Fakes ... Fakes ...

[OlegTsi]

That looked past recent auctions rank 2-3.

[sergejnowo]

new is well forgotten old

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[OlegTsi]

sergejnowo, I used very often in hours and days looking through this site. lot-tissimo collected up to 4-5 thousand items of painting and was very interesting to find pictures of Russian artists who have been wrongly described or simply unnoticed specialists auctions as Russischer. Yes, a few years ago it had its own meaning. Now, a site full of fakes on the different tastes. Only the price they often indicates that the auction management knows about it. Therefore, it is often possible to see examples of this - Polyakov for 300 euros or Pevzner for 500. Not to mention the pictures of Russian Avant-Garde series, which prodayutsya without reserve ...

This site has become very unreliable and risky in terms of purchases. While still a week view, but not longer than 15 minutes ...

[sergejnowo]

[OlegTsi]

That such work is offered to the buyer as a painting AN Bogdanov-Belsky.

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[OlegTsi]

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[OlegTsi]

It was 2004. At the very prestigious auction Barridov under lot № 1, took place this picture. Terms of the sale were approximately as follows: the picture is not refundable, as it is a rare chance for the auction, as previously to this, the Russian, they were not bidding, and knowing that the demand for this work will be high, the auction house wants to get a commission on all 100 %. (It just seemed strange).

Based on the stories submitted by auction, the picture was imported into the United States before 1930 from Turkey. After a recent cleaning cloth, owner noticed before the invisible signature and the signature has been described as "signature in Cyrillic. I saw this signature, but no words Aivazovsky, or Cyrillic, I could not tell there. Signed reminded amplitude curve does not even in the framework of characters. (Sorry the photo captions will not be preserved).

The work was bought for 281,000 dollars on the phone. The lucky owner became one of the collectors from the Middle East, although it was assumed that the buyer will be someone from the Russian oligarchs. Proud and happy stay and the boss Robert Elovich auction, giving everywhere on this event interview. But he had gone to 6 years and Elovich himself admitted that the work was not authentic ...

What problems arose after the transaction between the buyer and the auction I am not aware. But it is known that the auction brought with it a big lesson - do not accept Russian lots without 100%guarantee and Provenance. There.