In the autumn auction, Sotheby's Russians Pictures included 159 works of painting, graphics and sculpture in price range 3000-3 500 000 pounds. To translate into dollars, we must multiply by 1.29. In catalogue — Aivazovsky, Levitan, Savrasov, Bogolyubov, Malyavin, Yuon, Zhukovsky, Larionov, Klyun... There are logs (10 000-120 000 pounds) with Pohitonova (25 000-60 000 pounds), showcased now in the Tretyakov gallery.

a Chance to overcome the million mark at Sotheby's there are at least two lots: at Larionov and Clune, which was recently brought to Moscow. Suprematist oil kluna — thing unique, perhaps the only one of his paintings in private hands. It will sell for the first time. There may be any surprises. But Larionov readers have already seen. Let me remind you again exhibited the painting belongs to the current auction record for the artist. In 2007, this "still life with jug and icon" was sold at Sotheby's for 2 260 000 pounds ($4 464 000). 12 years later it perevalivaet with a rating of 1 200 000-1 800 000 pounds, that is, with the lower estimate is almost two times less. Suggest that around and sell if all goes well.

What else? Evident that the November catalog Sotheby's collected a lot of unusual Nude. Perhaps the impression is misleading and arises because a large part of the Nude combined in a common unit. Among authors of this genre — Polenov, Vasily, Vitaly Tikhov, Grigory Gluckman, Zinaida Serebryakova, Alexander Yakovlev, Pavel tchelitchew, Andrey Mylnikov. The most luxurious thing belongs to the brush of Nikolai Feshin. It is small, 27 × 67. But of course, workshop. The thing is not dated, although it seems that the year 1919: it is determined on the drawing dated to the same model. Estimate 350 000-550 000 pounds. Here it is difficult. With prices for Feshin for several years what's going on-то madness. There, the neighbors from Christie's Russian week exhibit portrait 1917 3 000 000 dollars. It is, of course, twice, but not two times better. Do not be surprised if Nude Feshin especially valuable, doemigratsionnogo period (he left in 1923) will go on the upper border of 550,000 pounds. And even touches the boundary of a million dollars (in terms of 776 000 pounds). This, incidentally, will be-то desperate "release" of a trend like this has happened. With relatively reasonable price I would be all-таки believed the figure to 450,000 pounds.

to participate in the Russian bid Sotheby's, do not have to have a budget in the hundreds of thousands of pounds-долларов. The organizers have collected a sufficiently large blocksmall jobs first name in the range of 20 000-60 000 pounds. For example, canvas Aivazovsky size 15 × 25 exhibited with an estimate of £ 20,000. Or a good small (19,5 × 32) sketch of Isaac Levitan is proposed with the lower rating of 30,000 pounds. But the same money could potentially be enough for the best work of the sixties: Wasaga, Nemukhin, Shteinberg, even Krasnopevtsev. As for the budget of 3000 pounds, his owners can count on still lifes, landscapes and genre paintings socialist realists, who are also included in the catalog of Sotheby's Russian Pictures.

the Section of Russian painting Christie's more modest than the competitor. Lots and a half times less. But the potential millionaire @three mdas. 2 000 000-3 000 000 GBP, the organizers have evaluated a large canvas "the lady at the manicure. Portrait of Mademoiselle Irma" painted by Nicholas Fechin. "Call the sun" Nicholas Roerich included in the catalogue with an estimate of 1 500 000-2 000 000 GBP. Finally, a four-foot "Dead wood" Ivan Shishkin previously estimated at 700 000-900 000 pounds (at the rate of $1 161 000). According to database of auction results, in 2012 it under a different name acquired at Sotheby's for about the same money — 881 250 pounds. Soon the picture twice tried to sell it at MacDougall's. First in 2014, with a rating of 1 200 000-1 800 000 pounds. Not sold. And in the summer of 2018 kicked again, low estimate: 800 000-1 200 000 pounds. And now will exhibit for the third time. There is a chance. Size all-таки rare. Besides, in 2016, about the same size Shishkin rival Sotheby's managed to sell over 1 385 000 pounds.

With an estimate of 50 000-120 000 pounds in the Christie's catalog presents the work of Repin, Gorbatov, Falk, Savrasov (the second time), etc. "Portrait of Vera Repina" a year ago, again at Christie's exhibited with the estimate of 150,000 to 200,000 pounds, has not reached the reserve, now the estimate is adjusted to 120 000-150 000 pounds. Obviously, many memorable things are set on the second-третьему once, and all the houses of the first row. The explanation is simple: auction the repertoire of Russian art is rather limited. Plus things are bought for investment purposes, already enough adviceline. So what otherwise could not be.

Even from Christie's this time drew the attention of a good selection of sixties. Tselkov, Rabin, Plavinsky, Nemukhin etc. First names, and often for the right price.

And that there at Bonhams, in addition to the new website? Bah, they're there in London, all agreed! Not otherwise. Top-лот again Feshin. However, not a portrait, but the landscape (in the case of Fechin's rather a disadvantage). But the oil is of normal size (76 × 63) is estimated not in millions, but it is sanity — 60 000-80 000 pounds. I think the result may surprise you. Picture with a good exhibition history. When-то she was meeting AI — only daughter of the artist.

Among other top-лотов Bonhams — oil Natalia Goncharova, self-portrait by Zinaida Serebryakova and a couple small tempera by Nicholas Roerich from the Himalayan cycle. From the sixties — Chuikov, Unknown, Nemukhin, Rukhin, early Tselkov skull, Vladimir Yakovlev, Yuri Cooper, Igor Vulokh, Sergey Bordachev, Boris Kocheyshvili. Prices of non-conformists bite that Bonhams strange...

Such are the first impressions. Traditional auction forecast and review on prices are already in preparation. According to the plans it will appear two weeks before the beginning ofRussian trading.

V. B., AI

Sources: sothebys.com, christies.com, bonhams.com