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The first edition of "Boris Godunov" by Alexander Pushkin set a record price at Christie's

In the auction of "Valuable books and manuscripts", which took place on 1 December in London, the first edition of "Boris Godunov" by Alexander Pushkin was sold for £68 500 ($103 435

In the auction Christie's "Valuable books and manuscripts", held yesterday, 1 December in London, has set a new record price for first edition of the tragedy of Alexander Pushkin "Boris Godunov" (lot 99). This book, published in 1831 in St. Petersburg and printed by the Department of national education, included in the collection of the Pushkin Sergey Yakovlevich Hesse (1903-1937). Up for auction instance was exhibited with the estimate £40 000–£60 000 ($60 400–$90 600). In the end, the book of Pushkin reached a record £68 500 ($103 435).

In General, the section of Russian books at Christie's auction was sold at 73 % (79 % in terms of money) and brought a total of £275 000. The first three-volume edition of Leo Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina" (lot 108) was sold for £23 750 ($35 863), and passport Anna Pavlova (lot 112) — £17 500 ($26 425). The first edition of "Historical, geographic and topographic description of St. Petersburg" (lot 87) found a buyer for £32 500 ($49 075).

Source: press release Christie s


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