Christie's auction will present a record number of Russian lots
 

The famous London auction house Christie's 12 and 13 October will present a record number of Russian items. Among the alleged participation of lots - the royal porcelain, watercolor Briullov and portrait of Natalia Goncharova, Vladimir Hau. Also at the auction exhibited a collection of galleries Popoff, which was established in France, a Russian officer, antiquarian Alexander Popov, after the October Revolution in Russia. Collection Popoff, presented at the auction, more than 550 lots and is considered one of the most outstanding collections of Russian art outside Russia.

Most of the XVIII century porcelain, paintings and antiques. Thus, bidding will be presented watercolor brushes V. Hau, which depicts Goncharova, wife of Alexander Pushkin. Estimated value of paintings - about 120-160 thousand pounds ($ 190-250 thousand).

"For the first time so many historical items presented in the same directory Russian sales. I think that interest in them will be large. For these are things that will not return to the market, and customers understand this," - told Interfax the head of the International Department of Russian Art Christie's Alex Tiesenhausen.
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Press announcement Kristen
 

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Interesting sales ..
 

Lot 22
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE II, LATE 1760S
Estimate £ 50,000 - £ 70,000
($ 79.950 - $ 111.930)
Enlarge & Zoom Price Realized (Set Currency) £ 91,250
$ 145.909

A porcelain dish from the Service of the Order of St Vladimir

BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, PERIOD OF CATHERINE II, 1783-1785
Estimate £ 20,000 - £ 30,000
($ 31.980 - $ 47.970)
Enlarge & Zoom Price Realized (Set Currency) £ 85,250
($ 136.315)

A porcelain figure of a Finnish peasant woman (Maimistikha)

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1780-1790S

Estimate £ 20,000 - £ 30,000
($ 31.980 - $ 47.970)
Enlarge & Zoom Price Realized (Set Currency) £ 34,850
($ 55.725)

Interesting article on the site Openspace.ru
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Alexander Popov Gallery's collection in Paris - one of the most prominent in the world and unique in its wholeness. And in the field of porcelain, and in watercolors - this is the best to date collection.
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For two days, 12 and 13 October, 2009, auction house Christie's will sell the collection in London's famous Galerie Popoff & Cie - the oldest now existing Russian antique shops of Paris. It was founded in 1920 by an officer of the Imperial Army, Alexander Popov, who stayed in France after the Revolution of 1917. Once in exile, he opened an antique gallery in the heart of Paris, in the house 86 to prestigious Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honore, directly opposite the Elysee Palace. Gallery Popov and K ° »successfully engaged in the sale of French and German art, but its owner acquired for a Russian thing - especially china and watercolors of the XIX century. Russian colony in Paris in 1920 she lived very close, so soon in the environment of emigrants became aware of the collector passion Alexander Popov. Everyone who has taken away into exile family values, be it service or a portrait of Catherine's great-grandmother's hand, Vladimir Hau, knew where best to go to Paris - of course, in the Galerie Popoff.
Read daee: http://www.openspace.ru/art_times/au...details/12861/

It is a pity that Russia's Government did not order any oligarch to buy the whole assembly Popov.
Pity. This amazing collection dissipated.
Where Vekselberg and Usmanov?
And Mrs. Baturin, could buy all this and give Russia!
And just think about yourself!

    This Usmanov gave the state, and Vekselberg is not presented. He left the eggs themselves.
      A collection of really interesting. While private collectors, too, that you should leave. And it so soon and will have nothing to sell. ;)

Still, thanks Vekselberg!
For the joy of communicating with a fine.
It is unlikely that Forbes showed his collection in Russia.
And since so many people have seen such beauty!

Tenders have been more successful than I expected. Sold for good money for first class objects. I thought everything would be worse.

But I do not understand! Graphic sheet in the manner of hierarchy ???!!! Naturally, this work of Bogolyubov irrelevant! It has no relation even to the manner of hierarchy! But bought! And for good money, by the way! I do not blame ... Who knew, explain ...

Lot 296 Manner of Aleksei Bogoliubov
Coming ashore
signed in Cyrillic 'A Bogo .... ov' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on paper laid down on paper
8 ¾ x 12 ¾ in. (22.2 x 32.4 cm.)

Price Realized £ 12,500
($ 19,987)

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