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Nothing is more certain to draw buyers in their droves than modestly estimated works from private collections. A single textile entry and two conservatively estimated porcelain collections did just that at Sotheby’s Olympia (17.5/10% buyer’s premium) inaugural Chinese Works of Art on November 16.
This Olympia sale takes the place of Sotheby’s Bond Street Colonnade sales. Of the two collections, …