Sotebis NY: Huge collection of auction sale Safra
 

Summer, time of holidays, lazy hot days ..... but here in New York just have stated that esteemed office Sotebis will sell a huge collection of Edmonda Safra - little by someone famous (now deceased) Lebanese billionaire banker owner of Republic National Bank, which (rumor) a dashing 1990s laundered Russian mafia money (not only) as well as filing with the IMF uchavstvoal through them is based Hermitage capital in shady deals that led to the Russian default in 1998. died same Safra in a fire in Monaco in a very vague and so far unexplained circumstances just right after the departure of Boris Yeltsin (try it on Yandex will not regret it - just a detective novel).

Short sale will be an unprecedented scale - the New Yorks Sotebis office will be filled by the ears - at all (!) Floor, 6 (!) Auction. According to rumors of good Russian typed on the whole individual trades. Act it shall be held from 18 to 21 October. Come - you will not regret - it is still fun!

While little disk imaging, as we will do - I'll post here soon (I can not wait for the directory - is it really will be in 6 volumes? May hardcover?)

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All the good weather, holidays and more successful ice cream!

K-L

Usually the thing from the collection of a famous person rises in value, but here ? "Fame" in this case, positive or negative ?

Constantine -

I'm not an expert such subtleties , but Safra despite the fact that he worked with George Soros - a man in America (and Russia ) are very little known . All that is connected with it, shrouded in mist and full of darkness. I think things from the collection will be sold at cost. That Number and quality of things rumored extraordinary. Infy ​​so very gone, but I think that our colleagues in the Christie's too much to get traded this konsayment - I wonder if Sotebis promised to guarantee a cool and even gave money to " advance" - we do not know , but I think that the struggle was for life but as the saying goes to the last drop of blood ...

K -L

Incidentally the fact - that Safra donated five large lemons for the restoration of the synagogue in Saint-Petersburg which is now so called - Safra Synagogue [/URL] "

slightly added to the collection of disk imaging, Safra on the air, spread as promised:

SAFRA SALE AT SOTHEBY'S OFFERS REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITIES


This masterpiece of English Rococo, the Burghley Epergne, was created for the 9th Earl of Exeter. It is estimated at $ 800,000 /1.2 million.

The four day sale of the Lily and Edmond J. Safra Collections at Sotheby's in New York in October offers remarkable opportunities to collectors around the world. Sotheby's say that the six dedicated sales from October 18-21 represent the pinnacle of their respective collecting categories.

The sales are as follows: Magnificent European Furniture & Works of Art, led by an extraordinary group of French 18th-century lacquer, arguably is the most important at auction since the 1882 sale of the Collection of the 12th Duke of Hamilton from Hamilton Palace, Scotland; Important Russian Works of Art comprised of over 100 lots of fine and important Russian porcelains, silver, enamels and other objects ; Highly Important Silver, including a stunning assemblage of primarily English and French creations from the mid -18th to the early-19th centuries; Important Cosway Bindings, comprised of a magnificent group of approximately 180 Cosway bindings, the finest collection to be sold at auction in nearly 90 years; Interiors: Fine 19th Century Watercolors, presenting a collection of over 100 interior paintings, many of which document the great estates of wealthy patrons and sumptuous palaces of royalty; European Furniture, Fine & Decorative Arts, led by a large group of 18th-century Meissen porcelain figures of birds, as well as a significant collection of extremely fine and rare 'tour de force' turned ivory carvings.


binding by Riviere & Sons [/URL] Concerning the True Portraiture of Mary Queen of Scots by Joshua James Foster. The cover is inset with 13 miniature portraits of Mary Stuart and François II, almost certainly painted by Miss C. B. Currie ($ 40/60, 000).

Mr. and Mrs. Safra's collections offer unparalleled opportunities for connoisseurs worldwide. The full sale, which is estimated in excess of $ 40 million, will be on exhibition throughout Sotheby's York Avenue headquarters beginning 14 October. A two day sale of the Safra Collections at Sotheby's in 2005 realized $ 49 million.

Born in Beirut to a family that started in banking at the time of the Ottoman Empire Edmond Safra built a business that spanned more than thirty countries across the globe. A victim of arson at his home in Monaco, he died in 1999. He was an extraordinary philanthropist who supported tens of thousands of students, underwrote medical research, built and restored schools and synagogues, endowed professorships, and contributed to countless humanitarian, religious, educational, and cultural causes worldwide. Since 1999 Lily Safra has chaired the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation. Both personally and through the Foundation, she supports research into neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, at dozens of hospitals and universities worldwide

Here is declared the official dug Sotebis of the auction.

Fish:

"It is a great privilege to offer works from one of the finest collections assembled in the 20th century," commented Robin Woodhead, Chairman of Sotheby's International. "Lily and Edmond Safra's collecting passion was directed towards the most important works of art, where beauty and rarity were the cornerstones.True collectors, they brought together only the best and created magical settings that were as comfortable asthey were refined."

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About Russian things:

The Russian works of art on offer feature one of the largest private collections of important Russian porcelains ever to be sold at auction, comprised of over 100 lots of fine and important Russian porcelains, silver, enamels and other objects.

The group is highlighted by an Important Pair of Imperial Porcelain Vases,
decorated with portraits of Emperor Nicholas I and Empress Alexandra Fedorovna from the late 1830s (est. $ 1.5/2.5million).

Additional highlights from the collection include: an unprecedented number of pieces from the four grand services commissioned by Empress Catherine II (1764-1796) for the exclusive use of the Cavaliers of the Russian Orders of St. George, St. Andrew, St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Vladimir at the annual banquets honoring the membership; rare porcelains made in the earliest days of the Imperial PorcelainManufactory (founded 1744), such as
Empress Elizaveta Petrovna's Own (Sobstvennyi) Service (est. $ 20/30, 000) and the Orlov Service (est. $ 80/120, 000) commissioned by Empress Catherine II; a large group of finely painted military plates; and a large and varied selection of pieces from the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory's richly-gilded Kremlin Service, commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I (1825-1855), as well as the factory's Raphael Service, the largest and most important service commissioned during the reign of Emperor Alexander III (1881-1894)