Bidding art "Znak Art" totaling $ 4 million will be held in Moscow

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art auction "Art Znak" totaling $ 4 million will be held in Moscow

MOSCOW, December 3 - RIA Novosti, Maria Ganiyants. The first auction of Russian and Western European and decorative art XVIII-XX centuries "Znak Art", the top lots, which will be a picture of Konstantin Makovsky, "Creole" and a vase with three eagles - a gift from the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty, Nicholas II, will be held on Saturday Metropolitan Hotel Marriott Royal Aurora, told RIA Novosti the auction house expert Ilya Goryanov.

At the next auction exhibited more than 200 lots total estimate of 4 million dollars.

"Znak Art" - a new project specializing in numismatic auction house and faleristics "Znak" full-time auctions which are held three times a year, and every trade turnover is about $ 2 million.

"Company" Znak "that we have opened six years ago, sells old money and prizes, but we do not want to limit ourselves to this framework, and it was interesting to develop further, the logical way out of this situation was to continue the auction activity, but at a higher level - and created a "Znak Art" - said Goryanov, explaining that worldwide top antique business is trading in painting and arts and crafts.

In his opinion, contribute to the success of a new project that the partners of the company is highly qualified experts in the field of applied arts and painting, and new auction will benefit the firm operating time "Znak."

Picture Makovsky, "Creole", written in the 1870s while traveling artist in North Africa, estimated at $ 10 million, largely due to provenance - the canvas belonged to famous Soviet Acharkyanu collector. Lev Lagorio canvas "Imperial yacht" The Power ", in 1886, valued at six million rubles, and the work of an unknown artist depicted the daughter of Peter the First" Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, "of the 1720s, estimated at 1 million rubles.

Department of Applied Trading decorate trehruchnaya silver vase with a double-headed eagles, a gift from the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II. Intended as an official state gift item was made in the workshop Rueckert, estimate 5.5 million rubles. Also, according to representatives of the auction, the auction will be presented articles of jewelry and enamel art. Many of them are made in the famous workshops Ovchinnikov, Rueckert and Faberge.

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