Cards at the auction "Russian enamel": the third time is greatly above the market!
ARTinvestment.RU   06 апреля 2016

Filokartisty in Russia — gambling, but prudent. And the market have something to offer them: the third specialized auction "Russian enamel" became the biggest in the history of domestic philocarty

March 26, in Moscow again traded postcards: auction house "Russian enamel" held the third in its history auction of antique postcards. Past auctions have become the largest in the history of domestic philocarty: to the public, the organizers of the auction put up more than 350 lots of scenic and artistic postcards, photo cards, as well as marked and unmarked postcards. And as much as in these lots were only objects, given that one lot exhibited a collection of several dozen postcards, you know, probably only the organizers of the auction. In any case, we on these calculations did not dare.

But we have carefully calculated, is that for three and a half hours a half dozen people in the hall, two and a half dozen online-игроков, and telephone and absentee members together have bought up nearly 70 % of catalog — 240 of 351 lots. Total revenue exceeded two million rubles and amounted to 53.5 % of the average total estimate. I'll tell you that even though special record at this time did not happen (one of the most interesting lots — series cards NR. Denis "Six friendly caricatures" of 1923 (lot 303, estimate of auction: 240 000-450 000), unfortunately, remained among unsold), but filokartisty auction "Russian enamel" on-прежнему are at a very high level and bring results, in a percentage exceeding the income of many other "picturesque" and even secondhand auctions. As practice shows, the interest in antique postcard firm. That's not good.

More than 550, 000, or a quarter of its total revenue, the organizers brought extensive, of the 65 lots section of picture post-cards sold out almost 90 %: new owners found 56 of 65 lots. The most expensive lot of the section was the selection of 13 postcards with views of Moscow, published "Northern Art Publishing house" (lot 5). While the estimate of 15 000-18 000, the lot started from 30 000 rubles by correspondence rate was sold to an absentee buyer for 38 000. All in all, new hands went 12 of 18 collections of Moscow. The most popular geographical direction in the section were the types of Crimea, Kiev and other cities of Ukraine: postcards of this subject showed nearly 100%-ный care (remained unsold only lot 43 @18 mdas postcards and 2 photographs with the views of Odessa).

Another achievement of the compilers of the catalogue can be called the results of the collections Thong photos Desk and business size, made in different repair shops. Moscow, St-Петербурга and Nizhny Novgorod in the late XIX — the beginning of the XX century (lots 74-85). When to start and when and with substantial (three times) exceeds the initial price had gone under the hammer 11 of the 12 lots in section.

is Large, more than 50 lots, a string of pre-revolutionary art cards, which included cards with reproductions of works I. Bilibin, mm germasheva, V. M. Vasnetsov, V. V. Carrick, S. S. Solomko, K. A. Somov, and others, was sold at 57%. Most effective — more than 7 times higher than the starting — here was the sale of lot 91 — selections from three rare postcards with reproductions of etchings by V. A. Bobrov. And the most successful from a financial point of view — sale three envelopes "Instead of the visit". (edition in France. Eugenia, 1900-е), designed by G. I. Narbut (lots 107-109), each of which was sold at the start for 25 000 rubles to the buyer on the phone.

Almost completely dispersed in small, out of the 13 lots, Thong, as well as "beginner" in the auction of antique postcards in the "Russian enamels" — string of 17 lots of marked and unmarked postcards (related to the word not to philocarty, and related philately).

in addition, very popular among buyers of used from- photography and theatrical subjects, ad postcards, postcards on the theme of the army and of the Cossacks, and foreign postcards: sales for each of these sections is very close to 90 %.

One of the most popular (I think it is played out the most stubborn battles) was a string of 21 autograph letters, postcards and postal cards (lots 254-274). The most expensive lot of the section was a photo greeting card with a portrait of Ilya Repin with a dedication of the artist to playwright and teacher, the founder of the women's commercial school in Ryazan, the correspondent, L. N. Tolstoy and Mark TWAIN to Elizabeth Nikolaevna Milashkina (lot 261). While the estimate of 8 000-12 000 rubles, from the start to 20 000 rubles absentee rate, signed by the artist went to the gym for 36 000.

several online Unexpectedly long-игроков and in the party room to decide who would get lot 273 — autograph Marilyn Monroe postcard 1950-х — early 1960-х. With 5 000 start, in steps of 500 and 1000, applicants for possession of the autograph of the actress increased the price of a hammer four times, up to 20,000 rubles, for which lot and got one of the lucky ones on the Internet.

a Record purchase of the day was made near the end of the auction: 50 000 rubles paid one of several Internet-претендентов for nine postcards "Illustrations for fairy tales of Russian writers", hand painted by D. S. Moore (lot 333). All in all, the section "postcards of the USSR and the RSFSR" was sold 17 lots totaling more than 270 000, i.e. about 15 000 rubles for the lot — is quite a decent result.

next we State the success of the "Russian enamel" and wish the auction house not to reduce the pace in the development of this interesting branch of domestic antique market, as philocartia. With impatience we shall wait for the next "postcard" of trading, the results of which we will inform you.

Maria Kuznetsova, AI