May 15 in Moscow to open the representation of Swedish auction house «Bukovskis». The ceremony will take part Swedish Princess Christina - Chairman of Cultural Council «Bukovskis»

May 15 in Moscow to open the representation of Swedish auction house «Bukovskis». The ceremony will take part Swedish Princess Christina - Chairman of Cultural Council «Bukovskis».

The new office on Nikolskaya Street will set up a small VIP exhibition. It will show the best lots in May bid auction to be held in Stockholm and Helsinki.

In particular, the guest will see later the work of Ivan Shishkin «Wood» with exclusive provenansom. Cloth comes from a family of William Bolin, a representative of the company W. A. Bolin - court jewelers four Russian tsars and three Swedish kings. Pre-auction experts evaluated the work at 530-740 thousand euros.

In addition, pre-exposure will be presented to the canvas by Alexei Kharlamov «Girl with pot», and the work of Oscar Rabin «Christmas in Paris», as well as a number of decorative art: royal dessert plate from Babigonskogo Service (1823 -- 1824) with the image of a Gatchina Palace, a unique pair of blue glass vases with lids Imperial Glass Factory in St. Petersburg (1790-e), as well as a ladle (1908-1917), decorated peregorodchatoy enamel work Fiodor Ryukerta.

House «Bukovskis» established in 1870. Agencies «Bukovskis» are located in Sweden and Finland, the individual members of the auction works in Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Geneva, London, New York, Oslo, Paris, Rome and Zurich.

The opening of representative offices in Russia - this is one of the first decisions of the current owners of the house «Bukovskis» - Family Swedish Lundin Oil magnates who have close ties to Russia. Lundin family owned company Lundin Petroleum, Lundin Mining Corp., As well as company Vostok Nafta, which invests in securities of Russian «Gazprom» and of «Rosneft». The truth is, «Bukovskis» has already had an office in Russia, but it is in the 20's of last century, so the auction house has helped the Soviet government to sell abroad artistic value.

My first Russian auctions «Bukovskis» held in 1931 in Stockholm. The catalog includes valuable articles of silver, as well as arms and other antiques. Among the most significant lots of historical auction was a magnificent silver cup work nyurenbergskogo master Hans flights - a gift of Queen Christina Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in 1647.

Source: www.rian.ru