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Auction To Watch: 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale At Sotheby’s HK (October 4)

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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

With confidence in Chinese art rising quickly, expect to see enthusiastic bidding by mainland Chinese collectors at the upcoming Sotheby’s autumn auction of 20th century Chinese art.

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ArtTactic’s Chinese Contemporary Art Market Confidence Survey Shows Continued Strong Recovery

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Over the past 18 months, the emergence of the mainland Chinese auction house as a strong regional force and the growing clout of new Chinese collectors has led ArtTactic to conclude that Chinese contemporary art volume in 2010 could approach 2007 pre-crisis levels.

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Sotheby’s Holds Autumn Auction Preview In Hong Kong (Photos)

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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

If spring was any indication, in the months ahead expect to see mainland Chinese collectors enthusiastically bidding for fine wines, rare watches, Chinese contemporary art, traditional art and antiques from popular historical eras, and jewelry in Hong Kong.

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Hedging Their Bets: What China’s Millionaires Are Buying (Jing Archives)

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

From the archives: It’s no surprise that companies are bending over backwards to find out what drives the estimated 825,000 people worth over 10 million RMB (US$1.46 million) and 51,000 individuals worth over 100 million RMB (US$14.64) to make purchases.

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Champagne Houses Hoping For Shift In Chinese Wine Consumption Habits

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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Though champagne consumption lags far behind that of red wine in the China market, producers have said they expect to see diversification away from Bordeaux in coming years as more Chinese women become “wine converts.”

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Why Beijing Dominates China’s Art Auction Market

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Thursday, July 8th, 2010

The Chinese art market has seen a healthy rebound over the past six to nine months, as mainland-based collectors have pushed prices for traditional artwork to record-breaking highs and prices for blue-chip contemporary artists approaching pre-financial-crisis levels.

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Could China Become A Major Market For Indian Art?

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Thursday, June 24th, 2010

As India’s economy continues to mint new millionaires with an appetite for luxury goods, art and antiques, and diamonds and gold on par with their Chinese counterparts, we can only expect the rivalry between collectors in India and China to get more heated.

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Hong Kong On Course To Become World’s Top Wine Auction Market Within Year

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Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Hong Kong has emerged as Asia’s wine auction hub over the past two years, driven by the enthusiasm of local wine lovers or new mainland Chinese wine collectors, but on the strength of wine auctions from the first six months of this year it appears that Hong Kong is on track to become the largest wine auction market in the world.

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