Used books in the "literary Fund" on July 27. A brief summary
ARTinvestment.RU   09 августа 2017

Inskript A. Blok, F. Sologub addressed, was sold for 2.3 million rubles, and the total amount of revenue amounted to almost 7.25 million rubles

In the last July Thursday, the auction house "Russian enamel" held 68-е in its history, the auction "Rare books, autographs, photographs and posters". The auction catalog includes the most extensive rare book collection this summer — more than 500 lots.

the highlight of the auction, no doubt, were the autographs, amounting to about a fifth of the entire catalog collection. Special attention deserves the publication of an erotic focus, and also the string "Publication history," in which the organizers via-новому approached the composition of the lots and their description — for example, lot 493 titled in the catalog mysteriously: "the Gulag Archipelago [from "New finds of Pleistocene animals corpses in the North-востоке of the USSR" to "White buoy" Eugene Markin]".

In the end, nearly two dozen people in the room, multiple phones and nearly sixty people on the Internet have jointly bought up almost half — 244 of 506 lots offered for auction. Total revenue was slightly less than the 7.25 million, or 71.4% of the average total estimate directory. And it's — in the previously dead summer!

the Greatest activity, as expected, showed online-участники who bought the absolute most — 149 of 244 lots sold. Phone players have won 45 times, hall got 35 lots and 15 lots won by absentee rates.

Mark of the hammer price of 100 thousand rubles, this time crossed from 12 lots, and the total income from the 10 largest deals amounted to 4.55 million rubles — 63% of total revenue of the day.

the Greatest success expected used manuscripts and autographs: of the 86 lots in this category are 55 found new owners. Interestingly, the most accessible of signings cost the buyer to 1 thousand rubles, and the most expensive — 2.3 million. Total revenue for the sold autographs and manuscripts amounted to more than 3.6 million rubles.

the Most expensive lot of the entire evening was also the book with the autograph — collection of Alexander Blok's "Poems about Russia" (1915) by inskript on first free page: "Dear Fyodor Sologub from the loyal author. October 3, 1915" (lot 204). From the start 130 thousand rubles involved in the fight, several participants in the Internet, the phone the player and the buyer in the room. The fate of the lot decided in the ultimate duel between the last two: a few dozen steps of the hall and the phone book has risen almost 17 (!) times and was sold for 2.3 million rubles. Hall won.

On the second place in our virtual ranking of books with autographs — second lifetime edition autobiographical novel by Leo Tolstoy "Childhood and adolescence" (Moscow, printing house of A. Terletskogo and M. Terekhova, 1876) from the library Anatoly Inc. of Gunsta, Russian architect, artist, teacher and actor (lot 81). On the title page of the book — autograph L. N. Tolstoy: "Dear Anat. From. Gunst onmemory. The author". From 120 thousand rubles launch two phones and the Internet have raised the price in 2,3 times, and over 280 thousand rubles, the lot was in new hands.

Third place goes to the book, this is probably one of the most interesting autographs 68-го of the catalog "Cabinet" — dedicatory inscription "Matchless Vsevolod Knyazev incomparable Pushkin; then let it, Vsevolod, the books so written in love. M. Kuzmin" on the back flyleaf of the copy of the third volume of the posthumous works of Alexander Pushkin (lot 39). Personal messages are always more interesting dry and official gifts labels. More interest can cause except that inscripti associated with tragic love stories. The latter category can, of course, be attributed autograph Kuzmin: the fate of Vsevolod Knyazev, from which the poet had very tragic: soon after a break up a love affair with Mikhail Kuzmin Knyazev shot himself in the chest with a revolver... He was 22 years old. Not surprisingly, for an autograph with such a history were fought at once and the telephone, and the Internet, and space. Having bought all bets opponents, won the last. The hammer price was $ 180 thousand rubles.

Past auction will be remembered not only autographs. Erotic publications showed a very good result (considering the theme) 50 % of the care. Extremely interesting and varied three leaders among the lots of other categories.

the Most expensive of them was lot 61 — multi-volume "History of the reign of Peter the Great" H. Ustryalov, which was published in Saint-петербургской typography II Office Property. HIH Office in 1858-1863. The main historical work of Professor of St. Petersburg University, academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences Nikolay Gerasimovich Ustryalov (1805-1870) in six selected half-bound period was sold at the starting price on the phone for 550 thousand rubles.

in a Similar way — without haggling, at the starting rate on the phone — for 400 thousand rubles left, and the second price nepodvizhnoi lot: folder of the 13 original lithographs by Salvador Dali to the novel by M. Cervantes "don Quixote".

But for the third in this list of lot buyers have struggled. Twice. A copy of the Comedy of A. S. Griboedov "Woe from wit" 1833, with a breakdown of the censorship bills with the launch of 110 thousand rubles, in the fight several online participants and players in the hall, quickly grown in the price to 250 thousand rubles. But then it turned out that as a result of small organizational inconsistency party in the hall was fighting with himself (or rather — with your online). In our time of high technology, and this happens. To the credit of organizers, the situation was resolved correctly as possible and the lot was replayed. And again from the market. The second time rates have stayed the amount of 180 thousand rubles, for which lot went into the hall.

Nearly four-hour auction does not leave impressions or drawn out and hard to follow action. Actively participate in and to watch with interest the events were really interesting and helped lots of the directory, and the peculiar way of conducting the auction auctioneer Alexander kiselevskogo. For that, organizers and facilitator thank you.

Past auctions, the auction house "Cabinet" once again confirmed the truism: quality of catalogue compilation and professional work of the organizers leads to a positive result.Despite summer vacations, the weather and other factors.

whether the auction house to keep your success will become clear in the next "book" of trades — "Antiquarian books, photographs, postcards and autographs (no print catalog)", is scheduled for Thursday, August 17.

Maria Kuznetsova, AI