An article about the controversial Estella Collection, which was promoted as a permanent, museum-quality collection of Chinese contemporary art to artists, museums, and scholars but then was auctioned off at Sotheby's 2008 spring sales. The artists and scholars who feel that they were deceived are interviewed, as are the dealers who decided to sell the collection.

This article was accessed on 8 May 2008 at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/arts/design/07coll.html?scp=5&sq=estella%20collection&st=cse.
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An Auction of New Chinese Art Leaves Disjointed Noses in its Wake