Chapter 224: Ancient Jade Atlas
Seeing the auctioneer drop the hammer, Qin Yu's heart breathed a sigh of relief, and Mo Yongxing on the side glanced at Qin Yu's expression, his eyes were full of contempt, what about tens of thousands of yuan should be so nervous.
Qin Yu smiled at Mo Yongxing, this is not a matter of tens of thousands of yuan, of course, if the price of this evil spirit is more than 50,000, Qin Yu will still give up, fortunately, 37,000 yuan, it is still worth it.
"When will the jade in this auction be paid?" Qin Yu asked Mo Yongxing out loud, no way, who told him that he didn't know much about the transaction method of the auction.
"You can choose to go to the back of there now and pay for the jade, and there is an auction staff there, or you can wait until the auction is over and go over with your seat number. ”
Mo Yongxing pointed to a passage next to the auction table, which seemed to lead to another hall, and there were several staff members guarding the walkway.
Some people who participate in the auction are here for a certain auction item, and after auctioning this auction item, if they are not interested in other auction items, they can choose to go to the back of the transaction, and then leave the auction, but there are still very few such people, even if they are not interested in the auction items behind, it is also an interesting thing to sit here and watch others fight and compete for an auction item, just like Mo Yongxing is now watching others compete with interest.
"Then let's wait until it's over and go to the trade, by the way, have you paid attention to the five people on this list, and whether they have any unusual behavior. Qin Yu thought about it, and decided to wait for the auction to end before going, anyway, this jade was auctioned by him, as long as he didn't pay the debt, this jade was in his pocket.
"I've observed that the auction has been held for so long, and only No. 67 and No. 28 have not raised a single card, and the other three have more or less participated in several bids, so I think that one of these five people may have something to do with the organization behind He Ping. It was one of the two. ”
Qin Yu followed the guidance of Mo Yongxing's eyes and looked at position 67, where a man about forty years old was sitting, just on the left side of the row in front of Qin Yu and them, this man was wearing a suit, his fingers were tapping on the armrest of the table, squinting his eyes slightly, as if he was not interested in the jade on the auction table, or he had not yet come to the appearance of his favorite jade.
As for the No. 28 position, it was several rows in front, and Qin Yu was still under Mo Yongxing's fingers to determine which position No. 28 was. Looking from his side, he could only see that this should be a person of a certain age, and most of his hair was already white, and as for the facial expression, he couldn't see it from behind.
"Keep staring, but the three of them should also pay attention, and it is also possible that the other party will just act casually, after all, if you don't participate in a bid at the auction, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of the people around them. Therefore, it is also very possible to hold up the card casually. ”
"Hmm. ”
For more than an hour, Qin Yu and Mo Yongxing watched the bidding of other people, and at the same time paid attention to the movements of the five people, but they didn't find much to discover. No. 28 and No. 67 still haven't raised their cards, and the three have also raised a few times during this period, and even one of them spent more than 600,000 yuan to photograph an ancient jade cong from the Liangzhu culture period.
"The auction item below is very special, it is not jade. But it is related to jade, it is an ancient jade atlas from the Qing Dynasty, and the author is not signed. It collects more than 300 kinds of jade from the three dynasties of antiquity to the Song Dynasty, divided into nine categories, including national treasures, overwhelming victories, public clothing, scholars, smokers, drinking vessels, Yi vessels, music, and furnishings, which have important value for the study of jade culture, but from the content point of view, this ancient jade atlas should be divided into three volumes, and this is only the first of them, the starting price is: 180,000 famous coins, the yellow brand increases the price by 10,000 each time, and the red brand increases the price by 50,000 each time. ”
"Go, a broken atlas is still broken, and this auction company dares to open this price, whoever wants to buy it is a fool. Mo Yongxing only glanced at the contents of the album on the display screen, then shook his head and said disdainfully.
Mo Yongxing also has his reason for saying this, there are many ancient books for the introduction of jade types, and there are many with atlases, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty generally love jade, and they have ordered the following officials to write a lot of graphic books on jade from all dynasties, and even printed hairstyles.
In the auction house in Beijing in 10 years, a set of Song Chunxi's ancient jade atlas boxing gloves 24 volumes, recorded and described more than 500 kinds of graphics before the Song Dynasty, as well as marginal notes, and only auctioned a transaction price of 160,000 yuan, Mo Yongxing was present at the time, this fragment of this auction house reserve price dared to bid 180,000 yuan, I really thought everyone was an idiot.
Mo Yongxing didn't expect that he really had idiots in his opinion, and right next to him, seeing Qin Yu holding up a red sign, Mo Yongxing looked at Qin Yu in surprise and said hurriedly: "Qin Yu, are you addicted to shooting, this album is obviously not worth the price, are you stupid." ”
"Value, this album is definitely worth this price. Qin Yu took a deep breath, calmed down, and said affirmatively to Mo Yongxing.
"The No. 88 guest bid 230,000 yuan, and there are no more bids. ”
Seeing Qin Yu holding up the red sign, the auctioneer's face also showed a smile, the market price of this ancient jade atlas that he didn't know the name of the author of the Dao was very clear in his heart, at most it was between 150,000, and the auction house set a reserve price of 180,000 yuan, this was the reserve price set by the seller of this ancient jade atlas, and if it was lower than this price, the seller would not be willing to put it up for auction.
The auctioneer originally planned to unsell this ancient jade atlas, but anyway, the reserve price was insisted on by the seller, and if the auction failed, their auction house could still charge a certain auction fee, which was different from their other auction items.
If the antiques are auctioned at a reserve price set by their auction house, if the auction house fails, the auction house will pay a certain amount of money to the seller, so any auction item will cause losses to the auction house.
After Qin Yu raised the sign, he suddenly regretted it in his heart, what he regretted was not the bid, but that he felt that he should not have a red card, he should have a yellow card, there must be a demon when things go wrong, even Mo Yongxing knew that this atlas was not worth 180,000, and he suddenly added 50,000, I am afraid it will cause some people to speculate, if some people see the secret hidden in this atlas, I am afraid that it will not be so smooth if he wants to win this atlas.
"Hurry up and shoot the hammer. Qin Yu looked at the auctioneer and muttered in his heart.
may not have expected that this object, which was originally a good unsuccessful auction, was suddenly increased by 50,000 yuan, and after the auctioneer was stunned for a moment, he immediately reacted, and it was rare to only ask once, and then began to time.
"The No. 88 guest bid 230,000 times. ”
"Guest No. 88 made twenty-three bids. ”
"Hey, the No. 16 guest bid 280,000. ”
The word "huh" in the auctioneer's mouth also represents his mood at the moment, he was already very satisfied with the price of 230,000 yuan, and at this time, there was a bidder, Rao was the host of many auctions, and he couldn't help but be surprised at this moment.
"Guest No. 88 bid 330,000. ”
"The guest on the 16th bid 380,000 yuan. ”
Qin Yu raised the red card again, but as soon as the auctioneer reported his bid, the No. 16 also raised the red card again.
"Damn, who is this No. 16 guy?Could it be that he can also see the secret hidden in this ancient jade atlas?" Qin Yu squinted his eyes and looked at the No. 16 position, looking from behind, this should also be a man about the same age as him, and looking at the back, it was still a little familiar, but Qin Yu couldn't remember it for a while.
"Qin Yu, could it be that this atlas is also the same magic weapon as the Dragon Hunting Plate?"
Qin Yu's two consecutive bids made Mo Yongxing realize that this ancient jade atlas may not be as simple as it appears on the outside, but he remembered the incident when Qin Yu bought the dragon hunting plate, so he asked out loud, if this ancient jade atlas is really a magic weapon, then let alone hundreds of thousands, even millions have to compete.
"It's not a magic weapon, but it's definitely a good thing for us feng shui masters, and I'll tell you when the time comes. Qin Yu said simply, and raised the sign in his hand again.
"Okay, the No. 88 guest has increased the price again, and now it is 430,000, it seems that the No. 88 guest is determined to get this ancient jade atlas, is there anything higher than this price?"
"I will have your uncle's. Qin Yu cursed the auctioneer in his heart, didn't this mean to tell others to bid casually, anyway, he would auction this jade album in the future, even if he was not interested in this jade album, he could also quote a price to play.
After Qin Yu finished scolding, his eyes fell on the young man in the No. 16 position, and the auctioneer's eyes also fell on the guests in the No. 16 position, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that there were only No. 16 and Qin Yu competing for this jade book.
"Hurry up and time it. ”
The man on the 16th didn't raise the card this time, Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the auctioneer seemed to feel the resentment in Qin Yu's eyes, and finally dropped the hammer after shouting three times.
"It's finally here. "The hammer fell, Qin Yu's tense nerves finally relaxed, the hidden things in this ancient jade atlas are too important to him, if he really wants to keep bidding, even tens of millions of Qin Yu are willing to do it, of course, now he can win more than 400,000 yuan, this is the best thing.
And at this moment, the man in position 16 also happened to turn around and showed a smile towards Qin Yu, as if congratulating Qin Yu on winning the album.
Seeing the face of the No. 16 man clearly, Qin Yu's brows furrowed, and he muttered softly: "Why is he?" (to be continued......)