Vladimir Putin’s Art Was Sold for More Than $1,200,000



«The Christmas Alphabet» is a charity auction that was held in St. Petersburg. Devoted to 200 anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol. Every day many famous people of St. Petersburg Fair drew illustrations for the Russian alphabet letters for the story called «The Night Before Christmas». There were created 28 paintings, which were put up for sale on Saturday.
The most expensive lot at the auction was the picture of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called «Pattern for rimy box», which was sold for 37 million rubles (more than $1,200,000 !).
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