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Sotheby's Russian Art Sale

April 22, 2009 by Marion Maneker

Sotheby’s Russian sale continues with a mix of prices and sales. Follow the results here or on twitter.

  • Aivazovsky sells within estimate range for $1.5m.
  • Burliuk makes more than twice high estimate with $302,500 for Blue Rider
  • Vera Rockline goes for $74,500
  • Early Roerich gets bought in
  • Himalayan works go wild with prices well above high estimates for most canvases.
  • New Moon makes four times high estimate at $170,500
  • Secrets of the Walls sells for $530,500 against a $200k high est.
  • Monhegan Painting sells for $434,500
  • Buddhas on the Road makes $170,500 against a $25k high est.
  • Sviatoslav Roerich does as well or better than his father. All works sell well above high estimate.
  • Alexandre Iacovleff breaks out with $602,500, almost 5 times the $125,000 top estimate.
  • Pavel Tchelitchev’s Firebird Suite=$146,500 against $60k high est.; Still Life with Flowers=$182,500 against $70k high est. at Sotheby’s
  • Goncharova Flowers sells for $206,500 against $70k high estimate
  • Vladimir Weisberg Chaos on the Shelf hits $101,500 nicely above the high estimate.

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Filed Under: Auction Results Tagged With: Russian Art

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