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Mr Doodle, a young artist from England, presents an exhibition at Sotheby’s Hong Kong featuring iconic works reimagined through his doodle lens. The show questions the boundaries between art and graffiti while engaging playfully with masterpieces.
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It’s the perfect time to look back at some notable events happened in the auction world last year. Let's take a look at artworks that snatched up the top ten spots at auctions in 2019.

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This imperial ruby red-ground Falangcai bowl was hammered down for HK$75m (US$9.58m) and sold for HK$87.2m (US$11.14m) after premium - surprisingly falling short of @ChristiesInc's estimate of HK$100m.
#thevalue #thevalueart #ChineseAntiques #HKAuction

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WATCH: After man eats banana 'art work' at Art Basel, another man vandalized the exhibit, writing: "Epstien didn't kill himself" https://t.co/q2XPbe2RER

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Man removes, eats banana that was taped to wall as part of $120,000 art exhibit https://t.co/Fa2Ili9waJ

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Korean artist Kim Whan-Ki's 05-IV-71 #200 (Universe) was sold for HK$102m (US$13.03m), surpassing its estimate of HK$48m-62m, and became the most expensive Korean work of art.
#thevalue #thevalueart #Koreanart #KimWhanKi #ContemporaryArt #HKAuction

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Five Nudes, Sanyu’s largest painting featuring female nudes, was just sold for HK$303m (US$38.72m) at @Christie’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Hong Kong after an intense 10-minute bidding war.
#thevalue #thevalueart #Sanyu #ContemporaryArt #HKAuction

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Both Kangxi and Qianlong Emperors had great admiration for 'thousand-petal lotus’. We can only catch a glimpse of it through artworks and literature because the type of flower is now extinct.
#thevalue #thevalueart #kangxi #qianlong #falangcai #porcelain

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This season, Christie's Hong Kong presents rare archaic jade pieces, which have been highly sought-after in the market.

#thevalue #thevalueart #archaicjade #chinesejade #pigdragon #christies #auction #chineseart #jade

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An important early example of Ed Ruscha’s ‘text’ painting was sold for US$52.48m @ChristiesInc, setting a new auction record for the American artist.

#thevalue #thevalueart #edruscha #auctionrecord #christies

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A mural Keith Haring created in Grace House was sold at @bonhams1793 for US$3.86m, a record price for the artist's mural.

#thevalue #thevalueart #keithharing #gracehouse #mural #bonhams #auction #contemporaryart

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Charing Cross Bridge from Monet's renowned London series was sold for US$27.6m in New York @Sothebys . It appeared at auction for the first time after 40 years in its current collection.

#thevalue #thevalueart #monet #claudemonet #SothebysImpMod

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Can’t Wait ‘til the Night Comes by Yoshitomo Nara, which will be offered in its stand-alone sale, is expected to fetch HK$80m (US$10.22m) @ChristiesInc

#thevalue #thevalueart #yoshitomonara #奈良美智 #christies #hkauction #japaneseartist

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#AuctionUpdate: Tamara de Lempicka’s’ ‘La Tunique rose’ seduces bidders, courting a final price of $13.4 million and setting a new world record for the artist at auction. #SothebysImpMod

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A masterpiece by Bernardino Luini that came from the same collection where Salvator Mundi was kept in will go under the hammer for €1.8m-2m in Paris.

@aguttes

#thevalue #thevalueart #aguttes #BernardinoLuini #SalvatorMundi #daVinci #oldmasters

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@ChristiesInc autumn sale in London, a pair of imperial lapis lazuli ‘da ji’ double-gourd form plagues fetched £743,250, more than six times its estimate.

#thevalue #thevalueart #chineseart #imperial #qianlong

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Today's Only Watch auction raised a total of CHF38,593,000 for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The sale included a Patek Philippe, which realised the historic amount of CHF31,000,000: https://t.co/GnG6kvX6S0

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World's most expensive watch just hammered at around 31 million dollars. That's enough to win three Senate seats!

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Leading @Sothebys' Imperial Porcelain sale was a Qianlong underglaze-blue, famille-rose and gilt-decorated ‘boys medallion’ vase, which sold for £519,000.

#thevalue #thevalueart #sothebys #porcelain #chineseart #qianlong

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