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Historic artefacts come home |
发布时间：2006-11-20 16:15:52
THE auction of 300 Chinese cultural relics on November 30 in Shanghai was less successful than the public and the sponsor, the US-China Collectors Association had expected. Only one-third of the items were sold, for a total of 23 million yuan (US$2.7 million).
The Shanghai Guotai Auction Company admitted that an inaccurate estimation of the market for Chinese antiques and the inclusion of items of relatively low value had impaired the success of the auction. However, a source at the company who had been responsible for the auction, but was unwilling to be identified, said it was still the first ever auction in which Chinese antiques held overseas had been shipped back to the Chinese mainland for sale.
"They should have provided better-quality items and set more reasonable prices," he told the Shanghai Star. "But at least, it was a good experiment."
Experts said the prices set for the items were lower than they should have been. The source at Guotai Auction said the US association had originally set the prices while the Chinese f[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页 |
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