Chapter 1289 Pear-shaped Pink Diamond
"Ladies and gentlemen, the auction continues, and this is the fifteenth lot of the day, a 10.03 carat pear-shaped pink diamond from De Beers' diamond mines in South Africa.
As you can see, this is a brilliant-cut loose diamond with a total of 57 facets, each of which is perfect, showing off the diamond's intense and saturated color, which is dazzling!
Professionally assessed by the International Gemological Institute of Antwerp, this pear-shaped pink diamond has reached the highest level of color, with Type2A quality, and the diamond texture is crystal clear without any blemishes!
It's safe to say that this is a top quality and precious diamond, and it's the most popular pink diamond in recent years, so it's not to be missed!
The starting price for this pear-shaped pink diamond is 11 million euros, with a maximum increase of less than 200,000 euros and a minimum of 500,000 euros after more than 16 million euros!
That's it, the auction is now open, everyone is welcome to bid, 11 million euros, 11 million euros, that gentleman or lady is bidding, please hold up your bidding number plate!"
The auctioneer's passionate voice came from the stage and resounded throughout the auction hall.
While bidding loudly, the auctioneer's eyes were like radar, quickly scanning the whole room, in order to find the buyers who raised their signs to make the bid.
The auxiliary auctioneers standing on both sides of the auction table also patrol the whole venue with their eyes, ready to check and fill in the gaps, remind the auctioneer, and prevent missing the buyer's offer!
Before the auctioneer's voice fell, there was already a buyer who couldn't wait to raise the bidding number plate, a middle-aged white woman sitting on the right side of the fourth row.
Almost as soon as the buyer raised the bidding plate, the auctioneer's hand was already pointing to this direction and nodding in greeting the first buyer.
"Ok! Buyer No. 65 is a beautiful lady with a price of 11 million euros, Madame Müller from Switzerland, thank you very much for your support!
Now the price is 11.2 million euros, 11.2 million euros, and the gentleman or lady should be at the price?
With the high-pitched voice of the auctioneer, the new bid has been released, and the curtain of competition has officially opened.
In the blink of an eye, another buyer held up the bidding number plate in his hand, a jeweler from Southeast Asia, sitting a little back, looking like a Chinese.
Soon after, many jewelers and individual buyers continued to raise their bidding plates to meet the price, or loudly quoted their own prices, joining the competition!
In less than two minutes, the price of the 10-carat pear-shaped pink diamond quickly broke through the 13 million euro barrier and began to advance towards 14 million euros.
When the 13 million euro mark was crossed, Mr. Cheng from Hong Kong raised the bidding plate in his hand, joined the competition, and directly quoted the price of 13.5 million euros.
When he raised the offer card, the jewelry tycoon from Hong Kong turned his head to look at Ye Tian with a smile on his face, and there was a sense of challenge in his eyes.
Ye Tian just nodded with a smile on his face, and did not take any practical action to respond to the other party.
Next, Mr. Lau, a Hong Kong super-rich man sitting in the second row, and Lawrence, a British jewelry tycoon sitting not far from the left of the first row, also joined the battle group.
The atmosphere of the scene is getting hotter and hotter, the competition is becoming more and more fierce, the bidding number plates are coming and going, and the sound of quotations is endless!
Soon, the price of this pear-shaped pink diamond rushed to 15 million euros, and the buyer who quoted this price was Mr. Liu, who was sitting behind Ye Tian.
Hearing this offer, many competitors shook their heads helplessly and withdrew from the bid.
Most of the buyers who participated in this jewelry and diamond auction were jewelers from all over the world, and there were very few individual buyers like Ye Tian and Mr. Liu!
And the strength of these jewelers is not the same, and even very different, there are super predators who are in charge of the jewelry market, and there are also small jewelers with only two or three stores!
Regardless of the size or strength, as a jeweler, you must consider the issue of profit, and you can't just bid crazy based on personal preferences, no one wants to lose money and make money!
