| Museum quality pieces and royal connections in Bonhams Russian sale in London |
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LONDON.- Museum quality paintings by Vasilii Polenov, Jewellery albums belonging to Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna and stunning examples of Fabergé, offer much to excite buyers at the Bonhams Russian Sale, taking place on November 30th in New Bond Street, London. Following a successful and well-attended two-week exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, two rare paintings by Vasilii Polenov are among the highlights of the sale. Considered masterpieces of the golden age of 19th century Russian painting, the two works entitled “He that is Without Sin” (est. £1.2 – 1.8million) and “He is Guilty of Death” (est. £600,000 – 800,000) are new to the market and have never been seen at auction before. Bonhams will be offering a work by the celebrated portrait painter Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Bel’sky entitled “A young sorceress”, estimated to sell for £250,000 – 350,000. A stude read full article
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