Pursuits
Romanee-Conti $24,580 Bottles Lead Mixed Hong Kong Auctions
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Sotheby’s five-day autumn sale got off to a mixed start during the weekend, setting a record for a Southeast Asian work and pulling another lot whose ownership was contested by a Buddhist nun.
A painting by Indonesian artist Lee Man Fong sold yesterday for HK$34.3 million ($4.4 million), the most paid for a Southeast Asian artist at auction, earning nearly three times its estimate of HK$12 million.