This year's Salon is taking place under difficult circumstances caused by the economic crisis. But as you know, turmoil in the financial sector as well, and other disasters affect the art market in two ways. On the one hand, of course, it reduces the sales volume and price level. But on the other hand, for the same reasons, works of art in such circumstances, become extremely attractive for long-term investment. In contrast to the crisis, the arts forever, and in future purchases, by the time of stagnation, will bring their new owners are not only aesthetic pleasure. But the main thing - a situation similar to the current, provoking entry collection of works that, in a deficit of first-class objects creates exceptional opportunities for valuable acquisitions. The crisis - it is always a time of dissipation of the old and the creation of major new collections. Facts Closeouts collections already locked in Moscow, and things that until recently seemed inaccessible and permanently settled in the hands of strangers, are open to interested collectors.