The first St. Petersburg antiquarian auction
December 14 St. Petersburg House of Books and Russian auction house spend their first book auction. The catalog contains 257 lots - books, documents, photographs, letters, etc.
MI Guide to Peterhof .
the 200th anniversary of Peterhof. 1909
RAD . December 14, 2013 . Lot 081
Source : auction-house.ru
December 14 at the House of Books, in the atrium of the House Singer (St. Petersburg, Nevsky Prospect , 28) will be the first St. Petersburg antiquarian auction. Start trading in 15:00.
main feature of the upcoming auction - a wide coverage of different eras and trends of printing , since domestic rare editions of XIX century to the twentieth century foreign publications in Russian .
Among the lots organizers allocate rare books on the history of St. Petersburg .
« Centenary of St. Petersburg urban society. 1785-1885 years » ( estimate 60,000 rubles). Produced by the decision of the St. Petersburg City Council in memory of the day April 21, 1785 . The publication consists of two sections: the first is devoted to urban public institutions of St. Petersburg , the second - the history of the city economy of St. Petersburg .
M. I. Guide to Peterhof . By the 200th anniversary of Peterhof ( estimate 12,000 rubles). Edition on glossy paper , with numerous illustrations in the text, with two large maps in color. The book has 96 illustrations and two color plan for the city of Peterhof and its environs. Parallel text in Russian and French .
Some of the auction lots were marked as rarity even bibliophiles late XIX century. In particular , banned for reprinting and distribution in the Russian Empire book « Three Conversations with parishioners about the priest's true way of salvation » ( estimate: 100 000 rubles), referred to in the book by Gennadi " Russian book rarity " , as well as book « The British Trojan battlefield. 1854 » ( estimate of 50 000 rubles ), which is as rare edition in the preface to the book NI Berezina " Russian book rarity " in 1902 .
in the catalog of the upcoming auction contains whole collection whiteguard literature, reprinted in exile. The organizers offer to pay attention , in particular, the book KV Sakharov « White Siberia (internal war of 1918-1920 ) » ( estimate 15,000 rubles ) , published in Munich in 1923, and a collection of « White archive » in 3 volumes and 2 books (estimate 20,000 rubles ), published in Paris in 1926-1928 .
At the auction will be available for autographs of famous Russian writers - A. Solzhenitsyn and M. M.Zoshchenko , letters , stamps, photographs and maps .
« With all the variety of exposed artworks , there is one feature that unites them , - price . Initial estimeyty are below average market prices , so at this auction all have the chance to buy a rarity for profit »( Andrey Stepanenko , CEO of the Russian auction house ) .
auction exhibition will be held from 11 to December 13 House Books (11:00-19:00).
Source : auction-house.ru , a press release of the Russian auction house
