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Christie’s and China Guardian team up for series of autumn sales and events in Shanghai
07 May 2020Auction house Christie’s and China Guardian have teamed up to create a series of sales, exhibitions and events in Shanghai in September.
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Chinese blue and white vase sets auction record at online sale
05 May 2020A Chinese blue and white vase achieved a hammer price of over £3m at an online auction that closed in Singapore this week.
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Porcelain bottle from former governor-general of Ceylon's collection offered at Singapore auction
27 April 2020The timed sale of Oriental ceramics and works of art to be held by Hotlotz Singapore running until May 3 features a selection of items from the descendants of Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, GCMG, KCVO, KBE, KStJ, who was governor-general of Ceylon from 1954-62.
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Coronavirus: Sotheby’s latest to change Hong Kong auction schedule
25 February 2020Sotheby’s has moved its Modern Art evening sale and Contemporary Art evening and day auction to New York from Hong Kong following the spread of coronavirus.
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Bonhams and Sotheby's latest to reschedule Asian art auctions after spread of coronavirus
11 February 2020Bonhams and Sotheby's have postponed Asian art auctions during New York’s Asia Week until June.
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Auctions and art fairs postponed and cancelled after spread of coronavirus in Asia
07 February 2020The outbreak and spread of the coronavirus has forced art fairs and auctions to postpone and cancel in light of the increasing seriousness of the situation.
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US tariffs on Chinese art “diverts market elsewhere”, says Sotheby’s
08 January 2020Sotheby’s has added its weight to the art market’s response against President Donald Trump’s imposition of import tariffs on Chinese works of art in the US.
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Christie’s seeks exemption from Chinese import tax in US
08 November 2019Christie’s has been praised for its stance on US tariffs on Chinese art after it became the first art market firm to seek exclusion from the tax, part of the ongoing trade war between the US and China. Late in October, Christie’s applied for exemption from a “punishing” import tax on seven types of Chinese art.
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‘The finest piece of imperial glass to survive’ sells at nine-fold increase since 2000
14 October 2019The most important example of Qing glassware to appear at auction sold for HK$180m (£18m) – the highlight of Sotheby’s recent series in Hong Kong.
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Welsh bathed in success as the China Trade shines at Fine Art Asia art fair
14 October 2019A Qianlong period export plaque decorated after a scene by Louis-Marin Bonnet (1736-93) was among the Fine Art Asia highlight sales.
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Fine Art Asia: Pavilion plays host to dealers
30 September 2019Masterpiece London regulars attend Hong Kong event despite civic unrest
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Ink Asia offers artwork food for thought
30 September 2019'Le vol de pensée' (2010), shown right, is offered for $25,000 at Ink Asia on the stand of Singapore gallery iPreciation. The framed ink-on-paper composition, 2ft 7in x 2ft 2in (79 x 65cm), is by Gao Xingjian, a Chinese-born artist working in France.
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Dealers taking part in downsized Masterpiece Pavilion at Fine Art Asia revealed
12 September 2019The management of Masterpiece has unveiled the dealers who will participate in a showcase that replaces the planned 24 stands at Fine Art Asia (October 4-7) in Hong Kong because of continuing public unrest in the city.
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Hong Kong fair will be ‘held as scheduled’ with pared-back Masterpiece presence
09 September 2019The organisers of Fine Art Asia in Hong Kong have confirmed the event will proceed as planned, despite the ongoing anti-government protests in the city.
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Fine Art Asia, with Masterpiece Pavilion, to go ahead in Hong Kong despite city’s political protests
04 September 2019The organisers of Fine Art Asia and Masterpiece have confirmed the event, featuring Masterpiece's debut presence in the Far East, will proceed in Hong Kong in October, despite the city's anti-government protests in recent weeks.
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Qing period gold wedding boxes emerge at Singapore auction
22 July 2019A pair of 20ct gold wedding boxes dating from the late Qing period is on offer (one shown here). Both are embossed with the 12 symbols of the Chinese zodiac with the lids decorated with the sign of the Dragon and the Rabbit identifying each marriage partner.
Trump administration in renewed threat to tax Chinese art imports
20 May 2019Chinese art and antiques are part of a new list of $300bn-plus of imports drawn up by President Trump’s administration in the country’s escalating trade war with China, ATG understands.
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Hong Kong antiques fair set for 12th edition
06 May 2019The 12th edition of the International Antiques Fair takes place in Hong Kong this month at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. It runs from May 24-28, coinciding with the main spring auction series held by Christie’s.
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Tianminlou collection sells out in Hong Kong auction
08 April 2019Sotheby’s spring Hong Kong auction series generated a grand total of HK$3.78bn (£367m) – the second highest in the company’s 46-year history in the territory – and a combined sell-through rate of 90%.
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TEFAF report reveals art buying trends in China
15 March 2019Sixty-four percent of Chinese art collectors bought Western European modern and contemporary art in the past five years according to a survey conducted for the TEFAF Art Market Report which was presented at the fair as the doors opened for the second preview day.
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