A visitor views a painting created by Xu Beihong, a famous Chinese painter, at a preview of Sotheby's Autumn Sales 2012 in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 6, 2012. The Chinese painting auction, one section of the Sotheby's Sales 2012, was held on Monday, where 315 lots were sold, bringing in 414.8 million HK dollars (about 53.5 million US dollars). (Xinhua/Li Peng)