25 th Biennial of Antiquaries. Paris.

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prices, values, and a grand piano in the bushes

Yulia Vinogradova

took place in Paris the 25 th Biennial Antiques, one of the most prestigious fairs in the world of old art. Large variation in prices and high quality products at the fair attracts collectors from all over the world. Russian buyers, as evidenced by the sellers themselves, it was almost there

Antiques Biennale every two years (since 1956) arranges the French National Syndicate of Antiquaries SNA, one of the most serious professional associations sellers of antiques. The traditional venue - the Paris Grand Palais, a glass dome which dealers met regularly since 1964, while in 1993, from the battered time the ceiling of the palace was cut out piece and did not fall directly on the upcoming showcase there another event. The palace was closed for restoration, and Biennale until 2006, had to huddle in the basement of the Louvre. Today everything was back to square one: the light filled the palace with fountains reflected in them armfuls of roses, and 87 booths, offering customers a variety of art objects from ancient statues to African drums.

Map Biennale - a checkerboard: the shape of each of the art market place. The central zone is occupied by the most influential and respected dealers. Here the main experts on the old masters, art galleries De Jonckheere, and Bernheimer-Colnaghi, the oldest Parisian sellers of furniture and decorative arts Kraemer, the best experts in archeology Phoenix, finally, first arrived at the Biennale of leading New York dealer of contemporary art Marlborough. Next in importance are French, Italian, Belgian gallery, a separate zone occupied by stands of jewelry (including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget).

The first thing that catches your eye: antique dealers follow the main trends of recent years - the eclectic. Several years ago, blending ancient and modern art, designer furniture and Baroque bronzes could only afford such a bold and ingenious decorator, as Axel Vervord (his stand in the central zone). Today, every second gallery is trying to shove between the old masters and impressionists Vazarelli, Arman or kinetic fudge Paul Bury. Quality stands to receive different, but the red dots, indicating redundancy works equally brisk arise as to the trendy and the traditional stands.

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Pricing and purses

In the first half of 2010, experts have noted a significant increase in the art market. This is clearly seen in the first segment of the auction: the auction market worldwide turnover of works of art in the first half of 2010 amounted to 2.9 billion euros, lower than those for the market peak in 2007 (3.7 billion euros), but significantly higher numbers in 2009 year (1.7 billion euros). Experts explain the rapid growth that interest in investing in art on the part of buyers today than ever. About it, analysts said Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, noting that the assets attributable to the passion investments, which includes antiques, the average millionaire invests about a third of their funds. Millionaires do not trust the financial markets and want to invest in tangible assets.

This statement applies not only to the mega-men, but also the middle class. Experts note that the credibility of the art market by both buyers and sellers go to pre-crisis level. They agree antiquarians: the number of solvent and are interested in buying clients increases, most notably from the previous Biennale in 2008, which came just at the beginning of the crisis. Note gallery owners and an increase in the number of buyers from the USA (in connection with the euro's decline), and the fact that demand has grown nearly all categories of goods.

Growth of the market and auction records also affect the prices of art dealers. Presented at the Biennial Antiques, as well as on the renowned antiques fair TEFAF in Maastricht, the things known to belong to the category of expensive and very expensive.

In the modest visitor, expect to spend no more than 10 thousand euros, the choice quite small, but with careful searching you can still find something very valuable and interesting. Purchase, for example, the publication in 1920 "Lenin" with the cover in a spirit of avant-garde books and unexpectedly naturalistic paintings by Nathan Altman (2 thousand euros, the gallery Le Minoteure). Or fine Chinese ceramics: Box with cobalt painting of the XVII century will cost about 3 thousand euros, the small vessels of the XVIII century, made for export to Europe - from 500. However, both can be bought much more cheaply outside the Grand Palais. Printmaking, etchings, which also can cost less than 10 thousand euros, the Biennale is not found. Behind them is better to come to Paris in the spring, when passes Salon du Dessin - Specialized Fair schedules. Antique dealers prefer not to mix genres, especially since the heads Salon du Dessin same Herve Aaron, president of the SNA and the chairman of the Biennale of Antiquaries.

