The result of the first auction of paintings and drawings at once was above average for the current year

PP Konchalovsky
Study for the painting "From mowing." 1947 (oil on canvas. 302 x 405.5. THG)
Oil on canvas. 57 x 75,5
«In Nikitsky." 25.04.2013. Lot 34
Estimate: 2800 000 000 000-3
Result: 3,000,000 rubles
Source: vnikitskom.ru

For the auction house" in the Nikitsky " it was the first auction of paintings and drawings. Usually, we caution that the auction business is not only the first, but even the third pancake is always lumpy - this is the specificity of business. But expectations for these trades were initially quite high. CEO auction 'in Nikita" Sergei Burmistrov and curator of the guest in an interview with Anatoly AI does not hide the fact that things will be on sale from known collectors of assembly, that is, the level of the directory immediately allowed to hope for a good result.

In fact the result was as follows. Of the 169 lots sold out 94 - 55.6%. In the most indicative for us string of Russian paintings and drawings were sold 61.2%of the lots. For comparison, recall that for the first four months of 2013 the average percentage of care at Moscow auction in the segment of painting and drawing was 47.8%. That is "In the Nikitsky" immediately gain by selling higher than average.

Trades clearly preceded the qualitative preparatory work to potential buyers. The first time I see that almost half of lots catalog has been provided absentee bids. Some, though not all, managed to fight off the hall. But in the end everything turned out well, that more than 60 items, that is, nearly two-thirds gone by absentee rates. In practice, this auction could be considered valid before the start, even if the bid is completely gone without an audience.

But without them, of course, has not done. Took place in the hall of about 25 people, were empty seats. Collectors feel relaxed, loudly commenting lots, joking. But their expected activity showed not often. Directly into the hall by my rough estimate, it took 20-30 works. Plus a few lots left the room after the fight, still absentee Bidder.

Vela Helena Gorska. Gone trades quickly, accurately, procedurally, missed about an hour. Once returned peretorgoval one lot for the unwary buyer. Another memorable hitch with a sketch of scenery for the play "The Brothers Karamazov» Enaro Stenberg . The impressive "sick" to work with the estimate of 100-110 thousand rubles - for me as the most memorable. On it were waiting for a phone participant did not wait, went on without a solution. So, with the plan to return. But never returned.

most expensive items on the trading results were sketch for the painting "From mowing» Petr Konchalovsky (Lot 34, 3 million), the vase of the Imperial Porcelain Factory (Lot 13, 2.2 million), as well as canvas Alexander Kuprina" Theodosia "(lot 29, 1 , 5 million). All three lots were purchased by absentee rates.

decorative vase. St. Petersburg. Imperial Porcelain Factory. 1860-70 Porcelain, painting, gilding, diverging pattern, bronze casting, gilding. Height 64.4, the diameter of the base 20 «In Nikitsky." 25.04.2013. Lot 13 Estimate: 2000 000-2 200 000 rubles Result: 2,200,000 rubles Source: vnikitskom.ru

KUPRIN AV Theodosius. Late 1930s - 1940s Oil on canvas. 57 x 88 «In Nikitsky." 25.04.2013. Lot 29 Estimate: 1 200 000-1 300 000 rubles Result: 1,500,000 rubles Source: vnikitskom.ru

minimum threshold of affordability was 9000 rubles - as cost figures Nikolai Zhukov on the subject of "Lenin and children." Overall, 19 lots were sold for less 30,000 rubles.

total collection of the first paintings of trading (if I did not miss anything) was 22.9 million rubles - from painting, drawing and DPI. Under the rules of the auction commission is charged as a seller (10%) and the purchaser (10%).

organizers were finally able to exhale. Participants differed in a good mood. And the room is only one vital question: "And what with Stenberg?»

for bidding watched Vladimir Bogdanov, AI