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Collection of Peter Kapitza sold for £ 4, 8 million
the lucky "Cabby" Boris Kustodiev we told before, but now other results of yesterday's Russian auction Christie's. The overall result of the auction, "Masterpieces of Russian Art" was £ 15, 24 million ($ 24, 42 million). Another work from the collection of Peter Kapitza "urban fringe" brush Alexander Shevchenko also set a world record price and was sold for £ 433 million. As a result, works from the collection of Peter Kapitza have been sold for more than £ 4, 8 million. Top lot of runner-up, "Portrait of Mademoiselle Podbelskogo" brush Feshina Nicholas, was written by the artist in 1912, when Natalia was a student at the Kazan Art School. Podbelskaya was one of the most popular models Feshina in those years. The picture went to a private collection for £ 2 million. The third top lot of the auction was made of gilding silver badge and star of St. Andrew, eventually sold for £ 481 million - three times higher than the estimate. Fourteen works of Mary Yakunchikovoy brushes were sold in the total amount of £ 480,000, almost twice the stated evaluation; 22 by Sergei Chekhonin went under the hammer for an amount in excess of £ 350,000. Bright work hand Alexander Volkov "Mausoleums in the moonlight" in 1915, which was presented at the first international exhibition "Alexander Volkov: sand and silk" in the halls of Christie's in London in September 2012 went under the hammer for £ 433 million.