A skeleton of a mammoth sold for 312,000 euros ($421,000) at a Christie’s International auction in Paris, double its estimate and setting a new record.
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April 17, 2007An expert group invited to verify the authenticity of relics offered for sale through the Internet as being genuine remains of a Christian saint has proved they are fake, Russian Orthodox Church spokesmen said Friday.
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March 23, 2007The skeleton of a Siberian mammoth dating back some 15,000 years and a meteorite from Russia go on auction in Paris, April 16, in the first such sale of curiosities from paleontogy, Christie’s auction house said Tuesday.
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March 21, 2007A court in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, sentenced Thursday a defendant to five years in prison for the theft of 77 exhibits from the Hermitage Museum, the RIA-Novosti news agency reports.
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March 15, 2007A painting that was stolen from Russia’s Hermitage Museum in 2001 was returned Wednesday to the office of Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the country’s Communist Party.
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December 21, 2006
Damien Hirst, the superstar artist best known for his pickled displays of large animal corpses, launched his controversial work in Russia’s capital on Monday at a private viewing with a difference.
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December 5, 2006A racing car commissioned by Adolf Hitler is expected to become the most expensive car ever sold at auction, Ananova.com reports.
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December 1, 2006According to Bloomberg News, Christie’s International sold a record ₤28.2 million ($55.1 million) of Russian art at auction in London yesterday, beating the previous record of $46.7 million, set by Sotheby’s in New York on April 26.
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November 30, 2006Sotheby’s raised ₤20.2 million ($39.3 million) from a sale of Russian art in London yesterday, as buyers snapped up paintings, porcelain and Faberge works including an imperial snuffbox, The Bloomberg News reports.
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November 29, 2006
One of Russia’s most respected cultural custodians yesterday urged gas giant OAO Gazprom to drop its plans to build a 300-metre-high skyscraper in St. Petersburg’s historic centre.
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November 28, 2006
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