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ARTinvestment.RU   03 февраля 2016

In General, the auction can be considered a success: forty percent realization brought more than six million rubles

Top-3 auction № 69:

1. Lot 93. Prokhorov, V. materials on the history of Russian garments and conditions of people's life. In 4 volumes, volume 1-4. SPb.: Type. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1881-1885. — 480 000 rubles (start 300 000 rubles.).

2. Lot 35. Gogol, N. Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead souls: a poem. 2-е ed. M.: Univ. type., 1846. — 440 000 (start 200 000 rubles.).

3. Lot 28. Pushkin, A. S. Eugene Onegin: a novel in verse / comp. by Alexander Pushkin. SPb.: Edition of bookseller Smirdin, 1833. — 420 000 rubles (start 300 000 RUB.).

on 27 January, in an unusual day, Wednesday (auction day is usually appointed Thursday), "House of antique books in Nikitsky" held the first in a 2016 bid. In the auction No. 69 was presented more than 500 lots — rare books, autographs and documents. Bibliophiles badly missed book battles, communication with fellow collectors and connoisseurs book. This is evidenced by the large number of people in the audience, as well as a record number of Internet-участников — more than forty.

on the Internet players were very active at the beginning of the auction. "Russian grammar Mikhail Lomonosov" 1755 (lot 1) was purchased online-игроком for 60 000 rubles, twice as much as the start. Lot 4 — "Book of Royal degrees of the Royal genealogy" of the same year of the publication — also use the Internet, but a much more significant sum — 320 000 rubles.

the player Tried on the Internet to intercept and lot 9 — "Answer General major Boltina to the letter from Prince Shcherbatov, Russian writer of history" 1789, but the audience were harder: 155 000 rubles at the start of the 80 000.

Active battle took place in lot 11. The third volume of the letters of a Russian traveler Karamzin got an intelligent lady in the hall. Her opponent gave up on the figure of 85 000 rubles, which is four times higher than the starting price!

However, very soon the Internet again celebrated great success. Lot 16 — "Latest interesting and authentic narrative about Eastern Siberia, much of which was hitherto not known" — was launched with 250, 000 and went to online-игроку for 300 000 rubles.

do Not have to wait long for another high-profile sale. Lot 28 — "Pushkin, A. S. Eugene Onegin: a novel in verse" — as a result of the intense struggle rose in price from 300 000 to 420 000 rubles. And few minutes later magnificent result showed lot 35 — "Gogol, N. Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead souls: a poem": a famous book bought for 440,000 rubles, paying twice the starting price.

Further, without a struggle that called on the fly, 36 lots were bought — "Sementovskyy, N. Old Ruthenian and Zaporizhzhya" (130 000) and 37 — "one Hundred drawings from the works of N. V. Gogol: Dead souls" (300 000 rubles). But lot 48 — "Journey in southern Russia and Crimea through Hungary, Wallachia and Moldavia, perfect in 1837 Anatoly Demidov" — has caused intense excitement in the hall, and as a result, the trading price 140 000 rubles nearly doubled.

Passion subsided until the draw of lot 93: four-volume V. Prokhorov "materials on the history of Russian garments and conditions of life of the people" in the trade entered several participants in the room, and the price has reached 480 000 — the highest result of the evening.

were Interested in present and lot 229 — "History of the Kuban Cossack army", the book, considered the best study on the history of the Kuban Cossacks. Monumental historical work, got a new owner for 160 000 rubles.

Great increase of the starting price showed lot 406. Book Aseeva "Mess", the bidding for which started with a very modest 9 000 rubles, the hall effort, participants on the phones and on the Internet quickly rose up to 65 000 rubles.

has Not been at the auction and without sensationalism. The book by S. Tretyakov's "Roar, China", published in 1930 (lot 411), out to bid with a small starting value, for only 1 000 rubles, but the result of persistent struggle got a new owner in twenty-two times more expensive!

a Good result showed lot 438 — compilation of three children's magazines "Chizh" in 1935 This curious piece, starting with only 3 000 rubles, went to the gym four times more expensive.

one result of trading experts in the room felt natural. Start at 3,000 rubles per lot 492 — autograph z — was clearly underestimated. Trades are all over the place. Lot ten times exceeded the starting price.

In General, the auction can be considered a success: forty percent realization brought more than six million rubles.

"House of antique books in Nikitsky"

Source: vnikitskom.ru