Chapter 162: White Heat
Lin Feng had originally expected that this auction would inevitably be mixed. Because he and Liang Rong didn't know who was coveting this jade pendant, and now this fake jade pendant has been put up for auction, and it has also been identified as an ancient jade of the Ming Dynasty, which is likely to attract a large number of antique lovers to the auction.
However, Lin Feng would never have thought that there would be an auction house at the auction site!
It's no secret that there will be price hikes at the auction site. Many auction houses will take such a approach when auctioning items.
Lin Feng had also heard of this, and what surprised him was that the scale of this auction was not small, and it was even arranged?
This is what makes Lin Feng speechless! With such a large scale of auction, in Lin Feng's opinion, there is no need to arrange the so-called trust at all, as long as the bidding atmosphere is up, the bidding price will inevitably soar all the way, right?
However, it is clear that the intention of the auction house is to enter the bidding as soon as it opens, and it is even more obvious that their purpose has been achieved.
In the end, this gilded Buddha statue of the Tang Dynasty was sold for 3.2 million yuan!
One after another, the auction was brought to the auction house one after another, and the bidding continued again and again, and in just one morning, nearly ten auction items were sold, and the transaction price was not low.
However, those trusts of the auction house have quietly withdrawn from the auction house, and their purpose has been achieved, and the withdrawal at this time is already a successful retreat.
At the buffet arranged by the auction house at noon, many bidders chatted while eating, and it seems that many of the bidders who came to the auction knew each other.
Lin Feng and Chu Shuwan, as well as Chu Shuwan's father, were also eating and chatting at the independent table at this time. However, Lin Feng's gaze glanced at Gao Fengyi in the distance from time to time, and the old man who came with Gao Fengyi.
In one morning, there were nearly ten auction items, and Gao Fengyi and this old man had never made a single bid, and they didn't know if they had a clear purpose or were not interested in the auction items in the morning at all.
The buffet was followed by a short break, followed by an afternoon auction that began in full swing.
The fake jade pendant was placed in the third piece in the afternoon.
Lin Feng didn't pay much attention to the first two auction items at all, until the third lot, that is, the fake jade pendant, appeared on the scene, Lin Feng cheered up and paid close attention to the development of the situation.
It's still the same old routine, and after some explanation on the stage, the auctioneer finally said: "The starting price of this Ming Dynasty gossip pattern, fan-shaped jade pendant is 500,000!"
When the starting price is announced, the auction begins.
Lin Feng was a little speechless, he didn't have much research on antiques, and couldn't help but ask Chu Shuwan's father: "Uncle, this jade of the Ming Dynasty, when the auctioneer explained it, he said that the shape is unique and the pattern is rare, but why is the starting price so low?"
"The starting price of 500,000 yuan is already good. Chu Shuwan's father smiled and explained to Lin Feng in a low voice: "This jade pendant is relatively intact, so there will be this starting price, if it is not so complete, the starting price will be at most 100,000 yuan." ”
Seeing Lin Feng's questioning look, Chu Shuwan's father then explained: "Although the jade of the Ming and Qing dynasties is exquisitely shaped, due to the relatively recent age, and that era is the era of jade, ordinary people can also play with jade. Based on these two reasons, it is conceivable that in that era, the jade of the princes and nobles was valuable, and the jade of the common people was not very valuable.
This principle also works today, although this jade pendant has a good shape, it is not used by princes and nobles, so the starting price of 500,000 is already very good.
If we really want to talk about valuable jade, we must also explain the era before the Qing Dynasty! Because jade was not popular in those times, and the quantity was scarce, it was relatively valuable. ”
Hearing Chu Shuwan's father's explanation, Lin Feng couldn't help but nodded, and from this he concluded that Chu Shuwan's father seemed to be really good at jade!
At this time, someone raised a sign and directly shouted a price: "One million!"
Hearing this bidding price, Lin Feng and Liang Rong's eyes involuntarily focused on the direction of the person shouting from two directions.
The person who shouts is very common, and belongs to the type of person who once thrown into the crowd, it is difficult to find him. However, Lin Feng had already noticed him before, at this special time, people with a relatively special appearance were not very special, and this kind of talent really belonged to a special existence.
This shouting has just ended, and Gao Fengyi, who has never made a price, has raised his card at this time!
"One million and one hundred thousand, one hundred and one hundred thousand, this friend bid one hundred and one million!" The auctioneer shouted excitedly, this fan-shaped jade pendant of the Ming Dynasty is actually not worth so much money, and someone actually directly increased the price by 500,000, which has made the auctioneer excited, but he didn't expect that before he could shout out the price of one million, someone would increase the price again.
