Results at Russian Art week were uneven.  A couple of important pictures attracted attention and Serov’s lovely portrait of Maria Zeitlin set a new auction record for a Russian artwork of pounds 9.2m beating the pounds 7.88m raised for Nicolai Roerich’s Madonna Libris at Bonhams in summer 2013.  However, only 47% of lots sold against
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Igor Sechin, 49, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. The US Treasury, closely followed by the European Union announced yesterday a further round of sanctions on various Russian companies and individuals.  The full list as published by the US Treasury is listed below:- Clearly this is not a good development for the Russian Art Market which
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