Leonid Shishkin Gallery - November auction "Russian Art"

[Пелагея Ларина]

On Saturday, held on November 19, 2011 «first in the history of Leonid Shishkin Gallery auction with a starting price of a single fixed» - 5000 rubles.
«... unprecedented action of Leonid Shishkin Gallery, above all, intended to prove that auctions - this is not a closed elite area, accessible only very rich people. November 19 auction will be a kind of "open doors day" in the gallery, the task of the event to attract new buyers, collectors and beginners simply art lovers, giving them the opportunity to participate in this auction. The idea of ​​such an action has been taken from the experience of French auction houses that have already carried out several years' weekends auctions "across the country.»
Opportunity to purchase paintings and graphics of token money, including and the masters of the domestic art of Pavel Sokolov-Rock, Peter Petrovicheva, Dmitry Nalbandian - has attracted a lot of people. There were foreigners.
The result of the 107 lots sold 100, in t.ch 12 lots before the auction with the top estimate:
Unsold lots 7: 10, 42, 43, 49, 76, 99, 104
Sold prior to auction: 17, 37, 39, 52, 60, 64, 75, 83, 84, 85, 96, 101.
The site, however, says sold 85 (?) 12 are not marked those that were sold before the auction with the upper estimate, and, according to my records - 3 pieces, they lost ... The site is not to sold lots 66 and 74 -? -Were sold for 5 000r. and 22 lot - Shishkin sold in 4000 a lady with a baby.

The auction was very long - almost all of the units sold ..
The most active fighting broke out in lots sleduyushie
(From the start in 5000!)
1. lot13. Ryazhskiy-care-50 000
2. lot24. Trash-care 75 000 ("go" in Paris)
3. lot38. Zavialov, leaving 60 000
4. lot45. Gedenidze "Nude", leaving 90 000 (long trading ....)
5. lot48. Minaev "Nude", leaving 41 000 - higher than the upper estimate of 1 000rub.
6. lot90. Korzhevsky-care 80 000

Petrovichev (lot 79) went for 26 000r. (Photo 7)
Early Sokolov-Rock (lot73) bought for 8 000rub. (Photo8)

Traded for Nat Konyshev - bought two lots (27 and 28) 45 000 and 40 000r.

It was as always fun and easy. >