Author Archives: Raj Rangarajan

Christie’s fall sales of Asian contemporary art and Chinese 20th-century art in Hong Kong on Nov. 29–30 totaled HK$389.3 million ($50.2 million), a 48 percent increase over last fall’s total of HK$262.2 million ($33.8 million). Read More

The strength of demand at Christie’s spring sales in Hong Kong surprised market observers and Christie’s experts alike, particularly in light of the recent weakness in the broader art market. Read More

Sotheby’s spring sales of Asian paintings, held in Hong Kong April 5–6, were not as robust as those in recent seasons. Read More

Modern and contemporary Asian art yielded uneven results at Christie’s series of sales in Hong Kong in late November. Read More

Overall volume was down at Sotheby’s series of fall sales held Oct. 4–8 in Hong Kong, to $140.74 million from $200 million last year (ANL, 10/30/08). Read More

Sales of Asian art at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York Sept. 15–19 were healthy, despite a drop in overall volume to $77 million from over $100 million last fall (ANL, 10/16/07). Read More

Dozens of new records were set for artists from China, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan at Christie’s in Hong Kong during the house’s inaugural evening sale of Asian contemporary art (which totaled $40.7 million) and Chinese 20th-century art ($21.7 million) on May 24. Read More

A spirited sale of modern and contemporary art kicked off Sotheby’s four-day spring sale of Asian art in Hong Kong from April 8-11. Read More

Christie’s autumn auctions in Hong Kong (Nov. 25-27) were heavily focused on contemporary art and realized $270.4 million exceeding last year’s total of $210 million (ANL, 12/26/06, p. 5). Read More

Sotheby’s autumn sales in Hong Kong (Oct. 6-9), which included auctions of Chinese contemporary art, Chinese ceramics and fine paintings, Qing (1644-1911) porcelain and jewels and watches, fetched a total of $200 million. Read More

The continuing momentum of the market for contemporary Asian and Indian art was underscored by sales at Christie’s in London and Hong Kong last month. Christie’s London sale of modern and contemporary Indian art on May 21 realized £4.5 million ($8.8 million). Read More

Sotheby’s Hong Kong registered $135.33 million in Hong Kong during a four-day series of sales from April 7-10 that included Chinese works of art ($58.17 million), contemporary Chinese art ($27.63 million), fine Chinese paintings ($15.21 million), watches ($2.96 million) and jewels and jadeite ($31.34 million). Read More