Tianyuxuan's three-day auction has finally been held!

Everyone is always shocked by the sky-high turnover at the auction, but have you ever wondered if the factor that causes this "sky-high price" is only the value of the artwork itself?

Originally, Wang Chen also thought so, and since he opened an auction company with Young Master Xu, he knew that it was not so simple.

An auction, from preview to finish, lasts from three to five days. Not to mention that in order to ensure the quality of an auction, the auction company needs to make full preparations for this "three or five days" for more than half a year or even longer in advance.

The cost is staggering.

The first is the venue rent, and the auction process is to preview and then auction, so where to go to see the exhibition and hold up the signs?

Of course, it's a variety of tall hotels!

For example, Wang Chen and Young Master Xu spent five million on the venue rent alone, and this is only a second-class auction, if it is a first-class auction, the venue rent is likely to be tens of millions.

Secondly, there are catalogues, construction, manpower, monitoring display boards and frames, publicity fees and auctioneers, especially auctioneers, the number of auctioneers required for an auction is generally five to eight.

Therefore, for this year's spring auction, Wang Chen and Young Master Xu invested a total of more than 10 million.

Morning, The Peninsula Hotel.

During the preview, Wang Chen and Young Master Xu accompanied several distinguished customers through the crowd, watching the bids displayed in this auction from time to time.

At this time, Yun Lao suddenly stopped in front of an auction stand, turned his head sideways and said speechlessly: "Old Chen, you ...... Alas. ”

Chen Lao said: "Xiao Xu asked me to help, I can't help it." ”

Wang Chen took a look, wasn't it the Western Zhou Dynasty bronze lotus crane and green seed plate that Young Master Xu had borrowed.

Yun Lao sighed, "You are willing to lend such a precious thing, are you not afraid that it will really be auctioned off?" After that, he sighed, "I'm afraid that this auction should be the most precious bronze of yours." ”

Old Chen seemed to know a little bit about the situation, waved his hand and said, "No, it's not, there are several pieces that are more precious than this bronze." ”

"Old Chen, you really know how to laugh. Yun Lao smiled dumbly.

Indeed, with an estimated price of more than 200 million RMB, it is possible to become the king of bids in other auctions, and it is no wonder that Yun Lao thinks so.

It's just that this time it's really not in the Tianyuxuan auction house.

Wang Chen stepped forward and said with a smile: "Yun Lao, let me show you another bronze?"

"And the bronzes?" said Yun Lao's eyes.

Wang Chen pointed to the booth full of people in front of him, "Well, over there." ”

"Yo, a lot of people, let's go, let's go and have a look. Yun Lao put his hands behind his back and said as he walked, "Seeing that there are so many people in the exhibition hall today, I'm afraid there are three or four hundred people who come to participate in the auction, right?"

There are indeed quite a few people.

At a glance, in addition to the 100 or so staff members in the entire exhibition hall, there were people near almost every booth, dozens of people, one or two people less, a total of 198 booths, three or four hundred people were still less.

Because of opening the door to do business, Wang Chen couldn't count how many people there were, but he estimated that no less than 600 people came to visit the preview, of course, it was impossible for every of these 600 people to participate in the auction, and some people came purely to see the excitement.

However, it is remarkable that the Tianyuxuan auction can attract so many people to the public for the first time.

Moreover, so many people came to participate in the preview, Wang Chen felt that the number of participants in the auction held in the afternoon would not be less than 300.

Four or five people came to the Gluttonous Cannibal booth.

Twenty or thirty people visited here.

"This bronze is very similar to the tiger cannibal in the Izumiya Museum in Kyoto. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that one was a tiger and the other was gluttonous, I almost thought that the organizers had brought the treasure from the Kyoto Izumiya Museum. ”

"Wonderful, this bronze is wonderful. ”

"Alas, it's a pity that we can't afford this grade of baby. ”

"yes, it's precious. ”

Onlookers exclaimed.

