The large-scale theft discovered in the State Hermitage recently, last year scandals connected with expertise of works of art seriously affected the national antiquarian market. All those events heated by the mass media resulted in lull and even decline in sales of antiques.
However, the majority of serious antique dealers and collectors permanently collaborate with museums, police and supervising authorities. Reputation is more important than money, and that is why antique traders do their best to aid in investigation of the theft in one of the major museums in the world. "/" magazine and the news portal "Russian Antique" is ready to offer any informational services in order to prevent critical situations in the world of art and antiques.
Unfortunately, thefts of cultural valuables happen quite often, but this time there were devotional articles that attracted attention of criminals. What is their real value and price? Precious icon-settings created by firms of I. Sazikov and P. Ovchinnikov are important monuments of jewelry art. Besides, these pieces are not only expensive works of art, but also have high spiritual value for people, as they remind us of our national history.
Maxim Chernykh,
General Director of the JSC "Russian Antique",
Editor in Chief of "/" magazine
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Amazing pictures Soviet Books for children published during 1920–1930s are highly sought-afted at the rare book market nowadays.
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Music printing in Russia Just as the dissemination of books before the invention of typography was realized by correspondence, musical production was copied manually.
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Russian Sale in Uppsala An auction of Russian art works of XIII – beginning of XX century was held in Uppsala, Sweden. The event took place on June 4, 2006.
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Returned "Gospels" Unfortunately, thefts of cultural valuables, icons, relics, and Gospels happen quite often. During the investigation, the staff of the Russian Cultural Heritage and Mass Media Supervision Agency makes...
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The End of the Battleship "Lefort" On September 10, 1857, the battleship "Lefort" sank during severe storm in the Baltic Sea. There were 800 men and women on board the ship.
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The Order of the Last Crimean Khan In June 1801, the Imperial Court in St. Petersburg was busy preparing various precious gifts. Those presents were meant for numerous guests to the coronation ceremony of the new Emperor Alexander I wh...
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Kopecks from danish kingdom In the last issues of our magazine, we have started to publish a series of articles dedicated to history of Russian coins. By the early XVII century, the Russian kopeck became convertible currency.
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Ceramic Annals of Sicily Bright and shiny Sicilian ceramics remind us of the leaving summer. This year the Petersburgers have got wise to art of the Italian island at the exhibition "Dialogue with Ceramics" held in ...
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Carved icons. Preservation of traditions "/" magazine continues publishing articles and essays dedicated to diversity of Russian culture, which plays an important role in development of international art.
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Estimation of icons in valuable settings When estimating a jewellery piece one should take into consideration authorship, complexity of work and technique, quality and quantity of precious materials used.
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French poster of art-nouveau We got used to advertising and often don’t pay attention to posters. History of the poster goes back to France, Paris, Montmartre.
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Heritage of beardsley Three masterpieces of English black-and-white painter Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, who worked in the last decade of the XIX century, were exhibited at the sales of New-York auction house Swann Galleries ...
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Little museum of the world fame A city gallery Lenbachhaus situated in the villa of a Munich artist Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904) became famous due to the unique collection of art works created by the masters from the art group “Blu...
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To find, to preserve and to show to people During 25 years of collecting antiques Ivan Fominykh has gathered 50 000 objects and organized about 80 exhibitions. Part of the objects from his collection can be seen in the museum of rarities in Pu...
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Automobile for secretary-general The Museum of the Moscow-based Club of Cabriolets and Roadsters boasts a unique automobile ZiL-111D presented to the head of the German Democratic Republic Erich Honecker by the leader of the Communis...
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