I mean, those are awfully high prices."

Buyers may represent foreign governments or lobbyists who want to buy favors.

The palette was wonderful.

Hunter Biden at event

The space was well-organized.

I would buy a couple of them."

Equally important to Acevedo was the fact that the artist “is the president’s son.

Joe and Hunter Biden smiling

Everybody would want a piece of that.

The provenance is impeccable.”

Not everyone is as enthused about the pieces.

Joe and Hunter Biden in China, 2005

Jeffrey Cudlin of the Maryland Institute College of Art called the pieces “fine decorative amateur work.”