October 29 at the museum to them. Bakhrushin in the pre-auction exhibition held a press conference of the auction house MacDougall.
In Moscow, brought 40 of 122 illustrations by Konstantin Somov to the "Book of Awnings.
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The collection, which includes 122 picture pen, the auction house estimated at 1 500 000 - 3 000 000 pounds.
Also at the November auction will be sold Book Marquises ", published in 1918 in St. Petersburg, which includes 253 pages with text and illustrations, with a dedication to Luba" A mon amie Henriette /5 Mars 1919 ". The book is estimated at 20 000 - 30 000 pounds.
At a press conference the director of auction house William MacDougall said that up to the year-old Russian trading house MacDougall moved into second place after the house Sothebys sales of Russian art. And the sale of contemporary Russian art house MacDougall holds a leading position.
Estesstvenno, they touched upon the global financial crisis. MacDougall Family is very optimistic about the future and looks forward to the successful holding of the autumn auction, although it does not deny the influence of a crisis on the art market. However, the crisis has not prevented the auction house, recently to make a deal for 700 thousand pounds. " "Catherine MacDougall said that" no matter what the crisis, if she liked the sort of picture, then it would certainly have bought it. "We talked about eternal values, that art will never go down, that art today - is the most secure segment for investment.