巴勃罗·毕加索(Pablo Picasso)的《拿烟斗的男孩》(2004 年5月卖价9300万美元)曾创下世界拍卖纪录,仅在此两年之后,这一壮举几乎又要重演,创作于1914年的《聊天中的多拉玛拉》在苏富比印象主义和现代艺术作品晚间拍卖会上, 最终以8500万美元落槌成交。如此震撼人心的成交价格证明了市场对现代艺术大师的狂热,在过去的五年中,毕加索的价格指数上涨 Pablo Picasso’s “The Boy Who Operated the Pipe” ($ 93 million in May 2004) set the world auction record, and it was only two years later that the feat was almost repeated, The 1914 Dora Mara for Chat ended with a $ 85 million drop at the Sotheby’s Evening Auction of Impressionism and Modern Art. Such a humbling price proved the market’s fanatical attitude towards the masters of modern art. In the past five years, Picasso’s price index has risen