HONG KONG.- Following the success of the Spring 2011 Sale Series in April, Sotheby’s Hong Kong announces yet another important sale – The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Daichien – on 31 May 2011. The sale features 25 prominent paint…
Wen Wei Po Newspaper Says China Accuses Famed Artist Ai Weiwei of Tax Evasion
BEIJING (AP).- Famed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who disappeared earlier this month and is believed to be in police custody, is being investigated for allegedly evading his taxes and destroying evidence, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Thursday. The Beiji…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2011 Achieves US$9.4 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2011 held yesterday achieved an impressive total of HK$73,086,250 / US$9,370,032 (Est. HK$46 -92.3 million / US$5.9 – 8 million*), achieving the Highest Ever Total For A Various-Owner S…
Major Chinese Ceramics Sale at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong Fails to Live Up to Hype
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- A major collection of Chinese ceramics seen as one of the best to be sold in decades, fell flat in a Sotheby’s sale on Thursday, in a surprise setback for the market given a relative lack of Chinese buying interest and high estima…
Government of China Detention of Contemporary Artist Ai Weiwei Tests Depth of Crackdown
BEIJING (REUTERS).- China’s detention of internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei has sparked a petition urging his release, exposing alarm among the nation’s liberal intellectuals who see his case as a test of how far a crackdown to stifle dissent co…
Government of China Detention of Contemporary Artist Ai Weiwei Tests Depth of Crackdown
BEIJING (REUTERS).- China’s detention of internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei has sparked a petition urging his release, exposing alarm among the nation’s liberal intellectuals who see his case as a test of how far a crackdown to stifle dissent co…
Sotheby’s Spring 2011 Sales of Two Private Wine Collections Achieve a Combines Total of US$17.5 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong concluded today the two-day sale of The Ultimate Cellar with triumphant results of HK$96.8 million / US$12.4 million, well in excess of high estimate (HK$77.4 million / US$9.9 million*). The top lot, a case of Roman…
Offering of The Ullens Collection Sets A Record for a Single-Owner Sale of Contemporary Chinese Art at Auction
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong set a Record for a Single-Owner Sale of Contemporary Chinese Art At Auction when its offering of 105 masterpieces from The Ullens Collection – The Nascence of Avant-Garde China brought HK$427,239,250 / US$54,77…
China Blocks Well-Known Artist Ai Weiwei from Boarding Plane to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP).- China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said. The artist, Ai Weiwei, is an outspoken government critic and has …
Sotheby’s New York to Offer an Exceptional Tahitian Sculpture By Paul Gauguin
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 3 May 2011 in New York will feature Jeune tahitienne, an exquisite sculpture carved during Paul Gauguin’s first trip to Tahiti between 1890 and 1893 (est. $10/15 million*). …