Russian week in London. June 2011
 

Hello from London . Yesterday's reception at Christie's was pleased by two things . First - peddlers , more korobeynitsy : Guests regaled the fragile girl , who hung on the necks of large boxes , koi were lined with a glass of vodka (pieces of fifty , no less ) and covered with ice , these designs are the girls bent down to the floor , but they stoically kept . The second joy - Azerbaijani dolma , which suggested the above vodka snack : dolma was stored in large dishes , and guests invited to impale it on something like a toothpick and drag it this way in his mouth . As you can imagine , after 20 minutes all udelalis this Dolma , moreover, there were spread fried dumplings , koi are requested to hand trays ... In general, the reception level corresponded to the level of the proposed collection , although many experts , tasting vodka and dolma , expressed confidence that all the snap , because now " the time is . "

Sorry, very sorry that vodka is not poured directly before the auction and during the add!

In the auction would go!

Then we would certainly have been one hundred percent sales!
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Returned after reception of Sotheby's. Yesterday it seemed that the worst can not be , I was wrong - maybe . Sometime in his youth BG sang the full sufficiency : " the bread and wine , and tea . " Today was the same , only without the tea : pour the champagne and vodka , offering a snack of bread and cheese , which , in my opinion, is not quite correct when people discuss how adequately the price of 400,000 for Bogayevsky say . Of course, it is not in the abundance of food , here present in a position to buy a little food , but I'd like to think about buying a graphics Larionov for 50000 , not being distracted by thoughts , which have dinner at this time .

Well , as they say, has begun . The first was Christie , and as it turned out, those experts were right , that dine vodka , argued that everything will sell . Indeed , sold everything , but, you know , somehow , without a spark , I would say even doomed , that is, the struggle was virtually no exception Korovin number 62 , who was caught with 20,000 to 180 , though the thing is very average . Somehow sadly gave 4,000,000 for the cafe Repin , lucky , the buyer is not even got laid like at this price applause .
At Sotheby's evening was all the livelier , not all sold , but it was some kind of fight , a severe punishment , drama , which was so interesting to watch at auction . Prices you know , and the results must still reflect , analyze , I 'll write about it later .

I, for example, results in some lots have raised questions, so to speak.
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Ask, answer to everything: there are so many experts, just the horror of some

Then here :
Why not left Venice the Bogolyubov ( Lot 10) and the Venetian Rialto Bridge Kochalovskogo ( Lot 14) ?
Why not leave two things Puni ?
And it is really not clear to me , why did this bulldozer NB Doltamovich Danzig generally hit it in today's trading so even with this estimate: ( Lot 52) .

Cause " neuhoda " many things at this time is that were installed with extremely high reserves . So people , exhausted by the battle for the masterpieces Vereshchagin , found the strength to offer a hierarchy only 370,000 pounds, but it was not enough . It was in the hall and a proposal for Konchalovsky 580,000 , are not enough . Puni number 16 is extremely nevnyaten , but for Puni number 29 gave 200 thousand, but it was not enough .
But the last question I can not answer : What makes this bulldozer in this place for all remains a mystery !

qwerty, the question of Malyavin, Lot 47.

Why is it "jerked" the price?

The unusual plot or spit on a stone in the hall?

Do not tell , whether the work sold in May of Danzig ? and for how much .
Sincerely , Fam .