Christie's sale of Russian Paintings & Works of Art today totaled $19,265,160 Christie's sale of Russian Paintings & Works of Art today totaled $19,265,160, surpassing its pre-sale high estimate and exceeding the results achieved in New York at this time last year
fall season of Russian sales here at Christie’s, highlighted by the record $54 million sale in London in November, a sale that stands as the highest combined sales total ever achieved in the Russian Pictures and Works of Art category worldwide, and in which Christie’s set the current world auction record for any Russian painting included in a Russian sale (Somov’s Pastorale Russe, $5,251,808). My colleagues and I are now looking forward to further success with our next sale of Russian Art to be held in London on June 13,” said Alexis de Tiesenhausen, International Head of Russian Works of Art at Christie’s.
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