A small ` ` Chicken Cup breaks the record for a Chinese porcelain artifact sold at auction . An ultra-rich Chinese collector bought the object for $ 3.7 million . China , now an international auction hub , is popular among collectors from Hong Kong . The garbage was taken to a Hong Kong landfill but attempts to recover the painting so far have remained fruitless . Cleaners at a luxury hotel in the city mistakenly threw out a valuable painting .
A small ` ` Chicken Cup breaks the record for a Chinese porcelain artifact sold at auction . An ultra-rich Chinese collector bought the object for $ 3.7 million . China , now an international auction hub , is popular among collectors from Hong Kong . Cleaners at a luxury hotel in the city mistakenly threw out a valuable painting .