世界上最大的两家拍卖行——苏富比和佳士得——不得不向那些将作品交给他们拍卖的客户支付近2亿美元的保证金。

Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.

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佳士得不顾来自中国以及世界各界的谴责、异议，坚持对兽首进行拍卖。

Christie's insisted on the sale despite sweeping criticism and objections from China and around the world.

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中国占世界拍卖市场的份额由10%上升至18%。中国新增的8%大部分是英国和美国之前所占的份额。

China's share of the world auction market climbed from 10% to 18%, largely at the expense of Britain and America.

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