From the notebook of "Empire": one that collects...
ARTinvestment.RU   24 августа 2018

29 Aug auction house "Antiquarium" will auction, which will put more than 400 lots of rare books, manuscripts, autographs, posters, postcards, photographs and historical documents

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Among the best bibliophilic copies, intended for a serious meeting, this section presents a set of first prints of engravings Benner "Collection of twenty-four portraits of the Imperial family..." engraved in the publishing folder in excellent condition. Fans of Russian popular prints designed rare sheet of the XVIII century "the chilly frost of those who have the nose Packed with tobacco," from the collection of the famous collector G. Kostaki.

Those who continue the fine tradition of XVIII–XIX centuries in collecting rare Rossica, the auction offers a rare collection of albums in-folio "Drawings and blueprints of various buildings St-Петербурга and other places of the Russian Empire, designed by Luigi Rusca, the court architect" (1810). Truly a rare copy of the Rossica — lifetime edition of a poem I. Dmitriev "Ermak", published in St.-Петербурге in 1829 in French. Well-known collector of incunabula and other rare foreign publications Aleksei Markushevich included this booklet in the sample the most rare and valuable books to your library.

From the famous collection of the merchant and industrialist K. M. Soloviev is not less rare album of satirical lithographs of the Crimean war period "scenes from the life of times past, present, and future" (1854). Attention those who collect rare cookbooks, addressed to the richly illustrated edition of "the Almanac of groceries" I. Radetsky (1877), rare copies of which are valued by bibliophiles of a few hundred thousand.

Collectors of the Imperial subjects are able to Supplement their collection, in particular, a photograph of the Imperial family in Livadia Palace in celebration of the silver wedding anniversary of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna, printed in Paris in 1891, or a unique scarf "In memory of the folk festival. 1896" with traces of blood participant in the Khodynka tragedy, arising from the collection of the famous Opera singer Xenia Georgievna Darginskoy. For collectors of miniature books an amazing find will be the album of the representatives of the Romanov dynasty, including 21 portrait of a 2.5 × 1.8 cm!

Jack London, one of the most popular American writers in the Soviet Union (the total circulation of his books, translated into Russian language, made up by 1986 more than 77 million copies), will also be presented at the auction of rare memorabilia — personally issued a cheque of the Central Bank of Oakland, California, January 11, 1907. Such autographs are extremely rare even appear on the Western auctions. At Christie's auction for the period 1998-2001 their prices ranged from 470 to 16 $ 100.

In any serious book collection is always a Department of bibliography. A "literary Fund" offering to replenish its unique instance "Bibliography of the Russian periodical press" N. Lisowski, preserved not only in publishing the cover, but in the transit box.

Collectors of rare and unique posters will receive an opportunity to purchase at auction a poster designed by artist Vladimir Lebedev and poet V. Mayakovsky "Here's how Russia spread vodka!". Lovers of rare book graphics will be able to buy unique unpublished sketch cover to the book "In the wagon of inspiration: the Imagist", createdartist N. Mauricem.

to Replenish serious bibliophilic collections will the lovers of poetry among the ones presented unpublished autograph poems of K. Balmont "is Executed it takes a year" (1921). Collectors of prints and art books will certainly appeal to "Sixteen autolithography. Boris Kustodiev" (instance no. 100 of 300) and 26 of the sheets of the album "Versailles" by Alexander Benois (instance No. 456 out of 600). Lovers of children's books and periodicals will certainly be pleased with the appearance at auction of complete sets of the magazine "the Hedgehog" for 1928 and 1929 years with numerous publications of works oberiutov — D. harms, A. Vvedensky, N. Z — and illustrated by A. Pakhomov, K. Rudakov, V. Ermolaeva, N. Stipa etc.

will Not go without shopping and collectors of theatrical autographs and collectable records. In particular, the catalogue includes Paris Feodor Chaliapin autograph on own photo addressed to Opera singer Konstantin Zhukovich, whose brilliant climbing on the Opera Olympus has been expertly produced by Chaliapin.

With all the lots can be found until August 28, 2018 (except Sunday and Monday) at the pre-auction exhibition at the office of the Auction house "Russian enamel" at the address: Moscow, Nizhny Kislovskiy pereulok, 6, p. 2.

the Auction will be held on August 29 ibid. Start of trading in 19:00.

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