The auction "Three centuries" on January 27. Summary
ARTinvestment.RU   01 февраля 2016

Private collection brought in over 300 thousand dollars at a second-hand auction "Antiquarium" (over 80 % of total assessment)

Tuesday January 27 "house of antique books in Nikitsky" held its 20th-й auction — "Rare books of the XVIII–XX centuries from private collections". Antiquarian book collection catalogue of 238 lots, was sold at 70 %. The money was raised at 327 900. E. (1. E. = 1 U.S. dollar), i.e. 80,76 % of the average total estimate.

Almost all the lots were purchased remotely — on absentee rates, Internet or phones. However, few collectors in the room amounted to a serious competition "extramural". For a number of top-лотов the fight was especially impressive, and the room is not just triumphed. All in all, hall left 25 lots; almost equal number (56 and 57 lots) bought by absentee rates and on the Internet. Phone players scored 30 lots.

the Auction came out dynamic. Nearly every lot was carried out multistage wrestling, prices of some books were much higher than preliminary estimates. Top-лотом of the auction was the two-volume "the Coronation book" of Emperor Nicholas II — is one of the most luxurious publications of the late XIX century (lot 61) with illustrations in the original A. Benoit, V. Vasnetsov, K. Lebedev, V. Makovsky, , I. Repin, A. Ryabushkin and V. Serov. The struggle for instance in perfect condition (in box publishing-футляре) assumed rate of part-time, room and phone numbers. Started with 40 thousand. E., and the hammer struck on 52 500. E. Defeated party in the hall.

the Second top-лотом was the second edition of the almanac "Housewarming" (SPb.: type. Imp. Academy of Sciences, 1845-1846 — lot 36). The history of this famous Russian almanac began in 1832, when publisher and bookseller A. F. Smirdin was moved to the new bookstore on Nevsky. Come to the housewarming writers, including A. S. Pushkin, V. A. Zhukovsky, N. V. Gogol, P. A. Vyazemsky and some others, gave Smirdin their new works, which were published as a separate anthology. In the first edition (1833-1834) was two parts, and to the second edition (1846) has been added and the third part. The second edition of the almanac "Housewarming" occurs even less frequently than the first. Copy in very good preservation candidates online hall and traded with 12 thousand to 26 thousand. E. (assessment of lot 12-20 thousand. E.). Won online-участник.

And several rare editions of gone with a significant excess of estimate. For the book "modern manners, presented in illustrated novels and stories published under the editorship of Nikolai Kirilov", one of the best Russian illustrated books of the 1840-х's, similar in plot to Gogol's "the Inspector General" (lot 18), argued several participants in the Internet, two phones zaochku, and eventually the lot, previously estimated at 600-900. E., was sold for 3000. E. the book Won the bookseller, a seller on the phone.

the Play of Vasily Kapnist "Sneak" (edition of 1798, lot 29) in the dispute of the three phone buyers went to tender for the 2600. i.e., exactly one thousand. E. above the upper estimate. This Comedy has an interesting story, which explains a keen interest of collectors. Based on real events essay Kapnist had played a few times in the theater, after which it was banned by the censorship. The circulation of "Sneak" from bookstores (1211 copies) was seized, and the author was sentenced to exile in Siberia. But then intervened the Emperor Paul, who wished personally to see a play. According to the memoirs, Paul laughed and continued ovation to the actors, and ordered the immediate return of the author from the link.

Two volumes of "Stories about shipwrecks" from the series "Library of travel" Pluchart (lot 77) from 600 to 2600. E. traded online, and the phone room. New owner of a two-volume edition became online-биддер. And "Historical sketches of the reign of Emperor Nicholas I," R. M. Zotov (lot 119) began trading with absentee rate. Some time on the lot claimed by the player in the hall, but he had to concede two too persistent phone players. From the start of 1000. E. (at the lower estimate) reached 5500. E., i.e., the lot exceeded the preliminary estimate 5 times! Another historical work — complete copy of the study Nikolay Ustryalov "History of the reign of Peter the Great" (St. Petersburg, 1858-1863 he — lot 118) — went under the hammer at the start for 10 thousand. E. (estimate of 10-20 thousand. E.).

In a series of books about travel and geography for 14 thousand. E. have sold the three parts of the book of Pavel Svinyin "Memorability St-Петербурга and its environs" (St. Petersburg, 1816-1818, lot 50), and the research notes of F. P. Litke, "a Fourfold journey to the Arctic ocean" (St. Petersburg, 1828, lot 74) reached a hammer price of 16 thousand at. E. (estimate 13-20 thousand. E.).

Examples of successful sales you can bring a lot, because on a rare book in very good condition will always find a buyer. We can only congratulate the organizers of the successful auction and wish no less meaningful directories and stakeholders in the futurem

Maria Onuchin, AI