The conditions were ripe for a prosperous art market to develop. Unfortunately, the 1997 Asian financial crisis burst the bubble. Then in 1999, Taiwan was reeling from the September 21 earthquake, and the economy declined sharply.
不料，1997 年亞洲金融風暴爆發，波及全球；1999 年台灣 921 大地震的摧殘，各行各業普遍看壞景氣，藝術產業更是首當其衝。