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Global Auction Giants Set Sights On China’s New Collectors
As Sotheby's, Christie's, and Chinese auction houses aim to attract Chinese buyers across the globe, digital platforms may play an increasingly important role. Read More
Chinese Auction Houses Undercutting International Rivals In Hong Kong
Mainland Chinese auction houses are hoping to compete with international rivals like Sotheby's and Christie's in Hong Kong by targeting the most sensitive place for regional collectors: their pocketbooks. Read More
Christie’s HK Contemporary Asian Art Auctions (Nov. 24-25): Top Lots To Watch
This year, amid a more selective buyer market, the name of the game remains quality, not only in terms of the artist but in terms of the artwork itself. Read More
Private & Philanthropic: The Evolution Of China’s Art Collectors
If there's one major distinguishing factor that sets the art market in China apart from the rest of the world, it's the near impossibility of easy classification. Read More
Skittish Hong Kong Investors Flock To Art
Along with its status as the world's largest wine auction market, recent years have seen Hong Kong become a key art market as new mainland Chinese collectors and skittish local… Read More
Crowd-Pleasing Song Dynasty Bowl Could Fetch $10 Million In Hong Kong
Following a showing in Shanghai, where it attracted huge crowds, Sotheby's decided to pull back a planned public showing this weekend in Beijing, instead opening the bowl up for view… Read More-
Tapping Chinese Demand, Sotheby’s To Debut Historic Traveling Exhibition In Chengdu
According to Sotheby's, the choice to expand its traveling exhibitions to Chengdu is a natural response to growing connoisseurship and demand for art in China. Read More -
First Chinese Owned & Operated Gallery In Europe Opens In Berlin
Unlike other collector markets like the US, Europe has so far been without a Chinese contemporary art gallery displaying works hand-picked from a native collector, until now. Read More -
Important Works By Zhang Xiaogang Up For Auction At Christie’s Hong Kong
Fans of the blue-chip Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang will have their shot to bid on some of the artist's best works this weekend at Christie's Hong Kong. Read More -
After Gold, Art & Wine, China’s Wealthy Collectors Stocking Up On Vintage Baijiu
Chinese collectors may be pushing prices for top Bordeaux and Burgundy vintages up on the global auction market, but in China, their appetite for new investments has caused prices for… Read More
