The press service of the Russian Literary Fund Auctions House reported, on Tuesday, that the death mask of the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was put up for sale at auction, and its value was set at 250,000 rubles.
A statement published by the press service stated that the death mask of Nikolai Gogol, made of gypsum, created by the Russian sculptor Nikolai Ramzanov in 1852, has artistic and literary value at the museum level, and the price of this death mask of the Russian writer was set at 250,000 rubles, reports Al-Rai daily.