Global auctioneers Sotheby’s sold $411 million worth of Asian and Chinese art, jewelry, wine and watches in its six day Asian sales in Hong Kong. Chinese bidders pushed prices of diamonds and Ming porcelain to records at a Hong Kong auction, as wealthy Asians poured money into an investment class that’s centuries old amid volatile global [...]
12 November 2010 
Suburban Family’s Old Chinese Vase Fetches $83 Million
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A Chinese vase discovered during a routine clear-out of a bungalow in northwest London has sold at auction for a record £51 million ($83 million), leaving the sellers flabbergasted. A vase that sat, little-noticed, in a modest suburban home has become one of the most expensive Asian artworks ever sold, and underlined the rapid rise [...]
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