Romanovs' art collection to go under hammer at Sotheby's
10:41, 8 July 2009
LONDON. July 7. KAZINFORM Items from the art collection of Russia's Romanov royal family are to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in November, the auction house said on Tuesday, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
Personal and rare objects belonging to Her Imperial Highness Maria Pavlovna (1854-1920) and her husband, His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (1847-1909), including Faberge pieces, will be put on sale.
"We are absolutely thrilled to be offering for sale one of the most remarkable collections relating to the Romanovs to be offered at auction," Sotheby's quoted its experts, Marcus Linell and Olga Vaigatcheva as saying, Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
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