Autumn auction house "SOVKOM" October 19. A brief summary
ARTinvestment.RU   20 октября 2017

Auction of Russian and Soviet art in total gathered more than half a million dollars. Catalog sold by 53.5 %

in Moscow Yesterday took place one of the most visible auction event of the year: 147-е in its history conducted the auction the auction house "SOVKOM".

"the Shovel" — one of the last auctions the old school, and despite all the difficulties and changes that befell the Russian art-рынок, he continues to collect in their catalogues the paintings and graphics of the highest level. No exception to this past auction.

at seven o'clock p.m., on the assigned start of the auction, in the hall there were about five dozen people — famous collectors and gatherers, representatives of renowned collectors not only from Moscow but from other cities and villages of Russia. Moreover (and this is rare these days) most of them — buyers, not just viewers. Though the audience, of course, also missing.

in just Over an hour clean time auction under the hammer sold 60 of 112 put up for auction lots (four lots published in the catalogue, for various reasons, were withdrawn before the auction) for a total of $516 400 — about 30 million rubles at the current exchange rate and 20,42 % of the mean estimate of the directory.

participated At the auction was crawling it very much. Some lots were traded not one-два, as is often the case, and five-шесть. Hall, to be exact, twenty of the most successful players in the hall sold out more than half sold — 36 of 60 lots. Phone players got 15 lots and 9 out of 19 times was the winning distance rate. Internet-торгов in "Sovkome" traditionally, no.

the most Actively bought up lots of the most affordable price level: the limit of $10,000 crossed 16 of 60 of the works sold, and only two lots were sold more expensive $50 000.

the Most expensive lot of last night was large-scale genre painting "Moscow yard. Big hockey" painted by a pupil of P. I. Petrovichev artist Victor Cholovicha, originating from the artist's family (lot 99). With $50,000 in start of bid for lot joined the party in the hall and a phone, which steps $1,000 pretty quickly raised the price to $60 000, for which she got a new owner on the phone.

the Second work, which was subjected to significant price level of $50,000, has become one of the reference "white" still lifes of Weisberg — song 1971 "Cube. Ball. Pyramid" (lot 116) sold for $50,000 at the start by absentee rate.

the Three price leaders yesterday closes one of the most popular nowadays landscape painters of the late nineteenth century — Julia Yulyevich Clover. Almost metre canvas in 1884, one of the favorite motives of the author, called "Winter. Sunset" (lot 17), found its new owner among the participants, and was sold for $45 000.

But it's all painting.

the Most expensive sold a lot of graphical work was genre painting by Konstantin vyalov Ostovtsy "defending the Maritime boundaries" (lot 48); starting the bidding at $15 000, a party room and party onthe phone quickly moved to the hall bets $24 000, to kill the phone is not wanted.

But record growth in prices relative to the launch showed a large, bright and-хорошему decorative, exhibition of the work of Vladimir Valery G. kokurina "Warm spring" (lot 89). From the start of $7000, in the struggle for the exhibition came from four or five participants in the hall. In steps of $1,000, and that of polejack, they are quite long moved to a victorious rate of $23 000. In the end, a very beautiful characteristic of the author and Vladimir school overall, the picture has risen in price three times and set a new absolute record price for the artist at a public auction sales! And this is the biggest and (more importantly) the surprise on the previous evening.

For comparison, very good work, "the Snow fell" (lot 90) one of the main representatives of the Vladimir school of painting Kim Britova was sold at $5 000 is cheaper — for $18,000, at the start, party orders over the phone.

Well, congratulations "Scoop" with a very confident result. Although the total amount made up 20.42 % of the mean estimate of the directory is one of the highest results for fine art auctions in recent times, conceding except spring auctions "Sovkome" gathered, we will remind, more than $620 000. Of course, the overall figures could be higher if I managed to sell at least one of 7 lots, put in the catalogue with an estimate above $100,000, but we have what we have.

How to change (and change?) the situation — will see less than six months: the next auction "sovkoma" is tentatively scheduled for February — March 2018.

Maria Kuznetsova, AI