Old and rare books, maps, engravings

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Member MKAAD and CINOA Anatoly Borovkov, Judge:
".... Following the auction house Christie's, whose book trades 1 and 3 June 2009, we have already analyzed, book trades under the name "Continental and Russian books and manuscripts" on 10 June carries Sotheby's. In the catalog of the auction included the entire 107 lots, including which only 18 are Russian.
The West is represented by two truly remarkable books: the first edition of Charles Darwin's famous work "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" (1859), with an estimate 40-50 thousand pounds (lot number 3), and rare books of Claudius Ptolemy "Cosmography" (1482) , with an estimate 400-600 thousand pounds (lot number 18 )...."
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Anatoly Borovkov: "bidding, which I wrote in a previous preliminary review concluded yesterday. Here are some results .."

Auction on June 1

Lot 248, a collection of Georgian futurists «H2SO4». I just now saw the disgusting image of a preserved cover, so the sale price of 1 180 pounds (1 900 dollars), with Estimé at 800-1200 pounds, normal for this instance.

Lot 249, "Coats of arms ...", as I noted earlier, the most interesting Russian unit of the auction, sold for 6 000 pounds (9 750 USD), with lower Estimé 3 000 pounds.

Lot 251, Kruchenykh "Vozropschem", not sold.

But sold several lots, which I did not write. This is lot 28, original letters of Anton Chekhov to estimate: 2-3 thousand pounds (I confess, I buy myself, so described), we request a £ 5000, went lot of 5 250 lb (8 547 USD).

CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Autograph letters to Anna Mikhailovna Evreinov, signed "A. Chekhov. February 8 [1889]

Under number 253 for 1 625 pounds (2 600 dollars) a book for sale with a libretto by Pushkin opera "The Golden Cockerel" in 1909 with illustrations by I. Bilibin. For Russia's market is sharply lower in Estimé at 700 pounds.

And it is quite expensive, for 3 750 pounds (6 000 USD), left Lot 254 - "Eugene Onegin" Pushkin in 1937 with illustrations by M. Dobuzhinsky.

Auction June 3

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Lot 41. The score of Tchaikovsky autograph sold for 97 250 pounds (159 000 dollars).

Lot 91. I ignored the Coronation of Alexander II "in the language was sold for 58 850 pounds (96 000 dollars)!

"Byzantine enamel" Zvenygorodska (lot 95) sold for 27 500 pounds.

I have not described Lot 97 - engraved "Plan of St. Petersburg in 1753, by Makhaev, at the bottom Estimé of 4 000 pounds, sold for 16 250 pounds (26 500 dollars).

Classics of Russian science is not interested buyers: lots 98 (Mendeleev) and 104 (Popov) - not sold.

But "The Defense" (Lot 102), first edition with notes by Nabokov himself, at the bottom Estimé at 4 000, sold for 10 650 pounds.

Six volumes of the ten "Armorial" (Lot 103) with a high estimate, marked by me, and have remained unsold.

Not that I have mentioned in a previous review of 39 lithographs Plouchard 1825, published in St. Petersburg, sold for 9 375 pounds.

Lot 108 (Tolstoy), as I predicted, not sold.

Just below the lower estimate was purchased I mentioned watercolors on the Crimean War (Lot 107) - 39 650 pounds (65 000 dollars).

In the two times - starting with 5 000 to 11 875 pounds - got me to advertise in the review package "Firebird".

So the crisis is a crisis, and the price of the book inspired. It's a pity that there are almost no good books for sale. Well ahead of an auction of books at Sotheby's on June 10.

Member MKAAD and CINOA Anatoly Borovkov

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Coronation album of Russia Empress Elizabeth I (Petrovna) on Friday, June 12, was sold at Christie's auction for 98,5 thousand dollars - nearly three times more expensive than the preliminary assessment, the website reported the auction house.

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A book entitled "A detailed description of the ceremonial order blagopoluchago vshestviya reigning in the city of Moscow and the Sacred Coronation of the Empress Elizabeth" contains 49 prints made by Gregory Kachalov and Ivan Sokolov, and is considered one of the most luxurious Russian editions of XVIII - XIX centuries.

The album was first published in 1744 edition of 600 copies, was subsequently issued a further 950 copies. Auctioned off album was part of the collection of Paul and Marianne Gurari. Total trading brought about 3,5 million dollars.

Elizabeth I, daughter of Peter I and Catherine I, came to power in December 1741 as a result of a palace coup. Celebrations at the entry of the Empress on the throne lasted almost two months and were partly sealed for engravers in the coronation album.

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The world-famous 58-year-old collector, Jonathan Potter (Jonathan Potter), who decided shortly to retire, ready to sell his famous catalog of antique maps, worth 3 million pounds sterling.

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Jonathan Potter began collecting old maps of nearly forty years ago. Subsequently, this fascinating hobby grew into a business. Enterprising collector founded the gallery, which currently shows one of the largest collections of antique maps in the world.
1.Samym expensive exhibit, for sale, is a globe master Mattaeus Greuter, established in 1632. It is estimated to be £ 90 000 pounds
2.Eta magnificent 16 th century map of Iceland was published in Abraham Ortelius Antwerp. It is famous not only vivid images of a mountainous area with erupting volcano Hekla, but numerical creatures, real and fictional, are drawn around the map of the island itself. Card price £ 7 £ 500
3.Karta world of "Geography" of Ptolemy, printed in Ulme in 1482, Potter was sold for £ 12 000. Now it costs up to an incredible sum of £ 150 000 pounds sterling.
4.Dekorativnaya world map John Speed, representing the two hemispheres, was published in 1627 entitled "New and accurate map of the world". This is the first map, which clearly demonstrates the mistaken impression that California is an island and Australia is a solid great beach. Its price - £ 12 800 pounds.
5.Karta North America in the performance of Pierre Mortier from the atlas "Atlas Nouveau", printed in 1692. Site is interesting because it depicts California as an island.
6.Karta Japan, based on multiple sources, collected in the East Indies. It was published by JB Tavernier in Paris in 1679. The cost of this card - £ 3200 pounds.
7.V humorous card William Harvey, who wrote under the pseudonym Aleph, Spain is shown as a native resident of this country, whose face is closed veil, but in the hands she holds a bunch of grapes. The woman turned her face to fit and noble bear, which symbolizes Portugal
8.O his next creation Aleph wrote: "A woman with a hooked nose is France, the Empress of food, fashion and dance. She - a symbol of victory, power, wealth, art and imperial heritage."
9.Karta moon, created in 1720 by astronomer, geographer, mathematician and physicist Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Map Earth satellite was printed Johann Baptist Homann in some of his atlases.