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15 May 10:43:38	Interesting Russian icons + Faberge pieces in the 'World Treasures - Russian, Asian, European & American Works' sale at Jackson's on May 22nd & 23rd. Click on the Jackson's link for the online catalogue. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Jackson's
12 May 10:32:25	Russian Art Week in London - the catalogue for the 'Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons' sale at Sotheby's on 30 is now online. Click on the Sotheby's link. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Sotheby's
12 May 10:30:31	London Russian Art Week - the catalogue for the 'Russian Paintings' sale at Sotheby's on 29 May is now online. Click on the Sotheby's link. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Sotheby's
12 May 10:28:20	London Russian Week - the catalogue for the 'Important Russian Art' sale at Sotheby's on 28 May is now online. Click on the Sotheby's link. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Sotheby's
5 May 09:56:38	Russian Art Week in London - the catalogue for the 'Russian Art' sale at Christie's on May 28 is now online. Click on the Christie's link. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Christie's
4 May 10:38:09	London Russian Art Week - the catalogue for 'The Russian Sale' at Bonhams New Bond Street on May 30 is now online. Click on the Bonhams link. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Bonhams
3 May 10:32:05	London Russian Week - MacDougall's have the 'Important Russian Art' sale on 27 May, 'Russian Art, Icons and Works of Art' and the 'Dimitri Bouchène Collection' on 30 May. Click on the link for the online catalogue. (CMZ, Iconastas)   MacDougall's
29 April 22:09:44	Gene Shapiro Auctions have just published results for their 28/29th April sale. It is worth looking through the results at www.geneshapiro.com or just click the Gene Shapiro link.  Gene Shapiro
29 April 09:44:27	Surprises at Hampstead Auctions on the 26th April included a small silver bowl maybe Chinese or Islamic at 60x estimate, a pair of Cartier ladybird cufflinks at 10x estimate and a Russian plate at 20x estimate. Click the link for the results.  Hampstead Auctions
23 April 15:21:02	The Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale on April 26th included a Faberge silver desk set estimated at £12000-15000 which failed to meet reserve. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Hampstead Auctions
20 April 09:59:05	Hampstead Auctions (ww.hampsteadauctions.com) sale on April 26th - the results are now online. Click on the link for the Russian items. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Russian items
19 April 10:59:38	Sotheby's New York - results for the Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons sale on April 17 2012 are now online. Click the Sotheby's link. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Sotheby's
19 April 10:57:30	Christie's New York - results for the Russian Works of Art sale on April 16 2012 are now online. Click the Christie's link. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Christie's
18 April 10:16:06	Russian sales in New York - the Christies sale of 174 lots realised $3,703,750 whlst the much larger Sothebys sale with over 400 lots realised $4,726,503. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Iconastas
18 April 10:13:50	Russian sales in New York - enamels by Ruckert with en-plein pictures more than doubled estimates. Pretty Faberge items were again selling well as were unusual items of porcelain and bronzes of a good size made high prices. (CMZ, Iconastas)  Iconastas
14 April 10:35:32	Christie's New York - Russian Works of Art sale on April 16 2012. Click the link to check out the e-catalogue. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Christie's New York
14 April 10:31:33	Sotheby's New York - Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons sale on April 17 2012. Click the link to check out the e-catalogue. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Sotheby's New York
10 April 11:49:40	Dr Fischer Auctions - the Russian & Greek Icons sale takes place at 3pm Thursday April 12, followed by the Russian Art & Faberge sale at 5.30pm. Click on the link for more info.   Dr Fischer Auctions
24 March 10:12:28	Results from the Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale on March 22 are now available online. Click on the link for the Russian items.   Russian items
15 March 10:42:05	The catalogue for the Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale on March 22 is now online - click on the link for the Russian items.   Russian items
24 February 15:55:54	Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale Feb 23 - sale results are now online. Click on the link for the Russian items.   Russian items
16 February 14:59:05	The Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale on Feb 23 has a selection of Russian items - biggest estimate (£1200-1800 ) is for a 19C Russian oil on panel icon of the Mother of God with the infant Christ + silver riza. Click for more info.   Russian items
7 February 09:35:28	We are saddened to hear that John Moor (John of York) has passed away. He was a well known dealer in antiquities and coins and also Chinese pottery with a business in York. His first love was spending time in his studio creating pottery and painting.
27 January 10:21:52	Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale Jan 26 - the results are now online. The two Russian 56 standard gold lady's cigarette cases sold for £3,400 (lot 88) and £2,600 (lot 89). Click on the 'Russian items' link for more.   Russian items
24 January 09:43:24	In Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) on the 26th January, lot 51 is described as a "portable silver shrine." Could this be from the Renaissance period ?  Hampstead Auctions
19 January 10:13:39	The Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale on Jan 26 has a sprinkling of Russian items including a couple of Russian 56 standard gold lady's cigarette cases. Click on the link for more info.   Russian items
5 January 10:04:51	Iconastas is handling the sale of some paintings by Russian artist Anatoly Zverev (www.anatolyzverev.com - “world’s greatest expressionist”). His works are in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and have been collected by Georges Costakis.   Iconastas
19 December 15:59:56	La Parole Divine sale in Cyprus Dec 15 - go to the RussianArt blog (www.russianart.co) for comment on the results for the Russian items or just click the link.   Russian Art blog
19 December 15:56:42	La Parole Divine sale in Cyprus Dec 15 - results now available. Go to the website (www.russiangreekart.com) and click on the 'AUCTION RESULTS' button in the top right corner. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   La Parole Divine
17 December 10:20:46	La Parole Divine sale in Cyprus Dec 15 - no prices realised on the various works of Russian art have been posted to the website (www.russiangreekart.com) as yet. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   La Parole Divine
16 December 12:24:03	Hampstead Auctions sale Dec 15 - results are now online. Click the link for the Russian items. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Russian items
15 December 10:01:40	The last Icon sale of 2011 takes place Dec 15 in Cyprus at 8pm - go to La Parole Divine (www.russiangreekart.com) website for more or just click the link. The sale is organised by Maria Paphiti. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   La Parole Divine
14 December 10:26:31	Roseberys Auction (www.roseberys.co.uk) on December 13 included a silver and nephrite 'Faberge' clock - go to the Russian Art blog (www.russianart.co) for the backstory on this item.   RussianArt blog
12 December 10:22:25	"Hampstead Auctions will have their last sale of the year on the 15th December with only a few Russian items including what appears to be a rare Revolutionary porcelain group and a painting by Choultse" - Russian Art blog (www.russianart.co).   RussianArt blog
12 December 10:20:52	During 2011 the "oligarch" Russians have moved away from their own Russian art into Impressionist, Contemporary and Old Master art + the finest antique objects. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Iconastas
11 December 14:47:32	"With Russia warming up for its elections, dealers and collectors descended on London last week for the latest Russian art auctions" - analysis of Russian Art Week in London in The Telegraph.   The Telegraph
10 December 15:50:22	Russian Art Week in London - "The sales of Russian art in London last week presented a mixed picture....things that have been around are far more difficult to sell today.” Further comment from Georgina Adam in the FT.   FT.com
8 December 10:38:32	The catalogue for for the Hampstead Auctions (www.hampsteadauctions.com) sale on Dec 15 is now online - click on the link for the Russian items. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Russian items
8 December 10:37:43	Following up Russian Art Week in London, there is a good selection of Russian pieces this week in Scandinavia with a smattering of items in the London salerooms. (Christopher Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas)   Iconastas