The first book of Vladimir Nabokov and personal diary of Anna Akhmatova at the first auction "Russian enamel" in St-Петербурге
ARTinvestment.RU   25 октября 2016

On 29 October the auction of approximately 400 lots of rare books, manuscripts, photographs and postcards. Auction will be held in one of the most luxurious hotels of the Northern capital — in the "Talion Imperial"

Online-каталог auction.

Paying tribute to the long history of the city on the Neva, the auction house presented many rare books about St.-Петербурге, including "Chronicle of the Smolny convent", "the Project faces harbours in the commercial port of St. Petersburg", "a Brief historical sketch of the bicentennial of Kronstadt", "Table of the houses of the city of Saint-Петербурга" and even publication about St.-Петербургской football-лиге under the Royal patronage of H. I. H. Prince Boris Vladimirovich.

One of the top-лотов auction will be the first book by Vladimir Nabokov, published in Petrograd in 1916. Already in 2007, one of the surviving copies of this limited editions was estimated by the auction house Sotheby's in 30,000 to 40,000 pounds. No less interesting, represents undoubted historical-культурную value notebook of Anna Akhmatova, which contains her most valuable records, including the nature and the literary gift of Osip Mandelstam, the performance of Olga Bergholz against the ruling of 1946, about the suicide of Alexander Fadeev.

From the rarities in military history will present the book and luxury tray-a copy of the Atlas with hand coloring, "description of the classes of the Imperial troops-Российских and Royal-Прусских, former Assembly in the city of Kalisz in 1835", as well as rare sets of books "Banners and standards of the Russian army and naval flags" V. Zvegintsov and "the history of the Life-Гвардии regiment" Duke of Leuchtenberg City.

Among the cards presented in the auction are rare examples of works by such recognized masters of the avant-garde as G. Klutsis, A. Rodchenko and Vladimir Stenberg.

With all the lots can be found on the pre-auction exhibition in Saint-Петербурге. The exhibition is open until 28 October in the office of the salon "Old album" at the address: Moika river Embankment, 95, daily except Monday and Tuesday.

the Auction will be held on 29 October in Saint-Петербурге hotel "Taleon Imperial" on Nevsky prospect, 15. The beginning of the auctions at 17:00. Gathering of guests, music and buffet 16:00.

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Source: press-релиз the auction house "Russian enamel"