by I.C.F. | Jul 7, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Fabergé: Rue des Fripiers in Brussels
by I.C.F. | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
April 22 (Bloomberg) — Barely half a dozen Russian collectors made it past the Icelandic ash cloud to attend Sotheby’s Russian art auction in New York yesterday. The two-day sale took in $13.6 million, comfortably within its presale estimate of $10.7 million to...
by I.C.F. | Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
As part of the “Russian Easter Market”, Tatiana Fabergé, Carl Fabergé’s great-granddaughter, gave a lecture on the world-famous eggs created by her ancestor. “Fifty-two imperial eggs were made by the House of Fabergé, not counting other eggs created...
by I.C.F. | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
$2 Million Fabergé ‘Pearl Egg’ Is the First ‘Imperial Class’ Egg Released in Nearly 100 Years Attendees of the recent Doha Watch and Jewellery Exhibition in Qatar got a first-hand look at Fabergé’s extraordinary $2 million “Pearl Egg,” the first “imperial class” egg...
by I.C.F. | Mar 15, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Sergei Naryshkin, the Chairman of the State Duma and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fabergé Museum, right, and Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, the founder of the Fabergé Museum, left, examine unique items from the personal archive of the Yusupovs,...
by I.C.F. | Mar 15, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Brian Gilbertson woke up on New Year’s Day 2007 with a plan that he knew could cause him trouble. The former chief of BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, was about to purchase the Fabergé name from Unilever, the consumer goods conglomerate. His goal was...
