Chapter Seventy-Two: The Blue and White Celestial Sphere Vase
The location of China Stone is the newly expanded block of Xidan business circle, the rental and sales rate is not high, if Hantang Baoye and Longbao Company both enter Xidan, they will definitely be able to find a suitable store here, so that this side will be wonderful. This is not a prophecy, it is almost a reality, the business of Chinese stone is getting better and better, Jiang Yuan and Yang Chengming will not be blind, it is only a matter of time before they get their hands on this feng shui treasure land stepped out of Chinese stone.
Tang Feng said: "Whatever, what should come will come, and what shouldn't come will come, just let our millet plus rifle have a big battle with their American equipment, and there will be no shame in losing." ”
"Bah, you crow's mouth!" Chen Yan said: "We will definitely win, of course, only in Xidan, which is three acres of land." "The victory of millet plus rifle over American equipment is somewhat mythical, with the continuous growth of Chinese stone, it has the qualifications to fight with Hantang Baoye or Longbao Company, and it is unknown who will kill the deer.
The next day, Tang Feng boarded a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong, the business war in the rear was about to start, Tang Feng did not have time to play in Hong Kong, soon after the plane arrived in Hong Kong, Tang Feng came to Chater Road in Hong Kong, where Christie's International Auction Company was in the Alexandra Building.
The English name of Christie's is chRIsTIes, Christie's is just a literal translation of the English pronunciation of chRIsTIes in China, and in Hong Kong, people are used to calling Christie's auction house.
Large auction companies have their own auction venues, but the scale is generally not too large, how can there be a reason to hold auctions every day, especially in Hong Kong, a small land where every inch of land is valuable, so when holding large-scale auctions, auction houses will also rent other venues.
Tang Feng has always thought that he is more talented in language, and he knows a little bit about the southern and northern tones, but this is only before he hears Cantonese. Tang Feng walked into the Alexandra Mansion and heard the Cantonese dialogue of the Hong Kong people as if he heard a conversation in a foreign language, and the diversity of local languages reflected the vastness of China's territory from one side.
Explain the intention to the front desk lady, and the little sister at the front desk led Tang Feng to the living room, and after a while, Zhang Mingcheng, who accepted Tang's commission on behalf of Christie's, walked in. Zhang Mingcheng greeted Tang Feng warmly, and after the two shook hands, Tang Feng cut to the point, and he asked Zhang Mingcheng: "What is the market prospect of the lotus petal hexagonal plate and the green jade jade seal I entrusted?"
"Very good, according to our market research, it will definitely not be unsold. Zhang Mingcheng nodded and said: "It depends on what the final transaction price is." This is not the first time Mr. Tang has commissioned an auction, and you should know that there are many fortuitous factors in the high price. ”
Tang Feng understands this truth, the buyer's market determines the seller's market, and the auction price depends on the number of competitors and the strength of the competitors themselves. "In that case, the genuine is no longer a problem, at least you have found evidence to convince the buyer that it is genuine," he said. ”
Zhang Mingcheng said proudly: "Christie's is an international auction house with a history of more than 2oo years, and enjoys a high reputation in the industry, since we have decided to accept Mr. Tang's commission, then we will definitely have a way to convince buyers that this is the real thing, Mr. Tang does not have to worry at all." ”
A company like Christie's has established its own brand through more than 2oo years of operation, which has the quality and popularity of the public recognition, coupled with a rigorous commercial compensation system, it has a high level of customer trust, and has even passed the authority of a certain country and a certain region. Although it has been auctioned for a record 100 million yuan, there are still a few experts in China who insist that this Yuan blue and white is a fake, leaving aside the process, this result already speaks for itself, the buyer is not a fool, he is willing to believe in Christie's appraisal and is willing to spend so much money.
Tang Feng said: "Although I don't know how your business operates, I still want to believe you. "Christie's has its own stable customer base, and Fang Yuxi has definitely won the recognition of high-end customers. As far as Tang Feng's two lots are concerned, what brand and what real fake are nonsense, and if they can be auctioned at a high price, they will be considered virtuous.
Tang Feng asked Zhang Mingcheng: "When will your spring auction start?" Tang Feng thought that an auction would be a night at most, but Zhang Mingcheng's answer was beyond his expectations, this Christie's Hong Kong spring auction will kick off at the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Center tonight, and will not end until next week, with a total of thousands of lots and a time span of up to a week. I don't know how they arranged it, Tang Feng's lotus petal hexagonal plate was placed in the evening show on the first day, while the jade seal was placed in the evening show on the last day, that is, Tang Feng had to stay in Hong Kong for at least seven days. Zhang Mingcheng handed a sign in his hand to Tang Feng and said, "Mr. Tang, I'm sorry, we decide the auction session according to the lots, and the exaggeration of your two lots is really a bit big." ”
Tang Feng took the sign and nodded and said, "Understood, no problem." "Although Big 6 and Hong Kong are the same country, Hong Kong's system is different from Big 6, and seven days is not bad, Tang Feng can just visit Hong Kong's antique market.
Shanghai people have always boasted that Shanghai has a high level of consumption, but compared to Hong Kong: k Shanghai seems to be a little worse, of course, ordinary people are not interested in the comparison between cities, Tang Feng is even more so, he only knows that Hong Kong's hotel consumption is frighteningly high. After settling everything down, Tang Feng arrived at the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Center in the evening, when the auction had not yet begun, and the first day of the evening lot display continued. Idle and bored, Tang Feng began to visit the auction exhibition, and the tourists who visited the exhibition were endless, and Tang Feng shuttled among people of different skin colors and different languages.
Going around in a circle, Tang Feng's eyes turned to a large glass display cabinet not far away, where there was a blue and white celestial globe vase, the lower end of the celestial globe vase is flat, the bottom end is slightly flat, and the open short neck, which is a more common porcelain type in modern times, and most of the round vases used for decoration in the family are celestial globe vases. Because the requirements for the porcelain clay embryo are relatively high, and it is not easy to fire, so the history of its appearance is not long, and it was created in Yongle and Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, so the porcelain of the Tianqiu bottle type must be the porcelain after Yongle in the Ming Dynasty.
Blue and white is a decorative technique of porcelain underglaze, its full name is blue and white porcelain on white ground, the "green" of blue and white is actually a kind of color generally, it is also known as "underglaze blue", "glaze blue", "white glaze blue flower", for example, the blue of Yuan blue and white is actually blue. At present, the earliest specimen of blue and white porcelain is Tang Dynasty blue and white porcelain, which is also controversial, and some scholars say that Tang blue and white porcelain is not blue and white porcelain. It seems difficult to form a unified understanding in China, not only in academic controversy, but also in real life. Mature blue and white porcelain appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, blue and white became the mainstream of porcelain, in the Qing Kangxi period, the blue and white exhibition reached its peak, and after the peak, it naturally declined. In terms of the overall value of porcelain, blue and white is undoubtedly the overlord of porcelain, and its depth and breadth are not possessed by colored porcelain.
The above are not the reasons why Tang Feng is interested in this blue and white porcelain, the reason why Tang Feng is interested in this blue and white porcelain is that he also has a blue and white celestial ball vase of the same size and size at home, which is the only treasure that their family has preserved, which can be regarded as an heirloom. [End of Chapter]