Wang Chen and Young Master Xu took Yun Lao and Chen Lao to squeeze through the crowd.

Yun Lao saw the gluttonous cannibal for the first time, and was immediately shocked: "Ouch, hey! Xiao Xu Xiaowang, where did you get this treasure?"

Young Master Xu pouted at Wang Chennunu, "Xiao Wang got it, I don't know where it came from." ”

Yun Lao said with a moved face: "This is a top national treasure treasure, what is your starting price?" The old man will see if the money is enough, even if he is bankrupt, he will have to shoot it back." ”

Wang Chen was in awe when he heard Yun Lao's words, of course he understood what Yun Lao meant, it was nothing more than saying that a national treasure of this grade could not be lost overseas, and no matter how much money was spent, it had to be brought back to China.

In fact, Wang Chen didn't think so, but now he needs gluttonous cannibalism to make his auction company famous, and in the end, no matter how much money he has, he has to auction it back by himself, and it is impossible to go overseas, these words can't be said to Yun Lao for the time being, Wang Chen smiled and said: "The starting price is set at 62.47 million US dollars." ”

Hearing this number, Yun Lao smiled bitterly, "Forget it, I can't afford it, I really can't afford it." After speaking, he turned his head to look to the left, "Old Chen, do you want to try to take it down?"

Chen Lao rolled his eyes and said, "If you can't afford it, you can encourage me? ”

Yun Lao looked at the bronze with regret, "I don't know who will take it." ”

Wang Chen smiled and said, "The results will be available in the afternoon." ”

……

Afternoon.

The first auction was held.

The entire auction hall was filled with 200 seats, and more than 100 people stood around with numbered plates.

The auction on track is not like the one on the TV, everyone is sitting in a straight suit, in fact, many auctions are not enough at all, naturally, many people can only stand.

When Wang Chen was in school, he heard a school professor say one thing, once at a Poly auction, there was a boss who bid 60 million yuan and had no place to stand, so it was conceivable that there were many hidden dragons and crouching tigers at the auction site.

Because of its relatively small size, there is only one auction hall.

Wang Chen and Young Master Xu checked the on-site security environment, audio equipment, etc., and made sure that the recording personnel, etiquette personnel, item display personnel and financial receiving personnel were all ready, and after confirming that there was no problem, they stood at the door and said to the walkie-talkie headset: "Let's start." ”

At this time, the host went up and read out the rules.

Then the notary, the advertising staff, and the invited media are all ready.

The No. 1 auctioneer appeared, and he said into the microphone: "Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, welcome to the first auction of 2019 held here by Tianyuxuan Auction Company, I am Xu Qiang, an internationally registered auctioneer, and my registered account is 2400358. As he spoke, he held up his certificate, "This is my original auctioneer's certificate, and I will preside over today's auction for you, for which I feel very honored, and I hope to bring you the harvest you want." ”

Then he spoke again in English, introducing how many lots were to be auctioned today, what kind of items and how many pieces, and so on, and finally a series of fees and on-site order and discipline.

Very professional.

Wang Chen nodded frequently.

The No. 1 auctioneer continued: "This auction is carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Auction Law", using the method of increasing the price of the auction, the implementation of the principle of the highest price, after the auction begins, I will quote the starting price of an auction object, all bidders who respond to this price, can raise the number plate in their hands, when raising the card, please be higher than your head. He also demonstrated it again, and said the rules when bidding, such as how much the price increase is the default price increase, if you feel that it is less, you can loudly and verbally quote the number of the price added.

No one on the scene had any opinions.

It's all a formal process, and it's impossible for anyone to have an opinion.

At this time, the No. 1 mark was displayed on the big screen, and the auctioneer introduced a series of materials, and finally said: "The No. 1 mark is a peacock screen made of Baoguang stone, weighing 1,723.3 grams, with a starting price of 2.9 million US dollars, and each price increase shall not be less than 100,000 US dollars." Along with his introduction, four currency numbers were converted under the big screen auction items, the top one was the US dollar, followed by RMB, then the Thai baht, and finally the Hong Kong dollar, and he said loudly: "Now the auction begins!"

