INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
158x110-centimeter oil painting on strong rough cloth by Mansur Qandriz
on canvas by Fraideh Lashai, and an untitled oil painting on canvas by Kurosh Shishegaran, which sold at 42 billion rials (over
$131,000).Due to their subjects, two works from the 120 items offered at the auction were excluded from the sale by the General Office for
Dramatic Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
movies, was the sole artwork that failed to find a buyer at the auction.However, an unidentified dealer purchased it outside of the auction
at a price of 4 billion rials (over $12,000).The 15th edition of the Tehran Auction was held in January, collecting 1588.9 billion rials
rials (about $550,000) setting a record for an artwork in national sales.The 14th Tehran Auction took in 421.8 billion rials (about $1.6
The artwork was the top seller, fetching about $250,000
(Honaronline/Mohammad Namazi)MMS/YAW
