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面对全球经济疲软,苏富比国际拍卖公司2008年10月在香港的秋拍成绩与拍前预期相距甚远,有多场拍卖均失利。而出入预料的是,苏富比却积极地扩展起在中东的艺术拍卖事业,计划于2008年下半年入主卡塔尔(Qatar)首都多哈(Doha)正式成立办事处,并确定在2009年3月18号举办在中东地区的第一场正式拍卖会,面向中东市场推出多件重要且价格合适的拍品。苏富比执行长鲁普雷希特(Bill Ruprecht)表示:多哈今日已是中东活跃的金融中心之一,该城
Faced with the global economic weakness, the Sotheby’s International Auction Company’s autumn auction results in Hong Kong in October 2008 were far from expected. Many auctions failed. As a surprise, Sotheby’s has aggressively expanded its art auction business in the Middle East and plans to formally establish its office in Doha, Qatar’s capital, in late 2008 and to confirm in March 2009 On the 18th held the first official auction in the Middle East, introducing several important and affordable lots for the Middle East market. Bill Ruprecht, chief executive of Sotheby’s, said: Doha today is already one of the active financial centers in the Middle East,