Auction "Russian enamel" on April 23. Brief summary
ARTinvestment.RU   24 апреля 2014

Gain by selling 18.6 million rubles. Actively argued for enamel woks master Rueckert, picture frame art nouveau, Palekh lacquers, etc.

Yesterday at the auction house " Russian enamel " on Gogol Boulevard , the trades " Russian and Western European art , collectibles ." Organizers staged the first auction on a weekday evening , and not , as usual , in the afternoon on weekends. And I must say that the experiment has been very successful : mart was filled to capacity , some even standing in the aisle. Among those who came had a lot of ladies, perhaps more than any other auction. For individual lots audience is actively traded , even so happened that at the same time arguing for the lot phones zaochku , Hall and the Internet. As for the results , the transfer date is not greatly changed the balance of the auction . Paintings and drawings here , alas, is still being sold is not too active , but the decorative arts and icons are very popular. And this despite the fairly strong selection of fine art at this time. Some things were even hurt ( landscape , for example ).

Total revenue trades reached 18.6 million rubles. With the hammer went 97 of 263 proposed lots ( 37%) : 42 of them got a phone players have won 32 times in absentia rates , played 21 exhibition hall , and two lots went to buyers to bid online. If we look separately at Thong , the paintings and drawings were made , as has been said , not too expressive ( in the strings sold only 19 lots , totaling approximately 4.9 million). But string PDI sold was 50%according to the lots ( sold 74 lots out of 147) and 44.6 %in terms of money . Revenue for the objects of decorative art has reached nearly 13 million rubles .

Vladimir Weisberg Tatarochka . 1956 Oil on canvas. 83 × 63 Russian enamel. 04/23/2014 . Lot 86 Estimate: 3,5-8 million rubles Result: 3.5 million rubles Source : auction-rusenamel.ru

Top fathomable in the strings was the work of fine art Vladimir Weisberg « Tatarochka ." This female portrait belongs to the period when the artist added to their work more color . In the second half of 1950 Weisberg wrote a series of portraits of people postwar Moscow , whom he met on the streets. Job " Tatarochka " having good provenance ( visited collection of Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet and artist Nona Hotemovoy ) , was purchased by absentee bid for 3.5 million rubles .

second top lot section of painting and graphics became lyrical spring landscape Veschilova Constantine « In service" (1900- 10th) . His correspondence also bought a player for the start of 590,000 rubles (estimate 590-900 thousand rubles ).

Player phone was bought "Still Life" with relevance to the upcoming May Day bouquet of lilacs Bucky Urmanche . Starting from 60 thousand rubles , he had to argue with the other phone to the winning player bets in 150 thousand rubles .

Unfortunately, left without a buyer's main top lot - landscape " Autumn on the Lake" Igor Igor Grabar ( estimate 5-10 million). Work refers to the time when the artist was trying to work without regard to the styles and trends , trying to put yourself in the viewer, who admires nature. This work recalled another work Igor Grabar , make a splash at the auction " Russian enamel " in June 2012: then still life 1921 " Pears on red tablecloth " is offered with an estimate of 12-18 million rubles, was eventually bought for 36 million . We hope that " Russian enamel " is still a lot of such records .

And we are back to the results of the auction on April 23. When it came to LRMC thong , the audience instantly brightened . The first two lots - miniature on bone of court miniaturist era of Emperor Paul Henri- François- Gabriel Viollet - caused heated debate two phone players. As a result, " Portrait of an unknown with the letter " started with 85,000 , reached 420 thousand rubles (not otherwise identified as someone stranger in the portrait and this became actively traded - joked presenter) . A second miniature, "Lady in a wig ", went to one of the phone wranglers for 260,000 rubles ( 85,000 start again ).

