Archive Venedikt Erofeev brought in 1.85 million rubles at the auction "Russian enamel"
ARTinvestment.RU   29 ноября 2016

Total revenue trades 24 November exceeded 12 million rubles

Thursday, November 24, respected rare book community gathered for the next book auction at the auction house "Russian enamel". The main intrigue of the auction, of course, created for sale, archive of writer Venedikt Erofeev, which consisted not only of his own records, but also of personal items, mysterious "Books of Saturn (Urn)" second wife Galina Erofeeva Bow etc. As befits a main dish, this archive was already at the close of trading — starting with 325 lots. But "appetizers" and "entrees" in the form of 324 lots of rare books, autographs, photographs, postcards and posters was greeted with equal appetite.

summary statistics: sold lot 162 of 346 (47 %) for a total of 12.46 million rubles (61.5% of the average total estimate). Activity of all participants were in the hall and on the Internet: they went for 55 lots. On the phone through the auction house bought 32 lots, and finally, 20 lots were given to the owners of absentee bids.

For 950 thousand rubles., start phone buyer purchased a book Fyodor Petrovich Litke "Chetyrehbalnoy journey to the Arctic ocean..." (SPb.: In the Marine type., 1828), which is, in fact, a report on the academic four-year work on the inventory of the coast of New Land. The following lot (number 13) became the top-лотом of the auction. It was the first two volumes of the Literary Gazette (issues 1-36 37-72 and in 1830), published by Baron Delwig, lifetime publications of Alexander Pushkin. For instance, originating from the collection of the famous historian I. E. Zabelin, the same phone buyer paid 2 million rubles (score of 1.9–2 million rubles.). Those wishing to challenge this impressive figure was not.

Another publication, before the auction announced as top-лот and these expectations justify, — "Diaboliad. Stories" by Mikhail Bulgakov, with expanded inskript the author on the fly leaf in the address of a close friend, the writer Yuri Slezkin L. (lot 206). The book came into the fight the phone and online-игроки; they quickly passed the estimate 770-800 thousand rubles and reached a hammer price of 1.1 million more Insistent RUB the other was a phone player. For comparison: a year ago, in November 2015, another instance of "Diabolism" autographed Bulgakov was sold for 1.4 million rubles.

this seven-digit results over, but not over impressive selling. A few lots left significantly more expensive than prior estimates in a serious fight bets. For example, the Internet and face-to-face participants have long argued for the poetry collection "Rural evenings", 1811, Anna Bunina (1774-1829), one of the first Russian poets. As a result, from 28 thousand rbl. has reached 180 thousand RUB hall Won. Late 70 thousand rubles more expensive than the estimate, was sold to the manuscript of the "Apocalypse" of mid-nineteenth century (lot 40@the semicolon assessment 140-150 тыс.руб.; the result of 220 thousand rubles.).

Over 95 thousand RUB. in the evaluation of 28-30 thousand RUB sold was a collection of quotes of famous poets for every day of the year, "Duma Duma" (SPb.: Edition T-ва M. O. Wolff, 1885). However, the lot was originally the high part-time rate (started with 55 thousand rubles). And so this correspondence bet in the end no one could interrupt.

160 thousand RUB. paid telephone buyer for the works of the Russian historian Nikolai Karlovich Schilder of (1842-1902) on Paul I and Alexander I. the book "Emperor Paul I" topped the rating by half (estimate 80-85 thousand rubles), and a four-volume biography of Alexander Iprior to the final prices rose from the start of 110 thousand rubles

the First book of poems Anna Akhmatova "Evening", published in the 1912 edition of just 300 copies that was purchased via the Internet for 380 thousand in the evaluation less than half (190-200 thousand rubles). And the first volume of six-volume the collected works of Igor Severyanin (Moscow: Izd. Vladimir Pashukanis, 1915), starting from 8 thousand roubles, in the fight several of the participants in the room and the Internet went over 50 thousand full-time player. Another poetic lot — manuscript of Nicholas Aseeva "My own hand" — in the evaluation of 110-120 thousand rubles was purchased for 300 thousand rubles.

a Handwritten love letter to Ilya Zdanevich, addressed to Sofia Georgievna Melnikova, previously estimated at 200-220 thousand rubles party in the hall won over 260 thousand rubles.

