Thank you for the wonderful AI and a comprehensive overview of their past trading yesterday .
http://artinvestment.ru/invest/russi...d_october.html
I would also add , firstly, of the " Orpheus ", which was sold for nearly $ 1 million. In the early 1960s, the owners bought her paintings at the Art Salon " Moskomissiontorga " for only 30 rubles. , And, as the work of an unknown artist. And ever since , " Orpheus" was hanging on the wall of a Moscow apartment .
Reference: on the art market over the past 25 years has sold a total of 38 works of this rare auction for the artist. The most expensive work at the moment is "Still Life with Apples and eggs ", sold in 2012. over 2 million 977 thousand U.S. But as an early work - "Chaos" ( 98h130 cm, 1906 ) . was sold at Sotheby's in 2004. for 288 thousand dollars.
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=541661
http://kommersant.ru/doc/2302163
Organizers of the auction - co-owners of the auction house "Kabinet" Constantine Zhouromsky and Xenia Tsann -kai -si - note that almost all the lots have gone to significant excess of the reserve price , in some cases, the " multiplicity" amounted to more than 6 , for many items , " sprang up " fight in the hall and on the phone.
Thus, the entire collection sold sketches of costumes for productions of " Chapaev " and " Sunny Side " directed by theater. City Council ( DEFRA , 1930 - 31gg . ) Alexander Tischler . Evaluation of each sheet reaches half a million rubles. The most expensive in the collection of the 6 lots became Costume Isayev - Petka for the play " Chapaev ". This item has risen six times and sold for 1 million 450 thousand rubles .
A few more notable results. Ink drawing of Alexandra Platunova " Waiting for the tram " ( 1920 ). Grew up with the starting price of 18 rubles to the final price - 110 rubles . Colored drawing of Ivan Yazeva " Pool Moscow" (1962 ) at the start of 120 thousand " left" as a result of active trading for 330 thousand rubles . Caricature "Jewish bully ", made by the artist Julius Ganf published in the journal "Crocodile » № 38 for 1926 . cost the buyer of 200 thousand rubles . A watercolor "Moscow Kremlin . View from the river , " Xenia merchant (1958 ) was sold for 150 thousand rubles .
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On the eve of September 25 , the House "Kabinet" very successfully conducted antiquarian auction " Old and rare books, maps , engravings » № 18 ( 62), which exhibited more than 500 lots. Among the largest sales:
Letter of Alexander II to Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukoj - one of the most explicit love letters to his beloved Emperor , written in Russian and French, with the number 244 number from 1/13 October 1868 - higher than the starting estimate ( 240 million rubles). Almost 3 times and cost the buyer at 660,000 rubles.
Excellent report on Russia 1 (a letter read Vladimir Menchov ) .
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=540273&cid=3041
http://www.mosobltv.ru/?an=news_page&uid=39951
Among the extensive collection of photographs and postcards , relating to the Caucasus , the most remarkable lot, which included 711 (!) Cards in two albums (1890 - 1915gg . ) , Started with a mark of 750 thousand rubles. and was sold for 2 million 200 thousand rubles .
Once again, a whole block of the auction catalog was devoted to books futurism and Russian avant-garde. In this section, it is worth noting , first, one of the legendary books of Russian Futurism Tiflis period : Alex twisted " Obesity roses. About Terentyeva verses and others " (1918 ) . Making K.Zdanevicha . The price for this rarity has increased more than 7 times, and at the start of 180 thousand rubles. was sold for $ 1 million . 300 thousand rubles .
And finally , the absolute top lot of " book " auction - " Place of Herodias " Alexei Remizov , published in Berlin in 1922 . Font and drawings by the artist Nicholas Istselennova . Especially valuable book makes the fact that out of 500 copies only 50 was painted by hand. This publication is for the number IV, and even signed N.Istselennova (!) , Rated very high , from 1.2 million to 1.5 million. And significantly exceeded the upper limit of the estimate. Results: 1 million 800 thousand rubles.