Christie's February 11
 

What will be the prognosis?

Forecasts - thankless thing, but the work that I am completely indifferent, perhaps I ruined the taste or not, as such, generally.

2.5 million pounds, or not sold
 

Specifically, this work is like, even not all fans of Rothko. This thing later, depressive, it is the mood of exhausted man, but no expressive of rage. It tries to play incongruous colors. Work on paper rather than canvas. And it is small (auction house commented that doctors on health forbade him to reach out and raise their hands, so he moved to the small size). In my opinion a Rothko maximum effect dostagaetsya in combinations of orange and red, huge areas of the canvas when viewing at close range in a small room. In the case of this picture, none of the factors does not work. Weather - the lower estimate (still to Rothko 2.5 million pounds - it's not expensive) or not sold. Earlier this week ARTinvestment.ru publish a price forecast for the works of postwar modernists on the London bid.
The real work here it is:
 
http://christies.com/LotFinder/lot_d...9-3c63fe9c6955

Mark Rothko. 1968. Green, blue, green to blue. Paper, acrylic. 102.9 x 67.3. Estimate: 2,5-3,5 million pounds. Lot 17. Christie's. 11/02/2009

The auction will take place tomorrow. Very interesting. In light of recent events that someone thinking?

Konstantin, all too soon find out. Rothko and Bacon go, I think. But pro-Monkeys Koons interesting.

Cyril Syzransky agrees, well and about the monkeys, somewhere we already had a question "Well, why should it cost so much?", Against the background of Rothko's really a masterpiece!
Most of the top lots like Bacon.

And even bought the monkeys, although below the estimate, but still over 1 385 285 pounds. But Rothko's something not seen, can not hang out all the results? Bacon either. Total 25 lots sold from 31 to 8 392 750.

And the results of bidding Impressionist /Modern, New York has also acquired 106 of the 146-ty of the modest 1795 875 dollars.:)

I think that they are not hanged, as not sold, perhaps it's time to invest in monkeys ....

Exactly ... There's your monkey.

http://artinvestment.ru/news/auctnew...es_result.html

at the expense of monkeys, and especially their prices, I have no words! some expressions !!... though, this is my subjective opinion