Georgette Chen's Sam Sui Worker and other Singapore artists fetch high prices at Bonhams auction

(Clockwise from left) Singapore artist Georgette Chen's The Sam Sui Worker, Chen Wen Hsi's Chickens, and Tan Choh Tee's Evening At An Eating Stall. SCREENGRAB: BONHAMS' WEBSITE
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SINGAPORE - Singapore artist Georgette Chen's The Sam Sui Worker doubled its pre-sale estimate price at a Bonhams auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday (Oct 6).

It sold for HK$2.75 million (S$482,409) in the sale, which also rang up healthy sales figures for other Singaporean artists.

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