Medvedev’s Photo Outdoes Putin’s Painting | News | The Moscow Times: “President Dmitry Medvedev’s photo fetched 51 million rubles ($1.7 million) at a charity auction in St. Petersburg on Saturday, surpassing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s record for a painting sold at the same event last year.
The signed, black-and-white aerial photograph in a silver frame, “Tobolsk Kremlin,” depicts the Siberian city’s 18th-century fortress. It was sold to Mikhail Zingarevich, a board member at St. Petersburg-based Ilim Group, after heated bidding quickly sent the price to 40 million rubles.”