The first piece is about to be filmed!

Wang Chen was very nervous in his heart, and looked around the scene to see if anyone was holding a sign.

Not to mention, there are still many people who are interested in the opening of the Baoguangshi Peacock Screen.

Immediately, the first person raised the card, and it was the old demon boy Lao Mo sitting in the second row.

The auctioneer immediately said: "The starting price of No. 2623 is three million dollars, three million dollars." ”

Several more people then raised their signs.

The auctioneer spoke clearly and said slowly: "Three million and one hundred thousand, three hundred and twenty thousand...... 3,200,000 ...... 3,300,000 ...... 3,500,000 ......"

Because the number of people holding up the cards will be relatively large at the beginning, it is impossible for the auctioneer to call out each number plate, but will accompany the number of cards to quote the real-time auction price.

Even Wang Chen knows some little secrets, at the beginning, experienced auctioneers will "look at the ceiling and shout bids", yes, not every number is according to the card, there is a false element in it.

Of course, this method can only be done at the beginning when there are many people holding cards.

Sure enough, as the price rose, the auctioneer slowly slowed down his speech, "Three million nine hundred thousand, No. 2677 bid three million nine million dollars, is there anyone else bidding?

Then two people on the scene got up.

One of them is an old devil boy known by Wang Chen, and the other is unknown, and he should be Thai based on his skin color.

The auctioneer shouted repeatedly.

"Four million and one million. ”

"Four million two hundred thousand. ”

"Four million four hundred thousand. ”

"Four and a half million. ”

"Very good, No. 2623 bid 4.8 million, 4.8 million, is there anything to add? 4.8 million, the last time, 4.8 million for the last time. As the auctioneer spoke, he raised the auction hammer in his hand and looked at everyone with a smile on his face.

Wang Chen looked at the side in charge of answering the telephone auction, and wanted to see if there was anyone bidding on the telephone bidding side except for the scene, but unfortunately, the price of $4.8 million was already very high, and no one was bidding.

In the end, the auctioneer made a final decision and said, "No. 2623." ”

The old devil boy held up the number plate very well to show that it was his bid.

"Congratulations to No. 2623 for winning the No. 1 bid for $4.8 million. The auctioneer announced loudly.

The scene resounded with sparse applause.

The entire auction lasted less than three minutes, from the first bid to the end.

Wang Chen breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door, and finally there was no unsuccessful auction.

The auction continues.

Today, there are a total of about 50 bids to be auctioned, and if you don't control the time, I'm afraid it won't be over until midnight, after all, there are also heavyweight bids such as the Lotus Crane Qingzi Pan and the Gluttonous Cannibal Plate.

In addition, halftime and so on are a waste of time.

The second auction was a gemstone gold knife, with a starting bid of $2 million.

The auctioneer controls the tempo as he did just now.

"The starting price for No. 2511 is $2.1 million. ”

"Two and two hundred thousand ...... Two million three thousand, two million three hundred thousand...... 2,400,000 ...... No. 2601 is priced at $2.8 million, $2.8 million, is there any price increase? $2.8 million, is there anything else?"

In the end, the emerald and ruby gold knife sold for $2.8 million.

The third piece.

The fifth piece.

An hour passed.

Fifteen items have been auctioned, of which five have been unsold and only ten have been sold.

Wang Chen knows that this situation is normal, it is impossible to auction every bid, generally speaking, even if it is a large-scale auction like Sotheby's, the unsold rate must reach about 50 percent, he and Young Master Xu got the auction, it is very good to be able to auction out 10 of 15 pieces, and it seems that the transaction rate is as high as about 67 percent, which is very successful.

When it lasted until the sixteenth lot, a new auctioneer came up, and he, like Xu Qiang, first introduced his qualifications.

