In the National Palace Museum and the Hong Kong Museum of two reservoirs held a joint press conference, Mr Feng Naien Museum exhibits stolen a Palace spokesman, respectively to apologize to the bow and two by the public according to the Tibet Museum. Fortunately, zhongxinwang, May 11, according to China Central television reported: cracked on theft from the National Palace Museum, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau has been recovered by a criminal suspect who captured part of the stolen exhibits the Imperial Palace. Return sth. to its owner in good condition, on Mr Frederick FUNG, spokesman, when can be somewhat comforting.
Symbolic insured $ 310,000
Two Hong Kong according to the Tibet Museum curator Wang Xiahong, out of trust for Museum security, Hong Kong has to insure the 7 exhibits only a token $ 310,000, far out of their real value. This year, many up to hundreds of thousands of, millions worth of Western paintings, one after another throughout the exhibition, to investment in domestic works of art add a fire. However, the lack of domestic works of art insurance, became Western works of art into the Mainland's biggest obstacle.
Deletion reasons are works of art valued hard
Art major underwriting fire insurance, and other art direct losses caused by natural disasters and accidents. Matter insured includes: custody of the insured all, on behalf of total and by the applicant or other person responsible for the custody, exhibition, loading and unloading, transporting works of art.
Germany Haagman CCTV said in an interview, head of the Gallery, they shipped more than 30 million yuan of the maintain yeah road to China participating, high costs, are at greater risk. Due to no specific works of art insurance, insure their works of art abroad, risk only galleries themselves at home. Germany Haagman Gallery art director Wang Huanxin said, including freight, insurance, a total of more than 1 million Yuan. Manager Yao Wei said Beijing art fair, relatively important exhibits we have dedicated security, there will be around 2 to 3 plain clothes in protection.
Yao Wei on China Central television said that such Exposition, high cost of security, their approach is to strengthen currently increasing the number of security personnel, 24-hour continuous patrols. Because the domestic insurance companies have not dedicated to the art of security companies and works of art. &Amp;ldquo; we also have protection of and coordination before, they are also more cooperation, but did not let our exhibitors and to accept insurance, currently in the country is in this regard blank, ” Yao Wei said.
It is understood that the foreign insurance company specializes in works of art, especially works for exhibition and auction works. Lack of insurance and domestic works of art, the main reason is on art valuation is often difficult, low priced insurance companies not cost-effective, high customer to bear.
