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Yesterday, December 11, 2013 Auction House "Kabinet" spent the next 22 minutes the auction " Russian paintings and drawings XIX - XX centuries . " , completing a series of pre-Christmas trading them (except for yesterday , it included and two Sunday auction - " orders, medals , insignia of the Russian Empire. Objects history" and " Old and rare books , prints, photographs " ).

auction was interesting : in the hall of pre-holiday atmosphere prevailed , it was a lot of laughter and jokes , and there was a lot of bargaining. At the exit from the hall seemed that everything was much more actively and productively than it actually is , according to the figures. Maybe it's in a lot of people and their high spirits. And in the hall that night was a real full house : a half-past five in the evening, which was appointed to the start of trading , had already gathered more than 50 people , and people kept coming up in the next 10-15 minutes , which organizers specially allocated for it to wait for stragglers guests .

this room, by the way, and took nearly half of those sold in the evening of 70 lots - 34 works . 30 times lucky customers on the phone , absentee bid won only 6 of 21 times .

In the catalog organizers managed to gather many of the most popular in the Russian art market names. Among the top lots of trades could see works I. Aivazovsky , I. Levitan , Kharlamov , Larionov , Roerich , A. Yakovlev , etc. It sold 70 of 174 ( 40.23 %) exhibited at the auction lots in the amount of 19,462,500 rubles, or 41.2 %of the mean estimate. This is slightly higher than the market average Russian indicator for all " scenic " auctions this year .

auction catalog was compiled in accordance with the chronology of the creation of jobs, so most of the most expensive lots - famous works authors mid - late XIX century , were concentrated in the first half of trading .

Interestingly, this time bargaining was not only in the lower and middle price segments , as is often the case , but for items whose price went beyond the seven-digit border, although most such items are bought without haggling or bargaining is off the hall , between part-time exhibitors . For example, for a small (15,7 × 24,3) painting " Sailboat at Sea" Aivazovsky (Lot 4) traded phone and absentee rate in several steps to raise the price of the lot to 2.4 million rubles from 1.7 million start . " Sailboat ... " went to a buyer on the phone and became the first major purchase of the evening .

interesting bargaining went on lot 43 - light and optimistic landscape "Rainbow » N. P. Krymova . This work have previously been exhibited at a Moscow auction , did not want to give each other the buyer on the phone and one of the players in the room. For five tense steps (although sometimes the rate was in half-step ) they managed to exceed the upper estimate of the result and exit 1.1 million rubles to 850,000 start. Work went buyer in the room .

Two other results , centenarians millionth bar - a record 2.5 million rubles for the painting "Sunrise at Sea" by Ivan Aivazovsky (Lot 20) and 2.3 million rubles schedule for " Tibetan monk with bell " Yakovlev (Lot 63 ) - have been achieved more "traditionally" : work went into the hall to start .

IK Aivazovsky Dawn on the sea. 1896 Oil on wood. 16,4 × 13,1 Kabinet . 11.12.2013 . Lot 20 Estimate: 2 500 000-3 000 000 Result: 2.5 million rubles Source : kabinet-auktion.com

KRYMOV NP Rainbow . 1908 canvas , oil on cardboard . 25 × 25 Kabinet . 11.12.2013 . Lot 43 Estimate: 000-950 850 000 Result: 1.1 million rubles Source : kabinet-auktion.com

Very good diverged "seasonal" work, with winter , pre-Christmas -themed - and painting and graphics . A typical example - " Winter Forest » Alexander Alexander Borisov ( Lot 34), in 5 steps retired to room 750 000 with 500,000 start. Not without bargaining found its new owner and "Winter Landscape with hunting moose » V. Muraveva ( Lot 27) - for 650 of its 000 retook the buyer on the phone. Enjoyed popularity and quality things , dedicated to winter sports: just above or under the estimate and bought " The Game of Hockey » Akishina ( Lot 103) , and " skier » Isaac I. Greenstein's ( Lot 105 ).

Graphics general recently sold very well - the original one, and Draw , and not just "winter scenes ." At this time, started a real struggle for etchings Ivan I. Shishkin ( items 8 , 9, 10, 18 , 19) . Bargaining for some of them reached 12-13 steps , and final prices are often higher than the upper estimate , sometimes twice. Good graphics gone C. Vidbergs ( lots 29 and 30) , etching N. Sinezubova ( Lot 37 ), etc.

Borisov AA Winter Forest . 1914 Oil on canvas. 49,2 × 80 Kabinet . 11.12.2013 . Lot 34 Estimate: 000-700 500 000 Result : 750 000 rubles Source : kabinet-auktion.com

ANTS VL . Winter landscape with elk hunting . 1905 Tempera on cardboard , lacquer. 30 × 48,5 Kabinet . 11.12.2013 . Lot 27 Estimate: 000-560 520 000 Result : 650 000 rubles Source : kabinet-auktion.com

Unfortunately, many remained unclaimed "top" of the auction. Did not find a buyer or " clay cliffs " Levitan (Lot 14) , or " Portrait of a Girl " A. Kharlamov (Lot 15) , or " Morning . Karelia Suite "(lot 36) Roerich , or" Three Girls " Larionov (Lot 89) or the many other worthy work .

Traditionally cause failures often search in estimeyte overvalued , but perhaps there is not quite the case. Take, for example , " Portrait of a Girl " by Alexei Kharlamov. Such a portrait of the same technology and size (47,9 × 38,6) was sold to May 9, 2013 at Sotheby's auction from the start to 60,000 dollars for 75,000 dollars ( 2.475 million rubles), which is comparable with the estimate of " Cabinet " in 2350 000-2 900 000 rubles. We can only guess what the organizers have not guessed Trading is not the time or not the buyer . The situation may change in postauktsionnyh sales .

Whatever it was , congratulations Auction House "Kabinet" a worthy end the 2013 season and wish you success in the coming , 2014 .

Maria Kuznetsova , AI