Everyone knows that when changing auctioneers at this time, there must be a heavyweight mark.

Sure enough, the new auctioneer pointed to the big screen and said: "The No. 16 bid is a key promotion standard, and I believe that many people on the scene are coming for it." ”

A bronze disc appears on the large screen.

Wang Chen glanced at it, it was the lotus crane Qingzi plate, but this time he let go of his tense heart, because this mark will definitely be photographed by his own people, and it will not be missed.

The auctioneer introduced the information of the lotus crane green plate, and then said: "The starting price is 31.23 million US dollars, and each increase shall not be less than 1 million US dollars, and the bidding will start now." ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Lao was the first to raise his card.

Wang Chen secretly snickered in his heart, this thing was originally borrowed from Chen Lao, I am afraid that Chen Lao's sign was also instructed by Young Master Xu, and it was simply a trust.

"The starting price for No. 2501 is $32,230,000. ”

"Three thousand three million two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. ”

"Oh, our 2654 verbal outcry is $35 million, $35 million, and anybody is going to raise it? $35 million...... 36 million ......"

This is a fine bronze of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

There were so many people interested in the scene.

In particular, Mr. Wu, the boss of Yangguan Media, a bronze collector, is holding up signs very frequently, as is Miss Su, the granddaughter of the Thai wine king.

After a while, Mr. Chen, Mr. Wu, and Miss Su called the price to $41 million.

"Four million dollars, is anyone else bidding?" the auctioneer asked.

Maybe the price has risen a lot, and both Mr. Wu and Miss Su hesitated.

Wang Chen took a look and felt that 41 million US dollars was about the same, and if it was higher, he would have to pay taxes when he turned around, which was not cost-effective.

But he really underestimated Mr. Wu and Miss Su's love for Lotus Crane Qingzipan.

When the auctioneer called for the second time, Mr. Wu raised his card again.

"Forty-two million, No. 2561 bid forty-two million...... 43 million ...... Forty-three million...... 45 million ...... 48 million ......"

Wang Chen was frightened when he saw it, and said in his heart Nima, don't scream, don't scream, otherwise you will lose a lot of money on this target.

Fortunately, the price eventually stabilized at $50 million.

When Chen Lao photographed this mark, a violent discussion broke out on the scene.

"Oh my God. ”

"I'm afraid today's standard king was born. ”

"50 million dollars, crazy, crazy. ”

The media at the scene also excitedly took pictures again and again, big news, big news, the 50 million dollar mark is ranked first in the world, they can see the transaction with their own eyes, how can they not be excited?

However, two hours later, something even more shocking happened, or rather, the real standard king appeared today!

That's right, it's Wang Chen's gluttonous cannibal.

The starting price is as high as $62.47 million!

"The starting price of the last bid today, No. 50, is $62.47 million, and each increase must not be less than $3 million, and the bidding is now open. The auctioneer said.

Wang Chen glanced at the position of Sister Mei in the front row, this time it was Sister Mei, I hope the price will not be too high, otherwise I will have to post money again.

What hurts him is that even if the starting price is as high as more than 60 million US dollars, it still can't resist the crazy frenzy of countless people on the scene for gluttonous cannibalism!

"The starting price for No. 2503 is $65.47 million. ”

"Six million eight million four hundred seventy thousand...... 71,470,000,71,470,000...... Seven thousand four million ...... four hundred seventy thousand"

The price climbed all the way to nearly 80 million.

At this time, an accident occurred at the scene.

Arkady Abramovich, the eldest son of Chelsea Football Club Abramovich, shouted: "Can you take a pause? I'll call my father." ”

This happens at auctions from time to time, and sometimes there are pauses to ensure that the bids are sold at the highest price.

Wang Chen's heart is bleeding, and his heart said that your sister should not bargain, the higher you call, the more your buddy will lose.

But he can't stop it.

The auctioneer allowed it, and the auction was suspended.

