8 to 10 February many masterpieces await buyers Eastern and South Americans in the headquarters of auctioneers London 
The auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's are preparing to make his mark in the auction in February with the exception of sales of works of the greatest Impressionist artists, modern surreal Gaugin, Degas, Picasso, Dali Magrittea.
The lease payments for the two days amounted to 650 million dollars The most expected, Eastern and South American collectors, Tuesday, February 8 from Sotheby's sale of Picasso's La Lecture at bidder with an evaluation of oscillating between 12 and 18 million pounds. But other masterpieces sonopresenti in two lots next Wednesday's auction of nine and above nell'evening Thursday, February 10 where they will be auctioned works by Dali, Klee, Giacometti, Francis Bacon (7-9 mlioni pounds), Lucian Freud (1.5 million pounds is)
Star instead of the auction to be held Feb. 9 at the headquarters of Christie's King Street is without doubt a still life by Paul Gauguin L'Esperance, a unique still life, estimated at between 11 and 16 million dollars, with a central vase of sunflowers that the artist had intended as a tribute to his friend Van Gogh's colleague and 
Equally unique are a pastel by Degas (3-5 million pounds) dating back to 1896, in perfect condition and signed, showing two dancers with bright colors, fresh and explosive and Picasso in 1901, Sur l'Empire travers ant the Seine (2-3 million pounds). The work is part of a group of four that will be sold from the Art Institute of Chicago among them (in addition to another Picasso and a Matisse) stands out a still life by Georges Braque , estimated between 3.5 and 5 , 5 million pounds. 
The auction of impressionist and modern art (for which receipts are provided up to £ 80 million) will be immediately followed by the surrealist, 32 lots with an initial estimate of 19 million pounds, the highest for any art auction of its kind held so far. A stand out here are a monumental painting by Magritte , entitled L'aimant (3.5000000 to 5.5000000), and a significant study Dali, Etude pour Le miel est plus doux que le sang (2-3 million), an early Surrealist paintings in the style of the painter. Auction will follow on February 9, the next day, selling a series of drawings by great artists of the Impressionist and modern works by minor artists of the same era. 
The crisis in the art market, looking at Auction records broken in the past, now seems a distant memory. This is also confirmed Jussi Pylkkanen, president of Christie's Europe: the number of new customers who registered in 2009 increased by 23% and the number of those who bought a lot is at least 13%. The interest is growing especially among the Asian continent fans who like the colorful works primarily with pleasant subject of Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Degas, Chagall and Picasso but also .
(LB - from "Il Sole 24 ore") 
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