Chinese buyers have now spent 106 million US dollars on vintage bottles of Chateau Latour and modern paintings at the start of a week-long Hong Kong auction.
The three-day total is about 40 percent more than they spent on equivalent auctions in the fall.
The weekend event raises the chance that the series -- including gems, watches, Chinese ceramics and classical paintings -- will beat an estimate of some 300-million US dollars, which would be a record for Christie's International.
It's estimated that trade in Chinese antiques has an annual value of more than $10 billion.
