Since its inaugural Russian Sale in November 2005, Bonhams’ Russian department has gone from strength to strength, securing top prices for exceptional pieces. Particular highlights include £610,400 for Alexei Alexeevich Harlamoff’s ‘The Little Seamstress’ in 2006 (at the time, a world record price); £397,600 for a painting by Konstantin Alexeevich Korovin against its estimate of £250,000; and ‘A Beached Ship’ by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky sold for £173,000. Works of Art, too, continue to command high bidding at Bonhams; a Fabergé silver mounted cut-glass centrepiece sold for £128,000 and a small silver and enamel matchbox fetched £45,600.

Bonhams’ next Russian sale is scheduled for 26 November 2007 and will feature works by major Russian 19th and 20th Century artists and objets d’art including Faberge and porcelain from both the Imperial and Soviet eras.

Posted: 06|21|07 at 9:58 am. Filed under: UK News.