New York: Free, no auction

As part of its 20th-anniversary celebration, China Guardian Auctions Co, one of the country's two major auction houses, donated 60 auction catalogs to the Flushing, Queens, public library on Wednesday. The library serves a community that includes tens of thousands of Chinese-Americans. From left: Richard He, China Guardian's chief US representative; Donna Ciampa-Lauria, director of the Queens Library; Wang Yannan, president of China Guardian; and other library officials. Liu Yuhan / China Daily