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Lot by Lot: Sotheby's London Russian Art Evening Sale

June 8, 2009 by Marion Maneker

Sotheby’s London Evening sale totals £7.9m with 17 of 28 lots sold (61%)

Average price is £464k

  • opens strong with Aivazovsky, Polenov and Kryzhitsky all selling well.
  • The Kryzhitsky made £289k against a high estimate of £80k.
  • Couple of lots fail, one was withdrawn before the auction began. Then a few prices within estimate.
  • Long lost Brodsky painting thought to be a Manet sells for £927,250!
  • Bad streak as Larionov, Korovin fail but second Korovin goes for the low end of the estimate range.
  • Kustodiev goes for £2.8m, almost 2x high estimate.
  • Yakovlev makes £541k against £300k high est.
  • Roerich £702k above £500k high est.

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