Purchase of works by old masters - a safe investment

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Auction house Christie's to sell drawing by Raphael, estimated at 12-16 million pounds. This is almost twice the current record for the old graphics masterov.Christie 's going to sell the drawing "Head of the Muses" at the auctions in London on 8 December. Figure is a sketch for one of the four figures "Parnassus" - murals, written by Raphael in the papal work study Stanza della Senyatura (Stanza della Segnatura) in 1508-1511, respectively.

The current record price for the graphics of the old masters of 8.1 million pounds. He was raised twice: for this amount in 2000 left drawing Michelangelo's Risen Christ ", and in 2001 -" Horse and Rider "by Leonardo da Vinci.

At Christie's London auction on Dec. 8 will also be put up "half-length portrait akimbo men" (1658) Rembrandt, estimated at 25 million pounds ($ 41 million), and "John the Theologian," Domenichino (Domenichino /Domenico Zampieri), estimate that about 7-10 million pounds ($ 11-16 million).

1.Novy record on the schedule of the old masters: Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483-1520 Rome) - £ 29,161,250

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