Sotheby's conducts its ‘longest ever bidding battle' as 20ft Chinese scroll flies over estimate
Hong Kong auctioneer CC Wang conducted Sotheby’s ‘longest ever bidding battle’ when a calligraphy handscroll by a Yuan dynasty master took over 200 bids and 97 minutes to sell.
Estimated at HK$10-20m at the auction on April 10, it hammered at HK$213.5m (£21.3m) after a contest…