Faberge punch service, $750,000, Heritage Auctions

 

 

A turn-of-the-last-century Fabergé shaded cloisonné enameled gilt silver punch service by Feodor Ruckert sold for $750,000 at a Fabergé and Russian Works of Art Signature Auction held May 13 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Also, a Russian Imperial gold-inlaid blackened steel presentation Kinjal rose to $75,000; an Imperial gem-set and enameled gilt miniature bratina finished at $57,500; and a Guilloché enameled gilt silver Cendrier, centering the flag of St. Andrew, fetched $32,500.