In New York on 29 March there will be Russian Sales Shapiro Auctions, which will offer 400 lots - paintings, icons, bronze, rare books, posters, silver, porcelain, enamel, etc.

March 29 in New York held auction of Russian and world of fine and decorative art auction house Shapiro Auctions.

Auction starts at 10 am New York time ( 18:00 MSK ) . The auction catalog includes 400 artworks - paintings , icons, bronze sculpture, rare books, posters, silver, porcelain , enamel , etc.

Buyers from Russia and other countries to participate in the auction using absentee bids by phone, in person and via internet sites liveauctioneers.com , invaluable.com or the-saleroom.com , lot-tissimo.com .

Among the top lots of the upcoming auction - extremely rare deck of 48 playing cards hand-painted with coats of arms and geographical maps of provinces and regions of the Russian Empire ( 1827). These maps were created by the Imperial Orphanage in St. Petersburg for educational purposes. Each map is divided into four fields in which the emblem of one of the provinces , the list of the main towns of the province, residents of the neighborhood costume and in the fourth field - the suit and value of the card ( deuce , jack, ace , etc.). A playing card on his shirt reproduced a map corresponding province or region .

Pack of 48 hand-painted playing cards with the arms and geographical maps of provinces and regions of the Russian empire Production Imperial Orphanage , St. Petersburg, 1827 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 231 Estimate: 16-20 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

Screenplays for the films of Andrei Tarkovsky's " Stalker ", "Mirror ", " Gofmaniana " and " Light wind ." 1972-1979 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 299 Estimate: 250-300 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

particular interest moviegoers and fans of Andrei Tarkovsky exhibition should call 299. This four scenarios , including its own working script for the film Tarkovsky's "Stalker" with lots of hand made ​​director markings , instructions and even shooting circuits , a copy of the final version of the script of "The Mirror ", which includes so-called " mounting plates " for the operator , as well as scripts for unrealized films " Gofmaniana " and " Light wind ." This unique sources on the history of Russian cinema .

presented in the auction catalog seascapes brush ( lots 66, 68 -69 ) . Among them well -written marina " Steamboat returning home " in 1893 . Painting has the expertise Vladimir Petrov and was included in the archive numbered artist's works, compiled by Gianni Kaffero and Ivan Samarin . At the auction and will be an important job , originally belonged to Konstantin Korovin and has an inscription on the back of supporting his son Alexey Korovin . The painting , dated 1883 , shows Savvinskaya settlement in Zvenigorod .

Ivan Aivazovsky Steamboat returning home. 1893 Oil on board . 23 × 28.6 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 66 Estimate: 80-100 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

Isaac Levitan Savvinskaya Sloboda , Zvenigorod . Around 1883 Canvas on cardboard, oil . 27 × 32 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 72 Estimate: 100-150 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

Besides Russian paintings of the XIX century , the catalog also many works of Russian artists of the early twentieth century to the present day , including Julia Clover , Dmitry Nalbandian , and Mikhail Shemyakin .

JULIUS CLOVER The Cabin in winter evening . 1904 Oil on canvas. 87 × 56,5 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 74 Estimate: 30-40 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

Mikhail Shemyakin Metaphysical torso. 1979 Gouache and ink . 60 × 42,5 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 172 Estimate: 8-12 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

Dmitry Nalbandian Flowers and two peaches . 1971 Oil on canvas. 78,7 × 98,5 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 98 Estimate: 20-30 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

DAVID BURLYUK The scene in the bay with Ivan Bunin and Vera Muromtseva Oil on canvas. 40 × 62,5 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 131 Estimate: 25-35 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

Arts and crafts will be well represented at the auction Shapiro. An example of the exceptional craftsmanship of artists Palekh lacquer painting school is Lot 357 - 1937 casket painted with agitation . Collectors pieces of glass may be interested in a pair of champagne glasses from the service Cottage Palace in Peterhof ( circa 1830 ).

Box made ​​of papier- mache painted with lacquer campaign Palekh . Master S. SOLONIN . 1937 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 357 Estimate: 5-7 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

Pair of champagne glasses from the service of the palace at Peterhof Cottage Imperial Glass Factory , St. Petersburg, after 1840 Shapiro Auctions. 03/29/2014 . Lot 394 Estimate: 5-7 thousand dollars Source : shapiroauctions.com

The catalog of the auction on March 29 , you can see here .

auction and pre-auction exhibition will be held at the main office Shapiro Auctions at 506 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021 , USA Pre-show of lots will take place from 22 to 28 March , from 10 to 18 hours, and March 29 , from 9 am to 10 am .

Source : press release Shapiro Auctions