When the final hammer came down today, closing out Sotheby’s most successful series of auctions in Hong Kong to date, more than $447m had changed hands, well above the $340m anticipated. Over eight days, Sotheby’s offered more than 3,600 lots across eight categories, as record highs were recorded for wine, watches, and various categories of Asian art.
Only yesterday’s sale of the Meiyintang Collection of ceramics fell short, an outcome that was salvaged when the two top lots sold privately after the auction, with the much-touted Falangcai vase with pheasants finding a buyer at $25.64m.
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