Collection Ilina

[vodoleykina]

October 22, 1993 in Kirovograd died electrician RES Alexander Ilyin , who was known in narrow circles of the Soviet collectors and museum professionals as a skilled restorer of antiques and bookbinder . Shortly after his death in a local store, " Bookseller " became available valuable editions of rare books. Trail quickly led to relatives Ilyin , who lived in the house after the collector 's death. In the home of a former electrician employees of the Security Service of Ukraine has a large collection of icons, pictures , dishes , figurines and other antiquities . But the main part of the collection were old and rare books . In January 1994, the local press has found the first notes of the collection , and in an interview with " Kirovograd Pravda » (№ April 1994 ) head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kirovohrad P. Tymchyshyn said : " It is suspected that part of the collection has already been sold off state [1] . " Some journalists who have written about the case , reported to pressure them to shut up the discovery of the collection and an overall atmosphere of secrecy that has arisen in this sitautsii . [2]
The former head of the department of rare books and valuable documents Kirovohrad Regional Universal Scientific Library . Chizhevskogo Chudnov Alexander , who knew Ilyin said:
I learned of his death after the funeral, and after a few months into my library came counsel Kirovohrad regional administration and said, " Something must be done , because some books from the collection Ilina already sell in the store ," Second-hand books . " And I asked for help to the authorities. I could not afford to have such a collection of " left " of the city, and in general of Ukraine. , and then terrible things began to happen : I called and threatened .
- "Facts" , 25 October 2002

Despite the fact that Alexander Ilyin talked to many collectors and museum workers of the USSR , no one had any idea about the size of his collection. At the moment in the public domain in the assessment appears about three to four thousand units of the subject of the collection. Regarding the assessment of the size of the book collection varies considerably , as in the public domain there is no documentation naming the exact number of books you can often find quite vague wording " Several tens of thousands of units ." Various sources put the number at five to seventy thousand volumes. Director of the Regional Museum of Kirovograd , Paul Barefoot , a member of the commission on an inventory and evaluation of the collection said:
As a result, I do not even remember how long it took trucks , or fifteen , or twenty , to take out the collection.
- " Centre of Ukraine ", June 8, 2006

An exact estimate of the cost of collection Ilina hampered by the fact that the evaluation of a large number of specimens in the collection is by invitation of foreign experts or export of specimens in the collection abroad. In addition, in the public domain is not a complete list of items and books found at Alexander Ilyin. However, there is no doubt that in terms of money collection valued very highly . For example only one book "Byzantine enamel " is estimated at about one hundred thousand dollars [3], and the four-volume "Royal Hunt" is estimated at two hundred thousand dollars . [4] Some sources claim that the total valuation of the collection of billions of dollars . [5]
At the same time, there are opinions that the cost of collection is overstated by the media. For example Miroslav Egurnov leading curator of funds Kirovohrad regional museum (there is at present subject matter of the collection is stored ) said :
As for the price , it is difficult to name , the museum does not produce estimates of exhibits . The numbers almost a billion dollars , which are listed in the papers are taken , they say, " from the ceiling ." Of course , the collection Ilina is unique, but its scientific value may be even greater than its cost of the consumer .
- "The newspaper in Kiev" , March 5, 2008

Additional points of other instances in the collection of Alexander Ilyin were :
book "Byzantine enamel ", published in 1892 in an edition of 200 copies . Cost of the book is 12 thousand silver rubles ;
four-volume " The grand , royal , imperial hunting in Russia" , illustrated by outstanding Russian artists ;
a complete collection of " pershodrukov " Ivan Fedorov , many of which were considered lost ;
"Sea Charter" and " military regulations " of Peter I, published in 1720 in an edition of 50 copies;
collection of engravings by the English artist William Hogarth ;
Ostrog Bible XVI century. ;
Gospel Mstislavets 1575 editions;
manuscript of Alexander Pushkin , Gogol ;
cutlery Faberge ;
silver circle of I. Ravich owned, presumably Peter I;
The Gospel of Queen Elizabeth , a gift from the city Elizabethgrad in honor of the establishment of the fortress ;
a large number of editions of the Kiev- Pechersk Lavra XVII - XVIII centuries ;
Bible 1580 Ivan Fedorov ;
Bible Wolf with drawings by Gustave Dore .
Icon of the Virgin Protectress end of the XVI century. ;
part of the library of the family estate Mikhalkov at the Petrovsky ;
copy of the first edition of "Poet" Taras Shevchenko ( original copy is not available) ;
lifetime rare editions of HC Andersen ;
German edition of Josephus ' Antiquities of the Jews " in 1590 ;
"Arithmetic" Magnitsky 1703 ;
Pentecostarion with the words of the book of the donation in the Tomb of Peter Kirillov monastery in 1632 ;
handwritten Gospel end of the XIV century. ;
Griboyedov's manuscript comedy "Woe from Wit ";
manuscript Lermontov 's poem "The Demon" ;
first book on the history of the first Russian medals of the " Glory to Russia or collection of medals Minister Peter the Great, and even some " 1770.

[khmelev]

there was something a lot of these "collections"

Natanova, family Sachs ...
and now an electrician Ilyin.

If the stars are lit, it means that someone needs ...

[Кирилл Сызранский]

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and now an electrician Ilyin.

Collection electrician Ilina confiscated and nationalized 20 years ago.

[khmelev]

but by the tone and texture of Wikipedia articles are not.
Looked to: there Byzantine enamel assessed a $ 2 million , and the Royal Hunt on for half that .
Volfovsky edition of the Bible in general is priceless.
They got in Kirovograd such prices ? <! - ~ 1 ~ ->
The manuscript of "Woe from Wit" .... the manuscript of "The Demon " , spoons and forks, Faberge , rare editions of Andersen's lifetime ...
Some vinaigrette.
That is, somewhere in the Kirovograd museum kept the manuscript of "Woe from Wit" . <! - ~ 1 ~ ->
And we do not know ...

[Михалыч]

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...

Looked to: there Byzantine enamel assessed a $ 2 million, ..

The last couple of sales in the region of 350, etc.
apiece.