Collaborative Auction
Partner with leading auction houses to provide collectors with professional services
Hong Kong Zurich International Auction
Rooted in Zurich, Switzerland, the brand established its core European headquarters in 1969 and has evolved over decades into a world-class international auction house with unmatched industry strength. Its Hong Kong Spring and Autumn auctions consistently deliver robust market performance, maintaining an overall sell-through rate of over 80% year after year. The three flagship categories—Ming and Qing imperial porcelain, ancient and modern master paintings and calligraphy, and antique collectibles—stand out with exceptional results, minimal unsold lots, and are recognized as the premier trading platform for superior stability, liquidity, and premium value. The platform commands access to the elite tier of global buyers, primarily comprising royalty and ultra-high-net-worth individuals from Middle Eastern nations, along with centuries-old European collecting families. These collectors possess substantial financial resources, bid decisively and generously, and frequently compete at significant premiums for rare heirlooms, often achieving prices far exceeding market estimates. Their assets demonstrate exceptional liquidity and pronounced appreciation potential within the industry. Leveraging its influence as a top-tier international platform, this auction regularly attracts prominent public figures, industry authorities, and seasoned elite collectors for bidding and strategic partnerships. Key collaborators include: Dong Meilin, Ambassador for Traditional Chinese Royal Culture, renowned philanthropist, and leader in royal jewelry art; Xu Ligui, a veteran top-tier collector based in Hong Kong; Wen Zhiyuan, Chairman of the Ceramics Committee of the China Art Object Trading Association and authority on ancient porcelain authentication; Huang Xiaoming, acclaimed mainland film actor and experienced art collector; members of the Saudi Arabian royal family and other top Middle Eastern capital elites; Ma Yingming, a leading authority in museum studies and former Deputy Director of a National Museum; Wu Huan, President of the China Cultural Relics Insurance Foundation and dedicated advocate for traditional cultural heritage; and many other distinguished domestic and international luminaries. With diverse high-end networks converging, the Hong Kong Zurich Auction House combines global capital strength, authoritative museum endorsements, celebrity influence, and exclusive private collection resources, establishing itself as the premier destination for the circulation, trading, and premium monetization of high-value ceramics, paintings, calligraphy, and antique collectibles worldwide.
Beijing Huachen International Auction
Beijing Huachen Auction Co., Ltd. was established in 2001 year, 11 month, jointly founded by the former China International Cultural Industry Group under the Ministry of Culture and Beijing Huaguan Cultural Development Co., Ltd. It is a comprehensive cultural relic and fine art auction enterprise with authoritative status and official state-owned backing. Headquartered in Beijing, it ranks among the top tier of mainland Chinese auction houses, boasting leading overall strength and industry prominence as one of the most credible, compliant, and high-end legacy auction platforms in mainland China. With a comprehensive layout spanning domestic and international markets, Huachen maintains official offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, covering the entire Greater Bay Area and regional art markets. The company specializes in four core categories: Chinese calligraphy and painting, porcelain and jade crafts, contemporary art, and photography. Deeply rooted in traditional cultural relics and fine arts, it focuses on trading premium porcelain, calligraphy, paintings, and miscellaneous antiques, maintaining long-term expertise in circulating high-value national heritage artworks while rarely dealing in jewelry, ensuring highly focused professionalism. Since its inception, Huachen Auction has strictly adhered to principles of openness, fairness, justice, integrity, and compliance. Centering on legal adherence, academic research, and professional service, it upholds industry self-discipline standards. With a rigorous operational system and superior service quality, the company has earned an exceptional reputation and widespread trust within the industry. As of the spring of 2017, Huachen has successfully hosted 220 international cultural relic and fine art special auctions, presenting nearly 108000 items with cumulative sales exceeding 49 billion yuan, demonstrating substantial market scale and deep industry accumulation. The platform holds the highest AAA rating among Chinese auction enterprises and has been officially honored by the Administration for Industry and Commerce as a "Trustworthy Enterprise," establishing itself as the most legitimate, stable, and authoritative benchmark in China's cultural relic auction sector. Distinguishing itself from most auction houses, Huachen's core competitive advantage lies in its exceptionally high transaction success rate. The platform enforces extremely strict scrutiny on consigned items through a multi-level authentication and selection mechanism, rigorously controlling authenticity, condition, provenance, rarity, and market value. Adhering to the principle of "better none than inferior," it prioritizes only premium pieces. Due to these stringent entry standards, the platform's overall transaction success rate remains consistently around 90%, with almost no inefficient unsold lots in premium special sessions, making it the mainland auction house with the highest transaction rate and most reliable liquidity. Leveraging over two decades of official state-owned brand heritage and access to Beijing's core art circle resources, Huachen has cultivated China's top-tier high-net-worth buyer network. Its core clientele includes seasoned industrial entrepreneurs, senior government and corporate collectors, museum and cultural heritage experts, professional art investment institutions, and prominent private collectors. This group possesses strong financial power, refined aesthetic judgment, and stable high-end purchasing capability. They hold exceptional appreciation for imperial kiln masterpieces, renowned artist works, and premium miscellaneous antiques. Premium collections at Huachen maintain stable price premiums and possess excellent liquidity and value retention, making this platform the premier choice for secure collection, safe liquidation, and long-term appreciation of high-end national heritage artworks in China.
