November 17, 2011, at Modern paintings and calligraphy sale of Beijing Hanhai 2011 autumn auction, the theme of representative works Qi Baishi’s "banana Library" which is the representative work with banana theme was sold at RMB 93.15 million yuan.

At the beginning, when Qi Baishi’s "Banana Library" started to bid for, the auction site was occupied almost the entire inside space. Starting with 48 million yuan, after several rounds of bidding exceeded 60 million yuan, public eyes focused on mainly in the competition venue at this time and commissioned two buyers. Due to prudence, buyers increase to 75 million yuan carefully when the emergence of new bidder, rhythm of the site was promoted again. Finally, known as the first masterpiece of Qi Baishi’s landscape painting--"banana library" realized 93.15 million yuan.