Well, let's analyze the order, the good bit))
As expected, the auction was weak, although only a couple of hours fairly well sold out Sotheby's.
Let's see what all the same was sold and not sold, because it is very important for understanding the future trend of Russian art market.
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Lot number 4. Price: 120 thousand pounds. What is surprising is that it is not even the authorship of Aivazovsky, and attributed to him. Either the buyer is very confident in himself and knows something, or just name magically works.
Lot number 5. Price: 74,4 thousand pounds. It seems that the buyer all the same, because, again, this is not the Konstantin Makovsky, and his successor, and the unknown. In the first case may have a chance to prove that this Ayvazian, then there is not even concealed, that is the work of the pupil.
Lot number 8. Price: 84 thousand pounds. Seen Vladimir Makovsky appreciated as well as students and work of its namesake, but left it slightly more expensive than the previous lot, though precisely estimated.
Lot number 9. Not sold. Not surprising. Very weak Kharlamov at very high prices that I sobsno immediately and talked. : shy:
Lot number 12. Not sold. The same artist, same result. This was not the day Kharlamov. Do not wring his hands, even if the crisis was the result with high probability would be the same.
Lot number 19. Price: 48 thousand pounds. I think it is a successful result for A. Schilder. Nearly 80 thousand dollars for a large canvas - beyond all expectations.
Lot number 30. Price: 62 thousand pounds. Cost of work Pohitonova always seemed a mystery to me, and this sale was no exception. Double excess estimate for the piece of paper 13,5 x11 cm think it is very strange.
Lot number 35. Price: 120 thousand pounds. Surprisingly, very weak and little Kandinsky even sell above the lower estimate. In this situation congratulator buyer can hardly, but the seller certainly.
Lot number 39. Not sold. We see the crisis still affected the excitement around Faith Rokhlina, and "cheap" with работка estimate: 50-60 thousand pounds will go back home.
Lot number 40. Price: 150 thousand pounds. This work Goncharova alive not seen, but to buy more oil with a good provenance of the most expensive Russian artist for the money I consider success.
Lots № 55-60. Not have been sold, except one. Whether Chelishchev not need, or simply work themselves weak. Probably the latter.
Lots № 64-65. Sincerely happy for the buyer (and I think this is one person) of the two oils Korovin for 20.4 and 38 thousand pounds with two and three-fold excess of estimate:. In my opinion, cards should cost less.
Lots № 67-68. For graphics Baranova-Rossine estimate of 100-120 thousand pounds in a crisis - unaffordable luxury that not fail to affect the negative result.
Lot number 69. Not sold. Detective story with the assessment of "bust" Archipenko finished a logical result. In the hope that these people?
Lot number 72. Not sold. Do not price in 0,6-0,8 million pounds, and doubts about the authenticity, not allowed to film on the cover, attributed to A. Exter, find its buyer.
Lot number 90. Not sold. Watercolors Marianne von Verevkina not lead to a race because of the high estimate of 100-120 thousand pounds and because of the complete lack of provenance.
Lot number 103. Price: 48 thousand pounds. Surprisingly, this work Tsalkova left with the double excess of the lower estimate. I can not explain why. Probably because it's funny and recognizable.
Lot number 107. Price: 45 thousand pounds. Rare case where the work is sold at the reserve, which is two times lower than the estimate. Why was it then so be evaluated? Not the best work Tsalkova, although oooocheno large (185h235 see)
Sixties really totally failed ... I do not think that because of lack of demand. Interest is, but the crisis and the high estimate made themselves felt. In general, the auction was held on projections. The market will now be much more demanding to the quality of things and very capricious in their prices.