Christie's set a world record price
 

Christie's set a world record price

On Tuesday (6 /12) at the auction house Christie's auction in London found a number of world records prices of old masters paintings, including Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Was set the world record price at auction for works of this master after the sale of the painting "The Battle of Carnival and Lent."

The picture was sold for 10.722 million dollars, while experts put the figure at 3.5 - 4.5 million dollars. On the canvas scenes folk festivals and clownish fight during the winter of wires. The buyer wished to remain anonymous paintings.

In addition, the unprecedented high were the prices at which sold under the hammer canvases by Willem van de Velde the Younger (over 9.2 million dollars), a rival of Rembrandt - Govarta Flink ("The Old Man in the box" to the middle of the XIX century, decorated the halls of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and was sold for $ 3.6 million), Francesco da Dzaganelli Kotinola (1.58 million), Andrea Szold (1.29 million dollars).

Failed to realize only 10 of the 36 lots offered for auction. Thus, remained unrealized canvas brush Francisco Goya "Portrait of Don Juan Lopez de Robredo," though hoping that he help out at 4 to 6 million pounds (6,25-9,4 million dollars).

Thus, the total amount of the proceeds at Christie's assets reached 24.1 million pounds or 37.6 million dollars.

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