Chinese Oil Painting Auction Information (3)

Author: Da Yunhe
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: "China Oil Painting Auction Intelligence" series, which includes 248 active Chinese contemporary and modern oil painters in the oil painting market in recent years, covering thousands of auctioned works. Arranged in chronological order by the artists' lifespans, the series is compiled into 6 volumes. Compared to similar books in the market, this series has its own format and characteristics. First, it targets the frontline oil painting market, directly selecting auction information from the long-term sales records of dozens of auction houses across the country that is meaningful to investors. This helps investors understand the basic development trajectory and current collection status of the Chinese oil painting market and anticipate collection trends. Second, the series is rich in content, providing short biographies and introductions to the artistic styles of each oil painter. The selected works include images, creation dates, materials, dimensions, estimated prices, hammer prices, artist signatures, auction houses, and auction dates—essential auction intelligence for collectors. The series strives for comprehensive, detailed, and visually engaging information, making it highly practical and reference-worthy. "Prosperity breeds collecting, chaos hoards gold." Since the 1990s, the art auction industry has rapidly risen in the Chinese market, and art collection has expanded from primarily national cultural and institutions to a broader segment of society. Particularly in economically developed regions, art investment has become a "second investment" for many private entrepreneurs. However, driven by economic interests, forgeries and reproductions have proliferated. For collectors and buyers, selecting valuable artworks from a vast and mixed pool of oil paintings and ensuring that the prices align with their true value is a challenge. This series is like "snow in the desert." Due to economic and market factors, sales are expected to perform better in coastal, economically developed regions with higher levels of auction marketization. Key distribution should focus on art bookstores, collection bookstores, and some galleries and auction houses. The companion series "China Calligraphy and Painting Auction Intelligence" is also recommended.