The category of "up to 100 thousand euros" assumes greater choice and even allows you to buy works by artists first row. This applies especially to the section of the old masters, who in recent years, remains relatively inexpensive compared with the section of Impressionist and Modern beginning of XX century. Thus, among the not the most famous, if not unknown artists comes across a small but high-quality ink drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo for 80 thousand euros (Gallery De Bayser). Or a pair of equally small, but paintings of David Teniers the Younger on 30 thousand euros each. Sufficient budget you can get the artists and works of the French school. For example, the chamber staffazhnymi landscape with figures of the most famous lover of the classic ruins of Hubert Robert cost only 12 thousand euros (Galerie de la Scala). For the price up to 100 thousand euros you can buy small items of antique furniture - console cabinets of Louis XVI, the most common in the French market period.

The art of the late XIX - early XX century is estimated significantly more expensive. Instead of tiny but finely made painting of Teniers for the same 30 thousand offers, for example, a stub of paper 6 by 5 cm at which three lines drawn by a pair of barely read by pigeons (Gallery Beres). Crazy price is easily explained: it is a stroke of the most expensive in the world of the artist - Pablo Picasso (in May this year at New York's Christie's auction of his painting was sold for 106 million dollars, setting an absolute world record).

Risunochek Picasso little more will cost 160 thousand euro. The vast majority of subjects presented at the biennial fall into this price category - from 100 thousand to 1 million euros. The choice here is vast, but the most expensive, of course, the Impressionists and Modernists. In addition to Picasso's high prices differ Edgar Degas: His pencil drawings sold for 400 thousand euros, the same will cost watercolor by Emil Nolde. Edouard Vuillard graphics offer price of 250 thousand euros, a tiny picturesque sketch by Auguste Renoir - 100 thousand, the figure of Paul Klee 10 to 12 cm is estimated at 360 thousand

Under the old masters for the same money put up large high-grade paintings by: Francesco Guardi - from 250-280 thousand euros, portraits of Dreams - about 300 thousand, six-foot landscape Hubert Robert - around half a million. Decorative and applied arts, included in this category will have a completely different level. Thus, over 150 thousand euros you can buy a pair of bronze chandeliers of Louis XV (gallery Perrin), and over 700 thousand - four-meter mirror of the Italian beginning of the XIX century (Gallery Anne-Marie Monin). If you want antiques, they can be found at booth picture Ariadne, which displays antique tiles on the price of 200-430 thousand euros. The neighboring gallery Kevorkian offers for 360 thousand figurines of famous Cycladic idols.

These prices, of course, not a limit: those who want to buy a really good painting or a rare and collectible furniture, must be willing to pay more than one million. However, the section of arts and crafts in this case, the most moderate. For a couple of luxury mirrors the XVII century, decorated with coral, gallery Perrin requests 1.9 million euros, while rare on the market (and remarkably beautiful) chest Bull on the stand of one of the largest dealers of furniture and decorative arts Steinitz would cost 1.7 million several galleries exhibited countertops made in the technique of Florentine mosaic. One of them, having regard to the end of the XVI century (the time this technology has just appeared, and, oddly, not in Florence and in Rome) is estimated at 1.25 million euros (gallery Sarti).

Prices of the masterpieces of old masters start at half a million. That's how much Requests Florentine gallery Moretti for "St. Anthony's working Tadeo Gaddi XIV century - once the image was part of a triptych, the remaining parts of which are now stored in the Metropolitan Museum in New York and in Fiesole. Creation of another Italian, Giovanni Di Paola, "Mary and Child with Saints" is estimated at 1.8 million euros. Northern Renaissance will cost a bit more expensive: for the picture the Garden of Eden Lucas Cranach the Elder asking 2.8 million euros (Gallery de Jonckheere). Large Venetian Canaletto Veduta cost 4.2 million euros, the portrait by Frans Hals - 6 million (gallery Bernheimer-Colnaghi). List continues Impressionist and Modern: Classical Bather Renoir exhibited a 5.5 million euro (gallery Schmit), late female (unclear as defined) portrait by Picasso - for 4.2 million (gallery Boulakia), Max Ernst painting - almost for 3 million (gallery Beraudiere).

