Tag Archives: Hong Kong auction

The seven day Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn 2010 sales series was a revealing and record-breaking event. Most artworks sold for well above estimates, mainland Chinese buyers outnumbered those from Hong Kong and Asian art sales eclipsed those of Western art. Art Radar trowels the media to find and summarise the best reports on the sales. Continue reading →

AUCTION HOUSE NEWS SPRING 2009 Reuters reports that Sothebys sold US$223 million worth of artwork in its 2008 spring sale but this year expects to sell only one-third as much in what Kevin Ching, Chief Executive Office for Asia calls … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART AUCTIONS A painting by Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang offered by Hollywood director Oliver Stone fetched HK$26.4 million ($3.4 million) at a Hong Kong art sale where half the lots were unsold, reflecting the prevailing gloom. Zhang’s “Bloodline: … Continue reading →