Personal best: Jia Aili's 2006 triptych, February Talk-Past (Bed) -- large detail shown here -- earned the highest price to date for the emerging artist at Sotheby's March 2013 Hong Kong auction. Hammer price including buyer's premium hit a soaring HK$ 5,800,000 (doubling the original estimate of HK$ 2.8 to 3.5 million).

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