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masterpiece which collectors could hardly find aglance of. That was the Song Model of Handwrit-ing by Zhu Xi on Chun Yu, by Zhang Shi on Xin Qi,SangZi and Jia Xue, all old collections by a Mr.Zhan. It also included a series of auction trea-sures including the imperial edicts sent by Em-perors Song Gaozong and Song Xiaozong to Mr.Zhan. Preserved by the Zhans for many genera-tions after experiencing over 800 years ofvicissitudes, the preserved works were in finecondition. Experts acclaimed the successful pres-ervation as a miracle in man's world. After watch-ing the batch of preserved articles, Mr. Zhu Jiajin,a 25th generation grandson of Zhu Xi, made thefollowing inscription with pleasure: " It is valu-able for the works to undergo several centuriessince the Southern Song Dynasty. I feel great

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Ming Dynasty. They recorded mostly the rareand excellent works by Ming celebrities. Fullof inspiration and literary style, they weresimply lively scrolls of painting depicting thesocial activities of the Ming Dynasty, and ex-pressing the unique scenes of Ming's political,economic, cultural and social livelihood in anintegrated and refined manner. Authoritiesdescribe it as a world shocking masterpieceever reserved, and as a masterpiece of thelargest volume and magnitude. Indeed, the voluminous work turned out tobe the most attractive highlight on the ChinaGuardian 2002 Autumn Auctions. Shanghai Mu-seum purchased it at 9.9 million yuan forpreservation, a world record price for ancientChinese rare books auction.

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good luck to spread the scroll and read it with allrespect in prostration". These treasures of equal cultural relic value,history material value and sociological studyvalue was eventually stored in the Imperial Pal-ace Museum. ---- Mr. Qian Jingtang is a famous domesticcollector. The 20 volume Qian Jingtang's Col-lection Letters of Correspondence among MingCelebrities was a unique collection of Mingcelebrities' letters of correspondence he ed-ited with great devotions for half of his lifetime,discarding the false and retaining the true,m a k i n g c a r e f u l s e l e c t i o n a n d s t r i c texamination. This batch of letters among Mingcelebrities was a collection of works from morethan 400 high ranking officials and men ofletters with a jinshi and juren background fromthe Yongle to Chongzhen Reign Periods in the

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---- The European and American marketsseem always to be the largest of all for auction-ing ancient Chinese valuable furniture. But inthe autumn auction of 2002, China Guardianrolled out a pair of early Qing huanghuali woodwardrobes in a four-piece set carved with cloudand dragon lines that attracted the attentionof global media and collectors. The set of ward-robes was praised as rare treasure ever seen at

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�A VERY RARE IMPERIAL AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE sealmark and period of Qianlong Price: RMB 165,000

�A FINE CARVED JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE Qing Dy-nasty Price: RMB 440,000

�A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED YELLOW GLASS SNUFFBOTTLE mark and period of Qianlong Price: RMB 220,000

�A FINE AND RARE ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE Mark andperiod of Qianlong Price: RMB 198,000

�AN EXCEPTIONALLY IMPERIAL PORCELAIN SNUFFBOTTLE Seal mark and period of Qianlong Price: RMB 572,000

�AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLEIn the period of Republic of China Price: RMB 154,000

�A RARE AND FINE BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVERQing Dynasty, Tongzhi Price: RMB 253,000

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scrambling with wit and bravery. The price wentup by a seesaw rate of 50,000 yuan and 100,000yuan. When the competitive price climbed toover six million yuan, the bidder on the leftwithdrew from the contest. A "black horse" in-truded in when the auctioneer Gao Deming wasabout to bang his gavel. A middle- aged gentle-man from behind raised his plate. The hall wasfilled with an ovation all of a sudden. The ambi-tious buyer in the front hall refused to yield,and the "black horse" kept in hot pursuit. Theprice increased at a progressive rate of 200,000yuan. Finally the "black horse" ended in defeat.The big wardrobe was transacted at the sky-rocketing price of 9.438 million yuan. Thischalked up a world record auction price of anyancient Chinese furniture amid thunderous ac-claim in the full house.

