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New Collector Drives Chinese Snuff Bottles to Record Prices

November 24, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Agence France Presse asked Bonhams for some details on the buyer of the record-setting snuff bottles in their Hong Kong sale. The auction house would only say that it was a Hong Kong property baron who bought two of the higher-priced works of art following a pattern where Chinese money has begun to accelerate into the category:

Their mysterious new owner only began collecting snuff bottles this year, Bonhams auction house said in a statement

Mogul pays record for snuff bottles (AFP/Sydney Morning Herald)

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