At a Beijing auction in November a painting by Liu Xiaodong, one of the so-called cynical realists, sold for $2.7m, the highest price ever paid for work by a contemporary Chinese artist.

刘小东，号称愤世嫉俗的现实主义画家，他的作品于11月在北京一次拍卖中被人以270万美元买走，这创造了当代中国艺术品最高成交价格的记录。

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The five-foot-high painting sold for $106.5m, the second $100m-plus price achieved for a work of art at auction this year (see article).(Alberto

这幅5英尺高的画像以1.065亿美元的天价售出，是今年在拍卖行卖出的第二件售价高于1亿美元的艺术品（见上图）。

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Recently my father bought a Chinese painting, the price of which was very reasonable.

最近我爸爸买了一幅中国画，价格很合理。

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One dealer who has done a number of transactions with the family recounts a time when David's London nephew changed the price of a painting after the two had agreed on a number.

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After all, since when did the buyer of a painting whose price later drops expect to be compensated by the painter?

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Then they gave a price for painting the outside walls of the house and the crippled man said it was too much.

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