The main event of the auction was the sale of collections of works by Fyodor Dostoevsky

April 29 at the auction house "Gelos" successfully completed an auction of the month.

main event of the auction was the sale of collections of works by Dostoyevsky. This beautiful collection - the first editions of the most important works of the author. Sales of the two-volume "The Brothers Karamazov" exceeded all expectations. Lot has been sold in excess of home value nearly 10 times: during the bidding price has risen from 350,000 to 3.4 million rubles. This is the most expensive in the world of Russian books sold at public auction in the last five years.

symbol of Russian literature - "Crime and Punishment" - 1867 edition left with the same palpable gap in price : starting from 350,000 before the final 2.1 million rubles.

price of the first edition of The Possessed "in 1873 increased from 250 000 to 800 000 rubles.

Roman" Teenager "was sold for 875,000 rubles. And this is the initial 170,000!

All books went under the hammer for record price!

total amount from the sale of six works of Dostoevsky's secondhand auction months "Gelos" was 8,195,000 rubles.

As lots for sale which organizers were confident from the outset, it should be noted Care sculpture Sergei Konenkova "Margarita Ivanovna Konenkova» for 800,000 rubles.

Source : post-release auction house Gelos »