Arkady Abramovich took out his mobile phone and made a call and communicated with Abu on the other side.

The whole process lasted about five minutes.

After the call, Arkady Abramovich held up a sign and shouted: "Eighty-two million." ”

Wang Chen wanted to roll his eyes.

Sister Mei raised her card again.

"Eighty-five million...... 88 million ...... Ninety-one million, ninety-one million...... Bid 2503 for 94 million...... 97 million ...... Oh my God, 100 million, 2503 bid 100 million!"

When Sister Mei shouted the sky-high price, Arkady Abramovich was silent.

The auctioneer was still doing his duty, asking, "One hundred million dollars, is there anyone else bidding? One hundred million, is there anything else?" He paused to take a closer look at the scene.

Wang Chen couldn't wait to rush up and shout for the auctioneer that the deal was over, oh the day, it's over, it's over.

Thankfully, Arkady Abramovich didn't raise the price this time.

"For the last time, 100 million, for the last time. Seeing that there was really no one to increase the price, the auctioneer was excited and regretful: "One hundred million dollars, No. 2503." ”

Sister Mei held up a sign to indicate that it was the price she called.

"Deal. The auctioneer struck the hammer.

When the deal was announced, the reporters on the scene went crazy and shouted excitedly.

"The king of bids! the king of 100 million dollars!"

"Oh my God, I'm afraid that this year's spring auctions around the world have been born!"

"It's exciting, it's too exciting, I didn't expect Tianyuxuan Auction House to be so powerful. ”

Other bidders who participated in the auction were also in an uproar.

"Damn, $100 million?"

"This lady is too awesome, isn't she?"

"Incredible, incredible!"

"100 million US dollars, converted into our national baht, it is 3181 billion!"

Mr. Zheng, who was sitting below, smiled bitterly, "It's worthy of Miss Mei, it will cost 784.89 million Hong Kong dollars as soon as I make a move, if I don't want to win the high-ice Zhengyang Green Jade Ball, maybe I really have to compete with her." ”

Mr. Zhou also sighed: "Yes, I am the same as you, it seems that the two of us will have a fierce battle tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

Li Gongzi laughed and said, "Today is really exciting. ”

Miss Wu also bowed her head and said, "Yes, even if I didn't participate in the auction for the last item, I feel thrilled just listening to the offer." ”

Is it exciting?

It's definitely exciting!

Especially Wang Chen, he felt that his little heart was a little unbearable, Nima, and the tax money alone was millions of dollars.

……

After it is over.

The VIPs were arranged to eat.

Wang Chen came to the backstage with Young Master Xu and picked up the record report to watch.

When Young Master Xu saw it, he immediately said happily: "Xiao Wang, today we sold 29 of our 50 bids, and only 21 were auctioned, which was a great success." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Chen's mood was much better, and he said with a smile: "Yes, the transaction rate is close to 60%, by the way, what is the total transaction amount today?"

"I'll see. Young Master Xu flipped up.

Wang Chen is not in a hurry, waiting quietly, the total turnover is very important, once the number is very high, it can have a huge impact on the company when it is publicized.

After half a ring, Young Master Xu gasped and said, ", today's turnover has reached 251,233,000 US dollars, Xiao Wang, our auction house is going to be famous! Haha! This time it will definitely be an instant hit!"

$251,233,000?

Converted to Hong Kong dollars, that's 1,971,900,000!

You must know that the total turnover of Sotheby's autumn auction in 17 is only 3.15 billion Hong Kong dollars, which means that the auction of buddies is expected to surpass the autumn auction of Sotheby's 17 this time?

Sure enough, just like Young Master Xu said, it is going to be an instant hit!

Wang Chen was already overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to know how much the remaining two auctions would be sold tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Can it surpass Sotheby's '17 autumn auction?

Can?

Wang Chen can't know for the time being, but he is already looking forward to it in his heart, hoping that he can...... No, it must be exceeded, it must be!