29 July in the "House of antique books in Nikitsky" was next, 58-й auction "Rare books, manuscripts, autographs, photographs and postcards".

Auction went without special record, in a rather cheerful work mode, and quite indicative of the summer lull with the result. The auction, which consisted of 397 lots, attracted the attention of twenty-odd people who came to the hall in person, multiple phone customers and about two dozen participants online. Absentee rates have been relatively few — only 41, but she was victorious in 65 % of cases @time 27 mdash. The greatest activity was shown by hall, who bought almost half sold that evening — lots 49, 45 times celebrated the victory of telephone participants and 22 times — Internet-биддеры. All in all, the 58-го auction "House of antique books in Nikitsky" with the hammer went from 143 397 (in × 36.02 %) of the lots offered at auction for a total amount of 3 600 rubles 187 — 30,22 % of the average total estimate@

auction Catalogue consisted of eight thematic sections: "the military and civil History", "Science and religion. Social life, Geography, Ethnography, travel, Publications, useful in everyday life", "Achieving the Country of the Soviets", "Manuscripts, autographs, documents and cards. Sheet edition", "Illustrated edition. Books on art and literature. Publications about the works of writers and poets". With second-hand and antiquarian curiosities of the nineteenth century like a unique illustrated copy of the second edition of the essay "the Adventures of Chichikov or Dead souls" by N. Gogol 1846 (lot 321, an estimate of 1.3–1.35 million rubles) or the first edition of "Boris Godunov" by Alexander Pushkin in 1831 (lot 317, estimate: 1,2–1,25 million roubles) adjoined a large selection of books V. I. Lenin, L. D. Trotsky and other leaders of the Soviet state, these compositions were offered at a much more modest amount. Unfortunately, a lot of enthusiasm among buyers nor rare editions of Russian classics, or lots associated with the first persons of the recent Soviet past, not vyzvali@

moreover, the border in 100 000 rubles overcame only four lots sold. So, for 450 000 rubles by correspondence rate was sold two-volume collection "Legends of Russian people" I. Sakharov, 1841-1849 edition (lot 320) — the most expensive purchase of the evening. Lot 306 —; a rare complete set of the journal of the Association of artists of revolution "Art to the masses" for the years 1929-1930 went for 220 000 rubles at a starting rate of part-time and showed, thus, the second result of the evening. For 150, 000 rubles in the lounge for the launch were sold a handwritten letter to Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich [K. R.] Vice-президенту the Imperial Academy of Sciences Yakov Karlovich Grot with the manuscript of the poem "the Rookie", even before the start of trading called among the top-лотов auction. Another rare edition — a collection of "thoughts, poems," the poet-декабриста, a friend of A. Pushkin, Kondraty Ryleev (lot 316) also justified the title of one of the most interesting lots of the auction and took two steps on the absentee rate, perekopivka room, per 100 000 rublei@

To the undisputed success of the organizers of the auction include a selection of 13 lots separate numbers of an illustrated magazine "USSR in construction" (lots 176, 179-181, 183, 186-190, 201-203). On the release of this famous propaganda publication, published from 1930 to 1941 and in 1949, worked as M. Gorky, Alexander Rodchenko, El Lissitzky, etc. For each issue there was a serious fight involving multiple telephone and online-претендентов and players in the hall. The starting price was settled in a comfortable range from 1 500 to 8 000, with private rooms took on average twice as high as the start, and the most expensive of them @. No. 12 of 1933, in publishing an illustrated cover designed by Rodchenko and Z. Deineka (lot 181), — was purchased by phone more than five times more expensive launch — for 42 000 rubley@

Most successful in 58-м the auction was a string of "Achievements of the Soviet state", which was implemented on 24 of the 39 lots, totaling 418 000 (71,61 % of the mean estimate). The most expensive lot of the section was the album "From merchant Moscow to socialist Moscow" 1932 edition, over decoration which worked V. Stepanova, A. Rodchenko, V. Saveliev, Kazachinsko etc. (lot 178). With 12 000 start lot in the struggle of the party in the hall, two Internet-игроков and two phones got overplayed all online-биддеру 70 000; this result achieved a record of profitability Torgov@

Broad category of "Manuscripts, autographs, documents and cards. Leaf edition" of the 72 lots were sold at 40,28 % and organizers brought 200 roubles 524 — 68,18 % of the average estimate razdel@

In third place in scoring was this time always relevant "Publications that are useful in everyday life": 40 % @ & mdash; by lots and 35,11 % — for the money. The most successful among the "useful" books were used by the essay "Plutarch Chernyshkova about delovodstva or parenting instruction", translated with "ellinisticheskie language" Stepan Pisarev in 1771 (lot 140). From the start of 25,000 rubles in the wrestling room and the phone book went to last 48 000 rubley@

a Champion on yield —; more than a third of total revenue trading — became the most voluminous, of the 82 lots in the section "fiction. Publications about the works of writers and poets", which has sold 30 lots at $ 1 055 200 rubles. In addition to two of the three highest treatments in the evening, about which was written above, in this string of memorable and some interesting results. For example, quite a long fight dragged on for the possession of lot 356 — book "Iskander Name" A. B. Kusikova from the collection of V. Shershenevitch. Edition, published by "Imaginisce" limited edition of 500 copies in 1921-1922 years in Moscow, attracted the attention of the phone player and participant in the hall and debated with each other more than 10 steps. Won the hall, pick up a book for 42,000 rubles. Long could not decide who will get the last catalog lot — book "verses and Poems" by Joseph Brodsky, released in new-Йорке in 1965. Starting with 40 000 absentee rate for the publication of more than ten steps led duel two telephone bidder. In the end, the book got the winner for 75 000 rubley@

Following antiquarian auction "House of antique books in Nikitsky" held on 20 August 2015. The results we will surely soobshil@

Maria Kuznetsova, AI