Catalogues book auction in Moscow commented Newbie AI scribe

in the first autumn month announced just five antique auctions to sell rare books, autographs, and other printed matter. 13 and 27 September - two auctions of "House antique books in Nikitsky." September 15 - the auction the auction house "Empire." September 27 antique antiquarian auction season holds "Gelos". Finally, the long and widely-announced auction of "Old and rare books, maps, engravings" as September 27 to 17 hours to hold the auction house "Kabinet».

But if "Kabinet" back in early summer announced its auction on September 27 and had a lot of time for the selection of the auction collection, "Gelos" and "House of the Nikitsky antiquarian book" only at the last moment suddenly nominated their auctions also on September 27. There comes to mind of morality fable, "When there is no agreement on the way they would not do ..." To whom and why - to repel customers from its competitors? Whatever left with nothing. Really could not agree on different dates? After "Gelos" never conducted auctions month on Thursdays, and only on Friday and Saturday, and antique dealers in Nikitsky lane tried invite bids at the end of the working week. Obtained "I do not am, but I will not give to others." Only House, "Empire" is true to himself and is holding its auction at the weekend.

Now specifically about lots. Loudly called "Gelos" Auction season to date consists of only 30 items, and my gaze stops on only one lot - Maak "Journey to Love", and that instance is not the first freshness.

• Maak RK for a journey to Cupid, perfect from the Siberian Division of the Russian Geographical Society
  [Album and Atlas]. SPb.: SF Soloviev [1859]
  37 l. ill., 52.5 x 35,5
  Gelos. 27/09/2012. Lot number Nb7354
  Estimate: 130 thousand
  Source: gelos.ru

«House of antique books in Nikitsky" as September 13 and 27 - of offers for sale the standard for a set: a little about the war in 1812, some Judaic and anti-Semitic literature. Presence of the former so-called "anti-Soviet" literature published in the West and sold in Europe, anywhere, that has nothing to do with antiques, and a little bit of old books, including real rarities are not met.

Auction "Cabinet" pleases, however, as the auction of "Empire", a beautiful well-written catalog. And "Kabinet" offers a number of interesting, really collectible items, including "Siberian history ..." Fisher, "Topographical description of City of Moscow province ..." Chebotarev, "The report of the Commission of Inquiry ...", which are really rare and are in decent form. Certainly, great colored copy of "Species of St. Petersburg ..." rare two-volume "New guide to Moscow ..." in 1833 in the old cover. And, of course, of great interest to collectors first lifetime editions of the classics of Russian literature: "The Frigate Pallada" I. Goncharov, "Teenager" Dostoevsky, "Sakhalin Island" by Anton Chekhov. An interesting collection of Russian history, including "The History of Peter I» Brickner and rare set of 20-volume collected works of S. Maximov, covering a large layer of history and life of the Russian people.

• Report of the Commission of Inquiry [on the Decembrists]
  In the military General Staff Publishing HIH, [1826]
  Kabinet. 27/09/2012. Lot number 56
  Estimate: 230-260 thousand
  Source: kabinet -auktion.com

Auction "Empire" especially admire rare editions " Poems "by Mikhail Lermontov in 1840 - is one of the rare Russian books, the dream of any collector. Good "Nevsky Album" in 1839, a large collection of bibliographic works Gennadi, and Mezhov Neustroeva. Offered for sale are two interesting edition of Russian avant-garde - it Mayakovsky "to vote" in 1923 and all three rooms are well-known magazine "thing." Both of these publications are designed by the famous designer Lazarus and have a value for any auction house world . True, not submitted copies of the best preserved.

Lermontov's poems. SPb.: In type. Ilya Glazunov and co., 1840. - [4], 168, [3]., 19.5 x 12 cm - [1000 copies. ] Empire. 15/09/2012. Lot number 40 Estimate: 850-900 thousand Source: auction -imperia.ru

The results directory view of all these auctions can be concluded which of them together would have made a good one out of a hundred auction lots. (As long as the material was being prepared, two auctions are over. And quite successfully. So chin up! Waiting September 27 - a great book and the auction day. - AI .).

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