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 .
A small `` Chicken Cup '' breaks the record for a Chinese porcelain artifact sold at auction . An ultra-rich Chinese collector bought the object for more than $ 36 million . Hong Kong , now an international auction hub , is popular among collectors from China . Cleaners at a luxury hotel in the city mistakenly threw out a valuable painting .