Alexis de Tiesenhausen

International Department Head
London, King Street

In a career spanning almost twenty-five years, Alexis de Tiesenhausen has pioneered Christie's Russian art sales in Geneva, New York, and London. Always a leader in his field, this Christie's veteran has been involved with the successful sale of some of the most significant Russian Works of Art ever to appear at auction including: The Kazan Collection of Fabergé (New York, 1997, $4 million); the Di Portanova Collection of Fabergé, Russian Works of Art & Objects of Vertu (New York, 2000, $3,276,869), the Fabergé Imperial Winter Egg (sold twice: New York, 2002, $9,579,500; and Geneva, 1994, 7,263,500 CHF), the Russian Field Marshal's Baton (New York, 2004, $903,500) and last but not least the Rothschild Fabergé Egg (London, 2007, £8,980,500). A devoted militarist and Fabergé expert, Alexis wrote the foreword to The Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs by Tatiana Fabergé, Lynette Proler and Valentin Skurlov (1997) and is the co-editor of The Preobrazhensky Regiment during the First World War and the Civil War due to be published in 2009. As International Head of the Russian Department, Alexis is responsible for high-level business-getting for all sale sites. Of Russian parentage, Alexis was born in Paris and attended the Institute de Sciences Politiques before going on to study law at The Paris University.

Helen Culver Smith

Specialist
London, King Street

Helen Culver Smith joined Christie’s in 2008 after completing her MA at the Courtauld, where she specialised in the History of Dress and Portraiture. Following specialist experience in Christie’s Portrait Miniatures, Silver and Gold Boxes department, Helen joined the Russian department in 2009. Working closely with her colleagues in New York, Paris and London, she is responsible for business getting in Europe and for helping to organize and promote Christie's sales of Fabergé and Russian works of art in London. Since joining the department, Christie’s has achieved market share in the field of Fabergé and Russian works of art and sold the top work of art during every Russian sale week.

Helen’s previous work experience includes positions at Tate Britain, Richard Green Fine Paintings, Historic Royal Palaces, and with Fine Art Wealth Management. She received her BA in the History of Art from Princeton University in 2003 and holds diplomas from Oxford (2004), Sotheby’s (2005) and the London School of Economics (2006).

Alina Boyko

Junior Specialist
London, King Street

Alina Boyko joined Christie's Russian Art Department in 2010 and is responsible for researching and cataloguing Russian works of art. She obtained her BA in History of Art from University College London and her Mlitt from Christie's Education London.

Anthea Peers

Business Manager
London, King Street

Anna Belousova

Senior Administrator
London, King Street

Alina Brezhneva

Client Liaison
London, King Street

Sandra Nedvetskaia

Head Client Liaison
London, King Street

Ksenia Apukhtina

Director
London, King Street

Nadia Shaglina

Client Liaison
London, South Kensington

Guy Vesey

Director
Moscow

Daria Evtyukhova

Administrator
Moscow

Mark Moehrke

Director - Russian Works of Art
New York, Rockefeller Center

Mark Moehrke joined Christie's New York as Vice President, Senior Specialist in Russian Art in 2006, following positions at major auction houses in New York and Chicago and a period of work in Moscow. Appointed Director of Works of Art in 2009, Mark is responsible for leading business getting on an international level and for organizing and promoting Christie's sales of Fabergé and Russian works of art held in London and New York. Mark graduated with a B.A. from Marquette University and received his M.Phil., jointly granted by the University of Glasgow and Christie's Education in London.

Anne Bracegirdle

Associate Specialist
New York, Rockefeller Center

Anne Bracegirdle's experience at Christie's began in the Interiors department in 2005, following graduation from Fordham University with a degree in Art History. She left the company to pursue a Master's degree in the History of Photography at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. Her dissertation, awarded with Distinction, focused on the construction and reception of Soviet identity in photography from the 1920s through the present. Upon returning to New York, Anne worked as an associate for Ronald Varney Fine Art Agents and contributed to "Photography, the Whole Story," published in London by Thames and Hudson. She rejoined Christie's in 2011, where she serves both the Russian Pictures and Works of Art teams as an Associate Specialist.

Laryssa Zalisko

Business Manager
New York, Rockefeller Center

Yana Balan

Client Liason
New York, Rockefeller Center

Nicolas Kaenzig

Specialist
Paris

Nicholas has been a member of the Christie’s team for over 10 years, specialising in Russian Pictures and Works of Art since 2005.Highlights of his career include the sale of the Somov Collection in 2007 which totaled over £6 million. Nicholas studied History of Art and has a Masters Degree in Law.