Almost 70 percent of sales and two records. Weather during this time did not quite usual for our auctions audience

rules and habits VLADEY second auction remain the same : those who showed up to potential buyers , empty chairs in the hall , the rest stayed to watch because of the fence. Despite all the signals (which in Russian auctions so is not accepted ) Ovcharenko concessions idle did not go public . And like it even tightened regime . So , in the opinion of those present in the hall of the forum AI, now wishing to create more and arranged credit evaluation - asking questions like " for what items are going to bargain ," and all that .

As a result, top trading landscape in the room turned out like this: the chairs were about 45 customers, and outside the fence - about 60 others " ballast ". In the sense that no buyers , but also entirely decent people , including well-known collectors. Had to stand an hour and a half. And those who are younger , have quickly made a choice between varicose veins and formal propriety . Soon, one company even sat on the floor - I was wondering when there will be a vodka with barbecue. How did it end , I confess , did not finish , because soon captivated trades .

• Buyers in the hall
  Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov , AI
• audience behind a fence
  Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov , AI

But before that, a few words about useful public. Contrary to expectations , the second auction was turned into an " auction friends" with the usual clip - art figures. And that's good. In the hall , of course, were all known persons (in particular , the collector and gallery owner Markin Frolov ), but this time the weather was doing another audience . Some not at all usual for our auctions. In appearance - the financiers . The age of 35. This time, the auction was a partner of the investment company GHP. I guess the secret is that they themselves are caught up with the chief , and with a customer -led. In the bidding process leading Vladimir Ovcharenko often returned to an active purchaser Mark - probably Mark Garber , chairman of the board of directors of GHP. Who was more ? I know that other gallery owners of their clients were invited to bid . Who could come and who could not - is another matter. The usual story of Moscow . But buyers end up together. However, many , it seems to me , bought for fun, without the investment of cold calculation. Based on individual decisions, and the public was not the most prepared . Illogical behavior of individual buyers even caused suspicion among experienced a practiced eye , people from our forum . While I personally think it's a natural next inexperience and hence the spontaneity of action. Draw this conclusion , because a number of undervalued and attractive investment works potential buyers or even " blinked " or bought as if by accident , at the start, without a fight. People with expertise for such items would wrestled likely. And vice versa .

However, now you can with a clear conscience, to criticize and to speculate because the auction was a real success . Of the 116 lots ( two lots - 24 and 44 - was not originally in the catalog) has sold 80 . Percentage of care for 68.97 percent of the lots ( I somehow kept going , it would be 55 per cent) . The result for the money - 1,110,650 euros. And I suppose that in fact the percentage sold will be higher. For example, a friend of the gallery owner shared that will encourage their clients to participate in the negotiations postauktsionnyh . Maybe it will take more then .

themselves trades were waves. Outbursts were followed by sleepy shopping starts. Starts, by the way, were almost always below the lower estimate. Usually things with an estimate of 10-15 thousand euro began to bargain with 8000 . And if the fight is not linked, then at the start and gave . But there were bright bout. During the trade was interrupted several times its own record auction. First canvas Faibisovich Seeds , Lot 9 , shot with 80,000 to 120,000 euros and left a phone buyer. And soon a very good Tselkov , Lot 17 , from the start of a 35 000 flew during the hard fight to 125,000 euro. What is even too much. I remember , as was leaving work - Lot 72. Since 8000 the price of the euro has grown to 46,000 - nearly six times, right? Unprecedented excess of bidding on painting in Russia . At the same time say that the sixties and seventies swept from the shelves, you can not . So, from paintings ( things later , but it is currently nothing on the subject - not exactly a cafe in France) bought one for 15,000 euros, while the second and did not buy them. Not interesting pictures . Do not buy a good Kosolapova , good Kopystyanskaya - a lot of that was wondrous . Do not buy a thing from the cover - " Vohrovku » Grisha Grisha Bruskin , which is all well liked . Figure Vasmi did not buy even a starter for 800 euros (!) But there were some good luck - for example, a typical canvas Shutova lucky someone bought for 1500 euros. And is not an isolated example .

• Simon FAIBISOVICH metro "Kirov" . 1988
  Oil on canvas. 150 x 200
  VLADEY. 17.10.2013 . Lot 9
  Estimate: 000-150 100 000
  Result: 120,000 euros
  Source : vladey.net
• Tselkov Portrait of a family . 1965
  Oil on fiberboard . 107 x 84
  VLADEY. 17.10.2013 . Lot 17
  Estimate: 40 000-50 000 euros
  Result: 125,000 euros
  Source : vladey.net

Natalia NESTEROVA Summer . 2000 Oil on canvas. 100 x 150 VLADEY. 17.10.2013 . Lot 72 Estimate: 8 000-10 000 Result: 46,000 euros Source : vladey.net

diverges audience in a good mood . And the organizers - in an even better . Still do not have lasted only slightly to 70 percent of sales (and it is 30 percent higher than the average ) . The main thing is done. And in light of this result is that all these " chudinki " organizers - it is said to programmers , not bugs and features .

Vladimir Bogdanov , AI