HENRI - FRANCOIS GABRIELLE Viollet Thumbnail " Portrait of an unknown with a letter in his hand " Russian enamel. 04/23/2014 . Lot 112 Estimate: from 85,000 rubles Result: 420 000 rubles Source : auction-rusenamel.ru

ladle . Russia , Moscow , the firm Supplier Imperial Court P. Ovchinnikov , master F. Rueckert , , 1899-1908 . silver; polychrome enamel paintings on filigree , gilding Russian enamel. 04/23/2014 . Lot 129 Estimate: 130-185 thousand rubles Result: 430 000 rubles Source : auction-rusenamel.ru

Further, of the five icons four were sold for a total amount of about 750 thousand rubles. The most expensive of them has become an icon " St. George with life in 12 branding" : buy it over the phone 570 000 rubles (estimate 520-650 thousand rubles ).

treated with great interest participants to cigarette cases, buckets , spoons and other pieces by Faberge , Sazikov , Ovchinnikov and Sokolov. Individual instances downright caused a furore . Miniature silver ladle decorated with enamels , Wizard Theodore Rueckert ( firm Ovchinnikov , Lot 129) could not divide three phone player and indirect exhibitors . As a result, from 130 thousand rubles bargaining has reached 430 thousand, ie, the lower estimate was exceeded more than three times . Another scoop Rueckert the same master , but is made ​​for the firm Faberge (Lot 128) , in the battle of the three phones, the Internet and room left for 190 thousand rubles (estimate 60-125 thousand rubles). Another top lot was decorated with enamel , pearl beading and a silver teapot made ​​in the Eleventh Artel , Moscow , 1908-1917 . (Lot 147). Starting with 250 thousand rubles as a result of the struggle of the hall, and two phones zaochku reached 580 thousand rubles. Defeated party phone .

Phone player bought for 920 thousand rubles in total set of silver teapot , coffee pot and silver urns production places AY Sokolov ( tea and coffee ) and firm Khlebnikov ( bouillotte ) . A player in the hall took several cigarette cases with an estimate in the range of 18 to 50 thousand rubles .

well dispersed fine porcelain figurines . A series of ten Meissen Cupid was completely sold out absentee and phone players for an amount of 35 to 50 thousand rubles per figure . Over 100 thousand rubles bought original pitcher as a lady dressed in a monkey produced by Popov (estimate 38-55 thousand). And for the 130,000 telephone buyer bought porcelain inkstand "cottage ." At eleven times higher than the estimate sculpture "Wolf" of white sponge cake ( IPE , 1902 ) gave the party in the hall for her 220,000 rubles against 20 thousand rubles estimate. Of Porcelain thong surprising was , perhaps, only that tea pair with paintings based on sketches remained unsold , estimate 1.2-1.4 million rubles unlikely to be large for this type of work .

snapped all lacquer boxes and plaquettes by masters of Palekh and Fedoskino . All paintings Soviet times , and they have the appropriate subject - a portrait of Kirov, Gorky , counselor ( the painting VM Mariupol ) . For all of these items was a struggle , and especially intense - for Palekh casket military in 1942 with quote Suvorov " Russian Prussian always beaten " (lot 229). In assessing the 65-95 thousand rubles two players in the hall and the Internet fought for it to 240 thousand rubles , defeated the hall .

box with the inscription " " Russian Prussian always beaten . " A. Suvorov » Soviet Palekh artist Blokhin 1942 Papier- mache , painting Russian enamel. 04/23/2014 . Lot 229 Estimate: 65-95 thousand rubles Result: 240 000 rubles Source : auction-rusenamel.ru

photo frame . Russia , Saint-Petersburg , the Imperial Court of the supplier K. Bolin , 1899-1908 Silver, gold ; polychrome enamel , mother of pearl inlay diamond Russian enamel. 04/23/2014 . Lot 165 Estimate: 550-850 thousand rubles Result: 1.5 million rubles Source : auction-rusenamel.ru

Well , finally, the top lot thong arts and crafts has become a luxurious art Nouveau Frame of Carl Edward Bolin , decorated with enamel , inlaid with mother of pearl and diamond (lot 165). In assessing the 550-850 thousand rubles and two telephone Player Hall fought for it to 1.5 million rubles. Went under the close of trading a small string of jewelry did not leave the audience indifferent ladies. Diamond earrings , for example , went to one of them for 920 thousand rubles .

In conclusion, I would like to wish the organizers no less interesting and diverse directories and consequently active buyers ( especially in terms of painting and graphics ) . Despite the postponement of the date of the auction on a weekday , trades came not humdrum . Thanks for an enjoyable evening auction and until we meet again .

Watch Maria Onuchina bids , AI