Bidding galleries Popoff failed
Sale of Russian art from the collection of French galleries Popoff yielded 5.53 million pounds ($ 8.75 million) with minimal Estimé to 9 million pounds ($ 14.2 million). This writes RIA Novosti. Christie's auction held on October 12-13
A total of 566 lots for sale on display, which included paintings, porcelain, objects of decorative art and antique clothing, including kokoshniki with sarafans.
Top-lot trades became watercolor portrait of Charles Pacini Dzhovaniny Bryullov. He was sold for 289 thousand pounds ($ 456 thousand) for Estimé 100-120 thousand pounds. The picture is almost three times blocked the previous record price for the products Briullov.
In addition, among the most expensive lots included porcelain sets of Empress Catherine II and Maria Feodorovna, sold within estimate for 157 thousand pounds ($ 248 thousand) each, and a picture of Zenaida Serebryakova Doll, teddy bear and a toy elephant, "which went for 127 thousand pounds ($ 200 thousand), which is almost 10 times higher than the preliminary assessment.
At the same time at the auction failed to sell a significant portion of the less expensive lots. Sale of works gallery Popoff, founded in 1920 by a Russian officer, Alexander Popov, due to the fact that the gallery is switched to French antiques.
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