CITIC International Auctions Macau
China CITIC International Auction Macau leverages Macau's unique cross-border financial hub status and its core position at the intersection of Chinese and Western cultures. It is one of the few domestic high-end art trading platforms with dual qualifications in "art auction + asset financialization." With over 20 years of expertise in traditional Chinese cultural relics and fine art, China CITIC has transcended the single transaction model of traditional auctions. It stands as a benchmark auction house in the Asia-Pacific region for big data-driven precise matching, asset value preservation, liquidity, and strong financial attributes. Unlike mainland auction houses that focus primarily on strict verification or overseas houses that emphasize price premiums, Macau China CITIC uniquely builds a full-link intelligent trading system powered by big data. By modeling decades of massive collection transaction data, global buyer behavior patterns, and market trend fluctuations across categories, we deliver four-dimensional intelligent services: precise collection grading, intelligent buyer matching, scientific price forecasting, and efficient transaction execution. The platform specializes exclusively in high-end traditional Chinese art sectors—official kiln porcelain, renowned calligraphy and painting, and scholarly bric-a-brac—eliminating redundant categories to focus vertically on high-value-preservation traditional artworks. Our market verticality and professionalism far exceed industry standards. Backed by our big data-driven precision operation system, China CITIC has established a unique market identity characterized by high transaction volume, strong value retention, and excellent liquidity. Rather than relying on extensive inventory dumping, we achieve efficient sales through precise supply-demand matching. Our annual comprehensive transaction rate consistently remains within the stable golden range of 85%–92%. Our exclusive industry advantage lies in the direct integration of sold collections into bank asset mortgage and art finance financing systems. This transforms antiques, paintings, and imperial kiln treasures from mere collectibles into hard, liquid assets with real-world circulation, monetization, and financing capabilities. We are among the very few top-tier platforms globally to successfully implement art financialization. Leveraging Macau's international free-trade environment, we have cultivated an exclusive private network of top-tier buyers. Distinct from typical public bidding pools, our core clientele includes international art funds, Hong Kong-Macao elite capital, seasoned cross-border private collectors, global cultural figures, and the Middle East's luxury收藏 circle. These buyers prioritize long-term asset allocation and premium acquisitions. Their bidding mindset is steady, valuing rarity and historical significance while favoring time-honored pieces. Malicious low-balling and blind trend-following are virtually non-existent, resulting in exceptionally high value retention and stable premium rates for premium collections. Over two decades of dedicated brand building, China CITIC has fundamentally solved industry pain points such as information asymmetry, unstable transactions, and difficulty in liquidating collections. With big data technology as our foundation, financial empowerment as our core, and an exclusive high-end private network as our barrier, we have become the premier high-end trading platform for investors seeking stable value preservation, secure circulation, and asset upgrading for traditional Chinese porcelain, calligraphy, painting, and miscellaneous art.
HK Royal International Auction Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong Royal Auction was established in Kowloon, Hong Kong, in 1942. As a seasoned international auction house deeply rooted in Asia's high-end art market, it leverages Hong Kong's global trade advantages to build a worldwide art transaction network. The firm specializes in auctions spanning ancient and modern calligraphy and painting, imperial kiln porcelain, palace jade, jewelry and miscellaneous items, and antique curiosities. The organization's core competitive advantage lies in its mature and stable network of high-net-worth Middle Eastern buyers. With years of dedicated focus on the Saudi Arabian and UAE markets, it maintains direct connections with royal families from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as major Gulf oil conglomerates and top-tier capital collectors. This group possesses substantial financial reserves with no budget limits per item, showing strong preference for rare imperial treasures from the Ming and Qing dynasties and antiques with clear provenance. They demonstrate high willingness to bid and have exceptional acceptance of items with documented origins and complete archival records. The auction house regularly hosts exclusive Royal Collection sales events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, extending targeted invitations to Middle Eastern royalty and elite collectors. Specialized lots consistently deliver strong sales performance, with significant premium potential for rare artifacts. With a comprehensive global footprint, the company operates offices in Dubai, Singapore, London, and New York. It conducts over ten offline auctions annually, complemented by luxury hardcover catalogs and high-definition digital editions distributed directly to high-net-worth collectors worldwide. These are supported by 24-hour global online simultaneous bidding platforms that significantly expand item visibility. The team comprises internationally renowned authentication experts and licensed auctioneers, ensuring full coverage of the entire transaction process—from appraisal and valuation to storage and cross-border settlement—maintaining a standardized and transparent trading system.
