Sotheby's to hold second Russian Art Sale in response to unprecedented success.

LONDON -- In the wake of the tremendous success of Sotheby's first-ever London sale of Modern and Contemporary Russian Art in February (the first since its 1988 Moscow auction) and Sotheby's 2006 sales of Russian Art, which combined, totaled 5153 million--up 80 percent from 2005.The June 12 London Russian Sale is set to include a range of rare pictures, works of art and icons, and is estimated to reach more than $30 million.

One of the most important highlights is "Costume for Natalia Trouhanova in La Peri" a gouache over pencil on paper by influential artist Ley Samoi