Chapter 41: Breaking the Record
False offers for lots are also a common tactic at auctions, especially for illegal money laundering transactions.
Some unscrupulous people will take an ordinary vase to auction, and with the cooperation of the auction house, identify which dynasty and which generation of fine products, and then put it on the auction, and then ask their own people to auction it at a sky-high price.
In this way, they only need to pay an intermediary fee to the auction, and they can successfully turn all their money from unknown sources into legitimate income.
Zhao Hai said this because he was afraid that Lu Chuan would increase the price of his auction items.
"Rest assured. ”
"I talk about martial arts the most. ”
"If you want to play fair, I will play fair. ”
"Our auction items will definitely be the king of bids!"
Seeing Lu Chuan's confidence, Zhao Hai couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "Could it be that their Saitama Auction House really has something more valuable than my Northern Song Dynasty Ding Kiln eight-petal sunflower pen wash?"
Soon it was the turn of the Saitama Auction House to push the auction items up.
In addition to "Yongzhou Eight Records", Jiang Xiaoyu also brought three auction items over this time, the first one launched for auction was an agate snuff bottle from the Qianlong period.
Snuff bottles have been very popular among foreign collectors in recent years, and they have also attracted a wave of snuff bottle collection in Daxia from the outside in, and the price has risen significantly in recent years.
However, the agate snuff box was of limited value and was eventually sold for 165,000 after several rounds of bidding.
Originally, this was already a very good price for the snuff bottle auction, but compared with the 5.2 million Dingyao eight-petal sunflower pen wash, it didn't seem so good.
"I thought you had some killer feature, it's only more than 160,000, 170,000 is not enough, laugh at me!"
"What's the hurry, the good stuff is still to come. ”
Jiang Xiaoyudu's second auction item is a bamboo painting by Zheng Banqiao.
The composition style of the bamboo painted by Zheng Banqiao is sparse and ethereal, its main stem is flexible, there is the charm of the wind supporting the willows, and the bamboo leaves grow in clusters, which have been highly sought after by collectors since the nineties.
The famous "Bamboo and Stone Shuangqing Map" was sold for 16 million yuan, setting a new record for domestic calligraphy and painting products.
When Zhao Hai saw Zheng Banqiao's paintings on the auction table, he was still nervous for a while.
However, Jiang Xiaoyu only sent Zheng Banqiao's early works this time, the style has not yet been finalized, and the preserved condition is not very complete, and in the end it was only marked by a Xishan coal boss at a price of 2.3 million.
This made Zhao Haichang let out a sigh of relief, and mocked Lu Chuan coldly again.
Jiang Xiaoyu's third auction item was the celadon bowl from the Mingding kiln that he and Lu Chuan dug up in the mass grave before.
After more than 30 rounds of competition, it was bid by a real estate developer at a price of 4.88 million.
Zhao Hai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and secretly lucked in his heart: "Fortunately, I temporarily brought the pen wash collected by the old man to auction, otherwise I really couldn't suppress Jiang Xiaoyu's girl, and their Saitama Auction House actually received so many good things!"
"Lu Chuan, you lost!"
Zhao Hai said proudly: "The bidder of today's auction is our Four Seas Auction House!"
"I'm not saying it, the good stuff is on the way. The real good stuff is only starting now. ”
"What are you bragging, you Saitama Auction House has auctioned all three collections, what else do you have ......?"
Before Zhao Hai finished speaking, the auctioneer on the stage began to say: "Next, we will auction the fourth collection of Saitama Auction House - Liu Zongyuan's "Yongzhou Eight Records"!"