The "superstar" art objects that go for astronomical prices are almost all the focus of intense promotion by auction houses intended to stir up a competitive psychology among buyers. Many less ballyhooed works of nearly equal artistic value, overlooked in the commercial furor, sell for quite pedestrian prices.
所有售價令人咋舌的「明星級」國寶器物，幾乎都是各項拍賣會的目錄封面、宣傳重點。在拍賣市場競爭激烈的今天，拍賣公司為求「先聲奪人」，往往會針對幾件「明星級」精品，大做廣告，引發競爭心理，也因此造成「藝術品售價又創紀錄了！」