 n 2008, there were an estimated 305 spring art auctions held in China, far below the record 504 autumn auctions held in 2007. The spring auctions held in Yangtze River Delta Region, near Shanghai, fell to 54 from 182 in 2007. In the Pearl River Delta and other areas, there were about 31 auctions; while in Beijing and Tianjin there were about 227 auctions, slightly lower than the number in 2007 autumn. As for auctions outside of China and in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, there were more spring auctions than autumn auctions in 2007, with about 14 auctions held overseas and 55 held in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Below are the rankings of contemporary art and sculptures in 2008 spring auctions, followed by Part II:
Ranking No.1:
Zeng Fanzhi
Mask Series 1996 No.6
Oil on Canvas
1996
Auctioned Price: $10.011 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.2:
Liu Xiaodong
Breeding Ground No.1
Oil on Canvas
2006
Auctioned Price: $ 8.525 Million USD
Auction House: China Guardian Auctions
Ranking No.3:
Liu Xiaodong
Battlefield Realism: The Eighteen Arhats
Oil on Canvas
2004
Auctioned Price: $ 8.319 Million USD
Auction House: HK Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.4:
Yue Minjun
Gweong-Gweong
Oil on Canvas
1992
Auctioned Price: $7.185 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.5:
Zhang Xiaogang
Big Family No.3
Oil on Canvas
1996
Auctioned Price: $ 6.363 Million USD
Auction House: HK Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.6:
Liao Jichun
Garden
Oil on Canvas
1970
Auctioned Price: $ 4.656 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.7:
Chen Chengbo
The West Lake in spring
Oil on Canvas
1934
Auctioned Price: $ 4.507 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.8:
Zeng Fanzhi
Chairman Mao II
Oil on Canvas
1993
Auctioned Price: $ 4.4 Million USD
Auction House: Phillips de Pury & Company
Ranking No.9:
Wang Huaiqing
Homeless Furniture
Oil on Canvas
2001
Auctioned Price: $ 4.179 Million USD
Auction House: China Guardian Auctions
Ranking No.10:
Guo BaiChun
The Imperial Palace
Oil on Canvas
1964
Auctioned Price: $ 3.655 Million USD
Auction House: HK Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.11:
Zhang Xiaogang
Big Family No.1
Oil on Canvas
2005
Auctioned Price: $ 3.599 Million USD
Auction House: London Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.12:
Chen Yifei
Artist and Beauties
Oil on Canvas
1999
Auctioned Price: $ 3.594 Million USD
Auction House: Artcurial Paris
Ranking No.13:
Wang Huaiqing
Norht/South/West/East
Oil on Canvas
1999
Auctioned Price: $ 3.510 Million USD
Auction House: Poly Auction
Ranking No.14:
Yue Minjun
Take The Plunge
Acrylic on Canvas
2001
Auctioned Price: $ 2.752 Million USD
Auction House: HK Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.15:
Yue Minjun
Big Swan
2003
Oil on Canvas
Auctioned Price: $ 2.573 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.16:
Zhao Wuji
1.12.68
Oil on Canvas
1968
Auctioned Price: $ 2.562 Million USD
Auction House: Ravenel
Ranking No.17:
Zhang Xiaogang
Comrades
Oil on Canvas
2003
Auctioned Price: $ 2.414 Million USD
Auction House: London Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.18:
Zhang Xiaogang
Mother and Son
Oil on Canvas
1993
Auctioned Price: $ 2.350 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.19:
Zhang Xiaogang
Big Family
Oil on Canvas
1996
Auctioned Price: $ 2.126 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.20:
Yue Minjun
Fools in the Night
Oil on Canvas
Auctioned Price: $ 1.940 Million USD
Auction House: London Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.21:
Zhao Wuji
1.4.68
Oil on Canvas
1968
Auctioned Price: $ 1.903 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Ranking No.22:
Zhang Xiaogang
Father and Daughter
Oil on Canvas
2005
Auctioned Price: $ 1.872 Million USD
Auction House: Poly Auction
Ranking No.23:
Yan Peiming
Mao Chinese Vermilion No.5
Oil on Canvas
2001
Auctioned Price: $ 1.741 Million USD
Auction House: Ravenel
Ranking No.24:
Luo Zhongli
Leopard
Oil on Canvas
1992
Auctioned Price: $ 1.699 Million USD
Auction House: HK Sotheby's Auction
Ranking No.25:
Zhao Wuji
26-4-62
Oil on Canvas
1962
Auctioned Price: $ 1.680 Million USD
Auction House: HK Christie's Auction
Continued by 08‘ Spring Auction Ranking （Part Two）
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