During the autumn auction of international auction houses in Hong Kong, the special auction of mainland collectors Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei will be cold, with up to 10 of the 39 collections.
According to the First Financial, Sotheby's Thursday (October 5) held a special auction of "Longtou: Liu Yiqian and Wang Weizhen's collection" in Hong Kong.The final transaction was 29 cases, with a total turnover of HK $ 545 million (the same, S $ 95 million), which is far lower than the previous minimum valuation.The total valuations of these works are as high as 745 million to HK $ 1.06 billion.
It is reported that, especially some of the collections that Liu Yiqian once took high prices, did not take a high price or encountered streaming shooting.
Some commentators believe that in the context of the rise of global interest rates, the current art market is not the best investment channel.
Capital leader Liu Yiqian has been involved in the field of art collection since the 1990s.In 2012, he and Wang Wei founded the Dragon Art Museum to show his art collection over the years. Collection covers traditional Chinese art, modern art, "red classic" art, and western modern and contemporary art.After the establishment of the art museum, they continued to buy art works in the auction market.
In 2014, Liu Yiqian spent 280 million yuan (about 53 million yuan) to buy Meiyintang Treasure Mingcheng Doucai Chicken Cup, and then bought the Ming Yongle Royal Royal Royal Royal Royal Royal Royal Royal Royal Royal Royal Men for HK $ 310 million.Yan Mo's enemy embroidered Thangka, setting a world record for Chinese art auction.The following year, he took a naked girl who took the side of Modeliani's works in the United States for $ 170 million (about S $ 232 million), setting a record of artist auction.
The First Financial reported that because Liu Yiqian was involved in Guohua Life in the capital market recently, there were also relevant persons who speculated that his release in the art market was related to this.
