Phillips de Pury had a succesful outing with Russian and Ukrainian (mainly Ukrainian) art at the 29 June London contemporary day sale. Best newcomer was Alexander Roitburd, whose Goodbye Caravaggio, prompted by the theft of the Caravaggio from Odessa Art Museum (IZO, earlier) fetched £58,850. Here's a Roitburd video (IZO). Vasili Tsagolov fetched £32,450. You could buy one of these for $10,000 a couple of years ago: here's me on Tsagolov last year: "Vasili Tsagolov's show in Tsekh Gallery, Kiev, reviewed in Kommersant (in Russian). This is not investment advice, it is simply a flight of fantasy by an unqualified observer, but if you want to put money into contemporary Ukrainian art, Tsagolov could be your guy." (IZO, earlier).