Top 12 earners at art auctions

By Ooi Kok Chuen

April 2014 PENANG PALETTE
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Chuah Thean Teng, Lullaby (batik, 90cm x 90cm, c.1970s-1980s).
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We may not always like to judge paintings by looking at price tags, but the truth is, what connoisseurs are willing to pay does matter, not least to the reputation of the artist. Penang Monthly lists the recent top earners.Once, the honour of top grosser in Malaysian art in auctions was a toss-up between Datuk Ibrahim Hussein and Latiff Mohidin. Three deceased Datuks – Chuah Thean Teng, Syed Ahmad Jamal and Hoessein Enas – consistently breached RM100,000 and above in...

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Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.

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