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AUCTION REMINDER

Art Auction of Japanese and Chinese Collector Prints - May 8, 2005

Dear friends of Japanese and Chinese Collector prints

Auction # 176 with 207 lots of Japanese and Chinese prints and e-hon (old, illustrated Japanese woodblock books) will end in less than 24 hours on www.artelino.com/auction/catalog.asp Sunday, May 15 at 8:00 PM local time (CET) = 2:00 PM in New York.

Dear clients, we must cancel the Chinese solo-exhibition/auction planned for May 15. Under the booming economy in China, it is becoming more and more difficult to get new prints from leading artists for reasonable prices. Works by artists like Cheng Hsu (fish), Li Yitai, Sun Jiao (vases), Yang Yongsheng or Zhang Hongxun will hardly ever be available again. We still have some rather rare prints on stock, some in very small editions, from earlier shipments. You find several in the current auction # 176. Collectors should take a close look at the works by Ma Li, Zhang Xiaochun, Zhang Yongqing, Lü Min, Li Yanpeng, Chen Yuping and others.

Instead of a Chinese auction, we will offer from May 15, 8:00 PM until May 19 a small, but fine auction with 12 woodblock prints in Japanese style and technique by Tom Kristensen from Australia. The auction was originally planned for June, but thanks to Tom's great support we could finish the preparations on short term.

If you have Japanese prints or e-hon to sell, please contact us. A consignment to us brings usually good results, and we pay fast - a few days after auction end. Your consignment should have a total value of least USD 1,000 if sent from outside the US, and of USD 500 if sent from within Europe. We charge 15% commission on the hammered prices of sold objects, not one cent more. You are not running any risks. If we do not sell, no money for us. For details of a consignment to us, please see www.artelino.com/sell/collectors.asp

Enjoy the collection, and if you like our site, please bid in our auctions and buy from us.

your artelino team

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