LONDON, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russian artworks
fetched over $6.6 million, well above the lowest estimate of
$5.4 million, at an auction at Christie's in London, a RIA
Novosti correspondent reported on Wednesday.
With just 70% of all lots being sold, the auction house
failed to clear the maximum estimate of $8 million.
The auction's top lot was A Finnish village. Roofs by
Vasilii Shukhaev, which went for about $1.1 million, more than
twice its pre-sale estimate.
Two works by Russia's most famous marine artist Ivan
Aivazovsky, The survivor and Ukrainian harvest also made it
into the top three, selling for $667,000 and $534,000,
respectively.
Christie's also auctioned works by Faberge, jewelry and
coins.
Christie's main rival, Sotheby's, sold 17 works of Russian
art for $12.5 million during the first day of its annual
Russian art days on Tuesday.
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