November 21 at the Auction House, "Empire" held numismatic auction number 7 "Orders, medals and coins of Imperial Russia" and antiquarian auction number 4, antiquarian books, maps, autographs, postcards.
Remember that
December 10 will
club auction number 5 in the directory which traditionally includes lots of antiquarian and numismatic strings.
Collectible Auctions held in the auction house on January 23 2010.
Numismatic auctions on November 21 showed a high interest of buyers to the high-level collectors' items. Thus, among the coins of greatest demand extensive collection of coins as PROOF.
1 ruble 1909 AG-DL was sold for 320,000 rubles., And 1 ruble 1911 AG-DL to 300000 rubles. The famous "Pugachevsky" ruble was sold for 3000000 rub.
Of the lots
faleristicheskoy subject matter, we note the sale badge of the Order of the White Eagle, with swords, issued in a short period of the Provisional Government, which was bought for 1100000 rub. and the medal "For the salvation of dying" "Aw" period of the reign of Alexander III of 700000 rubles.
Categorical top lot of this auction was the sword of the sample 1881/1909, the "Anna's arms for bravery," which the company produced "Schaaf and Sons. In addition to its rarity, a saber allocated unusual provenance: it is its AV Korzhakov presented to Michael Jackson. This item was purchased for 460,000 rubles.
Auction House ended the year 4-m
secondhand auction, which was held on the same day . Of the exposed 312 lots were sold to 80%.
The most expensive sale became the subject of a rare edition of J. Snegiryov "Russian Antiquity in the monuments of church and civil architecture" in 1859 (Lot 57). The first 12 of the 18 notebooks went under the hammer for 360 000 rubles. Traded at the auction rare first edition of "denunciations" V. Kapnist, 1798 (Lot 16), although a copy was not in very good condition, was present in the frontispiece, as well as letters to Kapnist Krutitskii and Yu Neledinskomu-Mielec that relates it to the number of rare. At the start of 60 000 rubles. book was sold for 140 000 rubles.
Several interesting lots was attended among Russian books of XX century. This Lot 272 - "My Paris" Ehrenburg El Lissitzky in the design and preserved, that happens very rarely, dust jacket. Since the launch of 15 000 rubles. book went to the buyer for 50 000 rubles. Lot 217 - "Twelve Blok illustrated Yuri Annenkov, copy number 187 on laid paper from among 300 numbered copies. With well-preserved block instance was the lack of rough restoration spine that did not prevent him from being sold for 50 000 rubles.