News from the "Russian auction house"

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paintings by Aivazovsky and Roerich put up for sale in New York

PETERSBURG, October 28 - RIA Novosti. "Russia's auction house" (RAD) put on sale by Aivazovsky paintings of Roerich and in the third auction of art and antiques on November 26 in Moscow, reported Friday's press service auction house.

"The auction will be on display unique works of Western European and Russian masters of the late XIX - XX centuries, as well as decorative items and jewelry," - said in a statement.

The unique top-lot auction will be paintings by Nicholas Roerich, "I turn" (1915), published in the album "Nicholas Roerich," publisher "Free Art" in 1916. Since then, she was kept in a private collection in St. Petersburg, not exposed and not published. Its estimate is 240-260 thousand dollars.

One of the most expensive auction items will be the picture of Joseph Krachkovski "Azalea" in 1902, its estimate - 750-800 thousand dollars. Another top lot of trading - a rare "land" landscape by Aivazovsky "Evening in Ukraine" in 1886. Estimate of this work is estimated at 840 000 - 1.1 million dollars.

Connoisseurs will be able to purchase in November of paintings Dmitry Levitsky, "Portrait of AA Prozorovskiy", Konstantin Makovsky, "Boyaryshnya," "Bathers" by Victor Tikhov and unique collection of Gregory Levitin, which includes 42 paintings and drawings of the leading masters of twentieth century art. The collection is among the largest private collections of Russian Museum funds and auctioned heirs Levitin.

Besides painting auction participants will be able to buy works of arts and crafts and jewelry. In particular, the present royal family first Olympic champion in the history of Russia, Panin Kolomenkin (7-8 thousand dollars), a jewelry set "Harp" master Knut Oskar Pihl, one of the leading masters of Fabergé (estimate: 25-27 thousand dollars) and more more

Since its inception in August 2009, Russia's auction house held two public antique auction - in December 2010 and June 2011, which has sold 122 lots in the order of 100 million rubles.

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