Chapter Two Thousand and Forty-Eight A Boy Playing Polo
In the blink of an eye, the second auction has begun.
Ye Tian picked one of the many boxes on the stage, moved it to the front of the stage, and then opened the box in front of the little babies in the audience, and took out the items in the box and placed them on the edge of the stage.
This is a bronze sculpture about 50 centimeters high, the subject is a teenager on a horse, twisting his waist to swing a club to hit the polo, his expression is focused, full of a youthful atmosphere, but also a bit of childlike fun.
The boy on horseback, about fourteen or fifteen years old, is a typical European in terms of appearance, and judging by the polo costume he wears, it should be a polo costume from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.
It can be seen that this bronze sculpture is likely to come from Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is a somewhat historical Western artwork.
As soon as it was unveiled, this bronze sculpture attracted the attention of all the little ones in front of the stage, and the little babies jumped up and down one by one, shouting that they liked this thing and wanted to buy it.
Next, Ye Tian began to show and introduce this bronze sculpture to these little treasures, and even walked off the stage with this bronze sculpture, and let those little babies touch this sculpture one by one.
At the same time, close-ups of this sculpture appeared on the large-screen television on the scene, and it was filmed from all angles in great detail.
Many of the top collectors and antique art experts in this banquet hall quickly saw that this bronze sculpture from the West was of a very high standard and was a very good work of art.
However, everyone's understanding and research of Western artworks is not profound, and we can't see who this sculpture is from, and what is the specific value!
As for the laymen in the field of many antique art collections on the scene, they are even more confused, but everyone thinks that this bronze sculpture is very good, with a sporty beauty.
After all, beauty is common, and as long as you put your mind to it, everyone can feel it.
It doesn't matter if you don't understand or understand this sculpture, isn't there still Ye Tian!
Soon, Ye Tian's personal close-up appeared on the big screen TV, and began to introduce this bronze sculpture to everyone.
"The bronze sculpture in front of you, youthful and romantic, is a Western sculpture work of art, and it is also a treasure that I found at the Saint-Tuan thrift market in Paris.
When I found it in Paris, it had been dumped in the corner of a small antique shop, covered with a thick layer of dust and green paint, and looked unsightly and had not been seen for years.
Then I asked one of my men to pretend to be a tourist, go to the antique shop at a later time, take the bronze sculpture, and take it back to the hotel to clean it and make it shine again."
Hearing this, everyone in the banquet hall burst out laughing softly.
Ye Tian, this kid is not only extremely sharp-eyed, but also extremely cunning, all kinds of tricks emerge one after another, which is unguardable, who can stand up to his calculations!
Thinking of this, everyone can't help but feel a little sympathy for the owner of the antique store at the Saint-Tuan thrift market in Paris.
On the big screen at the scene, Ye Tian was still introducing this bronze sculpture, and the clear voice kept coming out of the sound system and into the ears of everyone at the scene.
"After getting this "Boy Playing Polo", I studied and appraised it carefully, and it was almost certain that it was a sculpture by the famous French sculptor Antoine Bourdel.
To be more precise, it is a work from the early part of Antoni Bourdel's career, probably created around 1880, as evidenced by the romantic tendencies in the sculpture.
You may not know much about Antoine Bourdelle, a famous French sculptor from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, but you must know his mentor and idol.
That is the famous French sculptor Rodin, who created immortal sculptures such as The Thinker, and Antoine Bourdel, one of Rodin's most outstanding students, who was also deeply influenced by Rodin.
In fact, in the field of modern European sculpture art, Rodin and his two students, Maillol and Bourdel, are called the "three pillars" of European sculpture, and have a very high position in the history of Western art.
At the time of the creation of The Boy Playing Polo, Antoine Bourdel had not yet been under Rodin's tutelage and his sculptural style had not yet been influenced by Rodin, and his early works had a distinctly romantic tendency.
Although it has nothing to do with Rodin, his early work is excellent, and it is reflected in the work that Bourdelle was in his twenties at the time of his creation, at the age of youth and passion,......"
With Ye Tian's explanation, the scene of the banquet hall suddenly boiled again, and the exclamations continued to sound one after another, and everyone was also discussing.
"I'm going! I just auctioned a green jade tiger of Lu Zigang's apprentice, and a work of the apprentice of the Western sculpture master Rodin has appeared, today's public auction is really awesome, it will definitely cause a huge sensation!"
