In May 2011, Sotheby’s Hong Kong held the monumental sale of The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, featuring 25 prominent paintings from this prestigious collection. They are masterpieces from the 1940s to the 1960s comꦑprising different subject matters and styles, r🌟anging from the traditional styles of fine brush paintings in Chang’s early years to the bold splashed ink and colour in his later oeuvre. The 25-lot sale commanded a stunning total of HK$680,740,000 in an hour, making it a triumphant white glove sale. The star of the sale was Lotus and Mandarin Ducks, which made HK$191,060,000 and smashed the record for the artist. It still stands as the most valuable elaborated flower-and-bird painting by the artist ever sold in auction.

Following the record-breaking sale in May 2011, Sotheby’s Hong Kong was once again entrusted by the Mei Yun Tang Collection to offer 25 works by Chang Dai-chien in May 2013. Titled ‘A Master’s Secrets Unveiled’, the sale was centered on works especially created for the seminal publication – Chinese Paintings with the Original paintings and Discourses on Chinese Art by Professor Chang Dai-chien published in 1961. The sale commanded a stunn🎃ing total of over HK$330 million with 21 out of 25 lots sold above high estimates.