Guest gazing upon Peter Breugel's Tower of Babel. Photo courtesy of Moscow Sotheby's International Realty.
In April, ONE | Sotheby’s traveled to Moscow to meet agents and clients in the Russian city as part of its continuing international outreach.
Local Moscow affiliates held an elegant affair at the State Historical Museum on Red Square adjacent to the Kremlin, where just a few days prior, Sotheby’s house had exhibited Russian paintings from its London collection that will go to auction later this year.
Surrounded by permanent collections in Russia’s most important museum, agents from South Florida, Colorado, Italy, Turkey, Czechoslovakia and Barcelona gathered for a cocktail reception to network and meet prospective clients.
The State Historical Museum of Moscow. Photo courtesy of Moscow Sotheby's International Realty.
Agents at the event. Photo courtesy of Moscow Sotheby's International Realty.
Agent Inga Boutboul representing ONE | Sotheby's in Moscow.
While real estate was the focus of the event, the subject of art came to the fore with a round-table discussion. Two Russian artists, Dmitry Gutov and Anatoly Osmolovsky, led a debate entitled “What’s More Important? Art or Money?” over Paul Cezanne’s The Card Players, which sold for $250 million dollars in 2011 — the most expensive price tag to date on any work of art.
The ONE | Sotheby’s world tour continues this year, with additional trips to represent the firm in London, Hong Kong, Canada, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and nationally in New York. The first trip this year found ONE | Sotheby’s in Brazil.
The South Florida affiliate is part of a global network — more than 10,900 sales associates throughout 500 offices in 42 countries and territories worldwide are part of Sotheby’s International Realty.
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