House Christie's estimated the "old masters" of 15 million pounds
 

Appointed on 7 July 2009 London auction house Christie's, which exhibited 66 works by artists XIV - XVIII centuries, that is "old masters", as well as the XIX century, will according to preliminary estimates about 15 million pounds, according to a press release home .
The most expensive lot of trades organizers called the canvas "Madonna with Child, Saint Elizabeth and the infant John the Baptist," painted by Florentine Fra Bartolomeo (1472-1517): it is estimated at 2 - 3 million pounds. In the same amount of work is estimated Michele Marieschi (1710-1743) "The courtyard of the Palace of the Doges in Venice overlooking the stairway of the Giants and the Cathedral of St. Mark." For 1 - 1,5 million pounds exhibited painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness. Portrait of Mrs Oliver St. John, Anthony Van Dyck estimated at 800 thousand - 1.2 million pounds.
Also at these auctions work exhibited Frans Hals ( "head boy", 300 - 500 thousand pounds), Turner (watercolor, from Yarmouth: ship, departing from the shore in windy weather, 200 - 300 thousand pounds), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Angelica and Medora, 600 - 800 thousand pounds), as well as pencil portraits Ingres (250 - 400 thousand pounds).
(Lenta.ru)

Interesting review on the site ARTinvestment.RU
 

"Old Masters and Art of the XIX century" - tonight at Christie's
  07/07/2009
Today in London, held the evening auction "Old Masters and Art of the XIX century", they will be exhibited 66 works (paintings, watercolors and drawings), which cover nearly 700-year history of European painting. The total estimate of the auction is 15 million pounds sterling.
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Results of the trades on July 7. Christie `s
 

Results of the trades on July 7. Christie `s.
Bidding went well ... given the world's financial problems.
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/s...2-b0bb0b3a5c5a
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1.Lot 15, Sale 7743, London, King Street
Baccio della Porta, called Fra Bartolommeo ...
The Madonna and Child in a landscape with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saintprice realized
£ 2,169,250
($ 3,499,000)
2.Lot 5, Sale 7743, London, King Street
Frans Hals (Antwerp 1581/5-1666 Haarlem)
Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate £ 300,000 - £ 500,000
($ 460,000 - $ 750,000)
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Sold for £ 914,850
($ 1,475,653)

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vyadem, interest "care". Thank you.

Willem Claesz. Heda (Haarlem 1594-1680)
A blackberry pie, an upturned nautilus cup, a salt-cellar, a façon-de-Venise flute of wine, a silver ewer, an upturned roemer, hazelnuts, a silver knife and a knife-case, on a partly-draped table with pewter plates
oil on panel
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
   Price Realized (Set Currency)
  £ 1,385,250
($ 2,234,408)
Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate £ 300,000 - £ 500,000
($ 460,000 - $ 750,000)

Cyril Syzransky, so grind as pies :)... of the 66 lots remained unsold, only 3!
SALE TOTAL: 20,549,650 (GBP) (Prices include buyer's premium)

Yes, and lots of interest.

Pieter Brueghel II (Brussels 1564/5-1637/8 Antwerp)
The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
oil on panel
40 x 65 ¾ in. (102 x 167 cm.)
  Price Realized (Set Currency)
  £ 1,497,250
($ 2,415,064)
Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate £ 1,000,000 - £ 1,500,000
($ 1,600,000 - $ 2,300,000)

Cyril Syzransky, I work Pieter Brueghel II also very liked!

And what does the figure II? Tell me please:) Here and Cranach, too, with this figure.
Maybe less than 2000000 not sell! :)