Following auction house Christie's his "Russian auction" held its main competitor - Sotheby's. "News from the Field" can be read Online ARTinvestment. RU . And now - a short journey on the results.

The first session of bidding yielded 4.29 million pounds sterling. Top lot was, as expected, elegant picture Alexander Yakovlev , entitled "Dance of the Cooley-Kut. Niamey, bought for 937.3 thousand pounds (forecast AI - 1 million pounds). Organizers, in general, for as many had expected: estimate of work was 0,8-1 million pounds. Another key lot - canvas Alexei Bogolyubov «Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute on the eve of the festival - was purchased for 881.3 thousand in the estimate of 400-600 thousand. Serious struggle also broke out for a rare sculpture Vrubel «Assyrian" which eventually sold for 181.3 thousand pounds (estimate - 30-50 thousand). AI expected that work will be greeted with enthusiasm, but predicted a much more moderate success - "a little above the upper estimate».

is also worth noting a deal with a late picture of Natalia Goncharova « Spring, "for which posted 145.3 thousand pounds (expert evaluation - 60-80 thousand). But the sketches of murals for the New York club "Petrushka, made the once fashionable in America by Russian artist Nikolai Remizov , the new owner is not found (estimate - 80-120 thousand pounds, forecast AI - 80000) . The same fate befell the collage of "Airplane" constructivist Alexander Bykhov , which AI Other 15,000 pounds Estimé 8-12 thousand. Another distinguished our work, the monumental relief in Art Deco style George Artemov « Hunting buffalo "went for 49.3 thousand pounds (forecast - 50000).

Contemporary Art in morning trading was a little bit. Lot of which has received the highest rating - "Allosaurus» Komar and Melamid - has remained unsold, Sotheby's experts were hoping for results within 100-150 thousand. Noted AI quirky "Still Life" Sixties Dmitry Krasnopevtseva left to the upper estimate - 51.7 per thousand pounds; forecast AI was more courageous - about 85,000.

at daily auction Sotheby's was signed deals for 2.6 million pounds. The most expensive painting was Konstantin Makovsky «In the classroom, helping out 217.3 thousand (estimate 100-150 thousand).

Among the more interesting lots of versions of AI went gouache Ukrainian avant-garde of Basil Yermilova not so lucky: the result - "not sold" (a score of 6-8 thousand £ forecast AI - 8000).

Another interesting graphic work, "The black beauty» Sergei Sudeikin , yielded 8.8 thousand pounds in the evaluation 5-7 thousand. The result is not bad, considering that six months ago, the work sold at auction for an American equivalent of 2,3 thousand (excluding Buyer's Premium). AI was even more optimistic, other care in the region of 15 000: a good plot Sudeikina happened to be up to nearly 35,000 pounds.

And some of our contemporaries. Here, the most impressive amount brought a lot, which included two well-known paintings Vagrich Bakhchanian - «Lenin and Stalin "made in the form of covers for the book Vladimir Nabokov's" Lolita. " Product purchased for a record $ 22.5 thousand pounds in estimating 10-15 thousand forecast AI - more than 60 thousand. Very good job Valery Koshlyakov «Blue City" was sold within a preliminary evaluation - for 12 thousand pounds. AI counted for greater attention of participants in this work and care in excess of the upper estimate (15,000) at least three times.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: sothebys.com , artinvestment.ru