The going rate for an oil painting by Yang San-lang, the most famous of the older painters, was NT $ 18,000 per hao (one hao is about the size of a postcard) four years ago, NT $ 20,000 three years ago and NT $ 26,000 two years ago, when the market reaction was still so-so.
在前輩畫家中知名度最高的楊三郎，四年前的畫廊公訂畫價是油畫每號（一號相當於一張明信片大小）新台幣一萬八，三年前調至二萬，前年又調至二萬六，當時的市場反應也不過爾爾。