The market value of China's middle generation of painters is still largely unknown, but many can't grasp the high prices their works often bring. New collectors, when they see prices of works from either famous or unknown artists rising to fantastic levels, often just follow the auction crowds, using only their ears, and not their reason, to judge the potential value of the item on sale.
顯然，大陸中生代畫家的市場價值還處於見仁見智的階段，讓人琢磨不透背後玄機；很多新手藏家看到有名或沒名的藝術家作品都漲價了，很容易出現「用耳朵買畫」的跟風。