Last Saturday, November 16, 2011, in the arcade have been third in a row, but the first in Moscow on a new site, the auction of the Russian auction house.

Post auctioneer

hall of Moscow RAD auction house for half an hour before the start of trading

It was interesting to look at the audience before the auction, t . k. of participants was not quite normal. The hall was attended by just over a hundred people, half of them women - that the auctions are rare. Maybe it's a string of jewels, claimed in the latter part of the program. Most of the ladies come with age dobalzakovskogo gentlemen, and in relation to trading it was like a social call. Respectable men over forty were few, but experience shows that this part of the public and there are active buyers at the auctions. However, "game" has begun in the stands filled.

In Thong painting (formally lots 105, but a couple of them withdrew before the auction) sold 30 paintings - is slightly less than 30%. 8 pieces went to absentee buyers and telephone bidam. And one more item the buyer won the internet: "Nude» Shenderova , meter work in 1960, he got to start, for 370 rubles.

Reuben FRUMAK Still life with coffee. 1920 canvas oil. 50 × 75 Lot 87 Estimate: 1-1.1 thousand dollars Result (without commission): 113 thousand rubles auction by lot were in the 19 steps

VITALY Tikhov Bathers. 1923 Oil on canvas. 91 × ​​115 Lot 29 Estimate: 540-560 thousand dollars Result: 16.84 million rubles The most expensive item a picturesque section of trades

The most active fight has caused a good modernistcky still life with coffee Reuben Frumaka (Lot 87). Comfortable size, 1920, and just aesthetically attractive thing (especially among the classical realism) was set with an affordable estimate: about 30 thousand rubles. Not surprisingly, the price driven up a few buyers, bargaining took place in 19 steps, and eventually the winner took the still life of 113 000 rubles plus commission - four times the estimate.

most expensive lot picturesque sections were "Bathers» Tikhov (1923. Oil on canvas. 91 x 115. Lot 29). Very decorative impressionistic thing was bought in the hall, without haggling, for 16.84 million rubles.

painting, which became the face of the auction (used in advertisements and banners) - "Boyaryshnya" Konstantin Makovsky (Lot 63) - was sold for 12.475 million rubles, also in the room. A third was the cost of "Gone with the barge» (1887, lot 45): large decorative seascape was sold for 11.21 million rubles in the hall. "The thing with the cover" - the temperature «U turn" (1916, Lot 33) - after a small auction found a buyer in the room (the same that he had bought Makovsky) for 7.8 million rubles. But the rare portrait by Dmitry Levitsky (1779, Lot 68), of which much has been written and reported among key works of these trades have not been sold, the hall was found wanting to start with 633 thousand dollars, so that there is a hope for postauktsionnye bidding. For interest, we note that the most accessible work in a tiny thong was painting landscape Isupova (for signatures) "Village smoke "(Lot 17): it was purchased for 20 thousand rubles. A thousand more cost to the buyer "boat" Vladimir Fedorov 1960 (Lot 95) - too tiny, 19 x 25 cm, Siberian romance.

to the price buyers pay a hammer fee of 15%if the item cost less than 10 million rubles, and 12%, if the lot was worth more than 10 million rubles. Bidding on the painting section took about two hours. In front was more graphic and decorative arts. Over the course of trade continued to monitor Babulin Constantine, and that's what they have left an impression.

By the end of trading on painting room empty half. Next auction continued a small but very remarkable string of graphics. Work , it his son and daughter no enthusiasm aroused. The first hint of the bidding in this sale thong showed little color lithography (Lot 111) - then distance bet bet a Web-. Then from 60 to 100 000 members in the room raised their price dyed by hand engraving on copper Italian masters of XVIII - early XIX century by Giovanni Volpato. And then it began: autolithography (Lot 116) Charushin , a brilliant animal painter and illustrator, over 11 steps soared in price from 20 to 75 thousand rubles; trading participants in the audience and by telephone. Immediately thereafter, three figures (Lot 117) Hildebrandt-Arbenina from the collection of G. M. Levitin 7 steps to overcome the distance from 85 to 140 thousand rubles - and again traded distance rate, "Hall" and "phone". 8 steps it took to buyers in the hall to the dispute with the absentee bid up the price of two figures (Lot 120) Chekrygin from 85 to 150 thousand rubles. Even after 7 lots for gypsy costume design (Lot 127) of grabbed first "phone" and correspondence rate, and in the middle of bargaining, they were joined party in the hall, the 11 steps raised the price from 25 to 80 thousand, and contented "phone" could probably catch his breath. The last lot purchased thong has a graceful watercolor ( interesting exhibition which is being held in Galeev gallery ). It is noteworthy that just the first names of Russian art in the string of interest is not aroused: the work and Larionov , Roerich and Kustodiev , Surikov and , Serov and Dobuzhinsky , 80 sketches Krymov , reproduced by the organizers in a separate pamphlet, have remained at their .

