Ilya Mashkov - the most expensive Russian artist

spring-summer season 2013 for the sum of auction houses like never successful. House Christie's reported on the Russian art auction, which was held on June 3 and opened the week Russian trading. Its results "exceeded all expectations" and amounted to 12, 4 million pounds. Compared with the previous year's revenue from sales increased by 49%. Trading has become a favorite masterpiece brush Mashkov "Still Life with Fruit" sold for a record for the artist's works valued at £ 4, 76 million. This price index has surpassed the previous record price (£ 4, 5 million), set painting by Ilya Repin "Paris Cafe" in 2011, as well as paintings of Russian artists sold in the international auction of Russian art. Impressive in its scope, "Still Life with Fruit" was one of 20 works by Mashkov, included in the first exhibition "Jack of Diamonds", which took place from December 1910 to January 1911. In the 1920's "Still Life with Fruit" was in the collection of William Beffi. Top lots in the Russian section of the painting is also included: the painting "Shrines and strongholds" Nicholas Roerich, written in northern India in 1925 (£ 481,875), "Portrait of Katie" brush Russian-American artist Nikolai Fechin, dated 1926 (£ 385 875), the painting "Oak" by Robert Falk, was exhibited at the artist's personal exhibition in the Tretyakov Gallery in 1924 (£ 325,875). A selection of ten works from the collection of the heirs of Mary Yakunchikovoy was completely sold, the total cost of which was £ 172,125, 100% higher than the bottom bar of the estimate. Of particular note made on the sketch artist patchwork wall, participated in the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, which went under the hammer for £ 97 875. In the section of Russian arts and crafts undisputed top lot was extremely rare purpurinovaya casket with gold accents two colors, Lady Paget acquired in the London office of Faberge in 1915. This box represents a major product of purpurin Faberge from appearing on the market in the last thirty years, has been sold for the sum of £ 481 unique 875. For the first time offered for sale a selection of 12 items acquired socialist Tallis Augustus Avis in the early 1920s to auction aimed at raising funds to suffer the consequences of the famine in 1921 in Russia, was sold at an auction in the total amount of £ 367 000. The selection includes rare items made based on the popular among collectors sketches Natalia Danko and Sergei Chekhonin.