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Anatoly Borovkov: "They waited. The first foreign book trades in 2009 will be held June 3 in London auctioneers Christie's, entitled" A Remarkable printed books and manuscripts. "Of the 280 lots offered for these auctions, only 19 relate to conditional Russia or printed in Russia. And is instead once promised houses Christie's and Sotheby's spring auctions full of Russian books.
As I predicted earlier, given the fact that the auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's decided to significantly, in a crisis, lower starting prices for the deliverers, good Russian books, these auction houses in the near future will not see! Really good books will go into direct trade in Russia and a number of those previously "promoted" and reached a peak price for Russian buyers, generally go off to oblivion. I mean luxurious historical publications that are not of world-class collection, but sold previously very expensive because of high oil revenues and its certainly a beautiful appearance ... "
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