Press conference home MacDougall

[Ilona]

October 29 at the museum to them. Bakhrushin in the pre-auction exhibition held a press conference of the auction house MacDougall.
In Moscow, brought 40 of 122 illustrations by Konstantin Somov to the "Book of Awnings.

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The collection, which includes 122 picture pen, the auction house estimated at 1 500 000 - 3 000 000 pounds.
Also at the November auction will be sold Book Marquises ", published in 1918 in St. Petersburg, which includes 253 pages with text and illustrations, with a dedication to Luba" A mon amie Henriette /5 Mars 1919 ". The book is estimated at 20 000 - 30 000 pounds.
At a press conference the director of auction house William MacDougall said that up to the year-old Russian trading house MacDougall moved into second place after the house Sothebys sales of Russian art. And the sale of contemporary Russian art house MacDougall holds a leading position.
Estesstvenno, they touched upon the global financial crisis. MacDougall Family is very optimistic about the future and looks forward to the successful holding of the autumn auction, although it does not deny the influence of a crisis on the art market. However, the crisis has not prevented the auction house, recently to make a deal for 700 thousand pounds. " "Catherine MacDougall said that" no matter what the crisis, if she liked the sort of picture, then it would certainly have bought it. "We talked about eternal values, that art will never go down, that art today - is the most secure segment for investment.

[Ilona]

Book Awnings. Lot 7. 20 000 - 30 000 GBP.

[Ilona]

Figures presented at the exposition.
Catalog - Lot 6.

[Ilona]

Figures presented at the exposition.

[Евгений]

Ilona, Thank you very much .. for the interesting post.

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brought 40 of 122 illustrations by Konstantin Somov

The collection of chic ..

[Ilona]

In the second part of the press conference, Catherine MacDougall told about the most interesting upcoming auction lots. Among them:
KLODT (VON JURGENSBURG), MIKHAIL Lot 22
View of Kiev from the Muraviev Gardens 800,000-1200,000 pounds

LEVITAN, ISAAK Lot 29
The Illumination of the Moscow Kremlin dedicated to the Coronation of Nicolai II, 18 May 1896 900,000-1,800,000 pounds
  
KALMAKOV, NIKOLAI Lot 23
Leda and the Swan 120,000-180,000 pounds
 
BOGOLIUBOV, ALEXEI Lot 15
Amsterdam by Moonlight 250,000-300,000 pounds

EXTER, ALEXANDRA Lot 26
Girl with a Mandolin 300,000-500,000 pounds

KONENKOV, SERGEI Lot 47
Female Nude 50,000-70,000 pounds

Catalog of the first evening auction at auction house
http://www.macdougallauction.com/
http://www.macdougallauction.com/cat...v 08/index.asp

[Vladimir]

Ilona, what model camera you've been doing shots?

[Meister]

I was at a reception on this auction in the building Pryyomov Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sam reception was very nice, say nothing, all in evening clothes, masks are issued at the entrance, champagne, a buffet table, the oligarchs crowds))) The main heroine of the evening was of course very McDougall, who agreed to appear transformed into one of the heroines of the same name Luba, parading in naiotkrovenneyshem dress ... it is difficult to assess from an aesthetic point of view, as, indeed, the very collection. Its buyer, if he should be an active amateur "strawberries", because decent pictures of the 122, I think, exactly half. All the rest - it is quite hard-core pornography. Evaluation in 1,5-3 million pounds and does not facilitate the increased attention of the likely buyers.
Looking at "half decent" can not fail to note the high artistic ability Somov. One can see that they are made master's hand. Their only serious drawback is size - most do not see more than 25h20 Summing up, should have a lot of factors (a wealthy collector and an admirer of graphics and Luba in particular, a lover of "strawberries" agreement with the small size of the work, understanding the complexity of the subsequent sale) that the collection was purchased. Let's see what happens ..

[Vladimir]

What views on this Pirosmani? http://www.macdougallauction.com/cat...l.asp? id=2110

[Самвел]

On the basis of price, then the normal price, at least not lose, at the expense of authenticity, it unfortunately can not say anything, this is a complex artist, this word is certainly not very suitable, but to me it's easier that way.