upcoming auctions and sales of Imperial Russian items.

I thought I would start a thread that informs about upcoming opportunities to acquire Imperial Russian artifacts.  these might be from the Imperial household or from Russia in general prior to 1917.

I will start with what I found on the Chrisies website for April 23 2010.
Six wine glasses from the Imperial Glass factory with Nicholas ll cypher
estimate $20-30,000

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5307141&sid=02319575-81e5-46a9-83d0-2ca00742d32e&link=next&page=3



a nice vase
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5307156&sid=02319575-81e5-46a9-83d0-2ca00742d32e

Estimate $700,000 - 900,000

more items from Chrisites

here are some things from an upcoming auction
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?entry=faberge&action=search&searchtype=u&searchFrom=header#entry=faberge&action=refine&searchtype=u&searchFrom=header&sid=6c6342cb-cb9d-443c-80df-5ef54fd026cb

There will be a sale of Faberge and icons on June 9, 2010 at Stheby's london

[June 9th 2010]

if you have a few extra thousand pounds to buy a choice piece of Imperial Russian history, then you might want to trot down to Sotheby's London showrooms on June 9th 2010 to purchace a work of art. There will be over 300 pieces in this auction including many pieces of Faberge.  The estimates are lower, probably reflecting the financial downturn.

http://browse.sothebys.com/?count=20&dp=Russian+Works+of+Art&hp=&hpc=&i=1&omit=WDN&page=3&q=russian&u1=q&u2=dp&v=l

There is a nice sale of Russian items including a coronation cup from Nicholas ll's coronation.
here is the link
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&pos=2&intObjectID=5333188&sid=f02d2549-967c-4e33-8749-5dba6f4c20fb

There are some very nice imperial Russian antiques coming up for sale at Christies in London on July 20, 2010.
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&pos=9&intObjectID=5336176&sid=76b1eb7a-d8b7-4b3e-bc16-7c3cbb9ab21e

Here is a nice video from Sotheby's on Russian art.  There will be an auction of Faberge on December 1.

http://www.sothebys.com/video/privateview/RAW_Autumn_2010/index.html?cmp=PV_Russian_Email_Aug10_Vid_Banner

Sothebys has two auctions coming up which will include Faberge items.  The first is in New York on Nov 4 and the second in London on Dec 10.

Paul Gilbert on an upcoming auction of Romanov and Russian items:

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRussian/news/488news.html

An auction at Olivier Coutau-Bégarie in Paris, will offer more than 400 lots on June 18th, 2012. A rare set of 48 colour polychrome plates of the Alexander Palace interiors (circa 1914) and 25 photographs of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna visiting Denmark are among the Romanov treasures offered in this wonderful collection.

You can download, view and print a copy of the 123-page catalogue at the following link;

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRussian/news/488news.html

I have to add here, this link.  The rare set of 48 Autochrome plates of the Alexander Palace have been returned to the Alexander Palace Museum!

http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=17195.msg509247;boardseen#new

One of our regular users and friends of the APTM, Mike Pyles, contacted our Bob Atchison about acquiring them for our websites.  He most graciously and generously offered $25,000 to purchase them at auction. Bob, of course, declined for himself and insisted they go to the Alexander Palace. Mike readily agreed. Bob and Christine Martin contacted the Palace staff, who already knew about them and wanted them.  Because of Mike's most generous gift, the Palace staff were able to buy them! The Palace Directors are of course most pleased and grateful to Mike and Bob.

We hope that more of our users will step up in the months and years to come, and help bring back the thousands of objects sold and stolen from the Alexander Palace over the years, so that they can be returned on display in their original setting.

Way to go, Mike Pyles and Bob Atchison! Those color plates of the AP interiors belong in the AP interior.

.... Bob, of course, declined for himself and insisted they go to the Alexander Palace. Mike readily agreed. Bob and Christine Martin contacted the Palace staff, who already knew about them and wanted them.  Because of Mike's most generous gift, the Palace staff were able to buy them! The Palace Directors are of course most pleased and grateful to Mike and Bob.

I didn't know this part of the story , about how the photos retuned to AP ! Wonderful and thanks all around!