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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $13,254–$19,881
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Russian Paintings Day Sale, London · 1 December 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3899004
- Record
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Minas Avetisian, the grieving muse. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2009, lot 419. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3899004.
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Minas Avetisian, the grieving muse. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2009, lot 419. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3899004.
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From the same sale Russian Paintings Day Sale · Dec 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of an old Tibetan | Sviatoslav Roerich | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Circassian Rider | Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| A well-deserved Rest | Eugen Gustav Dücker | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Tbilisi view | Vasily Ivanovich Shukhaev | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| The new necklace | Fedot Vasilievich Sychkov | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Embankment with Vysotka | Valery Koshlyakov | £15,000–£20,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minas Avetisian | Portrait of a Girl | $30,000 | Sotheby's, Apr 2011 | |
| Alexandra Exter | Pulcinella | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| David Davidovich Burliuk | Arles (after Vincent van Gogh) | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-bel'sky | Children in a country landscape | Bonhams, Dec 2021 | ||
| Minas Avetisian | Our Village | Sotheby's, Apr 2009 | ||
| Alexandra Exter | Salome | Hammersite, Mar 2023 | ||
| Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky | Stage design for 'Eugene Onegin': Ball at the Larins | Christie's, Jun 2018 | ||
| Minas Avetisian | Untitled | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2008 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.