Today, Sotheby's conducts auctions of items from the collection of Gianni Versace in London and works of contemporary art in Doha

Today, the major auction to be expected out of the house Sotheby's. In the London office of the company will be sold furniture and works of art from the collection of Gianni Versace, decorated the interior of their houses Fontanella on Lake Como . At the tender put up 550 lots: European furniture, sculpture, silver, and paintings of XVIII - XIX centuries. Organizers expect the result of more than 2 million pounds. Among the most interesting lots should be noted the lot, including two plaster casts of bronze images of wrestlers, Antonio Canova (estimeyt 20-40 thousand pounds), as well as Tonda «Hercules at the Crossroads» (25-40 thousand pounds), written in Italy in 1820 presumably brush Peladzhio Paladzhi.

On the same day in Doha (Qatar) for the first time held an auction of works of contemporary art . Attention to customers will be offered such significant works as a portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy Round Jackie works of Andy Warhol (2,5-3,5 million dollars), an abstract canvas by Gerhard Richter Heu (2,6-3,6 million dollars), a few pictures of butterflies Demiena Hirst, as well as works by contemporary authors Iranian Farhad Moshiri, Mohammad Ehsaya and Charles Hossein Zenderudi.

material produced Catherine Onuchin

Sources: press release Sotheby's, artinvestment.ru