Top-lot auction was a mosaic table from the Winter Palace, sold for 916,000 pounds, four times higher than the estimate

yesterday, 1 December, in the main gallery at Bonhams New Bond Street in London hosted a Russian auction» . The overall result of the auction amounted to 3.38 million pounds. Top-lot auction was a round mosaic table from the Golden Room of the Winter Palace. It was sold for 916,000 pounds Estimé 150-200 thousand pounds.

Director of Russian art Bonhams Elena Habrik commented selling top-lot: "We had enough time to thoroughly investigate provenance table in the Russian archives and to establish that it derives from the imperial collection. We have no doubt that such a historically significant work will be demanded by our customers ».

One of the top lots of the past auction -" Landscape with a barge and a crane » Robert Falk , reached a hammer price of 120,000 pounds. Organizers also noted the successful sale of paintings IKAyvazovsky «Sunset over the Golden Horn (View of Constantinople Pery). Painting among the ten top lots with the result 96 000 pounds. Fight contenders led canvas "Bay. Sunset » KI Gorbatova , which eventually moved to a new buyer for 65,000 pounds (estimate: 35 -45 000 pounds).

The ten top lots also includes clock Faberge silver gilt and enamel, made by master Henrik Vigstremom. They were sold for 108,000 pounds Estimé 45-55 thousand pounds.

Sales in the segment icons greatly exceeded expectations. Icon of the Holy Prince Vladimir, written in Moscow in 1896, moved to a new buyer for 36,000 pounds, 12 times the lower estimate in 3000. For the icon "Christ Pantocrator", made in 1870 in St. Petersburg workshop Pavel Ovchinnikov, was rescued by 33.6 thousand pounds, and for the icon of the Virgin of Smolensk "(Moscow, 1891) - 30 thousand pounds.

The overall result of auction commented Head of Russian Art Bonhams Tesliuc Yevgeny: "We are pleased with the results. Bidding has shown that things are of high quality from private collections and historically significant objects continue to be in demand on the art market. Our offices around the world were able to attract new buyers from Russia, America, Europe and Middle East ».

Source : Press Release auction house Bonhams