A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE, THE NEW YORK ART AND ANTIQUES GALLERY THAT COUNTS AMONG THE WORLD'S LEADERS IN ANTIQUE JEWELRY AND RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART, WILL EXHIBIT EXQUISITE ITEMS BY FABERGE, AS WELL AS A VERY RARE ENGLISH NECKLACE, AT THE TEFAF MAASTRICHT 2011, THE EUROPEAN FINE ART FAIR THAT OPENS ON 18.MARCH. AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE TWO ELEGANT ENAMEL FABERGE FRAMES, AS WELL AS A FRENCH 18th CENTURY LACQUER BOX, AND A VICTORIAN GARNET AND DIAMOND NECKLACE AND EARRINGS. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A GREAT COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN CLOISONNE ENAMEL, FEATURING SIGNIFICANT COMMEMORATIVE PIECES. 'WE ALWAYS BRING TOP REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE SELL IN THE GALLERY IN NEW YORK, WITH A FOCUS ON EUROPEAN ANTIQUE JEWELRY, SNUFF BOXES AND OBJECTS DE VERTU, AND OF COURSE FABERGE', SAID MARK SCHAFFER, A PARTNER IN A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE (ALVR) ALVR's STAND IS COMPLETELY RE-DESIGNED AND UPDATED, MEANT TO BE A JEWEL-LIKE MICROCOSM OF ITS NEW YORK SPACE. IN FACT, THIS YEAR IS ITS 17th EXHIBITING AT TEFAF, MAKING IT ONE OF THE LONGEST EXHIBITING US DEALERS AT THE FAIR. IN THE 160 YEARS SINCE ITS FOUNDING ALVR HAS BOUGHT A SOLD COUNTLESS FABERGE PIECES, INCLUDING MANY IMPERIAL EASTER EGGS. ALVR WAS KEY IN CREATING SOME OF THE LEADING FABERGE COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING THE FORBES MAGAZINE COLLECTION, NOW PARTIALLY OWNED BY VICTOR VEKSELBERG. OTHER CLIENTS INCLUDED GRAND DUCHESSES KSENIA AND OLGA, SISTERS OF NICHOLAS II, AND THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR, AND KING FAROUK. WORKS FROM THE GALLERY ARE LOANED TO MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD AND EXHIBITED REGULARLY.
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