"Who hasn't heard of Rodin, that's a deafening name! As Rodin's most proud student, and alongside Rodin as one of the 'three pillars' of European sculpture, how far could Antoine Bourdelle go?
There is no doubt that this buddy named Anthony must also be a top sculptor, and this "Boy Playing Polo" must be worth a lot of money, I have to say, Xiaotian's handwriting is really scary!"
While everyone was talking, they all took out their mobile phones and began to look up information about the master sculptor Antoine Bourdelle on the Internet.
I don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it!
Without exception, everyone was shocked by the fame and status of the French sculptor, and by the auction records of his related sculptures!
When everyone looked up the information and looked back at the bronze sculpture on the edge of the stage, everyone's eyes became extremely hot, and their eyes lit up like searchlights.
In particular, the top collectors and antique art appraisal experts who were at the scene were all envious and even jealous, and their eyes were red.
At this time, they can't wait to become three or four-year-old children, and then run to the edge of the stage to participate in this unique auction, and do their best to win this sculpture.
At the same time, they also regretted it very much, they knew that Ye Tian had such an arrangement and had so many valuable and rare antique artworks to auction, so they should have brought their little children with them!
But unfortunately, these are all wishful thinking, and they can only watch their greed at this time, and they have no chance to participate in this competition at all.
Just when everyone was talking, under the auspices of Ye Tian, the auction had begun.
"Little darlings, this thing you see now is a sculpture from Europe, more than 100 years old, and this is the lot of the second auction.
If you like the sculpture, you can raise your hand and compete with the other children to see who can win the sculpture once the auction begins.
Just like the cute jade tiger just now, the starting price of this bronze sculpture is also one dollar, one dollar! That little baby is ready to pay for it, please raise your arms!"
Before the words fell, the audience had raised more than a dozen small arms of different lengths, and a beautiful children's voice sounded.
"I want this little bronze man riding a horse, Uncle Ye Tian, sell it to me, I'll give you a dollar!"
"Uncle Ye Tian, I like this golden villain, it's so beautiful, can you sell it to me?"
In a coquettish voice, the competition is once again unfolding among these little babies.
At the same time, the eyes of everyone on the scene were instantly attracted and watched the auction process.
Especially the parents of these little babies are staring at their babies tightly, their hearts are in their throats, but they still have to make a casual expression on their faces.
It didn't take long for the five rounds of bidding to end.
This sculpture by the French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, "The Boy Playing Polo", was finally sold for 2,000 yuan.
The sculpture was taken by a boy about seven years old and a three-and-a-half-year-old child, who shared the sculpture and owned half of it.
As for the follow-up procedures and whether there will be disputes, Ye Tian has already thought of a coping strategy.
Parents of the two little ones who want to take the sculpture must sign a contract confirming that the family owns half of the interest, and the staff of the Beijing Municipal Notary Office will notarize it on the spot.
The auction confirmation contract will also make it clear that the sculpture will not be stored in any of them, but in Ye Tian's vault on Financial Street.
If the two families wanted to take the sculpture home, take it home and take it for viewing, sell it, or put it up for auction, they had to agree before they could take it out.
The reason why Ye Tian did this was to avoid controversy, make some unpleasant things, and turn a good thing into a disgusting thing.
The auction continues!
One after another, antique artworks have been put on the stage and displayed in front of everyone's eyes.
Among these antique artworks, there are traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting artworks, porcelain, and other Chinese antique artworks, as well as paintings and sculptures from the West.
As these antique artworks appeared one by one, the exclamations of the scene continued to sound one after another, one after another, endlessly.
The people in the banquet hall were shocked by Ye Tian's generosity again and again, so much so that they were amazed, and the scene was like a boiling pot, and it was very lively.
And those little babies who participated in the auction also gained something.
Under Ye Tian's adjustment, they either took a picture of an antique artwork alone, or several people took a picture of a favorite antique artwork together, and none of the little babies went home empty-handed, and they were all happy!
For this result, not only the little ones who participated in the auction were very satisfied and very happy, but their parents were also very satisfied, and everyone had a bright smile on their faces.
Of course, those who are not married, have no children, or did not bring children to the wedding banquet will inevitably have some regrets!
But it doesn't matter, the next second part of the auction is their stage.