By the time the bids came first lot of strings of icons from the starting lineup has remained in the hall already one-third of that, however, is not enough. 30-40 people - a good number of participants for any auction this fall. Of the 16 lots were sold thong 3. Struggle broke out for only one - "Holy Face" in a silver frame (Lot 138): traded "phone" and a man from the audience. In five steps the price has risen from 0.75 to 1 million rubles. Further, as the auctioneer may try to list in detail the advantages of lots (for example, listed all eight of the saints depicted on the icon "of selected saints ..." (lot 134), instead of asking participants to cope in the catalog), the fight is not triggered.

in the string of decorative art from the 30 lots were sold 11. A distinctive feature of the thong has become an active internet connection customers. Most frequently traded "distance rate" or the "Internet" or the "phone". Thongs and decoration of this auction as a whole has become a tense struggle for lot number 166 - a souvenir in the form of a triumphal column, crowned by a gable with the inscription "Their Majesties N. Panin-Kolomenkin." Lead has traditionally been 5-10 minutes told the story of Lot, the story of an athlete that he was given and the history of the competition. After that, the three "telephone" came together in a life and death. During the 34 steps (just think!) Price has increased from 200 thousand to 2 million rubles. From than on, and congratulate the organizers and the new owner.

memorial gift in the form of a triumphal column, crowned by a ridge, with the inscription" Their Majesties NA Panin-Kolomenkin. " Moscow, 1908-1917 silver 84 samples, gold, molding, embossing, engraving, hand-refinement. Pedestal - a tree. Height 16 cm Master Matrona Andreyevna Andreeva, owner of the mill gold and silver articles Lot 166 Estimate: 7-8 thousand dollars The result: 2 million rubles

Contrary to suggestions that the young women came out of the strings of jewels, to the time when it came to him, them in the hall was nearly empty. Of the 25 lots were sold 7. Two lots away from the fight. Thus, the "brooch in the form of leaf clover" (lot 188) has risen from 60 to 105 thousand rubles, and a brooch, "Bunt" (Lot 192) to start 220 thousand added another 80 on: bargain again walked between virtual actors - "Internet" and " phone ". Leading tried, but, as in the previous sections, the hall could not convince any detailed descriptions of the lots, no clues where these lots can be adjusted later. Nevertheless, the cigarette box (Lot 202) from 565 samples of gold with a brilliant 4 carat (according to the presenter, a great gift for the MP) has gone up to 3 million rubles.

brooch in the form of leaf clover. Western Europe, beginning of XX century Gold - 14 carat diamond three. Weight 6.25 grams Length: 3 cm Lot 188 Estimate: 1.2-1.5 thousand dollars Result: 105 thousand rubles

Brooch" Bunt. " Western Europe, the beginning of the XX century Platinum 71 sapphire - 1.75 carats 3 /3, 103 diamonds - 2.75 carat 3 /4 weight 9.52 grams. Length of 4 cm Lot 192 Estimate: 7-9 thousand dollars Result: 300 thousand rubles

It turns out that except for the strings of icons, the percentage of sales in all other sessions of about 30 (in the chart - 41). About the same statistics and Petersburg were RAD auction. Note that the auction was organized by the Moscow just perfect - and a selection of lots, and the pre-auction show, with well-hanging, and exceptional technical support and convenient for all categories of participants, and intelligent, St. Petersburg's atmosphere in the hall and location - a thoughtful, informative, knowledgeable and beautifully printed. Clearly, there are plenty of areas for improvement - in particular, rather confusing proclaimed the current rate, and a break, for example, after half of the lots is not a sin it would be done. And no need to retell the auctioneer directory's contents almost to the last comma. Those who came into the room, all have read (and therefore, by the way, and they came), they had to be just "burn"! That is, by Moscow standards did not have the speed, dynamics, passion and courage! But courage, gentlemen, - will come with time, and indeed the public takes a while to get used to the new site. In the meantime, we congratulate the organizers on a successful wide effort - with their first antique auction in Moscow.

for Bids follows Babulin Constantine and Vladimir Bogdanov, AI