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Auctions and collections: Lee Sun-Don
2010 Apr.~May Invited for Spring Auctions in London by Phillips de Pury & Company, in Hong Kong by Shinwa Art Auction (Japan), K Auction (Korea), Kingsley Art Auction(Taiwan), and in Beijing by Poly Auction . 2009Nov. Invited for Autumn Auctions in Beijing by Poly Auction, in Shanghai by Dowmin Auction Co. Ltd., and 2009 Asian Auction Week in Hong Kong. 2009Jul. Invited for Spring Auction in Shanghai by Dowmin Auction Co. Ltd 2009 May Invited for Spring Auction in Beijing by Rongbao & Jiaxinchang Auction Co. Ltd. 2008 Dec Invited for Autumn International Auction in Hong Kong by Chieftown Auction (HK) International Limited. 2008 Dec. Invited for Autumn Auction in Hong Kong by Sanobocho Art Auction Co. Ltd. 2008 Nov. Invited for Autumn Auction in Taipei by Art #1 International Auctions Enterprise. 2008 May The artwork The Buddha Is Delivering All Beings selected by Art #1 International Auctions Enterprise for Spring Auction in Taipei. This small-size painting (18” x21”, 45.5 x 53 cm) was sold at an extremely impressive price of NT$3,068,000 (US$ 101,000), the highest among Taiwan’s contemporary paintings of the same size. 2008 Apr. The artwork The King of Rulai Series 12 / Activate the Innate Nature to Meet Buddha (57” x 57”, 145 x 145 cm) selected by Art #1 International Auctions Enterprise for Spring Auction in Hong Kong. Sold at the price of HK $ 5,750,000 (US $ 738,000), the highest of Taiwan’s contemporary paintings. 2007 Dec. The artwork Freedom Beyond Freedom (51” x 64”, 130x 162 cm) selected by Art #1 International Auctions Enterprise for Autumn Auction in Taipei. Sold at the price of US $ 570,000, the then highest of Taiwan’s contemporary paintings. 
Charities and Benefits 2009 Nov. Donating the first oil creation impromptu at the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009, entitled “Astonishing,” for charity auction “Art for L'Aquila” organized by ArtMinerva, a non-profit organization raising funds for the restoration and repair of art and been promoted greatly by the Italian Institute of Culture and Italian Institute of Foreign Affairs. All profit go towards the restoring the Di Santa Maria Del Suffragio church (an important symbol of art and culture for many generations in L’Aquila), which was badly destroyed by the devastating earthquake of 6 April 2008. 2009 Sep. To donate, in the name of the buyer/collector, 50％ of the proceeds from the sale of painting in the ShContemporary 09 Art Exposition and the Shanghai Art Fair to The Red Cross Society of the Republic of China for Taiwan’s Morakot Typhoon Relief. 2009 Aug. Donation of paintings to “Hand-in-Hand Charity Auction of Artworks” for fundraising for Taiwan’s Morakot Typhoon Relief. 2009 May Two paintings donated for charity auction of “First Sichuan Earthquake Anniversary Fundraising” held in Shanghai, organized by Nobility Art Society. The proceeds go to Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation for rebuilding earthquake-damaged schools in Sichuan, China. 2009 Jan. Seven paintings donated for charity auction at the First Asian Art Top Show – 2009` Art Fair. All auction benefits went to Yellow Ribbon Project of China Charity Foundation, School of Foreign Language at Peking University, and Forshang World Foundation. 2008 Dec. One painting donated for charity auction at “2008 Annual Soiree” organized by Nobility Art Society. The auction proceeds went to Shanghai Wealove Foundation. 2008 Apr. The artwork Woman‧The Sunshine of the World (32” x 32”, 81.5 x 81.5 cm) donated for charity fundraising during the 2008 Spring Auction held in Hong Kong organized by Art #1 International Auctions Enterprise. The proceeds (HK $ 1,770,000 / US $ 228,000) went to Dream Fulfilled Foundation in support of the art education of China’s poor children. Public Collections ．Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, USA
．Asian Art Galleries at Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, USA
．The National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
．The Gallery of China Profiles, Xiamen, China
．Chan Liu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
．OpenSea, the exclusive museum of NFTs ( Hall of NFTs )