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1994年11初,香港秋季拍卖活动拉开了序幕。香港的太古佳士得公司与索斯比公司各摆开一个拍卖场,一批中国书画、古瓷器、珠宝翡翠首饰高价成交。总成交额达3.8亿港元。 两大拍卖行相继进军香港与内地 随着近年来中国内地、香港及东南亚地区的经济增长,这个地区的拍卖市场也越来越受注目。世界两大古老的拍卖行——英国克里斯蒂与美国索斯比都在香港设立了地区总部,把进军亚洲作为其重要战略。 索斯比拍卖行自1973年第一次在香港公开拍卖以来,已在香港举行了40次拍卖会。而克里斯蒂拍卖行则于1985年在香港成立办事处,并于1989年与香港太古公司合资成立了太古佳士得香港有限公司。 两大拍卖公司把上海看作是另一个潜在的市场,相继于去年4月在上海设立了办事处。索斯比公司还于去年4月和10月,在上
At the beginning of November 1994, Hong Kong’s autumn auction started. Hong Kong’s Taikoo Christie’s company and Sotheby’s company each set up an auction venue, and a group of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, ancient porcelain, and jewelry and jadeite jewellery were sold at high prices. The total turnover of 380 million Hong Kong dollars. The two major auction houses have entered Hong Kong and the Mainland one after another. With the economic growth in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia in recent years, the auction market in this region has also become more and more noticeable. Two of the world’s oldest auction houses—Christie UK and Sotheby’s in the United States—have set up regional headquarters in Hong Kong, making Asia an important strategy. Sotheby’s has held 40 auctions in Hong Kong since its first public auction in Hong Kong in 1973. The Christie Auction House established an office in Hong Kong in 1985. In 1989, it established a joint venture with Swire Pacific Hong Kong Limited. The two major auction companies saw Shanghai as another potential market, setting up offices in Shanghai last April. Sotheby’s company also last April and October last year