At Christie's failed to sell the most expensive Russian lots

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During the "Russian Trading, auction house Christie's in New York on April 23, managed to sell lots, totaling 4.9 million dollars. However, works of art, the most highly rated prior to the auction, and have not found a buyer, according to the site of the auction house.
Unable to sell a porcelain vase during the reign of Nicholas I, with portraits of the kings of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm III and Friedrich Wilhelm IV, estimated at 700-900 thousand dollars.
Not found a buyer and decorated with enamel silver plate, presented to Emperor Alexander III of Smolensk gentry in 1883. Dish is supposed to sell for 400-600 thousand dollars.
A painting with the highest estimeytom - Konstantin Makovsky's "After the walk, estimated at 400-600 thousand dollars - also caught the interest of bidders.
The most expensive piece of painting, having left his hammer on the "Russian auction" Christie's, was the picture of Alexander Yakovlev (1887-1938) "Visit Lama. Work Yakovlev 1933 was sold for 170.5 thousand dollars in Estima at 150-250 thousand dollars.
Among the works of decorative art the most expensive lot was the Faberge clock shop, also sold for 170.5 thousand dollars. Prior to bidding for the watch was supposed to rescue at least 180 thousand dollars.
April 21-22, his "Russian auction" held rival Christie's - Auction house Sotheby's, who managed to realize works of Russian art in the total amount of 13,6 million dollars.
(Lenta.ru)

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At Christie's Russian sales could not find a buyer for the most expensive lots

Week of Russian auctions in New York concluded the trading house Christie's. Total trading volume was $ 5 million have been sold Faberge and Ernst Unknown, the founder of Russian Futurism Burliuk. But while the most expensive lots and have not found a buyer.

In the traditional spring auction was billed about 250 objects, including a collection of cloisonne and about 60 of the workshop of Carl Faberge. As a result, one of the most expensive lots was painting "The visit of Lama" Alexander Yakovlev. The canvas was written in Paris in 1933, his estimeyt - 150-250 thousand dollars As a result, an unknown collector bought it for 170.5 thousand dollars the same amount paid for desktop clock of gilded silver with a decorative finish, created by Faberge workshop in about 1890.

Sold as seven out of eight auctioned works Burliuk, in particular painting, "Japan. Yui "and" The Washington market. Tribeca (respectively 56.5 per thousand and 52.5 thousand dollars). Buyers have found and Ernst's paintings of the Unknown "The Giants are becoming more" (43 thousand dollars), "The Centaur and the Cross" (16 thousand dollars) and the sculpture "The New Statue of Liberty" (20 thousand dollars).

But while the most expensive lots have not found a buyer. The huge porcelain vase with portraits of the Prussian King Frederic William III (father of the Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas I) and Frederick William IV brushes court painter Franz Krüger was established in 1843 at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg. Christie's estimated the lot at 700-900 thousand dollars his way, no one bought. As well as painting "The Return of a walk" Konstantin Makovsky, also one of the top lots of trades. Portrait of a young lady with a bouquet of roses painted by famous Russian romance was evaluated by experts of the Firm in the 400-600 thousand dollars has not been sold as a silver dish, a gift of noblemen's Smolensk Emperor Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna, on the occasion of the coronation of the emperor. The dish was made by Paul Sazikov, one of the regular suppliers of the Royal Court. This dish - a historical relic, it was found on the antiques market in France in 1930.

Trading House declined to comment on these failures. A total volume of trading amounted to almost $ 5 million

MARIA Lytvyn

04/30/2010

http://weekend.rbcdaily.ru/2010/04/30/style/475756