Asia

Among this week’s latest Movers & Shakers are new appointments at Webb’s in New Zealand, a new Asia CEO at Bonhams and an update from a Somerset saleroom.

A reorganisation for Sotheby’s Asia, a new shop and new books are among the latest updates across the art and antiques sector.

The latest Movers and Shakers at auction houses and dealers.

New and returning faces across the auction world in the UK, Hong Kong and US.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Qingbai dish from the collection of Singaporean banker and collector Quek Kiok Lee that made over 35-times estimate at auction.

Sotheby’s has launched a new hybrid sale format which is a cross between an auction and private sale.

Auction house Christie’s and China Guardian have teamed up to create a series of sales, exhibitions and events in Shanghai in September.

A Chinese blue and white vase achieved a hammer price of over £3m at an online auction that closed in Singapore this week.

Sotheby’s has moved its Modern Art evening sale and Contemporary Art evening and day auction to New York from Hong Kong following the spread of coronavirus.

Bonhams and Sotheby's have postponed Asian art auctions during New York’s Asia Week until June.

The outbreak and spread of the coronavirus has forced art fairs and auctions to postpone and cancel in light of the increasing seriousness of the situation.