by I.C.F. | Mar 15, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Sergei Naryshkin, the Chairman of the State Duma and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fabergé Museum, right, and Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, the founder of the Fabergé Museum, left, examine unique items from the personal archive of the Yusupovs,...
by I.C.F. | Mar 15, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Brian Gilbertson woke up on New Year’s Day 2007 with a plan that he knew could cause him trouble. The former chief of BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, was about to purchase the Fabergé name from Unilever, the consumer goods conglomerate. His goal was...
by I.C.F. | Mar 4, 2015 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Fender’s Pine Cone Stratocaster guitar on display at the 2015 NAMM Show, the annual convention of the musical products trade group, features 550 diamonds and 10 feet of 18-karat gold wire inlay. (Fender Custom Shop) By Randy Lewis Contact the reporter The...
by I.C.F. | Jun 10, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
The blue masterpiece has arrived. Nicknamed “the Tsarevich Egg,” one of the famous masterpieces by jeweler Carl Fabergé was unveiled to a handful of journalists on Wednesday at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). It is part of the summer exhibition...
by I.C.F. | Mar 28, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
In 2014, we mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Fabergé (1814–1894), founder of the legendary St. Petersburg firm Fabergé. For a long time now, the name Fabergé has been a global benchmark of jewelry art, inextricably linked with great Russian culture....
by I.C.F. | Mar 28, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
The year 2014 is a special year for the House of Fabergé as it marks the 200th birthday of its founder Gustav Fabergé (1814 – 1894). At the same time, it is also exactly 120 years since he passed away in Dresden, Germany. Over the past 70 years, a staggering number of...