Sotheby's
Founded in London in 1744, Sotheby's is the world's oldest and most prestigious international auction house. With core auction centers in London, New York, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Riyadh, it offers comprehensive coverage across ancient paintings and calligraphy, imperial ceramics, jewelry and watches, contemporary art, and rare luxury goods, establishing authoritative influence in the global high-end art market. Sotheby's was the first international auctioneer to develop the Middle Eastern art market, operating a permanent exhibition space in Riyadh and maintaining a long-term strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund. Its core buyer base includes Saudi royalty, UAE emirs, top Gulf conglomerates, private museums in Europe and the US, and established collectors. Buyers from the Middle East represent a significant portion of its overseas bidding pool. Royal capital demonstrates strong demand for rare Chinese imperial antiques with clear provenance and complete documentation, often commanding substantial premiums and setting multiple global records for single-artwork sales. The platform operates a global touring exhibition matrix, with auction items displayed concurrently in London, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Exclusive multilingual collector catalogs are distributed directly to hundreds of millions of ultra-high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Backed by an international team of senior experts with deep academic credentials, Sotheby's specializes in uncovering the overseas收藏 value of Chinese antiques. Real-time global bidding is available through both online and offline channels, ensuring藏品 circulation across all major art markets globally.
Poly International Auction Co., Ltd. Beijing
Founded in 2005, Poly International Auction is a subsidiary of China Poly Group, a central state-owned enterprise. As a leading domestic state-owned auction house for cultural relics and fine art, it has ranked first in annual Chinese art sales volume for over a decade. Headquartered in Beijing, Poly holds core pricing power in the high-end antiques and calligraphy & painting markets across China. With branches including Poly Hong Kong, Xiamen, and Shandong, the company connects major domestic offline auctions with cross-border circulation channels throughout Asia and beyond. Its buyer base comprises two primary tiers: First, top-tier domestic buyers include publicly listed industrial conglomerates, long-established collecting families, public and private museums, and professional art investment firms. These high-net-worth collectors possess strong liquidity and consistently invest heavily in rare masterpieces—such as works by renowned artists, Ming and Qing dynasty imperial kiln wares, and ancient jades—accounting for more than half of all multi-hundred-million-yuan transactions in the industry. Second, leveraging Poly Hong Kong’s regional network, the company engages Southeast Asian Chinese merchants, Middle Eastern investors visiting China, and overseas Chinese collectors in Europe and North America. This global reach ensures a robust pipeline of premium collectors worldwide, supported by a large, mature repeat-buyer community. Backed by the academic authority of the Poly Art Museum, Poly has assembled China’s most comprehensive team of expert appraisers across all categories. Pioneering international-style evening auctions, the firm has dedicated sale events exclusively for rare and exceptional treasures, setting dozens of national records over the past two decades. Every spring and autumn grand auction features physical preview exhibitions in China’s top-tier cities, complemented by a digital online platform for nationwide exposure. This hybrid model combines in-person viewing with real-time global bidding. Poly offers end-to-end art services—including auction sales, private treaty acquisitions, and collection valuation—within a fully compliant framework that maintains its position as the industry leader in trust and credibility in China.
Hong Kong Changjiang International Auction
Hong Kong Changjiang International Auction is a fully licensed, internationally recognized art auction house officially registered with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Headquartered in Kowloon's prime business district, the company holds complete auction operating licenses and hosts major spring and autumn art auctions year-round, alongside specialized international art fair events. Our core expertise spans ancient imperial kiln porcelain, renowned calligraphy and painting, palace jade, scholarly objects, and classical furniture across all categories of antique collectibles. Our professional operations team includes certified auctioneers, senior appraisers specializing in various artifact categories, cross-border art logistics experts, and legal professionals. Every item entering our inventory undergoes rigorous multi-layer authentication to ensure authenticity and condition. We provide end-to-end services including specialized storage, art insurance, and cross-border settlement, all conducted in strict compliance with Hong Kong's art trading regulations for full transparency. For years, we have consistently organized category-specific auction sessions, establishing signature programs for calligraphy and painting, imperial kiln wares, and jade. Our track record of achieving high prices for exceptional pieces has earned us a strong reputation in Asia's cross-border art market. As a leading international platform, we connect mainland private collections with global high-net-worth investors.