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Eastern Art, Western Prices

Mar 29 2007

Back to: The Ka-Ching! Dynasty

Ai Weiwei
Drawing for Transient Rainbow
Marlboro by Wang Guangyi
Lovers by Liu Xiaodong
Series 1, No. 5
A Big Family
1 of 12
Cashing In
Ai Weiwei in his studio near Beijing. Ai, a beneficiary of the Chinese art boom, now claims that the market there is overvalued.

Drawing for Transient Rainbow
Artist: Cai Guo-Quiang
Work: Drawing for Transient Rainbow (2003)
Collector: Clarissa Bronfman, philanthropist
Price: $250,000
Sale Date: December 2005

Marlboro
Artist: Wang Guangyi
Work: Marlboro (2003)
Collector: Carol Appel, philanthropist
Price: $284,800
Sale Date: November 2006

Lovers
Artist: Liu Xiaodong
Work: Lovers (2003)
Collector: Christopher Tsai, money manager
Price: $329,600
Sale Date: September 2006

Series 1, No. 5
Artist: Fang Lijun
Work: Series 1, No. 5 (1990-1991)
Collector: Howard Farber, real estate investor
Price: $531,200
Sale Date: November 2006

A Big Family
Artist: Zhang Xiaogang
Work: A Big Family (1995)
Collector: Charles Saatchi, ad agency founder
Price: $1.45 million
Sale Date: October 2006