Work Chinese artist Cui Zhuchzho, sold at auction for Poly $ 3.7 million, was apparently thrown out (or stolen) by the hotel staff in Hong Kong

CUI ZHUCHZHO

Snow Mountain Source : scmp.com

Cleaners hotel Hong Kong Grand Hyatt, apparently threw the work of Chinese artist Cui Zhuchzho , sold at auction Poly International two days earlier to 28 million Hong Kong dollars ( 3.7 million U.S. dollars). Drawing titled " Snow Mountain ", made Chinese ink on the scroll was one of 22 works Tsui Zhuchzho offered for a two-day auction Poly, held in this hotel .

However, after the auction, the work " Snow Mountain " was gone , and the police saw the video of the hotel as one of the guards threw packed job in a bunch of garbage . And then saw the cleaners garbage disposal from the hotel, apparently in a landfill in Tuen Mun . Police visited the dump, but there is no trace of a scroll found .

incident police considers as " theft " and arrests have already been held . Grand Hyatt hotel representative said that the hotel management is not responsible for the loss of work as installation and dismantling of exhibits must deal with auction houses or their hired specialist companies . Hotel staff should not be liable for the safety of the auction exhibition. Roly the auction house has not yet commented happened .

Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

Sources : scmp.com , reuters.com , artinvestment.ru