may 26, 2016, "House of antique books in Nikitsky" holds auction number 75, which were presented to rare books, autographs, paintings and drawings of XX century from the famous collection in St. Petersburg. The results of the auction can be called a success: sold 73 % of lots, total revenue amounted to 14 600 000 roubles. Items from the collection of A. Sokolin sold on 96 %.

Top-3 auction № 75

• 1. Lot 54. G. NARBUT Fourteen drawings Ukrainian alphabet [Ukrainian. yaz.]. Inscribed copy. On the back of the title page polygraphic: a Copy of Nikolai Nikolaevich the younger Chernyagina. >СПб, type. R. Golik and A. Vilborg, 1921
  Estimate: 300 000-350 000.
  Starting price: 300 000 RUB.
  selling Price: 1 800 000 RUB.

• 2. Lot 217. S. V. CHEKHONIN portrait of the artist V. E. Tatlin. 1920
  Paper, pencil. 30,5 × 21
  Estimate: 300 000-350 000.
  Starting price: 300 000 RUB.
  selling Price: 750 000 rubles.

• 3. Lot 216. B. D. GRIGORIEV AT the gate. 1910-е
  Carton, pencil, white, ink, pen, watercolor. 16 × 16,5
  Estimate: 225 000-250 000 RUB.
  Starting price: 225, 000.
  selling Price: 700 000 RUB.

the Struggle this time was on all fronts: actively traded hall, there were many absentee bids, did not disappoint and the Internet. A lot of members intervened in the bidding via the telephone line.

the Fierce bidding began with the very first lots, where they were presented with cards. In this section it is worth noting the care of lot 13 — of five postcards with images of O. L. Della-Вос-Кардовской from the collection of A. S. Sokolin. With very humble beginnings, only 1 000 rubles, the lot was sold for 44 000 RUB.

the Next section of the catalogue was devoted to rare Russian books. Here I want to mention the intense struggle for lot 51 — the first edition of poems of Alexander Blok "Twelve" released in 1918 by the publishing house "Alkonost". Trades with the launch of 110 000. the player led on the Internet and the visitor in the hall. In the end, the more persistent were the hall, paid for the book 290, 000.

this section was accomplished the biggest purchase of the evening. In the fight for lot 54 — "Fourteen drawings Ukrainian ABC" G. Narbut — joined just three members. The starting amount of 300 000 rubles. they raised 6 times, winning bid 1, 800, 000. did the Internet-участник bidding.

For lot 56 — "King Dodon" A. Remizov — there was a real fight, which resulted in the rare book went to the buyer from the hall for 575, 000.

Well bought up autographs. Over 170, 000. if you start at 55 000 RUB. was sold to an autograph A. Efros (lot 66). Over 420 000 rubles, almost three times more than the estimate, sold the autograph of Boris Pasternak (lot 85). Over 110 000 RUB, if you start at 20,000 rubles, sold the autograph of the artist Vladimir Lebedev (lot 122). Surprised all lot 237 — manuscript of the poem by E. F. Gollerbakh, dedicated to the poet Anna Radlova. Bidding for it began with 10 000 rubles, but the final amount exceeded the starting 15 times, the winner had to pay 150 000 rubles.!

But the most intense struggle was waged in the section where they were presented with paintings and drawings of XX century. Lot 210 — "portrait of the artist Somov" works of M. Dobuzhinsky — were interested in several players in the hall that, start trading with 150 000 rubles., brought the price of the book to the bitter 400,000 rubles.

For the same amount was sold and lot 215 — figure B. D. Grigoriev, "the Passover".

For lot 216 — picture "At the gate" by B. D. Grigoriev — fought from two participants in the hall and one on the phone. In the result of intense struggle lot with 225 000 RUB has risen to 700 000 rubles.

On lot 218 — sketch variant cover to the book by E. F. Gollerbakh, "State Porcelain factory" S. V. Chekhonin — claimed by the player on the phone, party in the hall and the absentee owner rate. The result of this exciting struggle was a great result — 650, 000.

have Adequately taken the public a rare lithograph "Pictures of Russian history", published by I. Knebel (lots 259-267). The string of sold out 100 %, and the highest price the purchaser paid for the sheet "court of the times of the Russian truth" I. Bilibin (lot 259): bargaining started with 60 000 RUB.) and won a bet of 200 000 rubles.

the curtain were presented to the thirty etchings by Pablo Picasso to the poem of Ovid "Metamorphoses" (lot 311). A participant from the audience did not regret for a rare lot 700, 000.

In the concluding part of the catalogue connoisseurs were offered samples of decorative-прикладного art. Lot 315 — five pairs of tea factory of the Kornilov brothers 1860-х years — has exhibited with an estimate of 15 000-17 000 RUB., and was sold for 100 000 rubles. Coffee steam early 1930-х issued by the State porcelain factory (lot 320), was sold for 120 000 rubles.

an Unusual item was presented under the number 327 — French music box "Simphonion simplex" of the late nineteenth century with 14 interchangeable discs. The new box gave the owner of 50 000 rubles.

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