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.
