Record price for calligraphy work
From Associated Press
A museum in Shanghai has paid a record $4.5 million to buy a 1,000-year-old set of Chinese calligraphy books from an American art dealer, officials said Monday.
The “Chunhuage Tie” includes the only known works by several master calligraphers, said Zhou Yanqun, head of the Shanghai Museum’s cultural exchange office. She identified the seller as Robert Hatfield Ellsworth of New York City.
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