Auction January-February 2010

[fross]

Appeared catalog of the collection BAT, in addition to the previously mentioned names, there is one job Bulatov assessment 120-160 thousand euros, given the relatively modest estimates of other works, it turns out this is one of the top lots of the auction.

[Seriy]

And what happened to the Ukrainians with Phillips? overlooked coming Naw - no Ukrainian or Russian .. All sold as new is brought up?

[Тютчев]

Buying a record Giacometti attributed to the widow Brazilian banker

Just two art dealer, who wished to remain anonymous, disclosed to Bloomberg identity of the person who bought the sculpture of Alberto Giacometti's "Walking man I" for 104,3 million dollars. According to their information, the work acquired Lily Safra, widow of Brazilian banker Edmond Safra.
"Walking Man" was sold by auction house Sotheby's on Feb. 3, 2010 and established an absolute record of the value of works of art, previously belonged to Picasso "Boy with a Pipe" (104.2 million dollars). The auction was held in London, respectively, rates on all lots were made in pounds sterling (the sculpture was sold for 65 million pounds). In this connection, various messages Giacometti dollar price varies - from Bloomberg, it makes 103,4 million, but Sotheby's claim that the exchange rate used by the bank HSBC, which received a record price.

The head of the London investment firm Fine Art Fund, specializing in investments in works of art, called the final price paid for Giacometti, "shattering." The maximum amount that the auction organizers hoped to gain for the sculpture was 18 million pounds, in 3,5 times less than the final price.

Confirmation of purchase sculpture widow of the banker agency failed. Representative Lily Safra said that she never responds to such requests from the media, but he also did not refute the information agency. According to the sources Bloomberg, Safra long wanted to buy the walking man I "and had once tried to do it, but negotiations broke down.

Lily Safra is known primarily as a philanthropist - she heads a charity foundation named after her late husband, who died in a fire in 1999. Her condition, according to Forbes, is estimated at one billion dollars.

http://www.bloomberg.com/intro3.html

[Кирилл Сызранский]

Сообщение от DimaB

Christie, February 2. Evening. London, King Street.
Lot № 39
Natalia Gontcharova Espagnole signed 'N. Gontcharova '(upper right) oil on canvas 130.3 x 81.3 cm. Painted circa 1915
Estimeyt £ 4,000,000 - £ 6,000,000 ($ 6,384,000 - $ 9,576,000).
Well, how will the new record?

6,425,250 GBP(10,267,550 USD, 7,352,872 EUR)!!!
Very beautiful, dramatic thing.
In a live look at the money.
nice that the most expensive thing Goncharova in Samara.

[kr555]

[Кирилл Сызранский]

kr555, yes, now this Goncharova and many others are hanging on the walls in this gallery.
In the year of France in Russia and Russia in France is just Exhibition turned-Russian Artists in Paris. Yesterday and today. Х1Х end - the beginning of the twenty-first century.
And here are some top lots for some (and last) Russian trading can be viewed.

[Arthur777]

Sotheby's will sell Nelson's letter, written four days before the Battle of Trafalgar

At Sotheby's auction will be exhibited letter to the British Admiral Nelson, written four days before the Battle of Trafalgar, the newspaper The Sun.
In the letter he refers to his friend - the Governor of Gibraltar - and recognizes that very awaits the upcoming battle. The admiral added that he hoped to wind, which "drive out the French fleet from the port.
After four days, Oct. 21, 1805, held one of the most famous sea battles ended in victory for the Royal Navy. During the battle Nelson was wounded and on the same day he died.
Sotheby's experts believe that the price of this lot could reach € 14,000. 'Among collectors there are who are interested in this letter. Letters to Nelson's more attractive, the closer to his death, they wrote "- added to Sotheby's.
http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2010..._1519719.shtml