Import to Russia goods bought abroad

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recently, as in the West, bought at auction two lots. Novodel chandelier and silver-plated pot. The cost of 100 euros for each lot. At the same time carrying executed as a cultural value of the picture.
Describing the painting, customs officers attached to the chandelier and demanded its inclusion and pans in the declaration, as cultural values.
For me this meant the abandonment of their customs, call an expert, wasted time, etc.
In addition, there is a fundamental aspect of the problem. I'll have to decide whether to import into the territory of the RF subjects, as cultural values or simply as a commodity.
After 4 hours of bickering customs I just missed, but I wrote a detailed complaint demanding an explanation, can I declare, at its discretion goods bought abroad, as
cultural values or simply the goods subject to customs taxation in accordance with the law.
  sense of complaints - in some cases more profitable to carry paintings, objects of applied art, books, etc., as usual products. Simply pay a small fee or do not pay anything, than the plant with experts Rosokhrankultura.
Come across anyone with this problem?