tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post3521790457779460234..comments2024-03-28T09:46:40.322+01:00Comments on MONGOLS CHINA AND THE SILK ROAD : Emperor Huizong's calligraphy sold for 140mln RMBHans van Roonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13577124666014224950noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post-86453370407271730532012-01-08T15:55:20.636+01:002012-01-08T15:55:20.636+01:00It's funny that you bring this on as I was won...It's funny that you bring this on as I was wondering as well how such an important and big item of one of the better known emperors of China could have gone into private hands and being sold for nearly 20 mln. US €.<br />If you watch the most recent art auctions of last year, the economy is stabilizing as well in China but the art market seems not yet to be aware of this new trend!Hans van Roonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577124666014224950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post-36010922922603798232012-01-08T13:53:34.650+01:002012-01-08T13:53:34.650+01:00I have to agree with the Shanghai Museum about the...I have to agree with the Shanghai Museum about the authenticity of the piece. Chinese auction houses sell so much stuff that is "too good to be true" nowadays, and they never seem to provide a provenance for anything. Where has this priceless album been hiding for the last thousand years? How did it survive the turmoils of the last hundred years to suddenly appear from nowhere in Shenzhen? The auction houses don't ask any questions about where the stuff they sell comes from, and the buyers are too rich and too ignorant to care whether they are buying the real thing or not, so everyone is happy -- but it is a fool's paradise.Andrew Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460418266179540901noreply@blogger.com