Sotheby's to Auction 300+ Fabergé and Russian Works from A La Vieille Russie Vaults

Key facts

• Sotheby's New York will hold the "From the Vaults of A La Vieille Russie" auction on December 16.
• More than 300 objets d'art will be offered, with Fabergé as the focal point.
• The star lot is a pink guilloché enamel Fabergé miniature sedan chair previously owned by Leopold Rothschild.
• The sedan chair has mother-of-pearl interiors, rock crystal windows etched as sheer curtains, and operational hinges.
• Fabergé's auction record is $30.2 million for the 1913 Imperial Winter Egg at Christie's London in December 2025.
• The sale includes the Siberian Mouse, a Swiss-made gold, enamel, and pearl automaton, possibly by Henry Maillardet, still functional.
• Other highlights: an 18th-century gold and enamel box by Jean Formey, a jeweled icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir with Tolstoy provenance, and an 1866 silver-gilt samovar by Nicholls and Plinke bearing the cypher of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich.
• Sotheby's Head of Decorative Arts Worldwide and Head of Fabergé and Russian Works of Art praised A La Vieille Russie's role in globalizing Russian treasures.