Lot 41. The score of Tchaikovsky autograph sold for 97 250 pounds (159 000 dollars).

Lot 91. I ignored the Coronation of Alexander II "in the language was sold for 58 850 pounds (96 000 dollars)!

"Byzantine enamel" Zvenygorodska (lot 95) sold for 27 500 pounds.

I have not described Lot 97 - engraved "Plan of St. Petersburg in 1753, by Makhaev, at the bottom Estimé of 4 000 pounds, sold for 16 250 pounds (26 500 dollars).

Classics of Russian science is not interested buyers: lots 98 (Mendeleev) and 104 (Popov) - not sold.

But "The Defense" (Lot 102), first edition with notes by Nabokov himself, at the bottom Estimé at 4 000, sold for 10 650 pounds.

Six volumes of the ten "Armorial" (Lot 103) with a high estimate, marked by me, and have remained unsold.

Not that I have mentioned in a previous review of 39 lithographs Plouchard 1825, published in St. Petersburg, sold for 9 375 pounds.

Lot 108 (Tolstoy), as I predicted, not sold.

Just below the lower estimate was purchased I mentioned watercolors on the Crimean War (Lot 107) - 39 650 pounds (65 000 dollars).

In the two times - starting with 5 000 to 11 875 pounds - got me to advertise in the review package "Firebird".

So the crisis is a crisis, and the price of the book inspired. It's a pity that there are almost no good books for sale. Well ahead of an auction of books at Sotheby's on June 10.

Member MKAAD and CINOA Anatoly Borovkov

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A book entitled "A detailed description of the ceremonial order blagopoluchago vshestviya reigning in the city of Moscow and the Sacred Coronation of the Empress Elizabeth" contains 49 prints made by Gregory Kachalov and Ivan Sokolov, and is considered one of the most luxurious Russian editions of XVIII - XIX centuries.

The album was first published in 1744 edition of 600 copies, was subsequently issued a further 950 copies. Auctioned off album was part of the collection of Paul and Marianne Gurari. Total trading brought about 3,5 million dollars.

Elizabeth I, daughter of Peter I and Catherine I, came to power in December 1741 as a result of a palace coup. Celebrations at the entry of the Empress on the throne lasted almost two months and were partly sealed for engravers in the coronation album.

Jonathan Potter began collecting old maps of nearly forty years ago. Subsequently, this fascinating hobby grew into a business. Enterprising collector founded the gallery, which currently shows one of the largest collections of antique maps in the world.
1.Samym expensive exhibit, for sale, is a globe master Mattaeus Greuter, established in 1632. It is estimated to be £ 90 000 pounds
2.Eta magnificent 16 th century map of Iceland was published in Abraham Ortelius Antwerp. It is famous not only vivid images of a mountainous area with erupting volcano Hekla, but numerical creatures, real and fictional, are drawn around the map of the island itself. Card price £ 7 £ 500
3.Karta world of "Geography" of Ptolemy, printed in Ulme in 1482, Potter was sold for £ 12 000. Now it costs up to an incredible sum of £ 150 000 pounds sterling.
4.Dekorativnaya world map John Speed, representing the two hemispheres, was published in 1627 entitled "New and accurate map of the world". This is the first map, which clearly demonstrates the mistaken impression that California is an island and Australia is a solid great beach. Its price - £ 12 800 pounds.
5.Karta North America in the performance of Pierre Mortier from the atlas "Atlas Nouveau", printed in 1692. Site is interesting because it depicts California as an island.
6.Karta Japan, based on multiple sources, collected in the East Indies. It was published by JB Tavernier in Paris in 1679. The cost of this card - £ 3200 pounds.
7.V humorous card William Harvey, who wrote under the pseudonym Aleph, Spain is shown as a native resident of this country, whose face is closed veil, but in the hands she holds a bunch of grapes. The woman turned her face to fit and noble bear, which symbolizes Portugal
8.O his next creation Aleph wrote: "A woman with a hooked nose is France, the Empress of food, fashion and dance. She - a symbol of victory, power, wealth, art and imperial heritage."
9.Karta moon, created in 1720 by astronomer, geographer, mathematician and physicist Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Map Earth satellite was printed Johann Baptist Homann in some of his atlases.