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У РОССИИ ВТОРОГО ТАКОГО ШАНСА НЕ БУДЕТ

РОССИИ ВТОРОГО ТАКОГО ШАНСА НЕ БУДЕТ Summary: К продаже Сотбис коллекции императорских пасхальных яиц из собрания Форбса. Независимая Газэта. Александр Тихонов. 16 января 2004 г. January 16, 2004. Nezavissimaya Gazeta, Moscow. By Alexandre Tikhonov.

ALVR И ФОРБС – COРОК ЛЕТ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА

коллекции изделий Фаберже для журнала Форбс. Зима 2004 Продажа части коллекции изделий Фаберже, принадлежавшей журналу Форбс была большим событием для ALVR, чье длительное сотрудничество с Малколмом Форбсом началось в 1964 году. Ð’ том году на пасху он, вместе с сыном Тимом, ныне – президентом журнала, сделал свою первую покупку – приобрел в подарок своей […]

A La Vieille Russie Recreates Its Paris Years At Didier Aaron

Antiques & The Arts Online By Laura Beach A La Vieille Russie is lifting the cover on a dealer’s most closely guarded secret: its guest book, or livre d’or, containing the names of dozens of its best clients, colleagues and sources in the 1920s and 1930s. The revelations are part of a selling exhibition […]

In a Nutshell: Blaze of Glory from Arts & Antiques

for cigarette cases kept Fabergé’s artisans busy. According to the 1998 book The Fabergé Case, Jalmari Haikonen, an engraver employed by Fabergé in St. Petersburg from 1915–18, noted seeing as many as 40 lined up, awaiting his attention. “A cigarette case was something you wanted a beautiful example of,” says Mark Schaffer, a principal […]

Sick Schaffer from ANTIQUE International

Schaffer Source: ANTIQUE International By Amy Page, Editor-in-Chief of Art and Auction ‘The only reason we sell,’ says New York dealer Peter Schaffer, ‘is that we are sicker than our customers. Our customers need to buy something once a month, once a year. If we don’t buy something once a day we’re miserable. We […]

Take a Taste, or a Big Bite, of Luxury from The NY Times

P.M. Glance at the flashy displays of diamonds in the windows of Graff, Leviev and Chopard as you stroll down Madison Avenue, turning onto 59th Street. At the corner is À La Vieille Russie, a fifth-generation antique jewelry and art dealership, 781 Fifth Avenue, (212) 752-1727. The shop specializes in ornate snuffboxes, works by […]

A Ruby Is To A Sapphire as an Emerald is to an Aquamarine

come in traditional colors. However, these “traditional” colors are usually not the only colors that exist for these gems. Often some of the most interesting colors are used in antique jewelry. A corundum by any other name is still a corundum when red, it is called RUBY. When it is blue, it is called […]

Russian Treasures – As mentioned in The New York Times

150-year-old company À la Vieille Russie has greatly expanded its gallery at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. “We wanted to have more space to do exhibitions,” said Mark Schaffer, an owner. The first show, “St. Petersburg and Imperial Style,” includes antique Russian jewelry, Russian furniture, large Russian paintings, Imperial porcelain and enamel-monogrammed glasses. A […]

ALVR & Forty Years of FORBES and FABERGE

2004 The sale of a portion of the Forbes Magazine Collection of Fabergé has been of particular interest to A La Vieille Russie, whose long association with Malcolm Forbes began in 1964. At Easter of that year, he made his first purchase, a miniature Easter egg for $250., which, with his son Tim, now […]