On Saturday December 10 Leonid Shishkin Gallery held a final auction in a series of trades fall of 2011 - "Russian and West European art of XIX - XX centuries».

Day and hour of the auction coincided with a rally at the Swamp area for honest elections.

anywhere from no getting around it, and the auction was a joke known entertainers of the 1950s: "The Swamp is a meeting, and we are having an auction. " The influence of the rally and felt literally and figuratively. Several paintings were bought before the auction under the pretext that the candidates for them at the auction may not be present, as are the rally. For some pictures traded on the phone directly from the Swamp area, telling us the way, that's going on. These calls are greeted enthusiastically hall, and although the link with the area was bad, but a pause, from time to time arose to restore the interrupted calls, no one was outraged. However, as such pauses in charge there was no bidding conducted himself Leonid Shishkin, and, as always, excellent.

Despite the revolutionary situation, tenders have been quite positive: 52 percent of sold lots that is above average for this fall in Russia. True, the number of sales took place after the host announces, "Your money!". This means that you can name any price, and if there had been wanting to fight, to take a picture for the price - for example, for 1,000 rubles.

But all in order. Attended by people 20-25.

Of the 11 lots sold prior to the start of trading on the upper estimate, we note hardboard Gedenidze Noah « Tomatoes "(item number 19) for 30 thousand rubles for auction in recent years exhibited many paintings of this artist, but twice and even three times as expensive, and probably because of this boast sales is rarely, and in this case, the price was right. 45 thousand rubles, slightly above the average market price before the auction had been sold three drawings (lots 34 - 36). Sale canvas Jacob Brovary «The silence of the countryside in winter" (item number 57) for the upper 750 thousand rubles - this is Yet again above average, but, you see, I liked it. But "Still life with wine glasses» Bokova (item number 75), who also bought in advance on the upper estimate 120 000 rubles, to be congratulated on the start of the auction history of his previous output for auction in 2008 failed.

It should be noted that in recent years of Leonid Shishkin Gallery is not afraid to experiment with different subjects genres, and this auction was no exception. Thong DPI and icons at this time, alas, were left without buyers. But podstring Western art looks better from 8 works sold 3. Traded at all, because the start was much lower than estimeytov (to which, incidentally, has not held any outcome), would sell more, but some work, such as "Winter Landscape" by A. Andersen, Luindsbi (lot number 28) unfortunately, not reached the reserve. From the start of 60 thousand rubles, "Sunrise in the Alps," Frederick Coco Mikolettski (lot number 27) in 6 steps went up to 90 thousand fighting distance rate, phone and room - won the phone. Price of the lot number 30 - "Nude" by Alexander Louis Claude Lavallée - starting with 250 thousand rubles in 4 steps, rose to 300,000, after which the buyer in the room took a deep breath of satisfaction. For the canvas, "The little lake," Charles H. Jensen (lot number 33) fought two telephones and a participant in the hall, starting 70 000 quickly turned into a 95 000, which will pay for the picture of the buyer orders over the phone.

An interesting story was accompanied by a bid for lot number 84 - "Portrait of the Wife» D. Nalbandian . The picture was dated 1936 year, but in 1996, personally Leonid Shishkin, "rejuvenated" the picture for 50 years - corrected the date on the reverse side of the picture in 1986 in order to take her abroad. Now, when the picture came back, Leonid revealed truth. Estimeyte 500-600 rubles auction began with 330 000 and was completed by 440 thousand. Interest in the work and its history showed three men in the room, but the deal, alas, never took place because the price has not reached the reserve.

attracted the attention of sale of two paintings Azam Atakhanova (lots number 90 and 91) - for 1.2 million rubles each, with the bargaining between the participant from the audience and phone. In the first case won hall, the second phone.

I would also like to say a few words about the reception hall leading to stimulate purchases when declared, "Your price". Such work was about 20 and sold almost everything, and in some cases, the total price of the initial 1 or 3 thousand reaches the lower estimate. Buy and participated in the entertainment everyone, even those who obviously did not initially going to buy anything. To attend such auctions - fun, so feel free to advise you not to miss the next time such cultural entertainment.

At the auction was attended by Konstantin Babulin, AI