Sotheby’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
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Four London auction houses expect to sell as much as 58 million pounds ($110 million) worth of Russian art next week, benefiting from a market that has expanded for six straight years, Bloomberg.com reports.
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November 24, 2006
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Russia’s army museum said Thursday that Soviet medals withdrawn from a Sotheby’s auction in London could have been stolen from the museum.
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November 23, 2006
The British trading house Sotheby’s has received a request to withdraw from an upcoming auction state orders of the former Soviet Union, a Sotheby’s spokesperson told ITAR-TASS.
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November 21, 2006
