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Jewelry

Updated: 7.17.09


A La Vieille Russie, Inc.

Phone: 212-752-1727
Fax:
Email: alvr@alvr.com
On the Web: http://alvr.com

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Mark Schaffer Mark Schaffer, Ph.D., is a principal at A La Vieille Russie, a family business founded in Kiev in 1851, specializing in fine European and American jewelry, Faberg, gold snuffboxes and objects de vertu, and Russian decorative and fine arts.

Since graduation from Harvard College and U.C. Berkeley, Dr. Schaffer has spent 10 years at ALVR. He serves on the boards of the National Antique and Art Dealers Association of America, and the Faberg Arts Foundation.

Dr. Schaffer has curated exhibitions at ALVR, and has lectured internationally, including in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he judged FAF's Young Jewelers Competition. Recent publications include Talashkino: Exemplar of Russian Arts and Crafts.



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