There would have been "no chance" of that happening so fast without the Internet, says Arun Vadehra, who runs a gallery in Delhi and is an adviser to Christie's, an international auction house.

Arun Vadehra说如果没有互联网，这种情形恐怕“没有机会”这么快发生。他在新德里经营一个画廊，并且是佳士得(Christies)这家国际拍卖行的顾问。

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Auction houses "sell art like people sell cabbage," said Weng Ling, the director of the Shanghai Gallery of art.

上海美术馆馆长翁伶说，拍卖行“像卖白菜一样卖艺术品。”

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The company consists of the academy, and east gallery, students and training center, artwork auction, international trade, Marketing Department, cultural media.

公司下设士东书画院、士东展览馆、学员培训中心、艺术品拍卖行、国际贸易部、市场开发部、文化传媒部。

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Some have decades of expertise in the museum, auction or gallery world.

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Since sites selling art online are unencumbered by the physical infrastructure of the traditional gallery or auction house, they can also make their commissions lower and the whole business of buying art much cheaper and more accessible.

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She finds the relentless pace at which auction houses, art fairs and gallery franchises currently offer contemporary works, and the sheer volume of art on offer, troubling.

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