Auction "Russian enamel" on October 12. A brief summary
ARTinvestment.RU   17 октября 2016

Sold on 40% on lots. Revenues reached almost 4 million rubles

the Auction was held in an unusual "Russian enamel" time — at 5 PM on Wednesday. Must be staff sensibly decided that the usual Saturday it would match the Antique Salon in Central house of artists, and therefore moved their trading on weekday. And I feel that it does not hurt to hold strong, well-coordinated, and in which-то a home auction. The atmosphere was intimate (about 12-15 people in the room), lead flashing, and off the wall at all slyly looked albert Einstein. In the truest sense of the words: portrait of a genius was one of the lots.

Of the 435 lots were bought 177 (almost 40 %) and revenues amounted to 3.9 million rubles. Time specificity has provided a large number of absentee rates (such sales was 50) via the Internet (online-пользователям left 33 lots) and by phone (phone buyers bought more — 78 lots). In the hall was purchased only 16 lots.

the Section of painting and graphics (the first 190 lots) sold was 33 %. Absentee rates were acquired prints Antoine own (lot 2; 40 thousand roubles), Andrei Piscalkino (original Karl Briullov — lot 13; 45 thousand rubles), Pierre-Огюста Renoir (lot 17; 60 thousand rubles) and the etchings of I. I. Shishkin "From the banks of the Kama river near Elabuga" (lot 16; 65 thousand rubles). Interest to lottery schedule once again was shown by buyers at the onset of lithographs by Boris Kustodiev (lot 35, 13 thousand rubles), Konstantin Bogaevsky (lot 37, 7 thousand rubles), Konstantin Juon (lot 38, 10 thousand rubles), Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (lot 39, 15 thousand rubles.), and a little later over 40 thousand. bought a graphic of Vladimir Stozharov (lot 120; estimate 25-30 thousand rubles). Sold well graphic works of Nikolai Troshin (1897-1990), the benefit of going they in very affordable price range — from 2 thousand.

Phone buyer to start for 71 thousand RUB bought the picturesque landscape of Fyodor Belousov "Plowman" (lot 22). "Rural landscape" painter of the severe style M. F. Nikonova (brother of V. M. Nikonov) was sold to the absentee party for 35 thousand rubles (lot 121). Two paintings on a fishing theme ("Repair network", "Fire river") the authorship of the same Nikonov went for 21 thousand RUB Continued the fishing theme of the work of Tatiana Nilovna Yablonska "Boats" 1950-х years (lot 88; assessment 48-55 thousand rubles); for it argued a correspondence bet, room and telephone. In the end, reached a hammer price of 85 thousand. Finally, the same portrait of albert Einstein performed by Alice Poret went to a new owner 60 thousand.

Some good sales was in a string of icons. Icon "the Finding of the head of John the Baptist" in a silver frame (lot 193, Moscow, Russia, master-монограммист "F. V.", 1833) was bought for 200 thousand rubles (estimate 185-225 thousand rubles). The icon "virgin of Kazan with ascribed to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Guardian Angel" of the second half of the XIX century telephone buyer paid 85 thousand rubles (lot 192; rating 85-100 thousand rubles). Icon "the Holy Trinity (the Hospitality of Abraham") the Palekh school in the struggle of the two contenders reached a hammer price of 245 thousand rubles (lot 195, estimate 185-225 thousand rubles). Two participants in the hall overcame a correspondence bet on the tricuspid skladen of "the Lord Almighty with the upcoming saints Basil the Great and Alexander Nevsky" (lot 206, Moscow, Russia, master-монограммист "VG", 1908-1917) and reached the amount of 155 thousand rubles (estimate 75-145 thousand rubles).

String of silver jewelry were sold at 40% for the lots (total revenue of more than RUB 1 million). The most successful sales can be attributed to the departure of a silver spoon, decorated with enamel, the workshop of Fedor Ruckert (lot 268, Moscow, 1899-1908) 90 thousand руб.; lot significantly exceeded the estimate of 55-65 thousand RUB during the fight two telephone rivals. Salt shaker with enamel the same workshop Ruckert (lot 282, score 55-65 thousand rubles) also caused a fight between the two contenders, the result of which was sold for the same 90 thousand rubles.

For a candy dish in the Russian style (lot 274, Russia, Saint-Петербург, master maker-monogrammist "P. D",1908-1926) telephone buyer paid 105 thousand rubles (rating 95-110 thousand rubles). Another subject in a similar folk style — holder "Bark" (lot 244, Russia, Saint-Петербург, 1899-1908) — got a new owner for 54 thousand RUB. (est 54-65 thousand rubles). It is worth to mention two decanters, decorated with silver. The first decanter, colored glass in green, marching in the set with six glasses (Moscow, silver by Fedor Stroganov, 1880-е), was purchased at the start 70 thousand rubles (lot 219). The second decanter of cut crystal with a silver finial in the form of a bird (lot 260, Russia, Saint-Петербург, master-монограммист "S. A.", 1900) went for 75 thousand rubles (estimate 71-77 thousand rubles). Finally, one of the original lots in the string of silver (or even jewelry) was a silver Laurel wreath (lot 286 St.-Петербург, supplier to the Imperial Court "Lubavin", 1908-1917). Want to "rest on our laurels", of course, found — lot, estimated at 50-65 thousand rubles, bought on the upper estimate.

String glass and porcelain showed the best results in percent: 59 % of the lots went under the hammer (57 of 97), and in monetary terms, revenues amounted to 52% of the average total estimate. Porcelain sculpture of "child's play", made in the late XIX century factory Kuznetsova at the model factories of Gardner, bought for 100 thousand rubles (lot 388; rating 95-105 thousand rubles). Two Vienna teacups with relief mascarons of Bacchus (lot 344) argued from 12 to 40 thousand rubles. And three pre-revolutionary coffee couples from Verbilki (lot 391) with an attractive start only 2 thousand against four candidates reached a hammer price of 40 thousand. you can Also mention the porcelain bottle in the style of chinoiserie (Russia, Verbilki village of Dmitrovskiy district of Moscow province, the Gardner factory, 1830-50-е), bought on launch for 58 thousand rubles (lot 397).

Next auction "Russian enamel" is devoted to antique the paper, held on November 12.

by Maria Onuchina, AI