Paul, you mean that "a well-known curator Miles, who early in the first half of the 90 oshivalsya in Moscow and cars bought Soviet art? As far as I know, that famous gallery owner, he - no more than a myth, and he himself had generated. You have Jim Dabakisa remember (this was an American wheeler-dealer, bought for Ray Johnson). Just at that time any foreigner seemed a millionaire, and $ 100 was a colossal sum of (the ever-growing, to the same).
But then a lot of people - from France, Italy, England and America are tons of paintings bought. At 5.10 dollars per sketch and 100-300 (maximum) for a decent picture of 40-60's. Clearly, we are not talking about, say, Nalbandian or Tkachev, but painting provincial, and many Moscow artists, it is at such prices and sold. And do not forget that for many Europeans, Americans, these rates were comparable to prices, well, I do not know ... on the same African masks and beads. And buy a lot of work as souvenirs from the "country that does not exist."

No, not just you! In the file catalog images with low resolution.

Madame Frosechka,

Nina Goncharova, not black, it is in criminal activity is not involved!
The fact that a work of Nina Goncharova - embroidery.
Can you imagine a gang poddelschikov specializing in antique and difficult technique vestibule seam (I'm not talking about coats)?
I will say even more, perhaps, Nina Goncharova - is one of very few originals submitted to the Russian part of the catalog:)

And nothing to submit - Banda poddelschikov a hundred Chinese girls in the basement with the inscription - the factory. I can embroider almost anything and everything.
I remembered a funny story.
  Was (and maybe now there is) at Tula, near the former Children's Fair - Vietnamese market. And somehow I got there, went after the children's fair. And the internet I came to this, saying that they all (coats, shoes, etc.) the same as everywhere only cheaper than tripled. They trade, respectively, Vietnamese, Russian spoken on the bad, and all flip-flops (girls and not slippers) yellow knit scarves that foolishness, I thought.
I went, people no one, long stretching back to the endless rows of sheepskin coats, jeans and so on. All very low quality and price averages. None of you not paying attention, all of Vietnamese (girl) really yellow knit scarves, male Vietnamese to "Rate Kolos vparivayut rubbish but unobtrusively. Russian clerk was alone, I heard it from afar, as she was drunk and swore loudly with flip-flops when I walked by and she saw me, stopped cursing internally to pick up and bazaar in the tone began to speak: - "Dubleeenochki (m) lyat, dubleeenochki . " Very much.

Catch the wind, passersby! Paul, your blood is not tasty, it LCR Give!

We LCR blood drink no more:)

Judging by the name of the topic, there is no blood to spill for drinking:)

Confirm, in St. Petersburg it was exactly the same.

Dear LCR, if you can not say how expensive or cheap to publish in Paris directory. For one artist, or for the whole group. And that made writing about the artist except for the mandatory information? And anyone who pays for this?

Where did you get that I drink anything but tea and COFE?

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Sorry not bought and sold for such ridiculous money. This is as it should not respect themselves.
But then they started to sell repeats and signed by another for years, so that little fools everywhere. But Miles had things! And not only him, and judging by the prices today, they did not miss, and not the end. Another nebylo Deineki are talking about Matisse and a few who, but read by a high ratio to a high of Soviet-style, but the silver lids is for domestic consumption, as konterpory, the vanguard of the 60's and some that are different.

Pavel it is not about respect, you forget how many people lost money when the banks and the reform of the monetary forgotten? In one day (night) all that many zarabayvali for your whole life gone?

I must say that in those years for us, such money was not funny, the average salary in the early 90's was about $ 15, let already started appearing first private enterprises, companies and salary in the $ 100 was a blue dream, and often elusive for many (I take 1991-1993gody), money devalued almost every day, they walked a coupon, then some kind of disgusting.

Pavel just happy for you, if you have at the time earnings were more than I write and the price of your work were more expensive.

I told you in l /sec.

I then sold for $ 400-600. Once bought into Boldyrev, but lost a little. Then I bought the Ambassador of France. He really liked my kartiny.Voobsche all depends on human behavior and self-esteem.

Pavel and yet there are times when an urgent need of money (some sick, some family problems, and self-esteem here, in such cases, the person is selling for so much, for how much it can sell well, when someone can jade and years, but when an urgent need now?
and in those years, such situations were not isolated.
you are more beautiful words, well, where so much of French ambassadors to take ?:)

In what years was it?

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When there is nothing to feed the family, think about not "self-esteem", but about where to get the money, though some day.