Comparative results of the auction house "Russian enamel" on February 22
ARTinvestment.RU   26 февраля 2018

On the eve of the house "Russian enamel" has pleased its customers regular monthly auction of Russian and Western European art

pre-last Thursday, the auction house "Russian enamel" held a traditional monthly auction of Russian and Western European art. Timing heroically out of class: two hours in the afternoon at work, besides pre-holiday day. Managed to start only at 14:30, but despite the delays and pauses associated with disruptions in online-торгах (and those happened about five), the auction was conducted with dignity. The event also was not deprived: the hall was almost completely full, and the Network fought for more than forty players.

the Catalog was composed of 542 lots (one was removed before the auction), classified in the typical "Russian enamel" blocks announced by the auctioneer to the principle: "Flies separately, cutlets separately". The first block consisted of paintings and drawings (250 lots), the second — icons (lot 44), third — silverware (lot 62), fourth — work of jewelry craftsmen (37 lots), fifth — porcelain and glass (lot 92), and sixth, as in past times, was given to the works of other decorative-прикладных arts (57 lots). Only the catalog includes 248 lots of items DPI, 48 lots less than visual art and icons together. Note this point: how long has "Russian enamel" was advised not to waste time on TRYING to focus only on a successful PDI, and already painting, graphics and icons quantitatively prevail in the directory. The confidence with which the auction house creates its own collection, be welcome!

during the auction to make some money turned out to 7,037 million rubles., and 60.7% of this amount was collected by the decorative sections-прикладного art. First, refer to General statistics: of the 542 lots sold was 230, or 42.4% of catalog. Superiority on number of purchases belongs to the participants by phone — is 47.8 %, followed by players in the network (23 %) and the owners of absentee bids (16.5 %), and closing were the hall (12,7 %).

Overall rating of sales is original: first place went to circle 1830-1840 years of cobalt glass, manufactured by the Imperial glass factory. After a long and arduous struggle, phones, the lot was 250 thousand rubles, exceeding the lower estimeyt 3.8 times and entering the top ten works that showed the highest difference between the estimate and the hammer price.

On the second and third place overall ranking turned out to be two works oil on canvas and cardboard respectively — "still life with flowers and apples" Leo Simanovich Swamps (220 thousand roubles) and "North village" Ephraim I. Zverkova (190 thousand rbl.), both work in the fight bets won room. These works lead price rating fine arts.

the Rating on the growth rates is also managed in this time to impress both participants and observers. The leader is a figure of Usto Mumin ink on paper "Boy with yoke" (Alexander V. Nikolaev), sold for 160 thousand rubles, while the estimate 5-6 thousand: the price of it exceeded the lower bound of the estimated cost is 32 times! The beginning of bargaining for this work immediately made it clear that selling is serious: as soon as the lot was announced, followed by a refinement of the correspondence rate of 100 thousand rubles, after which he held the opposition to absentee bid, the Internet and the player from the hall, past the work and went. Part-time work of Usto Mumin closes the three most expensive works of painting and graphics.

the Second and third increase in steel prices, lots 351 (cigarette case with inlaid demantoid, 185 thousand RUB when assessing 29-34 thousand RUB, the price is higher than the estimate of 6.4 times) and 509 (a support for papers in Russian style 17 thousand rubles, while the estimate 3-5 thousand rubles, the price is higher than the estimate of 5.7 times).

Now consider all of these achievements in more detail. In the ranking of painting and drawing, recall, the three leaders make up the work Swamps, Zverkova and Usto Mumin. We've already reviewed, so you can just add that entire section was sold OUT 72, or 28.8 %, of the lots for a total amount of 2.2 million rubles.

the next section of icons was sold fourteen lots (31% of the total). The most expensive among them — icon "John the Baptist" in a silver frame, bought in 71 thousand rubles by correspondence rate. The following cost — icon of the mother of God "surety of sinners", who retired in 67 thousand roubles to the participant on the phone. And three of the icon was sold for 50 thousand rubles: "Saint great Martyr Ekaterina" (got online-участнику), "Holy Martyr Alexander" (went on a correspondence rate) and "Holy great Healer Panteleimon" (the icon bought phone participant).

a Section of silver of the 62 lots was able to successfully cast 29 (46,7%), and total revenues amounted to 55.2 % of the total mean estimate of the unit. Topped the rating of sales of the above-mentioned silver cigarette case with inlaid demantoid (185 thousand rubles), and second place and third place went to the decanters — withfinial in the form of rose flowers (168 thousand rubles, selling on the phone) and in the neoclassical style, with a picture of a Griffon and swans (120 thousand rubles, went to the player in the hall).

among the Most impressive in this auction were the results section of jewelry. Selling 25 of 37 (67,5 %) of the lots section — is still florets, berries was the total amount of the transaction: RUB 1.3 million, or 82.1 percent of the average estimate of a string. In comparison with others, thus, a small jewelry section was the most successful.

Rating open earrings with diamonds and emeralds 1899-1908 years (180 thousand RUB when assessing 120-130 thousand rubles), the second place was shared with pendant with aquamarines (160 thousand rubles, estimate of 100-110 thousand rubles) and a pendant with diamonds of the modern era (160 thousand rubles, estimate of 120-125 thousand rubles), and the last was a brooch with pearls and diamonds (sold at the start of 87 thousand rubles.). It is characteristic that most of the lots were purchased by phone; the exception to the General rule are only five lots (lots 359, 361, 364, 368 sold for an absentee rates, lot 388 retook hall).

In the section devoted to porcelain and glass, also found a lot of interesting items sold was 53.2 per cent (49 lots). It was immediately sold mug cobalt glass, which in addition to the overall rankings of the records, was the first in this, too. Second in the top three was lot 420 — toilet set with images of birds and flowers. Set of two bottles, candle holder, tray, jar with a lid, and vases, created by brothers Kornilov, was bought for 110 thousand rubles (estimate of 60-65 thousand rbl.). Closed three plate work Kornilov brothers with a picture of a cab, which was estimated at 28-35 thousand RUB: party on the phone bought it for 48 thousand rubles.

the Final block of the auction, containing bronzes, cast iron, other metals and alloys, and also products of PDI not included in previous sections, at relatively low prices boasts their amount: it was sold by 71.9 % (Lot 41 of 57) 57.9% of the total average estimate. The variety of items in this part especially had to taste the participants on the phone who has committed 75 % of purchases.

the Championship this time got the box from the Karelian birch with figured linings in the form of a double-headed eagle with the Orb and scepter created in 1910-х. Symbolic thing created to the tercentenary of the ruling dynasty of the Romanovs, was estimated at 50-65 thousand rubles and sold for 85 thousand.

the Company box in the rating the second number is cast a bronze sculpture "Geisha, playing the shamisen" is probably the work of Japanese master Genryusai Seiya. Eastern the work exceeding the estimate of 20-25 thousand RUB three times — 60 thousand. I bought the network participant. Third place in the section also got a plastic art: copyright bust "mefistofele" by the sculptor Vladimir Nikolayevich Domogatskiy was sold on the upper estimate for 50 thousand rubles.

Alexandra Manojlovic, AI