Most of the items in the collection of paintings by Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin*, which the couple tried to take abroad, turned out to be copies. This is reported by the Shot telegram channel.
"Experts have studied the works from the list provided to the Russian customs and came to the conclusion that it is pal," the publication says.
According to an experienced art collector, lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky, the old paintings hanging in the castle in the village of Mud are copies, and their originals are completely in other places.
In particular, the painting "View of the city by the river with a windmill" by the artist Jan van Goyen (1596-1656) was sold at Sotheby's auction and is in the personal collection of an American businessman. The original can cost about $ 500 thousand, and a good copy, according to Dobrovinsky, will cost the owners only 10-15 thousand rubles.
The lawyer noted that the customs officer inspecting the paintings intended for export does not know whether they are valuable works of art or not, and sends the owners to obtain permission to export from the country in any case.
"The owners of this work, in this case Galkin * and his wife, should come to the Ministry of Culture and bring a masterpiece for 10 thousand rubles and say: "Give us permission, because we, the Galkins, sit at home and pray for a copy for 10-15 thousand rubles, beat our foreheads and praise the little Dutch made in China.“ People like the Flemish landscape of the XVII century, they can not buy, there is no money. I'm going to cry now because the Galkins don't have any money," Dobrovinsky sarcastically noted.
Earlier, the telegram channel reported on an attempt to export the castle "in parts" from Russia. The interviewed experts claimed that the value of the art collection owned by Galkin* and Pugachev, may exceed $ 20 million, many works are rare and of museum interest, in particular there are works by masters of the XVI-XVII centuries. However, in early October, customs did not allow the collection to be taken out of Russia in connection with an incomplete package of documents.
As reported by EADaily, the palace worth about a billion rubles in the village of Mud near Moscow is still decorated for the singer's husband. It never worked out to sell it. On my last visit to Russia Pugacheva stayed there, but the rest of the time the castle is empty.
*An individual performing the functions of a foreign agent