Record price for men in underwear at China auction

"The Breeding Ground No.1," from the contemporary painter Liu Xiaodong's Three Gorges Series, was bought by a private buyer at the China Guardian 2008 Spring Auction, Xinhua news agency said.

The painting, 2.6 meters (eight and a half feet) high and 10 meters wide, was drawn in the Three Gorges area from 2005 to 2006, depicting 11 men in their underwear playing cards.