March 3, 2012, antique auction house "Gelos" Auction Jewelry spent the year in which, among others, was put up lots of jewelry string Ludmila Zykina Bonner.

String small, only 29 lots, with a total estimate of 11,638-16,757 million rubles. But perhaps it was the most paradoxical trading on my mind.

all started literally at the very moment when it was released the announcement of the auction. On the one hand, this is a great newsworthy, which responded to all media. As a result, information about upcoming auctions known to all, including those who have never heard the word "auction". On the other hand, it is objectively any thing from the collection of a famous person rises in price, and in this case, it is difficult to imagine a more famous person than Ludmila Zykina, and its legacy - something more well known than the legendary collection of jewelry. Yes, even if it is known mostly among people who are over 40, but it is precisely this group of buyers is the auction. So, having learned the week before the events of the upcoming auction, I praised them for yourself as a real antique bomb.

No sooner had ceased to vibrate the announcement of the auction, as the scandal - by the way, is quite predictable. On the one hand, some media have quickly warmed simple squabbles three years ago, associated with the loss of valuables and controversies of heirs, and this dish, a harmless by today's standards, aroused media interest. On the other hand, money is not paid by the press and buyers - but they really trading scandal to nothing, after all the risks in such cases - a thing harmful. But there is a third party: the same collection in the country can be counted on the fingers of one hand, but they were closed to outsiders, and only Lyudmila G. appeared in their diamonds, emeralds and sapphires live in a society, on television, your favorite jewelry decorated with a great woman in life, they are also preserved in photos and footage, and it already - provenance.

I must say that the scandal "Gelos" extinguished quickly and harshly. March 2, in its press release, he reported that "shortly after the announcement of the auction, some unscrupulous publication based on their inventions, tried to provoke a scandal around the trades. Currently, all officials involved in the collection, made rebuttals. Put up for sale ... Ludmila Zykina jewelery - absolutely legal origin, they are mentioned in the testimonies of inheritance ... ».

It would seem that all the statements made, the thing insured, the hall is not no fuss going, the press is now more interested in jewelry have as historical curiosities and nothing else this will not happen. But no. And then it started and paradoxes and contrasts.

in the auction hall for half an hour before the auction was packed, but ... only created mass media representatives, of whom there were about thirty people from the five cameras. They were cheerful hubbub and occupied the best seats in the hall and turn to the showcase for photography and telephoto jewelry.

And what about buyers? There were three people in half an hour before, and four more came in the last minute. And it was seven. Moreover, as the serious buyers my experience prompted me to just three. I'm just a little mistake: the trading room for ornaments 4 people, and, as shown by bidding for a major fight, they were not ready.

complete media to shoot lots and removed the background. Photo: Konstantin Babulin AI

And here is the participants ... Photo: Konstantin Babulin AI

All struggle broke out among the phones and indirect rates. As soon as they entered it, the jokes have ended: not only bought two lots, has struggled for the rest. Only for the two lots (again figure 2) the fight was weak, in two steps, with the rest - 20 to 50 steps. As a result of the 27 lots sold all three were within the estimate. Again, the paradox: the most fiercely fought for affordable lots. For example, a lot number 111 from the start at 15 thousand rubles for more than forty paces the price has reached 3 million, while in the 20-th step a few times with a step in the rate of 10,000 to 100,000 passed, and it did not stop the participants. A lot number 108, rated at 4-15 thousand rubles, went for 3.2 million, and it does not matter how many tens of steps required to exceed the average estimate of 337 times.

bracelet of silver, made in an openwork filigree technique, decorated with hot enamel, blue oval inlays Estimate: 15-25 thousand rubles Result: 3 million rubles Source: gelos.ru

bracelet and two rings. Silver. Bracelet has an insertion of jadeite. Ring with an amethyst. A ring with onyx, filigree Estimate: 4-15 thousand rubles Result: 3.2 million rubles Source: gelos.ru

Competition phones, or worse, absentee rates - it is usually a low voice. But if there are ladies in the hall, and sold jewelry, and even such as this time, you can forget about silence. Some phones, distance rate and a participant in the room fiercely fought for lot number 98 with the launch of 700 thousand rubles. At the 11th step (a step that was 50 000, 100), patience is one of the phones has been drying up, and he took a step forward in 200000. The lady in the hall, exhaling in the hearts of "S-s-plague!" Stopped the fight on the figure of 1.5 million.

Pendant and earrings with natural emeralds, diamonds and diamonds. Gold, silver Estimate: 0,695-1,1 million rubles results: 1.5 million rubles Source: gelos.ru

That's so emotional and very effectively passed this auction. The overall statistics are as follows: 27 out of 29 sold lots in the amount of 31,692,500 rubles (223%of the estimate). The minimum estimate of trades - 4000 rubles, the maximum - 8 million. Top lot - diamond earrings (Lot number 103), estimated at 5,9-8 million rubles, sold for 6.5 million. This is the highest rate of the auction.

earrings with natural diamonds. Gold Estimate: 5,9-8 million rubles Result: 6.5 million rubles Source: gelos.ru

The main result - no (!) of the 27 lots did not get the participants in the room. And a special mood to fight, I almost none of them noticed (Respect the lady had fought with invisible foes of emerald 98-lot). What was it? Absolute confidence in the authenticity? Fear of "light up" money? Reluctance to once again meet with the media? Caution ahead of the presidential election? There is no answer. And it is - the fundamental paradox of an open, full-time, in the Jewelry Auction "Gelos" March 3.

Babulin Constantine, AI