Exotic

The greatest surprise in the Biennale call the gallery, which brought frankly contemporary art. Tendency to mix old and new has long been infiltrated TEFAF, but Antiques Biennale (name, until recently, speaks for itself) was kept to the last. Now here is not only exhibited the ubiquitous statues Niki de Saint Phalle, but the latest creations by Takashi Murakami or Anish Kapoor (they were reserved in the first days of the fair at the booth of the New York L & M). Even the most expensive product on the Biennale, it seems, also refers to the end of XX century. Huge pink triptych by Francis Bacon with crooked little body naked men gallery Marlborough offers for 50 million euros.

The second thing that attracts the attention of non-French visitors - an abundance of items tribal art. The so-called tribal or primitive art of love in the first place the former colonists - the French and Belgians. But an unprepared audience certainly attract its simple, expressive forms. The more so because prices for these exotics are different. 15-20 thousand euros you can buy a nice Mexican terracotta figurines of the first centuries BC. er. (Gallery Santo Micali), over 30 thousand - a wooden comb, one of the many African tribes (Consultant at the booth Bernard Dulon necessarily cover everything exotic names and terms). And 45 thousand - a stylish Hawaiian massive bowl that will fit perfectly with any interior (gallery Entwistle). But at the same galleries and exhibited a much more expensive items: 1 million euros is estimated rare Mexican tile funeral hramik, the same number and ask for a unique wooden mask from New Guinea.

However "exotic" and found a quite traditional stands. One of the most brilliant pieces of this Biennale is a grand piano, which has exposed gallery Michel Guy Chadelaud. Musical instrument decorated with marquetry, painting and bronze plates, was created specifically for the World Exhibition in 1878 and then bought the Portuguese king for the Portuguese Queen. Today the piano is striking in its salon pretentiousness, though, as they say staff gallery during the opening day two of them are interested in attending the French billionaire. Perhaps only they can afford to music for 5 million euros.

buy in Russian

In contrast to the fair in Maastricht, the Russian at the Biennale of Antiquaries bit. Both items and customers. Russian speech vernisazhnoy crowd, fun snack brut foie gras, of course, sounded, but the French art dealers say that the real Russian buyers in the Biennale is still a rarity.

Maybe that's why Russian names on the stands in contrast to the same TEFAF, can not be found almost anywhere. Except for occasionally coming across Marc Chagall, long time has become an international artist, or Serge Sarsuns, considered a Frenchman. Russian emigration to this and terminates Russian avant-garde is not in principle.

Russia-related stuff can be found only among the decorative arts and furniture. As a rule, they belong to the XVIII-XIX centuries and do not differ from European objects of the same time, no formal-aesthetic characteristics and price. Thus, a pair of silver plates, made especially for Catherine II, will be worth 140 thousand euros (Gallery Bernard de Leye), a pair of marble vases Russian 15 cm in height - 58 th, malachite twice - 250 thousand (Didier Aaron gallery ). Chest of the XVIII century Russian work will cost 160 thousand euros (Gallery of Francois Leage).

The only indirect presence of Russian art has provided a New York gallery A la vielle Russie, one of the largest dealers of objects by Faberge (gallery helped, in particular, to form the famous collection of Forbes). Gallery at the Biennale was not involved, but it brought to Paris a special exhibition devoted to Russia. On it, in addition to Faberge (eggs, by the way, does not), Russian silver, a few icons, vases, Imperial Porcelain Factory. Of course, most of these items for sale. But will they bought Russian collectors who could not lure a Parisian antique dealers to their biennial, or diverge among European fans of jewelry - a question.

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Europeans have their own stories with this Biennale started from here this work, De Stael on the booth picture Applicat - Prazan, but we have not even mentioned. Yes and TEFAF this year too, all complained that the Russian no. But the art salon in Moscow reported sale sovriska 6 million, somehow it all does not fit, do not you?