[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/society/2015/06/150602_sotheby_aivazovsky_kan"][B]General Director of Sotheby's Russia and CIS" Michael Kamensky@
[QUOTE][FONT="Georgia"]on the Evening of Monday 1 June, after analyzing General information background in its totality, we realized that the market is scared. The market does not understand – on the one hand there is the official announcement that "the lot is free from all claims." On the other – don't stop confusing unconfirmed reports of the statements of law enforcement bodies of the Russian Federation, there is a large number of publications in the Russian press.
In such a situation to spend serious money on a risky acquisition canvases would be reckless. Selling this thing – no pretension, legally - we still would endanger the interests of the current owner, and possible the previous owner, and the interests of the owner of the future.
We also talked with potential buyers and eventually, at the request of the current owner and with the approval of the family Nosenko we decided this picture to remove from the auction in the hope that in the near future we will be able to argue for the potential buyers complete transparency and cleanliness of this Veshi@
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