failed to reach high estimates" - Christopher Martin-Zakheim. Results on the MacDougall's website.   MacDougall's
4 December 10:08:09	MacDougall's auction of Russian Paintings on Dec 3 - Roerich sold for £1,128,538, Serebriakova for £1,071,638 and Vereschagen for £493,438. Check out the other results on the MacDougall's website.   MacDougall's
4 December 09:45:56	"Oligarchs start spending again at London art sales" as "Rising oil price refuels Russian taste for fine art." More info and analysis in The Guardian.   The Guardian
3 December 16:21:39	'Romanov Heirlooms: The lost Inheritance of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna' sold at Sotheby's in London for £7,000,000 - "more than seven times the pre-sale estimate." More at The Telegraph.   The Telegraph
1 December 16:03:20	"Two banks of 60 phone lines...every lot contested by several buyers..." - for an idea of the atmosphere and pace of the Romanov Treasures sale click on the ARIA blog. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim)   ARIA blog
1 December 16:01:15	One of the high points of the Romanov Treasures sale was the golden, bejeweled Fabergé cigarette case selling for a record $1,000,000. More info in the WSJ. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim)   Wall Street Journal
1 December 10:57:29	"The Romanov Treasures sell for over seven million pounds, fabulous prices and more people in the auction rooms than in the boom of the Contemporary market..." - Christopher Martin-Zakheim (Iconastas).   ICONASTAS
30 November 10:41:27	Russian Week in London - dealers and collectors are looking for for signs of an upturn after "volume and prices for Russian art contracted after the credit crunch, with sellers and buyers holding off." More at the FT.   FT.com
30 November 10:33:14	"Top Lot of Russian Week" - Zinaida Serebriakova’s sensuous 'Nude' (1932) carries expectations of £1,000,000 to £1,500,000 in the MacDougall's sale of Dec 3.   MacDougall's
30 November 10:18:47	Romanov Heirlooms: The Lost Inheritance of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna - "...the combination of aristocratic provenance, an appealing story and spirited Russian bidding will surely put paid to any chance of bagging a bargain." More at the FT.   FT.com
22 November 15:25:21	'The Art of Russia' - three 1-hour programmes starting Dec 9 on BBC 4 with "the art of the icon" from "the country that gave us Malevitch's Black Square – a precursor of Rothko intensity – and the Faberge Egg... at the same time!"   BBC - The Art of Russia
16 November 16:07:16	Christie's - 'Russian Art' sales on Dec 1 and 2, with 'Russian Pictures & Works of Art' on Dec 3.   Christie's
16 November 16:06:33	Russian Art Week in London starts Nov 30 at Sotheby's with the Romanov Heirlooms sale, "a unique collection of cigarette cases and cufflinks belonging to Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna and her husband, Grand Duke Vladimir, brother of tsar Alexander III.."   Romanov Heirlooms
16 November 15:20:46	Sotheby's Geneva 'Magnificent Jewels' sale on Nov 17 contains "a fine sapphire and diamond demi-parure from the collection of HIH Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna."   Fine Jewels
14 November 11:33:46	"Who thought that the Russian Art market was dead?" Christopher Martin-Zakheim points out "the £55,000 Faberge frame at Woolley and Wallis...the £70,000 Faberge kovsh at Christies. Most of the buying was on the telephone with fairly empty rooms..."  ICONASTAS
14 November 11:26:51	Russian art expert Christopher Martin-Zakheim reports icons fetching 5 to 10 times estimate in the Russian Art sale at Sotheby's New York.   ICONASTAS
14 November 11:23:29	The Russian Art sale at Sotheby's New York in November realised $13,794,275 for 162 lots. For detailed information on the individual lots click on the Sotheby's link.   Sotheby's
11 November 15:41:46	The Sotheby’s autumn sale of Russian art in New York made made $13,800,000. This figure exceeded estimates, suggesting a return of confidence in the market. More at The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
26 October 06:20:15	'Behind the Iron Curtain' (www.behind-the-iron-curtain.de) - an exhibition of 300 classics of the Soviet Socialist Realism genre at the Jeschke-Van Vliet gallery in Berlin. More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
29 September 05:32:12	The Fabergé name is now owned by Brian Gilbertson via his Pallinghurst Resources (www.pallinghurst.com) investment holding company. More about "the mining industry’s most celebrated dealmaker" and his post credit crunch plans for the brand in The Times.  TimesOnline
21 September 11:10:55	Russian art expert Chris Martin-Zakheim has spotted "a dire fake Icon" in the Galerie Popoff sale.   Iconastas
21 September 11:09:13	More information on the Popoff Collection can be found at Art Knowledge News.  Art Knowledge News
21 September 11:08:04	Christie's has announced that the 'Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art' sale, consisting of around 550 lots, will be held in London over 2 days on October 12/13.   Christie's
18 September 07:48:33	The picture sale at Koller in Zurich on Sept 18 has a number of 19C Russian works on offer. A coastal sunset by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is estimated at around £700,000.   Koller
17 September 10:20:43	The three icons sold at Bellmans (see below) were previously sold in Christies "Hahn" sale in New York in 1980 for $56,500. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim)   ICONASTAS
13 September 09:50:07	Brian Gilbertson, who paid Unilever £24,000,000 for the Fabergé name, has taken legal action against the Fabergé Museum. Physical action followed - "Bailiffs with crowbars, who wrenched signs bearing the Fabergé name off the walls." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
12 September 05:57:57	"Ninety five per cent of millionaires prefer to shop online" says Faberge CE Mark Dunhill so the company will not be opening any stores. More in the FT.   FT.com
12 September 05:57:19	Faberge relaunched at Goodwood House on Sept 9. The products, priced between €30,000 and €7,000,000, will be available online only (www.faberge.com). More in the FT.   FT.com
8 September 05:04:43	The most recent stolen works of art reported to INTERPOL can now be seen online at a new website. Check out 'Stolen Works of Art'.   INTERPOL - Stolen Works of Art
8 September 05:04:09	More information about the recently-launched Interpol online art database can be found at The Guardian.   The Guardian
6 September 10:16:12	The background to the Faberge pieces owned by Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna which are to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in London later this year is covered in The Sunday Times.   Sunday Times
16 August 09:46:30	The clock is ticking on the Faberge website (www.faberge.com) as the firm counts down to the September launch of the "first new collection, the first authentic, family-blessed collection since 1917..." More info at Farlang.   Farlang
14 August 10:27:35	Russian art expert Christopher Martin-Zakheim knows the background story as to how three icons came under the hammer at a Bellmans sale (see below) with very low estimates.   ICONASTAS
14 August 10:21:25	Hammer price on 3 Russian icons (lots 1616, 1618, 1620) in the August sale at Bellmans was £33,200 rather than the low hundreds estimated. To see the items, click on the Bellmans link, select '1451- 1800' in 'View by lot' then go to page 9.   Bellmans