The price of this pear-shaped pink diamond is already very high at this time, and some small and medium-sized jewelers with slightly worse strength and low brand premium can no longer see much profit space and have to choose to withdraw!
Even those powerful big jewelers, such as Mr. Cheng in Hong Kong and Lawrence in the United Kingdom, couldn't help frowning when they heard this offer, and they were a little hesitant!
But for Ye Tian, this price is just the beginning.
It's time to fight and take this pear-shaped pink diamond as soon as possible, the real show is yet to come!
Before raising the price of the bill, Ye Tian looked back at Mr. Liu from Hong Kong, smiled and whispered:
"Mr. Liu, I like this pear-shaped pink diamond very much, and I want to take a picture of it and give it to my girlfriend, that is to say, I am going to go to the bidding, if you are offended, please Haihan!"
"It doesn't matter, Xiao Ye, this is a public auction, anyone on the scene can compete, the highest bidder wins, it's very fair, you just let go of your hands and feet and raise your cards to ask for the price!
Besides, I'd love to see if you're as ruthless and invincible as the legend says!
Mr. Liu smiled and whispered, without the slightest unpleasantness.
"That's great, Mr. Liu, I'll get started!"
After speaking, Ye Tian turned his head and looked at the auction table in front of him.
When the auctioneer loudly quoted the latest price of 15.5 million euros and asked if anyone had responded to the bid, Ye Tian raised the bidding number plate for the first time and quoted his price categorically.
"Mr. Larson, seventeen million euros!"
Ye Tian's voice was high-pitched and loud, and it instantly spread throughout the front row area of the auction hall and into the ears of all the heavyweight buyers in the front row.
The latest offer he quoted was like a depth charge, directly blowing up the first half of the auction hall, causing an exclamation!
"Oh my God, 17 million euros, I heard you right? Where is there any profit margin here? It's a blessing to auction this pear-shaped pink diamond at this price, plus a lot of commissions!
This guy Steven is exactly like the legend, a veritable crocodile in the auction house, he is ruthless and decisive, as long as he likes something, he will never let it go!"
"Unlike us, he doesn't have to think about profit at all, just based on his own preferences, it can be seen that he is ready to give this pear-shaped pink diamond to his girlfriend, which is really generous!
What's more, Steven is a super-rich man with a large amount of discretionary cash in his hand, which he can spend as much as he wants!
With his momentum, there is no doubt that this pear-shaped pink diamond will definitely fall into the hands of this guy, unless someone is willing to risk a huge loss and go hand-to-hand with Steven!"
While exclaiming and discussing, almost everyone at the scene looked at Ye Tian, and everyone's eyes were full of jealousy and envy!
Mr. Liu, who was sitting behind Ye Tian, shook his head with a chuckle and said:
"I've opened my eyes, Xiao Ye, you guy is really crazy enough! It seems that you are bound to get this pear-shaped pink diamond, then I'd better Mingjin withdraw my troops, so as not to do useless work and waste my feelings in vain!"
Mr. Liu withdrew from the competition, and Mr. Zheng, who was not far away, also shook his head regretfully and announced that he would withdraw from the competition, and the rest of the heavyweight buyers also withdrew from the competition one after another.
In the blink of an eye, there were only two buyers left competing for this pear-shaped pink diamond, one was naturally Ye Tian, and the other was Lawrence, a jewelry tycoon from the United Kingdom!
When the auctioneer Larson loudly quoted the price of 17.5 million euros, Lawrence groaned for a moment before he gritted his back molars and raised the bidding number plate and took the price!
The next moment, everyone at the scene looked at Ye Tian to see what reaction he would give!
Lawrence's old guy also looked over here, expecting Ye Tian to stop and let himself win this pear-shaped pink diamond smoothly!
However, he saw the last thing he wanted to see, and heard a new offer that made his eyelids jump wildly and completely despair.
"Larson, nineteen million euros!"
The bidding number plate in Ye Tian's hand was raised again, and a clear voice came out immediately, loud and loud!
Not surprisingly, the auction hall is frying again!