In 2021, Chinese art and antique auction houses only received billion yuan of auction lot payments. The figure is improving in comparison to the previous year, but is still less than half of the total hammer price from the same period, meaning that non-payment remained a significant deficit of the art and antique auction industry in China.
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China Association of Auctioneers. (November 13, 2022). Actual lot payment settled at of art and antique auction houses in China from 2011 to 2021 (in billion yuan) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/1297420/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-actual-lot-payment-received/
China Association of Auctioneers. "Actual lot payment settled at of art and antique auction houses in China from 2011 to 2021 (in billion yuan)." Chart. November 13, 2022. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Accessed August 04, 2026. /statistics/1297420/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-actual-lot-payment-received/
China Association of Auctioneers. (2022). Actual lot payment settled at of art and antique auction houses in China from 2011 to 2021 (in billion yuan). ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 04, 2026. /statistics/1297420/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-actual-lot-payment-received/
China Association of Auctioneers. "Actual Lot Payment Settled at of Art and Antique Auction Houses in China from 2011 to 2021 (in Billion Yuan)." ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc., 13 Nov 2022, /statistics/1297420/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-actual-lot-payment-received/
China Association of Auctioneers, Actual lot payment settled at of art and antique auction houses in China from 2011 to 2021 (in billion yuan) ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, /statistics/1297420/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-actual-lot-payment-received/ (last visited August 04, 2026)
Actual lot payment settled at of art and antique auction houses in China from 2011 to 2021 (in billion yuan) [Graph], China Association of Auctioneers, November 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1297420/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-actual-lot-payment-received/