"One million two hundred thousand!" The auctioneer's sharp eyes saw that someone was holding up a sign in Lin Feng's direction, and he couldn't help shouting: "Has anyone else increased the price?"
A series of price increases made Lin Feng stunned!
It was already a very unexpected thing for that extremely ordinary person to directly increase the price by 500,000, Gao Fengyi's bid made Lin Feng surprised again, and at this time, the person who raised the price in his direction turned out to be Chu Shuwan's father!
Could it be that they all came for this piece of jade?
"One and a half million!" a woman's voice rang out, and at the same time raised the bidding card in her hand!
Lin Feng's eyes looked at this woman, fat and fat, with a nouveau riche look, she was a more characteristic person. However, no matter how you look at it, this woman doesn't look like the person Lin Feng and Liang Rong are looking for? Because no matter how you look at it, this woman looks like a nouveau riche!
"Two million!" The person who just started to raise the price increased the price again, and directly increased the price by 500,000 again!
This series of price increases is so fast that the auctioneer doesn't have time to call out the price!
Although two million is nothing to the bidders who came today, the starting price from 500,000 yuan can be increased to 2 million in less than a few minutes.
All of a sudden, there were a lot of whispers at the auction site, and most of the discussion was that this jade pendant was not worth the money, could it be that these bidders were crazy?
Even a true collector of ancient jade will weigh this price, because although this jade pendant is a bit peculiar, the price of two million is enough to discourage people.
Lin Feng's gaze involuntarily glanced at Liang Rong.
It just so happened that Liang Rong's eyes also looked at each other at this time, and the two glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of stunned and speechless looks in each other's eyes.
The starting price of this piece of jade is 500,000 yuan, and it is so well preserved, which already shows that this piece of jade is not very valuable. The so-called gold has a price, and jade is priceless, which fully shows that jade is a very valuable thing. And the ancient jade, which was marked with a starting price of 500,000 yuan, was actually strictly speaking, it had already been classified as worthless.
But even so, the bidding is still so fierce, and it is still very shocking.
"Dad, are you crazy, how can our family have so much money?" Chu Shuwan looked shocked, and it took a while to come back to her senses and grab her father's arm.
Chu Shuwan's father smiled and said, "Dad likes this piece of jade more, as for the money, you can take out the other jade in my collection and sell it!"
After saying this, Chu Shuwan's father raised the bidding card again!
"Two million 1 million!" The auctioneer waved the gavel in his hand, and his excited expression was overflowing: "Is there a higher price, is there a higher price?"
"Two million two hundred thousand!" The auctioneer was like a stimulant, and when he saw the fat woman holding up the card again, he immediately shouted loudly: "Someone has raised the price again, and has there been any price increase?"
Lin Feng's eyes looked at the fat woman, she directly shouted out the price of 1.5 million for the first time, and directly increased the price by 300,000, but this time she raised the card and did not speak, only increased the price by 100,000, and the expression on her face was also a little unsettled, it seemed that the price was about to exceed her psychological bottom line.
"Three million!" Gao Fengyi raised the bidding card in his hand and directly shouted out the price.
As soon as this price came out, the entire auction scene was in an uproar! At present, this price is already six times the starting price! Gao Fengyi's bid this time directly increased the price by 800,000 yuan!
Lin Feng took a deep breath and looked in the direction of Gao Fengyi with burning eyes, but said casually: "Uncle, this piece of jade is so ordinary, how can there be so many people bidding so wildly?"
Chu Shuwan's father smashed his mouth, with an unbelievable look, and said, "Yes, these people are too crazy, and the price has been increased to three million!"
Hearing Chu Shuwan's father's words, Lin Feng smiled and didn't say anything more! Chu Shuwan's father's words seemed to answer Lin Feng's words, but they avoided the point!
The point of what Lin Feng said was not that these people were bidding so wildly, but that this piece of jade was ordinary or not, it was impossible for Chu Shuwan's father not to hear the meaning of Lin Feng's words, but he chose to answer Lin Feng's question lightly!
"Three million, will anyone continue to increase the price?" The auctioneer himself was also a little incredulous, although the auction price was not high, it was only three million at present, but his years of work experience told him that the final transaction price of this jade pendant must be low!
Moreover, when the auctioneer asked if there was any increase in the price, he was actually very sure in his heart that there were still people who continued to increase the price!
Sure enough, someone raised a card again!