The market for calligraphy and painting works is naturally a mixed bag, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. Taobao is naturally even more difficult to distinguish. Buyers of paintings must be cautious, except when buying cheap imitations. According to the transaction records announced by the Xiling Seal Society Auction Company in May 2011, Wang Chengxi’s ink figures "Entertaining Yourself" 44X55CM and "Returning Drunk" 60X60CM were sold at prices of 13,440 yuan and 7,840 yuan respectively.
The following is an excerpt from: Zhejiang Online News on May 3
A few days ago, the China International Cartoon and Animation Festival Famous Comics Exhibition and the Second Comics Auction were held in Hangzhou. This auction has a total of 220 items, including works by many well-known cartoonists at home and abroad. The atmosphere at the auction was lively and the bidding was enthusiastic. In the end, the auction concluded successfully with a total transaction volume of 13.248 million yuan and a total transaction rate of 88%. Among them, the comic manuscript "Looking for Mom" ??by Wang Chengxi, vice chairman of Yantai Artists Association and member of China Artists Association, was auctioned for 4,600 yuan. It is reported that this palm-sized cartoon is the original manuscript that Wang Chengxi submitted to a newspaper in 2002. Some experts believe that with the popularization of copy machines, emails and computer production since the 1990s, comic manuscripts have gradually disappeared, and ink comic originals are even more difficult to find.