Аукционы

A Russian gilded silver and enameled kovsh by Feodor Ruckert attained $85,250.

:A diverse array of items shattered their sales estimates at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' May 31-June 1 auction due to aggressive bidding from a worldwide audience, with pieces of Russian silver leading the show. Other high performing categories included Oriental antiques, fine art paintings and coins.

Sought-after Russian silver items included a gilded silver and enameled kovsh made by Feodor Ruckert that attained $85,250 and a plique-a-jour, cloisonnй and enameled box by Antip Ivanovich Kuzmichev, bringing $6,325. A Japanese cloisonnй tray by Namikawa Sosuke sold for $33,000, and a set of four Twentieth Century Chinese rosewood armchairs with porcelain panels realized $6,875.