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more impact on the price in this case: the name of the owner or the quality of the work? Or perhaps the name of designer?
The most expensive sold furniture was "arm-chair with dragons»
MOSCOW, February 25. Antique chair of Irish designer Eileen Gray, entitled "The chair with dragons" from the collection of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent was sold Tuesday at auction Christie's in Paris for a record 21.9 million euros, RIA Novosti.
Thus, this chair has become the most expensive piece of furniture sold in the twentieth century and the second-ever auction, exceeded only by "Cabinet Badmintonskomu» XVIII century, during which the Prince of Liechtenstein paid in 2004, about 27.5 million euros, said the agency.
Buyer "chairs with dragons became a member of the Parisian art gallery and Cesky Robert Valois, who acted on behalf of" an extraordinary collector, whose name was not disclosed.
On Tuesday at the auction and for the record 9 million euros was sold to a picture of the French painter Theodore Gericault, and two works by the artist Jean Ingres, for one of them to pay 2 million euros, and for drawing on paper - 913 thousand euros.
The amount paid by art lovers for items from the collection of Yves Saint Laurent, for two days of bidding at the auction totaled nearly 307 million euros. Trades in Paris will continue until February 25.
According to experts, a collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, who was kept in their Paris apartment for 50 years - one of the most significant collections of art appearing on the art market. This is one of the largest private collections in the world, containing 733 the lot, including paintings, sculptures, carpets and tapestries, jewelry, furniture of different periods and styles. The total cost of the meeting, according to experts, is estimated at hundreds of millions of euros.
According to the director of international department for work with clients in Russia and CIS auction house Christie's Sandra Nedvetskoy, all proceeds from the sale of 850 art objects, collections will be sent to the newly created fund Laurent Berger and AIDS and for research.
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