TOP LOTS AND AUCTION CATALOGUE
RUSSIAN EMPIRE
26 April 2019, at 16.00
Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo
Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo
AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Lot 315 • BALMONT'S MANUSCRIPT FROM SERGE LIFAR'S COLLECTION
Lot was sold for 120 650 €*
Lot 232 • Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen was a Baltic German courtier who played a pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor Paul.
Letter to Burckhard Alexius Constantin von Krüdener, Russian Ambassador to Prussia St. Petersburg, [12] March 1801.
Lot was sold for 22 860 €*
Lot was sold for 22 860 €*
Lot 246 • Letter to Сount Frans David Alopaeus, Russian Ambassador to Prussia
St. Petersburg, 14 December 1825. 2 pages, in-4o 31,5 x 19,0 cm. In Russian. Signed by the Emperor.
Lot was sold for 10 160 €*
Lot was sold for 10 160 €*
Lot 247 • FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE EMPEROR
ELSHOLTZ, LUDWIG (1805 - 1850), oil on board. 20 х 19,5. Signed and dated bottom left. With the inventory number 155 from the personal collection of emperor Nicholas I of Russia.
Lot was sold for 6 350 €*
Lot was sold for 6 350 €*
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We would like to inform our clients that, temporarily, we are unable to accept wire transfers from the Russian Federation and residents of the Russian Federation.
This decision is in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) 2022/428, leading to the temporary suspension of lot deliveries to the Russian Federation.
We would like to inform our clients that, temporarily, we are unable to accept wire transfers from the Russian Federation and residents of the Russian Federation.
This decision is in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) 2022/428, leading to the temporary suspension of lot deliveries to the Russian Federation.
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EXPORT of PURCHASES (from General terms and conditions)
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16.3. Any lot coming from the Customs Union or benefiting from a temporary importation, if it remains in the Customs Union, may be removed upon presentation of a proof of payment of the Purchase Price.
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