丝毫不受世界经济萧条的影响,中国艺术品市场在乘风破浪地前进。如今年三月下旬的佳士得拍卖行在纽约洛克菲勒中心的一场拍卖会上拍出了超过1000万美元的中国艺术品,这个市场独有的生命力可见一斑。从美洲到欧洲到远东,来自全世界四个洲的收藏家会聚在一起,惟一刺激竞拍者的是拍卖场内白热化的竞争。这样的竞争又往往是中国收藏家和西方收藏家的比武大会,而中国人笑到了最后。那天拍卖的 In no way affected by the recession in the world, the Chinese art market is moving ahead with rides. As the end of March this year, Christie’s auction house in the Rockefeller Center in New York auctioned more than 10 million US dollars of Chinese art, the unique vitality of this market is evident. From America to Europe to the Far East, collectors from all four continents of the world gathered together. The only excitement was the intense competition in the auction floor. Such competition is often the contest between Chinese collectors and Western collectors, and the Chinese people have the last laugh. That day’s auction