Yesterday at Sotheby's was 100 percent sold out string of graphics Alexandre Benois from a private collection

Alexander Benois Set Design for the second act of the opera by Igor Stravinsky" The Nightingale ".
1914 paper, pencil and watercolor. 63 x 109.3
Sotheby's. 29.11.11. Lot number 836
Estimate: 30-50 thousand pounds
The result: thousands of pounds 235.25
Source: sothebys.com

yesterday at Sotheby's was offered the largest in recent years private collection of works by Alexander Alexandre Benois . All for sale offered 127 lots - including 130 works on paper, covering completely different genres and periods of the artist's life - costumes and sets for ballets and operas, watercolor views of Russia, France and Italy as well as book illustrations, sketches and albums portraits of the artist's family ( read more about the collection of graphs Benoit - here ).

Then give the word eyewitness - one of the forum participants AI and yesterday's auction Sotheby's:

"That's and Sotheby's was ... The first part of either shaky or rolls, which, in fact, it was clear at once, on the basis of a gray level of the offered goods. But the second part - the schedule of Alexandre Benois - was just broken. With great excess of estimate were purchased Lot 124 of the 127, after which the people understood what was happening, demanded that the remaining unsold 3 lots back again in the sale, and they were instantly bought! Thus, the auction was sold at 100 percent, and Lord Poltimore, who spent these trades, were presented with white gloves - it turns out, there is a tradition. The Russian bid was not like this ever, and, say, over the past 30 years this has happened only once, such as at night trading on the Impressionists ».