London-based Christie's first descended on Russia in the 1990s as interest in post-Soviet kitsch soared

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London-based Christie's first descended on Russia in the 1990s as interest in post-Soviet kitsch soared

Alexander Nemenov

A visitor looks at the "Ox Cart Crossing a Flooded Plain" by Ivan Aivazovsky at Christie's auction house in Moscow. Moscow is fast turning into a key pre-sale destination for auction houses with world masters on their hands.