This once again speaks about the importance of good art dealer, a good picture in favor of the artist (a good artist).

I do not really understand what you are driving it , I just wanted to describe my living experiences from recent sales .

The fact how good Burliuk as an artist , I can not judge - he recently wrote a bunch of purely commercial work and even signed and work written by members of his family as well as making copies of his early works and dated to earlier dates . Yes , agree that Burliuk hyped as a Ukrainian artist , and therefore, its flowers are now popular ( and until recently were very cheap ) . Burliuk is at least 3 artist - Futurist , Japanese period and the U.S. - in the U.S. , he just started to write something that sells well and has written hundreds ( or thousands ) of works - by eyewitnesses sometimes even put four of the canvas on the floor and immediately wrote 4 paintings simultaneously . But the picture is not my topic and talk about the artist's talent and abilities of their dealers , I will not .

It was very interesting to read vivid impressions from the auction.
You have a perfectly turned out.
Thank you.

Very sorry for you :D :)

Sotheby's made the site in Russian.
Not yet familiar, well at least the names of trades is not transferred, but in such a ridiculous get a part in Russian, part English.

http://www.sothebys.com/ru/auctions/list.html

Sotheby's Russian auctions - Act 2
 

As many like it - I also describe the second part of trading. Sorry, that previously could not - posletorgovaya vanity took all my free time

Act 2:

Well. Ended with a break, all had eaten and some are even slightly drunk, and people began to flock back into the room. There were dealers in applied - as always elegant Ashbah and as always dissatisfied than Dima Markov (both classified standing in the back of the room that was not visible when they raised their hand or eye blinking). Started trading sadly - emal or not to sell or a very cheap (I have never seen even the sad spring of 9th year!), Ie, in general is dead until we reached a very nice cup holders Bragin, who had gone over 27 (15-20) and almost immediately a large bucket with a horse head with elegant Grachev signed Presented to "Sir Arthur and Lady Nicolson by the British community at St. Petersburg ... 1910" - 90 (50-70), then again it was sad lots of 10 or enamel that do not sell or sold below estimate. Even the huge mirror in the enamel Ovchinnikov hardly sold above the upper Est. 42 (30-40), then went back the enamel in the same way until we reached bewildering written set in enamel Rueckert - Beauty incredible - went to battle over 320 (175-225), he does it cost! Still a lot of unsold and sold poorly enamel - very classic mug Ovchinnikov in enamel and blackened panorama Kremlin went for 76 (60-80) - to the ministerial gifts? Then again, sadly not yet reached a couple of eggs Rueckert (lots 236-236), for which was a lively fight first sold for 25 (7-9) and the second for 42 spolovinoy (8-12) - both are from the collections of one doctor who in 1930 worked at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and his wife poslihoy (infamous madam Post) Torgsin latch on and buy stuff (most of the surplus stock from this collection that has not been adopted at a Sotheby's has been sold at Gene Shapiro on Saturday the same week). Then again, it was sadly still lots of 10 enamel has not yet reached a very rare regimental flag Russian Life Guards in 1800 - despite the hype before the auction, the buyer was the only one on the phone and even he could not get through and the result (after two or three attempts to telephone operator type "Ale?" Can you hear me? ", and swinging his arms was not a lot is sold. But the next item - a sign Andrew Kebele to the murder enamel was sold for 200 (100-120)" The next lot - a set of skis Tsarevich Alexei someone bought for 60 (60-80) despite the fact that even spring (in the yard at this time of heavy rain) and obkatat they will only be for the next season (or directly to Sochi?).

Then there was a nail the bidding - an incredible table with a panel of Italian mikromozaike depicting the capture of the Russian army fortress of Kars (1833) - a table of course, the only place in the Hermitage - the extraordinary beauty - 6 pages of description (!) In the directory. In general, see for yourself - Lot 254, beauty and not the table. At low estimeyte 400-600, he was traded to the battle for 1 million 650 thousand (I guess that goes for a couple of lemons that turned out to be close to reality). The owner of the table (an American - a flight attendant by profession) who got it from my grandmother sat in the hall with his family in the faint and dizzy - probably now retire and will be enjoying life in Miami (driven by the same people with the grandparents!).

After that, a few lots had a huge circle Faber with coins of all the kings from Peter to Nicholas 2nd - I will note a thoroughbred 88 standard - to sell me it seems cheap for 90 (70-90). Huge but ugly set of silverware Faber buyer is not found (150-180), but the beautiful gold and enamel etui etui in the colors of the Rothschild went for 90 (70-90).

Then there was a very elegant flower Faber (Lot 262). I do sketches of flowers Faber strongly indifferent - but that, by God, even breathtaking - just could not tear myself away from the windows at the VIP preview. Probably not one I liked it - for it certainly was a battle of the Titans and was sold for 550 (50-80)

After 10-15 lots are not particularly interesting and silver trinkets Faber - was Lot 290 - a mega-beautiful and huge samovar Krylnikova with tray - Dawn of Art Nouveau, Sotheby's says that was made for the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the governor of Moscow - would have graced any collection Samovar - work of art first class - nothing to complain about - torn from his hands for 300 (80-120). Then again, lots of uninteresting, a little early in the silver samovar, 35 (18-22), intersnyh not sold more "salad bowl" Faber in the crystal with silver and native box (40-60), another fairly large but simple samovar went for 65 ( 25-35) (apparently bought one who is not got Krylnikovsky)

Medium-sized (half-meter) Rospisnoy vase Nicholas 1 (Lot 354) has not found a buyer (250-350) as well as meter Alexander 2 (Lot 366 - 100-150) - and yet for them earlier fought to blood!

Plates were bad - I wonder what the military plates at all this time there was probably not ignorant of their Gatherer in St. Petersburg already ate. Figures were sluggish except for 2 "sellers" of early Gradnera 13 and 10 (6-8 each) and a wonderful bear playing the bass (remember the classics - Wives, Monkey, donkey, goat Yes Bruin Bear started a quartet to play ?) which was sold for 15 (also 6-8). At this auction has been completed, there was a break with tea and sale of missiles that I described separately.

All creative success!

K-A!

As I understand you . Score was so wonderfully low, but the miracle did not happen , alas :shy: >

Who knows the website where you can add photos and paintings through them to find the author?

Miracles in the Sotheby's and Christie's markups are very rare - Sotheby's trades with the 1744 ( this time in Russia Imreratritsy Elizabeth when we were still eating porridge with a wooden spoon to his ears in mud - Russian Academy of Arts has appeared only in 1760 ) - and they are professionals of very high class - when the thing is museum level is taken to sell , they know in advance who can buy it and how much - the rest is a matter of technique and proper public relations .

K L

Discussion about the baths and other things moved to here.