SMALL AUCTION, BIG BUSINESS

People think highly of the Weekend Auctions ofChina Guardian, saying it has changed or influ-enced the collection and auction market in main-land China and even in Hong Kong and Taiwanand has opened a brand new space with muchwider vision, richer resources and strongervitality. In 2002, China Guardian WeekendAuctions, praised by overseas media as "smallauction with big business," fulfilled the targetof annual transaction volume of 30 million yuan. Many people feel confused: Why did the ChinaGuardian community, so ambitious at the be-ginning and so determined to seize the high-profit end of cultural relics market, think ofopening "small auction" after successful "bigauction" one after another in 1994 and furthersucceed in opening up the second battle fieldwhich was interesting and later proved to befruitful? Chen Dongsheng spoke out the original con-sideration in a frank and brief manner: Every-thing is diversified, so it is true with artisticcreation and the collectors, and we believe theart market is without exception. The "tower pin-nacle" representing the maximum grade and

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against a rainy day. As the first person responsible for ChinaGuardian Weekend Auctions, Kou Qin addedone detail. At that time, the nation had juststarted on a trial basis the practice of "two off-work days" system, or popularly known as "bigweekend." For this reason, the WeekendAuctions was firstnamed as "Big Week-end Auctions" andwas changed into itspresent name afterseveral auctionswere held. Accord-ing to Kou Qin, the"small auction" ofChina Guardian hasundergone a diffi-cult development. Itwas first prepared inthe Military Mu-seum in the hot sum-mer of 1994 and wasformally opened inChaoyang Gymna-sium in November

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1994. Then it was moved to the Working People'sCultural Palace. This process was very hardwhether in terms of working conditions or workintensity. From 1998, the "small auction" wasmoved back to the corporate headquarters andthe auction place was also moved into ParagenHotel and the present Jianguo Garden Hotel.

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each month, auction on the following Sundayfocusing on both reserve-price auction and non-reserve-price auction, and the selection of auc-tion articles can be summarized as "small piecesby big masters and choice pieces by small mas-ters" . ----People pay great attention to the 11thChina Guardian Weekend Auctions featuring"clock, watch, camera and confiscated pieces ofcalligraphy and painting," which will be held onSeptember 3rd. Collectors in whichever fieldwould like to have a place for communication,meeting friends and discussion about collection,and the auction fair is no doubt a good solution.This auction initiates the special auction forclock, watch and camera" and are enthusiasti-cally received by people from both inside andoutside the circle. The participants come fromdifferent places such as Beijing, Tianjin,Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, etc. According toour observation from outside the bidding place,the collectors speak with each other by the bookas if they were holding a solemn academicdiscussion.

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ticipating in the collection of andinvestment in medium- and low-price works of art, and the marketcapacity is also gradually expanding.In particular, the stable and increas-ing transaction price of auction ar-ticles indicates the starting and im-provement of the benign marketcycle in this field. This is attribut-able to the proper price orientationof sellers, the strict selection andcareful organization of auctioneers,and more importantly, the expan-sion of buyer base and their increas-ing enthusiasm for investment andcollection.

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aim is to ensure quality, increase variety andenrich grades. Calligraphy and paintings of lateQing dynasty and the Republic of China, lettersof luminaries, calligraphy and painting of an-cient local masters as well as paintings of thecontemporary middle aged and young mastershave become a unique feature of ChinaGuardian's small auction. Li Yizhou expressed adifferent perspective. In its history of eight years,"small auction" has greatly promoted and ex-panded the market for choice private-kiln ce-ramics of Qing dynasty and the Republic ofChina as well as pieces from famous local kilnsother than Jingdezhen Kiln, and it has also madepreliminary contributions to the new collectionfields of fine art and craft works featuringNew China as well as medium and low-pricebijouterie.

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INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OFNORTH AND SOUTH

On March 5, 1994, after the approval of rel-evant state ministries and commissions as wellas relevant competent authorities in GuangdongProvince and Guangzhou Municipality, China

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