held in London yesterday evening auction of old masters of Sotheby's, which record was set for the creation of the famous Flemish Anthony van Dyck (Anthony van Dyck). For his painting fought nine buyers. The winners in the battle came investor Alfred Bader (Alfred Bader) and the dealer Philip Mold (Philip Mould), they paid 8.3 million pounds of work *. Her estimate was 2-3 million.

painting by Van Dyck is his latest self-portrait. She was executed in 1640, a year before his death. Nearly 300 years of work spent in the collection of the same family.

The previous record belonged to the painting "rampant colt" sold at Christie's in July 2008 for 3.1 million dollars.

auction brought a total 15.1 million pounds - within the estimate (12,8-18,5 million). Customers have found 29 lots of 50. 14 percent of buyers were Americans, 32 - British, and 54 - the inhabitants of continental Europe.

« Portrait of a Young Woman "by Peter Paul Rubens (Peter Paul Rubens) , which talked a lot before the auction remained unsold. The fact that the existence of it became known recently and among collectors have doubts about its authenticity. The unfinished painting, which supposedly was written at the beginning of XVII century, 25 years in the collection of a British collector who wished to remain anonymous. Estimate the picture is 4-6 million pounds.

present furor produced a picture of a girl in an unusual head-dress, created by Dutch artist van Everdingenom Boethius Cesar (Cesar Boëtius van Everdingen). She went for a record 1.16 million pounds in the evaluation 50-70 thousand.

«The picture first appeared on the auction, [Van Everdingen] - a very unusual artist, whose work has recently acquired the Royal Art gallery in the Netherlands, and the hat is a wonderful girl, "- explains the success of paintings of New York dealer Henry Zimet (Henry Zimet).

* All prices include Buyer's Premium.

article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Source: bloomberg.com , sothebys.com , artinvestment.ru