The Eros vase was auctioned for a high price of 850 million, and Xiao Yao was looking forward to what price the discus thrower would fetch again.

"The next auction is for Milon's bronze statue of the discus thrower, with a starting price of $200 million, and each increase must not be less than $100,000, and the bidding is now open. ”

Milon's discus thrower is a world-recognized masterpiece of sculpture and is also a work from 450 BC, nearly 2,400 years ago, such a top work of art in ancient times, both in terms of artistic value and historical significance, is immeasurable.

The auction of this top artwork can be described as a world-class eye, and it can be called priceless, and it is possible to sell it at any price.

Even the collections of the top museums are few that can compare with this work.

Top museums such as the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have all approached Yiyun auction houses to try to contact the consignor to get the work in advance. And each of them offered very sincere conditions, the artwork used for exchange, although the value of a single piece is not as good as the original work of the discus thrower, but the overall value is not low, but Wang Xiaoxian refused, these people didn't even get the opportunity to meet Xiao Yao.

The top museums, although very sincere in wanting to win this work, are destined not to do so at auction. Xiao Yao guessed that this work would eventually fall into the hands of a certain consortium.

This work surpasses the Eros vase in terms of artistic value and historical and humanistic significance.

Xiao Yao is very sure that the hammer price of this work should exceed that of the Eros vase, but it is difficult to say how much it can exceed.

After 42 rounds of bidding, the price of the discus thrower has surpassed that of the Eros vase, and the current price is 852 million, and there are still 5 competitors who are still holding up their cards at this time.

After six rounds of bidding, the price exceeded $900 million. And at this time, there are only two contenders left.

Although there are still two people left to compete, the attitude of these two people is very firm, neither of them wants to give in, and the price has been rising alternately.

After the price exceeded 950 million, Xiao Yao was very excited, thinking that the hammer price was expected to exceed 1 billion US dollars, but he didn't expect that the member of the Qatari royal family would be weak in the follow-up, and after the last bid of 980 million, he would no longer raise his cards.

Milon's work was finally snatched up by an agent of a consortium for $982 million.

Although the price of the hammer did not exceed $1 billion, which made Xiao Yao a little regretful, this price has exceeded his previous estimate of up to $950 million, and he is still in a good mood.

The four top works of art he sent for auction all fetched high prices, including $191 million for "Sunflowers", $405 million for "Savior Mundi", $850 million for the Eros vase, and $982 million for the discus thrower. The total hammer price of the four artworks is 100 million US dollars, equivalent to about 15.1 billion yuan.

When these four works were in his hands, although he admired them very much and knew that these four works were very precious, he did not feel shocked. Now that the auction is over, he has been exchanged for 15.1 billion yuan, and with his calm mind, he will inevitably be excited.

What is the concept of 15.1 billion yuan? At the current price of gold, it is equivalent to 60 tons of gold!

If 60 tons of gold are placed in front of them, anyone will be red-eyed and even crazy.

When this money is in hand, it can be used to pay for the huge amount of money that acquired Zeng Zhaoquan's shares.

At the end of the auction, the auctioneer announced loudly: "Congratulations to guest No. 243, the discus thrower is yours." In addition, I am honored to announce that for the third time in this auction, the world's highest auction record for a work of art has been broken. This is the end of this auction, thank you for your support. ”

Xiao Yao and the three of them sat in the corner at the back of the venue, and they were the guests who left the venue the fastest.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he received a call from Wang Xiaoxian: "Mr. Xiao, I have already booked a seat in Ayi Abalone, and I will send you a text message later, I may not arrive a little later, and please take care of Mr. Xiao." ”

"You can be busy, so many guests need you to greet you, don't worry about me, today you are the busiest one, I won't leave for a short time, some time is to eat." Xiao Yao shirked.

"Today's auction is very successful, Mr. Xiao is the biggest hero, and all the other guests together are not as important as Mr. Xiao alone, will I be stupid to let the real Buddha not worship, to worship the mud Bodhisattva?" Wang Xiaoxian's attitude was very insistent, "In short, I will rush over as soon as possible, and on this occasion today, I must celebrate with Mr. Xiao." ”

"Well, if you can get out, then I'm fine. It just so happens that I have two friends who met at the auction party, and I think you must know each other, and when there are more people, it will be a little more lively. Since Wang Xiaoxian insisted, Xiao Yao also agreed.

Hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao said to Zheng Xiaowu and Zhang Donggao: "Originally, I was going to have a treat, but Wang Xiaoxian, the owner of Yiyun Auction House, had to seize this opportunity, and he had already booked a seat in Ah Yi Abalone." He's busy, so he might be a little late, so let's go first. ”

"Mr. Wang is coming over, he is the host today, so many people want to greet him, can he take a break?" Zheng Xiaowu was a little surprised.

"I said let him be busy with himself, no need to come, he insisted on coming, let's go to Ah Yi Abalone first and wait for him for a while. Today, he is both fame and fortune, and he should be slaughtered fiercely. Xiao Yao said casually.

Zhang Donggao glanced at Xiao Yao seriously, "Mr. Wang doesn't care about so many guests, he must come over to accompany you, and the relationship between the two of you is very good!"

"Mr. Wang likes to make friends, he has always been so enthusiastic, and the relationship between the two of us is indeed not bad. ”

Xiao Yao and the three of them had nothing to do, and they rushed to Ah Yi Abalone first.

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