Fought for the Russian avant-garde books, posters of the First World War and the great princes of the Romanov pochtogrammy

twisted A., V. Khlebnikov Game in Hell
The second expanded edition. 1914
Cover and 3 drawings by Malevich, the remaining figures O. Rozanova
St. Petersburg., Lithograph "Light»
Kabinet. 19.06.2013. Lot 325
Estimate: 360-500 thousand rubles
Result: 400,000 rubles
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V. Kamensky Tango with cows. Reinforced concrete poem
M., ed D. Burliuk, Printing M. Yakovlev, 1914
Figures V. Burliuk and Burliuk
Kabinet. 19.06.2013. Lot 332
Estimate: 530-800 thousand rubles
Result: 800,000 rubles
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conversation at Constantinople number 5. Poster. M., Tipo-lithography bargaining. home "A. Krylov and Co. ", 1914
Kabinet. 19.06.2013. Lot 317
Estimate: 11-15 thousand rubles
Result: 42,000 rubles
Source: kabinet-auktion.com

June 19 at the auction house" Kabinet "trades were old and rare books, maps and prints - 530 lots and 3:00 Auction pleasure. The cover image is adorned with a hefty catalog lottery ticket book in 1930, held under the slogan "The book instead of vodka." Humor and appreciated the organizers have come up for sale more than forty people.

Books sold out, though not all. With the hammer took 200 lots (37.7%), revenues were $ 14.2 million or 31.7%of the average of the total estimate. The "Cabinet" in the first half of 2013 the best level of care for the lots - 48%( trading on March 2 ), and for the money - 45%( auction on April 23 ). Definitely has room to grow.

At yesterday's auction most lots were purchased on the phone - 81. Participants in the hall is almost lost, having played 79 lots. The remaining 40 lots were sold at the absentee rates. All four lots with a preliminary estimate of one million rubles and above were, unfortunately, ignored - for example, the first book of the poet and diplomat at the court of Catherine I of Antioch Cantemir 1727 (Lot 5; 1.1-1.4 million), the coronation of Elizabeth album Petrovna in 1744 (Lot 6, 1.6-2.5 million), etc. One of the most curious of auction items - a family album Sofia Kovalevskaya with 43 photographs of the famous female mathematician and her family (lot 233) - was filmed prior to the auction . For what reasons - the audience was not informed.

seven-figure hammer prices at this time did not exist (remember the "Game in Hell" in 1912 with lithographs Goncharova , sold for 3,000,000 rubles to the last auction, "the Cabinet"). By the way, yesterday sold another "Game of hell» Alexei A. Twisted and Velimir Khlebnikov (lot 325), but this one offers a second expanded edition in 1914 with drawings not by Natalia Goncharova, and Olga Rozanova (plus cover and 3 drawings Kazimir Malevich ). Apparently, it is this fact cool the ardor of applicants not reach beyond the boundaries of the estimate 360-500 thousand rubles. The winning absentee bid of $ 400 thousand. Another book Russian avant-garde - a collection of poems, Vasily Kamensky "Tango with Cows" with illustrations and David Burliuk (Lot 332) - was the top lot of the auction yesterday. Book of the cut-off angle (the so-called "pentahedron"), printed on the flowered wallpaper, took on the upper estimate, for 800 thousand rubles. A collection of poems Valentine Parnaha "Samum" (lot 351) with two color and one black-and-white lithographs by Natalia Goncharova slightly exceeded the estimate of 110-130 thousand rubles and got a phone buyer for 140,000 rubles. The above estimates also left the book "Russian Posters 1917-1922" with 23 lithographs masters of propaganda posters, the head of the Petrograd "Window GROWTH» Lebedev (Lot 381) offers distance rate of 200 thousand rubles overpowered the bids of other bidders. But the only issue of Georgian futurists «H2SO4» (Lot 441, estimate 130-150 thousand) and the buyer is not found.

It is worth mentioning two more editions, designed by famous artists - French "Book of awnings. Collection of poetry and prose, "with illustrations by Konstantin Somov Konstantin (Lot 342), and the book by Svetlova" Modern Ballet "with drawings Leon Bakst (Lot 284). For both books struggle was serious. In the end, "Marquis" bought for 110 thousand rubles in the evaluation of 65-75 thousand, and "Modern Ballet" for a long time could not divide party in the hall and one phone, raised the hammer price up to 200,000 rubles, while the estimate of 55-65 thousand rubles.

Graphic topic this time something has gone better than many others. Two books with autolithographies George Verey - «Portraits of Russian Artists" (lot 443) and "Russian writers" ( Lot 472) - left with a significant excess of estimate: the first book - over 38,000 (estimated 8.5-10 thousand), the second - for 26,000 (estimate: same). However, when it came to the portraits of the pilots of the same Verey (the book "Red Military Air Fleet", lot 498), there were no bidders.

audience showed great interest in the audience and phone buyers to the posters of the First World War (lots 314-317). All of these items have gone with a substantial excess of estimate, and for each poster argued four or five participants. The maximum price was reached poster "The conversation at Constantinople number 5" - 42 thousand rubles in assessing 11-15 thousand. By the way, on the last day before painting auction "Cabinet" cartoons of the First World War also left more preliminary assessment.

Another did not pass without leaving a trace string - two pochtogrammy and one open letter post (In other words, a postcard) 1950 signed by Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich (1879-1956) and Vladimir Kirillovitch (1917-1992) Romanovs (lots 523-525). All three exceeded the preliminary estimate is two to three times.

In general, the auction was fairly quiet, except for the infrequent bursts of activity, the reasons for which it was sometimes difficult to guess. Desperately traded, for example, "Guidelines for the design and construction of modern housing" in 1914 (in any way, someone wanted to build a cottage on the project of the early twentieth century), or for a children's book in 1941 "Summer" Alexander Vvedenskogo (someone's childhood book? ), etc. It seems that the booksellers already stocked Books for summer reading and decided to make a short break in the acquisition of new old books. Well, let's see - this summer booksellers will have the opportunity to prove themselves.

at auction Onuchina visited Mary, AI