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Yet another auction controversy regarding the sale of Chinese antiques at an international auction house has illustrated the difficulties surrounding this auction segment. Read More

Amid a drop in property prices, lower economic growth rates and a crackdown on art importers in mainland China, the upcoming Sotheby's autumn auction series in Hong Kong will test the strength of Chinese demand for art, wine, watches and jewelry as both alternative investments and luxury goods in their own right. Read More

Though China's domestic art and antique auction market is now the world's largest, the home-grown auction industry continues to suffer from a dearth of credibility, damaged by poor authentication standards, a lack of regulation, rampant non-payment and untested upstarts crowding the market. Read More

Racking up a total of US44.7 million in a “dynamic and diverse series of sales” over the course of four days, Christie’s New York Asian Art Week showcased a bumper crop of some of the rarest and most valuable works of Asian art seen at recent auctions. Read More

With eyes now set on expansion outside of its mainland China home base, China Guardian is set to take on centuries-old international players like Sotheby's and Christie's at the upcoming autumn auction season in Hong Kong. Read More

With the autumn auction season approaching, major auction houses are taking stock of what we can expect to see in the Asian art market in the remainder of the year, following lower overall volumes despite record-breaking sales in Hong Kong this past spring. Read More

Recent coverage of the Chinese art world misses many important distinctions that must be made about the auction market in mainland China as well as Hong Kong. Read More

Following their love affairs with Château Lafite Rothschild then Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, it appears that Chinese collectors are investing ever more into perennial status symbol Château Pétrus. Read More

A roundup of news from China's art market, from speculation on the next steps in its contemporary scene to auction house China Guardian's moves to take on Sotheby's in Hong Kong and the growing stature of Asia's collectors on the world stage. Read More

The Chinese art market is undoubtedly changing, and moving beyond from the massive price boom we saw in early 2011, but this is probably a good thing for the state of the market. Read More