另一名美术作品拍卖人保罗•普罗沃斯特是克里斯提拍卖行的信托、财产与估价总监。他认为,“所有权纠纷极少发生”。
Paul Provost, director of trusts, estates and appraisals at Christie's, another fine-art auctioneer, reckons that “title disputes occur very rarely”.
一家纽约小拍卖商道尔拍卖行近期拍卖了两件明代瓷器,竞标者疯狂哄抬价格,其中一件卖价超过其高估价的180倍。
Two lots of Ming ware in a recent sale at Doyle, a small New York auctioneer, were wildly bid up, one of them to over 180 times its high estimate.
但是,索斯比拍卖行的一幅卡纳雷托的素描,拍出了542500美元的价格,比其较低估价还高出了一倍多。
A Canaletto drawing at Sotheby’s, however, fetched $542,500, over twice the low estimate.
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