Hokusai's "The Great Wave" Smashes Record, Selling for $2.8 Million USD at Sotheby's Hong Kong

Summary • Sotheby's Hong Kong achieved a record-breaking, "white-glove result" at its Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art Auction

Sotheby's Hong Kong achieved a record-breaking, "white-glove result" at its Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art Auction • Total sales for the auction reached an astonishing $88 million USD, setting a new benchmark for Asian art.

Total sales for the auction reached an astonishing $88 million USD, setting a new benchmark for Asian art. • The star lot was Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic woodblock print, ‘The Great Wave: Under the Wave off Kanagawa’, which sold for a record price of $2.8 million USD

The star lot was Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic woodblock print, ‘The Great Wave: Under the Wave off Kanagawa’, which sold for a