Sotheby's Russian and Photo

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Auction house Sotheby's paid attention to the Russian photo. June 5 will auction of contemporary Russian and Soviet photography. Finally!

June 5 in London as part of the auction Sotheby's «Changing the Focus: Collection of Russian and Eastern European Contemporary Photography" exhibit private American collection of more than 800 works of Soviet and Russian photographers of the period of 1959-2004 years. For the first time in overseas trading appears our photo collection of this size and importance. The total estimate of 156 lots is more than 891 thousand pounds, a preliminary assessment of individual lots range from 1,200 to 60,000 pounds.

http://artinvestment.ru/news/auctnew...y_auction.html

During the pre-auction display held a public debate on the Russian photos 1980 90. Were Joe Vickery - Head of Russian Art Sotheby's, Eugene Berezner - the project "Supporting the photos in Russia" Foundation "Iris", Tatiana Markina of Kommersant, Milena Orlova from The Art Newspaper, and photographers Igor Mukhin and Vita Buyvid.

The hall had accumulated about 50 people, but the discussion has turned a bit strange. Joe Vickery asked questions about the art of photography, trends, but it seemed that every "Who in the woods, who for firewood."
Berezner for some reason began to tell the story of photography in Russia, and emphasized the fact that we have no culture, and everything bad.
Igor Mukhin asked about the number of copies of his work. Photos of 1980 in the amount of 25, and today it prints in circulation 7 pcs.
For Westerners still do not understand the phenomenon of contemporary Russian photography, even in terms of names: Russian /Russian /Soviet /informal.
Markin said about the art market, the photos in Russia, or rather that he has not yet formed. In 2011 Gelos held auctions photos, but unsuccessfully, in 2012 - Russian auction house held a successful auction of Russian photography (bought more than 60%). On the Russian Antique Salon photo first appeared just this year
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showpo...1&postcount=37

Several times Classic Photo Gallery arrange a fair photos FotoMixFight, it was a lot of work, and the Russian photography, and foreign, and modern, to suit all tastes. That's just not been a commercial success, it is not surprising: there was no advertising, no way this event is not announced, I learned about the fair accident.
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?p=2115721

Here is the state of the market at the moment. If the auction on June 5 will sell at least a quarter, it will be a big breakthrough. <! - ~ 1 ~ ->

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On the issue of prices Joe Vickery said that for those photographers who were already selling, put estimeyty focusing on previous sales, and for photographers, appeared for the first time, or consulted with Western art dealers, or estimate set intuitively.

Two years ago in Paris conducted auction of Russian photography, and even relatively successfully completed:
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?t=114521

If you think about where now such an interest in Russian contemporary photography, I just remember the great exhibition in Houston last year, as part of the Biennale "Photofest," and there were photos of the sixties, and contemporary photography. Again, there is little written about it, not announced.
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?t=153841

I seem to be interested in the following lots:

Sergey Borisov number 807 estimate 1500-2000 pounds
Igor Mukhin number 810 - 6-8 thousand pounds
Eugene Mokhorev number 818 - 7.5 million pounds
Boris Mikhailov number 824 - 5-7 thousand
Antanas Sutkus number 848 - 6-8 thousand
Tatiana Liberman number 862 - 1800-2500 pounds
Andrew Chezhin number 865, № 871 - 07.05 thousand
Boris Smelov number 891 - 6-8 thousand pounds, № 893 - 9.7 million pounds
Alexander Slyusarev number 897 - 12-18 thousand pounds, № 900 - 10-15 thousand, № 906 - 08.06 thousand
Vladimir Kupriyanov number 910 - 25-35 thousand pounds, № 914 - 10-15 thousand
Alexey Titarenko number 926 - 12.8 thousand, № 927 - 12-18 thousand
Gennady Bodrov number 936 - 3-5 thousand pounds.