On the "Russian Market Data» Sotheby's painting sold for Vasily Vereshchagin 2.3 million pounds
Total "Russian auction» Sotheby's, held yesterday evening in London, brought 14 million pounds. Is set five personal records
last night «Russian auction" Sotheby's in London ended with a score of 14 million pounds (23,2 million dollars) - within the overall estimate 12,4-18,2 million pounds. Sold was 65 per cent of lots (76 per cent in cash terms). There are five records.
top lot was the painting Vasily Vereshchagin «Taj Mahal. Evening, had gone under the hammer for 2.28 million pounds (3.75 million dollars). Price auction is not only substantially exceeded the estimate picture of 250-450 thousand pounds, but was a record for works Vereshchagin. On museum-quality work claimed at least four clients: the winner went unidentified buyer, have bet on the telephone.
yesterday at Sotheby's works by Vasily Vereshchagin only had seven (lots 3-9) and All except one ("Shipka Pass", Lot number 4, estimate 300-500 thousand pounds), found buyers. The total revenue of the group work was 3.7 million pounds (estimate 1,2-1,9 million pounds) - mostly, of course, due to record pictures of the Taj Mahal. Evening. The second cost was the work of "conquest" (lot number 5; estimate: 400-600 thousand pounds, result: 481.3 thousand pounds). Significantly exceeded the preliminary estimate of the two Indian series: "Sunset in the Himalayas" (lot number 7; estimate: 60-80 thousand pounds, result: 337.3 thousand pounds) and the main mosque in Fatehpur Sikri (lot number 8; Estimate: 80-120 thousand pounds, result: 373.3 thousand pounds).
Among the top lots is quite expectedly entered the work Ilya Repin « Portrait of Vera Repina, the artist's wife. " The lot was valued more than all (1-1,5 million pounds), but eventually became the second value: the portrait went to a new owner for 1.16 million pounds. Recall that in the same day, only in the morning, on " Russian auction "rival auction house Christie's other work Repin -" Paris cafe "- was sold for 4.5 million pounds . This pattern is found not only a new record value of works by Ilya Repin, but also became the most expensive piece of Russian art, sold under the Russian auction held by international auction houses.
same prices hammer 825.25 thousands of pounds of work achieved "Beijing Opera» Alexander Yakovlev (estimate: 0,8-1,2 million pounds ) and "Reclining Nude» (600-800 thousand pounds). This is the third of the value of the result of evening auction Sotheby's.
At London's Sotheby's auction in addition to working four paintings by Vereshchagin yet to set a personal record. Work "Fantastic Landscape" (1913) - now the most expensive product Constantine Bogayevsky (lot number 22; estimate: 200-300 thousand pounds; result: 505,000 pounds the previous record: 132,000 dollars). In addition, a record auction price achieved of "Harvest» Valerian (lot number 44; estimate: 180 - 250,000 pounds; result: 217,000 pounds the previous record: 21,5 thousand pounds), "Russian Beauty» Malyavina (lot number 47; estimate: 120-180 thousand pounds; result: 481,000 pounds the previous record: 380,000 pounds), as well as canvas "Anichkov Bridge on Nevsky Prospect in the dark" by Paolo Sala (lot number 47; Estimate: 120-150 thousand pounds; result: 145,000 pounds the previous record: 78 thousand dollars).
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