At the entrance to the auction house "Gelos" tense atmosphere reigned yesterday: the diamonds of the Zykina itself were to leave the hammer! Those of the most who disappeared after the death of the singer, because of what was initiated by a loud criminal case. And suddenly the jewel was unexpectedly found and "surfaced" at auction!
But the journalists who have fallen in the hall were disappointed - no more than 7 people turned out, they made the rates occasionally, and the main participants preferred to "not glow" and participated in the auction via the Internet and by telephone. All 27 lots were gone (2 more were not sold). It is assumed that most of the jewelry bought one longtime fan of the singer, with whom no one could have been able to.
The scene was issued by a large portrait of Lyudmila Zykina, which is not called here as "Lyudmila Georgievna", with a big pitue in his voice. Shining jewels were blocked on stage in a museum tray, they demonstrated a hemologist.
"Historicism bracelet, with diamonds and diamons, very beautiful and pretty, 22 thousand rubles," the hemologist presented Lot No. 106.
- Forty! Forty five! Fifty! - shouting the rising auctionist rates.
"I would like to add," the hemologist began in short voice.
-Fifty five! Sixty! Sixty five! - interrupted auctionist. Anonymous buyers raised a bid, not in bloating and half a second.
"I'm so worried, as if this is my money," operators were commented on the phone.
- I would like to add, - tried to insert a hemologist as a word, but the auctionist interrupted it again:
- Moscow, Peter, Hall, Last Chance!
And under the knock hammer of the relic "Lyudmila Georgievna" went in an unknown direction in the hands of a telephone anonymus.
There were many wishing to acquire jewels in Zykina. "Only before the start of trading on all lots, 120 absentee bids and 70 phone calls were received," Pavel Golubev's deputy director of the auction house told Pavel Golubev.
Initially, sold the most expensive part of the collection. Here prices grew slightly: one and a half - three times from the starting. For example, an almost unparalleled old brooch of 1871 with diamonds and diamonds went over 350 thousand at an initial cost of 90-150 thousand. The suspension and earrings with unique in the magnitude of the emeralds, which, presumably belonged to the Maharaj family and were presented with Lyudmila Zykina during the journey in India, went over 1.5 million at the initial cost of 700 thousand. The necklace with 127-diamonds, which President Azerbaijan himself gave the People's Artist, was sold for 2 million, for the same earrings, which Zykina loved the most and called "mine." The most expensive copy - exclusive earrings with natural diamonds went over 6.5 million rubles, which was practically equal to the cost.
But at the end of the auction, when they began to sell cheaper decorations, suddenly incredible things happened. The silver bracelet with an insert from Jadeite, originally estimated at 4 thousand rubles, was sold for 3 million 200 thousand.
"This is a psychological moment, when those who have cut off on the first lots want to buy at least something and lay out for cheap things much more than they were ready to do it initially," said one of the traded dentist Alexander, who came here hoping to join to legend and purchase an inexpensive relic. However, not all attracted the story of things to the auction. "I was like an antique salon and I believe that there is the best value for money. Most lots were sold inexpensively, almost at cost. I told me a hemologist that there can be stones with cracks, filled with silicone. Everything is tested here, "said another trading.
However, an anonymous buyer did not give them a chance to acquire cheap things. "Prices for them have increased so that it seems, there were people who had a fundamental desire to acquire them," Alexander caught.
After the last lot went out of the hammer, turned on the phonogram with the execution of the song Zykina, but the guests did not listen to her, diverged.
Everyone was satisfied. Deputy Director of the Trade House Pavel Golubev said that the bidding passed very positively, although such an event for auction house is always the possibility of surprise.
Lyudmila Zykina Sergey remained satisfied and nephew. He said that the investigation in the case of theft of jewelry is still coming. "This is a forced measure in order to create a fund. Now there is enough money, "he said. To the question why for the museum did not leave at least "my earrings", he replied that he did not see the point in this, since the museum was not a show of jewelry and he had few other tasks. "Yes, she especially didn't like these decorations, wearing them as part of the costume," hurried to debunk the myth about the preferences of the singer to the jewels Sergey Zykin.