XIV auction "antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, graphics, photos and autographs." Summary
The Russian auction year has begun. The organizers are happy, optimistic observers
XIV auction "antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, drawings, autographs, photos," held January 28.
One of the first auction in 2012, it is possible say, the opening of the season.
in the hall, as always, there were about 30 people. (Credited to the organizers plus: they know their audience and carry trades in a small comfortable room - without the psychologically harmful free seats, without crowding, and crowding in the workplace.) Among those present 15-20 people - regulars book auctions, serious men of 40-60 years, and about a dozen women 20-30 years. Especially in such detail at this stop, because, in my previous experience, actively buys it first category of participants, and the fair sex, usually oversees the process. But not this time. The ladies entered the fray in the second half of the auction, so much so that you be healthy! We bought several lots, each with temperament, is not peculiar to such auctions. So much for the observer!
Some general statistics. At the auction was represented 283 lots. Sold by 45 percent, which is very, very good. Lot 42 purchased by absentee rates, 17 - members, orders over the phone, 68 lots - the participants in the room. Most of the lots purchased at auction in 1-2 steps, at least.
began trading with entertainment thong «All ruble» , consisting of seven lots. The first item - comparative etymological dictionary of Russian AN Goryaeva - and went for a ruble, and the remaining (single editions and collections of books 10-15) went for prices ranging from 160 to 3,200 rubles. The most expensive was Lot number 2: Zelenin, A. World traveler. Travel NMPrzhevalsky.
Lot number 2. Zelenin, A. World traveler Travel NMPrzhevalsky Start: 1 ruble Result: 3200 rubles |
Each time the end of the thong find myself thinking: "Why did not I buy this or that? .." That is not struggled for the lot number 2, I regret to so far: through my wife's famous traveler Przewalski - our distant relative, and the kids are interested in him seriously.
This is the meaning of auctions, which often for little money you can buy a very decent and the right thing, it only takes a quick response.
After warming up comic started the main auction.
Section «On the 200th anniversary of the World War of 1812 » unexpectedly unclaimed: In addition to lot number 15: The Sox, ND Napoleon: The Story of a great commander: with drawings, portraits, photographs of paintings, engravings, etc., etc. , purchased by absentee rate of 15 rubles, will not buy anything. In fairness, we note that the organizers of this fact did not discourage: in the room just was not one of the regular customers who are interested in this topic.
Trading resumed with the lot number 28. Over 20 thousand rubles on the phone was bought by a report on a trip abroad, undertaken on behalf of the Moscow City Duma in the summer of 1875, « Mostovyya in major cities in Western Europe». I suspect that the interested buyer is not the report itself, and the enclosed report of the Moscow city government, "On the issue of improving the bridge device" on February 25, 1876. Hot topic!
first serious clash occurred at Lot № 54: Thick, VS From the red paws in an unknown distance: Urals campaign : 20 thousand rubles for the price of half a dozen steps rose to 60 thousand bargain was between a party in the hall and part-time rate, the winning bidder in the room.
yet again drew the attention of our countrymen interest in books with criminal criminal or camp content. Next there was a struggle for lot number 65: Boykov, M. People of the Soviet prison : with 15 thousand rubles price has risen to 30 thousand, fought distance rate, phone and room. Defeated phone. This struggle was repeated one to one for lot number 66: Solonevich, and . Russia in a concentration camp: are the same people with the same starting 15 000 came to the same 30 000, and won again the phone.
Amazed item number 76: Leonid Brezhnev. Changes the life and work (photographs) , bought on launch for 30 thousand rubles. Ah, would know at the time, how much will cost these books when they were tons of bookstores!
calmly walked trading in thong «Fiction. Literary » to Lot number 96: Sadowski, B. [autograph] Later morning. The poem. 1904-1908. Phone and part-time rate raised the price to more than 4-fold - from 10 to 44 thousand rubles.
Then there was a interesting auction for lot number 97. Tsvetaeva, MI [Autographs] Evening Album: poems. Several people in the room raised their price from 120 to 550 000, after which the auctioneer said that this is its power to end the backup rate - but the next step, no one did ... Against the background of the fact that the auction step was 10 000 and fighting reserve took a few minutes, it was amazing. However, today on this site is the sale price is 550 000 rubles. This means that the owner was able to negotiate. Even more surprised that such a situation, when a serious bargain at once ended the auctioneer after the announcement of the achievement of the reserve, ie on the verge of overcoming it, was repeated several times.
Lot number 97. Tsvetaeva, MI [Autographs] Evening Album: poems. M.: Type. AI Mamontov, 1910 Home: 120 000 Result: 550 000 |
Next serious bargaining between the parties on all channels, and several contenders in the hall broke out at lot number 141: Nabokov, Vladimir [autograph] Poems and problems . Price starting from 40 000 to 15 steps has reached 150 thousand, and won the phone.
Lot number 141. Nabokov, Vladimir [autograph] Poems and problems New York, Toronto, 1970 Home: 40 000 Result: 150 000 |
Results in this section of the 71 lots were bought by 40, or 56 percent. Very good.
Furthermore, two small thong. In the first, «Autographs Cyrus Viktorovna Dubrovskaya» , of the 13 lots sold 8, almost all of the auction, and as a result, the prices were 2-3 times higher than the estimate. In the second, «Autographs Evgeniy Rhine» , was calmly out of 8 lots sold 4.
String «Children's Literature» . It is more active participants in its auctions, and more are no longer inferior to men. Of the 10 lots purchased 8.
In Thongs «Printed Graphics» struggle broke out for the Lot number 202: Kuznetsov, K. A series of sketches for the book of Gaidar's" Fate drummer »: starting from 12 000 bargain quickly gaining turnover in first step in a thousand, then in 2000, which greatly surprised many participants. When the price went up to fifty thousand, the audience heard remarks - some wanted to clarify what is so desperately traded and whether they missed something important - and then two 5000th step, the price reached 60 thousand rubles, where it stopped .
Lot number 202. Kuznetsov, AK series of sketches for the book A. Gaidar "The fate of a drummer." M., 1939. 13 sheets with a pencil litters. Paper, pencil, watercolor Home: 12 000 Result: 60 000 |
in the string «photos» of the 23 lots sold 5. One of them - lot number 229: Photographs from the series "The Death of Vladimir Vysotsky" , which contains four photos from the farewell ceremony at Vagankovo and 3 pictures of mourning attire Taganka Theater; lot went into the hall to start 12 thousand rubles.
Lot number 213, photograph of Alexander Vertinsky in makeup and costume of Pierrot autographed by the artist, repeated the fate of Lot number 97: Several people in the room raised their price from 30 thousand to 80 thousand rubles, and on the verge of overcoming the reserve stopped.
auction lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. Special thanks to - lead: auction went very well and professionally, without pause, without haste.
So, the year started well. Auction in February, especially its second half, promises a number of interesting events. We will monitor the activities of local auction houses and draw conclusions.
Babulin Constantine, AI
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