The insufficient experience of native businessmen: "When we held an auction in 1990, the art galleries thought we were trying to snatch attention away from them," agrees Li Lina of Chuan Chia Arts. The result was that an oil painting of miners by Hung Jui-lin achieved a price of NT $ 1 million under the hammer. Any Hung Jui-lins on the market immediately became very important.
「七十九年我們舉辦拍賣時，畫廊業者都認為是在跟他們搶生意」，傳家藝術公司經理李麗娜回憶說，結果當洪瑞麟的一幅礦工油畫，得到高達一百九十萬的落槌價，市場上洪瑞麟的畫立刻跟著炙手可熱。