Apparently our recent article about the Chinese art markets has been well-received, in China: we have seen versions of it on about a hundred Chinese websites, in finance, investing, artist, art research, art auction, and art dealer sites.  Thousands of Chinese have read it.  We do think that that is great, but we are disappointed about the, sometimes, lack of correct, total, or any attribution.

The analysis, "The Chinese Art Markets". was originally posted on the "In Country Analysis" page of our website: http://www.leonacraig.com/In_Country_Analysis.htm, in February, in English, and later in Chinese as, "中国艺术市场".  Last Month, we gave permission to a weekly collecting and investment magazine, in Beijing, to print from the original article.  You can download the original at http://www.leonacraig.com/In_Country_Analysis/The_Art_of_China.doc, in English or at http://www.leonacraig.com/In_Country_Analysis/中国艺术市场.doc, in Chinese.

We have begun putting comments on many of the sites that do not give full or proper attribution for the analysis.  What is almost funny is that on one site, the site owner warns that others should not copy the information because it is his, even though it still has our names and the name of the magazine that he got it from on the article on their websites. 

In the mean time, why not invite everyone else to download a copy of the original.  Why settle for a cheap imitation?

We are just finishing up an article about fake Yixing teapots, and now we see our analysis being copied.  In fact, when students or colleagues ask me about will I publish the investment book that I am finishing up, in China?  I say, "No. Only one copy would be sold .  The rest would come from Kinkos."