held in London yesterday afternoon auction of Russian art in Sotheby's, which brought 4.3 million pounds. At the auction there were 168 lots, of which 107 buyers found. The most expensive piece was "Composition" authorship salon painter Gregory Glyukmana , famous for his images of naked or half-dressed girls, wrapped mysterious mist. The work, estimated at 100-150 thousand pounds, went for 223 thousand. Incidentally, a year ago, on the evening of the "Russian Market Data» Sotheby's June 9, 2008, this picture (with the same estimate:) was sold for 283 thousand pounds, enabling her to lead the rating of the most expensive works by the artist.

Some papers left with significant excess of estimate. For example, "Portrait of Prince Alexander Prozorovskiy" brush Dmitry Levitsky was estimated at 50-70 thousand pounds, and brought a record 193 thousand. "Autumn Day» Constantine Gorbatova went for 127 thousand in Estimé 40-60 thousand. But the most outstanding results in paintings Georges Lapshina : «Fishing boats in the south of France" brought 44 thousand (estimate 10 -- 15 thousand), "Amalfi" - 46 thousand (estimate 6-8 thousand), "Still Life with Roses" - 42 thousand (estimate 6-8 thousand), and "Still Life with Lilac" - 103 (!) thousands (estimate 15 -18 тысяч).

Unfortunately, the works of postwar and contemporary art such results could not boast. The only significant excess of pre-assessment - a work Zurab Tsereteli . The canvas, entitled "Son of Athos" went over 151 thousand in Estimé 50-70 thousand. This amount was a record for the artist's works.

article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI