Chapter 386: A Lot of Fine Things

20 million yuan, Zhou You did not inject a drop of water at this price.

He clearly remembered that two or three years ago, Xu Lao scolded those cultural relics dealers who sold national treasures in front of everyone, and especially cited one of the freshest examples at that time, and this example happened to be a court wine cup used by the emperor of the Shang Dynasty.

Since then, Zhou You has become more and more focused on bronzes.

However, there is no need to travel around to pay attention, those foreign tycoons who like to collect and invest are very fond of bronzes with a strong sense of history, so that Chinese bronze wine vessels can always fetch surprisingly high prices at auctions.

And the facts also confirmed Zhou You's speculation, the price of the Wangjue wine vessel soared with the sound of bidding, and the competition was fiercely three foreigners and an old Chinese collector. The miracle did not happen, but the final winner was not the old Chinese collector, but one of the three foreigners, who finally managed to take it for an outrageous price of 31.8 million RMB.

"I hope he can take it out of the country!"

Zhou You glanced at the proud foreigner and smiled coldly.

With Jiang Hailiu's reminder, Zhou You naturally paid attention to this auction. He found that there were two versions of the promotional materials for this auction, the first one did not have so many bronzes, but the latest one added a whole batch of bronzes as precious as the Wangjue wine vessels. With such obvious features, if Zhou You didn't know that these things were the artifacts that had just been unearthed recently, then Zhou You would be really stupid.

With this rather beautiful start, the atmosphere of the auction instantly climbed to the first peak. The lots that followed all fetched good prices, and even the one with a reserve price of only 330,000 yuan was eventually sold twice as much as the low price.

"It's out!"

Zhou You saw the silk uncovered, and a vivid stone beast statue proudly appeared in the world, and the mood began to surge.

Since coming into contact with Shi Lao, Zhou You has begun to study stone carvings. Recently, he has really found a lot of information, all of which he has written down one by one, and now it happens to be useful.

Amamiya Kototsuki didn't see anything outstanding about such a stone work, and asked, "Boss, except for the beauty of that stone, there is really nothing outstanding about it." If you want to find the same work, I don't think it's hard to find. ”

Zhou You replied very unceremoniously: "If you can find it, a million will help you buy it, and you will receive as much as you want!"

Amamiya Kototsuki trembled when she heard this.

Zhou You didn't want to make things difficult, and said: "First of all, the material of this stone is the famous Tianhuang stone, which is more expensive than gold. ”

"The price is better than gold!"

Amamiya Qinyue looked at Tian Huangshi, who weighed at least ten catties, in amazement, and muttered, "How much is that piece worth!"

Zhou You looked at the information and said: "This piece is an emperor stone, and its value may surpass that of ordinary Tianhuang stone, so even if it has not reached the best level of Tianhuang stone, but with its scale, I am afraid it will be auctioned at a high price of 50 million yuan." ”

Tian Huang Stone is the treasure in the Shoushan stone, because it has the meaning of blessing, longevity, Tian and Huang, it has the six virtues of fine, clean, moist, greasy, warm and condensed stone, so it is called "Emperor Stone", and has become the national stone dedicated to the Qing Dynasty to worship the sky. In history, the governor of Fujian in the Qing Dynasty carved the "three-chain seal" with a whole piece of high-grade Tianhuang, which was regarded as a treasure by Emperor Qianlong, and passed down from generation to generation in the Qing Dynasty; when Emperor Xianfeng was dying, he gave Cixi a side of Tianhuang Imperial Seal; the last dynasty dissolved, Pu Yi did not want all the treasures, but only sewed the "three-chain seal" in the cotton clothes. As for folk legends, Tian Huangshi is a gem left in the world when the female disaster mends the sky, and it is said that it is changed by the phoenix bird egg, and it is also said that Tian Huangshi can drive away disasters and avoid evil, and those who hide Tian Huang can prolong life and so on.

No matter which rumor it is, it is enough to illustrate the terrible value of Tian Huangshi.

There is another important reason why Tian Huangshi is rare: that is, on the earth, there is only a small stream in Shoushan Village, Fujian Province, and the sand layer under the narrow paddy field on both sides of the river has Tian Huangshi. After hundreds of years of continuous mining, the paddy fields in Shoushan Village have been excavated countless times, and now they have been exhausted, and the superior Tianhuang has long been priceless.

In ancient times, there was a saying of "one or two Tian Huang three taels of gold", and in the modern era when Tian Huangshi resources are exhausted, I am afraid that the word "two" behind will become "Jin".

Zhou You couldn't stop sighing: "The dragon turtle statue carved out of Tian Huangshi is really extravagant! Perhaps the ancients were so terrible that they could find such a big Tian Huang Stone, and now it is great luck to be able to find Tian Huang Shi weighing 3 or 4 catties." ”

Amamiya Kototsuki asked in a low voice, "Boss, do you like it very much?"

Zhou You nodded and replied: "I like it, but it's not worth my spending so much money to buy." Instead of having that much money, I might as well save it up and lay the foundation for the future museum. ”

Amamiya Qinyue asked in a low voice: "Boss, does Tian Huangshi also belong to one of the gambling stones?"

Zhou You nodded and said: "Yes, except for a few Tian Huangshi who have no stone skin on the outside, under normal circumstances, Tian Huangshi has a skin layer on the outside. It's just that there are too few Tianhuangshi now, and it can't form a real mining vein like jadeite, so the gambling Tianhuangshi basically disappeared in the gambling stone world. ”

Since they all belong to gambling stones, Zhou You naturally has an understanding of them.

The skin layer of Tianhuang stone, or very thin, or slightly thicker, the color of the stone skin is mainly black, yellow, white, green, the skin has a single layer, double layer and three layers, the skin texture is finer and softer than the stone skin of other digging Shoushan stone, scrape with a knife, the knife feeling is smooth and slightly heavy, and the powder particles are delicate and uniform. Under normal circumstances, the color of Tianhuang stone with a single layer of skin is yellow, white, black and green, the color is thick and light, the overall unity of the distribution, some are different on both sides, and some are block-like combinations, and the texture is also superior and inferior, which is relatively complex.

Speaking of which, Zhou You really wants to go to the production area of Tianhuangshi to take a look.

The auctioneer passionately depicts the value of the Tianhuang stone dragon turtle stone carving, almost exaggerating its importance to the sky, to the point that it can determine the safety of the Qing Dynasty and dominate the fortune of the Qing Dynasty. But Zhou You just didn't sell it, but slandered: "Although the Tianhuang stone dragon turtle stone carving is expensive as the imperial stone, its meaning is also the supplies when sacrificing to the sky, and it is not important enough to be related to the comfort of the community and the luck of the Qing Dynasty." Such an exaggeration may be counterproductive. ”

Seeing that Zhou You was so concerned, Yugong Qinyue thought that Zhou You wanted to take it down, so she reminded carefully: "Dong Zhou, the reserve price of this thing is five million, and I'm afraid that its price will increase a lot." ”

Zhou You said: "It doesn't matter, even if it shoots 100 million, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Zhou You didn't talk nonsense, the next competition was indeed frequent, but it could not achieve the desired effect, the auctioneer's previous rhetoric had a negative impact on everyone, making everyone feel that this stone was a virtual appearance, so the bid was relatively rational.

In the end, this Tianhuang stone dragon turtle stone sculpture was auctioned by a mysterious buyer who did not want to reveal his real name at a price of 42.8 million yuan. The price was even lower than Zhou You'd expected, and I'm afraid the auctioneer would regret it by now.

Next up for auction is a rare large limestone statue of a mythical beast. Limestone is a special building material, which has a very important position in ancient tombs, and often appears in unearthed tombs. This large limestone statue of a mythical beast is extraordinary and elegant, both in shape and carving style, it can be seen at a glance that it is a standard Han Dynasty style, and I am afraid that its research value is higher than its artistic price.

Sure enough, along with the auctioneer's introduction, this large limestone statue of a divine beast came from the tomb of a certain prince of the Han Dynasty, which occupies an extremely important stage in the ancient sculpture tradition, which is conducive to the study of the cultural style and funeral tradition of the Han Dynasty, and the significance is very important.

Originally, Zhou You wanted to take it for Xu Lao to study, but in the end, when he saw Jiang Hailiu make a move, he gave up. In the end, there was no surprise, this large limestone divine beast statue was taken down by Jiang Hailiu at a price of 9.56 million.

Each of the following antiques is a very meaningful antique, either of historical research value or of considerable artistic achievement, and there is no one who does not let you travel around. The number of fine products here is definitely the highest in the auction that you have participated in.

This lasted for more than an hour, and finally reached the final finale.

"It's finally here. ”

While you were talking, a famous program host who often appeared on camera slowly walked out with a smile. Behind the host of the show were four tall male staff members, who pushed a large cart covered with golden silk and slowly came out.

The host of this famous show came up and communicated with the auctioneer in a conversational way, and by the way, led everyone into their thoughts.

However, they didn't follow the thoughts of the two hosts, their attention was on the gilded Buddha statue under the golden silk, and even the famous program host introduced the history and background of the gilded Buddha statue to everyone, as well as the story of the turnover, and they didn't listen to it.

In the eyes of Zhou You, these are all false, and there is a detailed introduction in the promotional materials.

"Dong Chou, it's finally here!"

Amamiya Kototsuki looked at Zhou You's excited appearance, and was happy for him in her heart.

Zhou You said: "The situation is much more serious than I thought, I just saw at least seven or eight strong competitors ready to move. And Qin Yuanfang is not polite to me, if I make a move, he will definitely come out to make trouble. ”

Amamiya Qinyue said anxiously: "Then what should I do?"

I can't think of a good way to travel for a while.

Although Qin Yuanfang is not a climate, he can give Zhou You a little nausea at a critical moment and destroy Zhou You's good mood. And this time, I'm afraid it's not just a bad mood, I'm afraid that Zhou You will have to have some blood to stop.