The sale highlight was this porcelain plate from the Lomonsov state porcelain factory in St Petersburg, 91/4in (23.5cm) in diameter, adorned with some early 1920s polychrome
decoration by Malevich and, on the back, with handwritten block capitals reading SUPREMATIZM along with the number 660/24. The plate sold for a double-estimate €44,000 (£27,500).
Plate amour...
In Cologne on October 26 W.G. Herr (18% buyer’s premium) staged a Jubilee sale to mark their 50th auction in the cosy Friesenwall gallery where, as he puts it, Werner Herr has been “swinging the hammer” for 20 years.
