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Christie’s Fujita Museum Sale = $262.8m

March 15, 2017 by Marion Maneker


It will be remembered as one of the most extraordinary sales. Originally estimated at $27-38m, Japan’s Fujita Museum in Osaka de-accessioned 31 works to raise funds for an expansion. One lot made more than the entire pre-sale high estimate—and then some—this Six Dragons scroll by Chen Rong.

Bidding throughout the evening was sustained and deep.  At one point, a bidder in the front rows put up a paddle and held it aloft. Jussi Pylkkanen, the auctioneer, his patience showing the tiniest hair-line crack like a piece of crackle-glazed porcelain, firmly asked the bidder to lower the pointlessly held paddle.
The entire sale made $262.8m with premium. One lot failed to find a buyer.

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