October 19, 2013 Auction House " Znak " held company first specialized bonistichesky auction " Issue 1 » .

Earlier bonds and securities were indispensable thong on all auctions " Znak ", but out of them a whole catalog of the auction house decided for the first time . Announcing the upcoming auction, " Znak " noted that the interest rate on the bonds and securities was made not by chance, because lately they seriously interested collectors . In addition to the collection of objects of interest bonistics , the organizers paid attention to their high investment potential , as opposed to the unique Russian coins and commemorative medals, prices are often incredibly high and up to several million dollars , no less rare bonds and securities are in ten times less. Such underestimation means only one thing : the market has growth prospects , it is profitable to invest money .

And bonistichesky first auction was held , and it is encouraging : as the saying goes , the regiment arrived auction , or the State-owned language, there is a growing product range .

Why is this so important ? Well, because the first time - it's always interesting how , and equally revealing: immediately clear whether there is keen collectors of this particular theme. And if so, are there many of them? And if a lot, if they're willing to pay for your hobby ?

All these questions boldly answer: yes, yes and yes . And there are collectors , and many of them (in the auction was attended by about 30 people ), they are gambling and completely solvent people .

Anticipating the auction , principal owner of the auction house " Znak " Ilya Goryanov , admitted that the important factor in the organization of the auction was the fact that he is an active collector of objects , and that he bonistics good to see colleagues on the case. Completing a small opening speech , Ilya Goryanov wished everyone good luck in the auction. And - began .

first section « Russian Empire » actively began with sales of " napoleonovok " - so called fake French Russian state bank notes that were used in 1812 French Army to purchase fodder , food, and wait for the payment of salaries paid officers. Of the four materials for sale napoleonovok sold all four , three of them - from the market in two steps , with the 25 - ruble went from 25 000-30 000, and a 50 -ruble bought for 76,000 rubles. Who would have thought then that after two hundred years, and these will demand a fake !

After the fakes for sale have already entered the Russian state bank notes , however , to my surprise, they were not met by the public so hot. Of the 42 items in this section of notes , credit notes and even the U.S. Russian -Asian Bank (yes , there were dollars in the Russian Empire ) sold 17, which is 40.5 %, although it is not bad .

The next section « USSR ». this statistic was much better: of the 25 lots sold in this section 16 , that is 64 %- an excellent result . Hall was active in the fight against absentee rates majority of lots ( 12) got exactly the room . But the two most expensive lots were sold at the absentee rates: starting at 3,000,000 rubles was bought by a unique , not described in the literature of project bonds "Ticket of the State Bank of the USSR 1 gold coin " in 1924 (lot 55) , and for 4.8 million rubles left the project bonds "Ticket of the State Bank of the USSR 5 gold pieces " of the same year (lot 56). In private collections all over the world are known only 7 projects Soviet banknotes 1920 different denominations , hence the price. But the third in value in the Soviet securities lot - "Payment obligation to fund the Central People's Commissariat of Finance SSSR $ 100 gold " in 1924 (lot 60 ), defended in an easy fight are a member in the audience. A couple of times after the fall of the hammer was heard behind me a heavy sigh : " God, what a price! But I was a fool , yesterday gave half the price ... ", as that just confirms the need for such an auction for pricing .

In the next section , « Regional issues » paper proposed for various purposes from a variety of regions and existing , and then to the former Empire - from Murmansk to Yalta and of the Kingdom of Poland to the Far East. Emphasis is placed not so much the results of the tenders (out of 87 lots sold to 27 , ie 31 %, which , by the way , is not bad ), but the names of the securities and their issuers . In the presented bank liabilities , receipts , vouchers , "counter- stamp ", checks, etc. , etc. , issued by anyone - from banks to cooperative workers of the city of Lipetsk and its counties and the Military School of Marine pilots named . Trotsky in Sevastopol. In such an exotic , of course , the buyer is not found on every thing. For example , a coupon , and Bon " rospisku " Berdichev urban food council, Dunaeveczkij Zinkovskaya and Jewish communities in 1918-1919 (lots 89-93 ) in the range of 30 000-65 000 participants is not inspired , but the IOU Club GPU Crimea them . Dzerzhinsky by 1 penny , released in 1924 (lot 104) , went on absentee rate of 50 000. That, incidentally , is another plus of such auctions - a sense of time and life .

biggest in composition - 146 lots - was the next section , « Foreign bonds » . Sold 11 lots , ie 7.5%. Not much, but is understandable and very revealing: always, everywhere and in all areas of collecting in the first place people interested in domestic subjects , and only then, when saturated collection of his own, can occur gradually expanding the geographical scope . " Issue 1" - the first specialized auction bonistics , and he clearly showed that up to saturation is still far. However, you want to stay a little bit more on the 11 lots sold , 5 of which were from the thong dollars - not surprising fashionable topic . Conflict of interest participants were three lots . During the 50 - dollar bill in 1880 (lot 252 ) fought just three : zaochku , room and phones with the launch of 300 000 rubles for ten paces price has risen to 510,000 , and stopped at a rate number . Then just fought for banknote denominations of $ 10 000 in 1900 (lot 270 ) , and again won the hall phone and zaochku , six steps after going from 350 000 to 470 000 . To my surprise, the dignity of the bill would not play a special role in bidding for it .

What other countries have attracted the attention of our collectors than the U.S.? Suddenly , India and Japan . Of the five lots sold to the three Rs , and the note in 200 Japanese yen in 1927 (lot 299 ) and at all has gone more than a dollar items , over 2.2 million rubles - though without a fight , at the start , nevertheless conclude : Serious collectors of Japanese money in the country is .

most productive was the last section , « Securities » : of the 35 lots sold 24 ( 68.6 %) - very, very good by the standards of auction statistics .

sum totals. Overall, everything was very much alive. Hall was active and purchased 39.4 %of the lots , more participants bought by absentee rates - 54.5 %of the lots , and , surprisingly , there were no participants in the phone ... If it were not for the last 15 minutes of trading , it would have to write about me now antirecord when the bidding would have gone entirely without telephones , and so have done - and 6.1 %of the lots did get the phone .

result in monetary terms - 57 %of the mean estimate is higher than the market average result this year .

Achievement lots is that only sold 99 of 339 lots. And this is the case , should not be considered as a percentage and in pieces . Previously, " Znak " in 2013 exhibited twice securities and bonds at auction, sold a total of 102 of the 160 lots , it turns out that one special auction sold the same number of lots bonisticheskih as on the previous two teams bidding. Obviously, when compiling the catalog the following specialized trades should be approached in the selection of lots more severely, not to get involved in their number of participants in an effort to numb the scale and diversity of supply, and given the current concerns and priorities collectors may increase the share of the domestic market and the number of foreign podsokraschat bit . On the other hand, specialized trades to and devised to offer the widest selection of items in the still very narrow range of collectibles, and perhaps this volume offers to attract new ideas and new energy into the ranks of collectors bonistics .

We wish the new auction seven feet under the keel and a Happy sailing !

Constantine Babulin , AI