Business cards of famous people one of the most interesting collecting category. By itself, the card — thing small and short-lived, perceived its utilitarian contemporaries. And the more important are cards that have reached us after decades and centuries. At auction "Russian enamel" was exhibited a card of Fyodor Chaliapin for 14-15 thousand rubles (15 thousand rubles) and Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (aka Andrew White) for 14-15 thousand RUB (the result of 55 thousand rubles.).

deserves mention string out of three children's books 1930-х years, Kiev, publishing house "Culture", bringing together in the period around himself a group of talented artists-авангардистов. All three books were exhibited with equal an estimate of 25-26 thousand rubles. and was received great attention of players via the Internet and by phone. Book of Boris Kriukov "Alarm" about the work of firefighters went for 48 thousand rubles For the book "Clothing" designed by the artist Boris Ermolenko, traded up to 210 thousand rubles. And 10-страничная book, "What people?" with illustrations of Boris Kriukov was sold and the more expensive — for 230 thousand.

Finally, the turn came the and archive Venedikt Erofeev. By the way, lots associated with the author of the poem "Moscow — males", has appeared at auction "Russian enamel" before, but not in such numbers. It all began in October of 2015, when at the auction "KABINET" exhibited was a personal diary of a writer 130 pages. For it finally gave 2.2 million rubles in the assessment of 1,4–1,5 thousand rbl. Then in February of 2016 was sold for 180 thousand rubles (estimate 25-26 thousand rubles) voice-producing apparatus, which Venedikt Erofeev used after surgery on the larynx. And for 280 thousand roubles on the same February auction "Russian enamel" has left the selection of the 13 publications related Yerofeyev (estimate 25-30 thousand rubles).

At the auction on November 24. archive of sold lots was 6 (of 22) for a total amount of 1.85 million rubles (56% of the average total estimate of the Thong). Among the lots sold — notebook phone book of the writer: the hammer price amounted to 600 thousand rubles (estimate 550-600 thousand rubles). I bought her party in the hall.

For 160 thousand rubles (estimate: 70 to 72 thousand rubles) to the player left a letter, written by Erofeev Viktor Nekrasov, author of the novel "In the trenches of Stalingrad", a soldier, a man of rare courage, inner freedom and truthfulness. In 1974, he was literally forced to emigrate. In the letter, written on the menu of a Parisian Brasserie, it is, in particular, wrote: "I'm Your biggest fan. As a writer and Person (notice with a capital letter)..."

One of the most interesting lots of the archive is "the Book of Saturn(Urn)" erofeevki Galina Pavlovna — the second wife of Venedikt Erofeev. In this notebook, Galina was engaged in syntactic experiments and numerology and, according to her mother, Claudia Andreyevna Grabovoy, "calculated mathematically that Erofeev had to die the eleventh, in may 1990. So this happened..." Yerofeyev After his death from throat cancer Galina had lived a little more than three years, after which, unable to bear the separation, took his own life. Her mother continued this "Book" by writing his memories and Galina Yerofeev. This important historical source was sold to a player in the hall for 130 thousand rubles (estimate 90-95 thousand rubles).

Next, over 220 thousand roubles player in the room bought the manuscript of the novel by V. Yerofeyev "the Gospel" (a score of 140-150 thousand RUB) on 15 sheets. Over 320 thousand rubles (estimate: 180-200 thousand RUB) from the auction went to the leaf, on both sides of which was a note Erofeeva 1982 about the poet Sasha Black. Finally, for 420 thousand rubles party in the hall has won 6 of the pages from the diary of Venedikt Erofeev 1986 (estimate of 280-300 thousand rubles).

Next auction "Russian enamel" will be held on December 4 and will be timed to 100-летию famous conductor, composer and legend of Russian jazz Oleg Lundstrem.

Maria Onuchina, AI