Alexander Ivanov (Russian: Александр Иванов, born October 27, 1962) is a Russian art saver who lives in Moscow. He is best known for the Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden, which is the first private Russian-owned museum uncovered of Russia. Ivanov has no event holdings or interests, but the value of his supreme art hoard makes him a billionaire. In spring 2010, he said that a Middle Eastern miser offered him $2 billion for his Fabergé collection, the world’s largest Fabergé jewellery growth with greater than 3,000 items. Ivanov’s tastes extend to many areas, and he next collects dinosaur fossils, ancient Greek and Roman art, pre-Columbian gold, Old Master paintings, Impressionist paintings, Orthodox icons, and he along with has one of the finest collections of vintage automobiles.
Ivanov’s most significant purchase was the 1902 Fabergé egg made as an engagement present to Baron Édouard de Rothschild. Ivanov bought it at Christie’s in London upon November 28, 2007, for 9 million pounds ($18.5 million at the time), because he thought that it is Fabergé’s “finest ever.”
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