Chapter 19: Terracotta figurines
At this time, Lao He came over, "Miss Ye, what do you think of that piece of jade?"
"Do you think this jade is okay? I'll see the real thing later. Looking at the appearance in the picture, the jade quality should be fine, and the water head or something is very good. It depends on whether it is an antiquity or not. "Lao He and Ye Ning are in the jade business in the end, and they invariably set their eyes on a jade pendant, which is a cockroach-shaped jade pendant, blue and white, with a waxy luster, translucent and very delicate.
After the buyers had looked at the catalogue for more than ten minutes, a few young men came down the steps of the secret door, carrying a long wooden box. Several young men opened the wooden crate and carefully carried out one antique after another from it, and arranged it in a long row on the long tables in the hall.
With Pei Yulong's sentence "Start looking at the goods, ten minutes!". The buyers in the hall immediately gathered around this row of antiques to study. Some hold magnifying glasses, some hold ray lamps of various colors, and some just put their faces close to the antique and stare at the balls of the eyeballs.
Ye Ning and Lao He walked directly to the ancient jade to take a look. Sha Bai began to walk around the table, he didn't know how to identify antiques, so he couldn't help, so he just looked around.
Ten minutes later, with Pei Yulong coughing, everyone walked back to their seats.
Pei Yulong walked to the rightmost piece of bronze on the long table, "Okay, I've seen the goods." Now the auction begins, and the old rule is that each auction will last no more than ten minutes. Let's start from scratch, this copper tripod has a reserve price of 700,000!"
At first, it was a small four-legged copper tripod, the copper tripod was not big, about 20 centimeters high, and the length and width were only more than 10 centimeters. The rectangular tripod belly is surrounded by two vertical ears. The decoration on the outside of the belly is a cloud and thunder pattern, the outer outline of the ears is decorated with tiger patterns, and the inner side is decorated with a fish pattern. The copper tripod as a whole is a dark brown color, showing the ancient charm.
Immediately someone started quoting. "Seven hundred and fifty thousand!", "seven hundred and eighty thousand!" "Eight hundred thousand!", ......
"Which one do you like?" Sha Bai asked Ye Ning quietly.
"It's the jade pendant for the time being, I'll see the price later. Lao He felt that the bronze mirror was very chic and a little excited, but he didn't completely see it. ”。
"That terracotta figurine, perhaps, is a good thing. Sha Bai said suddenly.
"When will you look at the goods?" Ye Ning said in surprise, "I saw you walking around the terracotta figurines just now, and I was still strange." ”
"It's not like you're going to see the goods. It was I who felt a hint of aura in the figurines. Sha Bai whispered close to Ye Ning's ear.
"Really?" Ye Ning's eyes widened.
"You try it too. Sha Bai said.
Ye Ning sat upright, adjusted his breathing, and quietly closed his eyes.
After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes again, shook his head at Sha Bai and said, "I can't feel it?"
Shabai didn't gnaw. Ye Ning was able to experience the aura, but it was only in the last few days. The aura was too faint, and she couldn't feel it. But when Sha Bai was on the edge of the terracotta figurines, he could feel a trace of earthy yellow aura overflowing from the terracotta figurines. This trace of aura is extremely weak, and Sha Bai estimates that if he has not advanced to the realm of a junior spirit disciple, he may not be able to feel this trace of aura.
Sha Bai looked at the terracotta figurines on the table again, the terracotta figurines were about one and a half meters high, and the appearance was that of a man in armor, with a square face, a solemn face but missing an arm, which was a remnant.
At this time, the first four-legged copper tripod had been sold, and a white and chubby middle-aged man bought this copper tripod for 2.75 million. A young man stepped forward and handed the white fat middle-aged man a note, and the middle-aged man got the note, took out his mobile phone and pressed the note a few times, and returned the note to the young man.
The young man turned his head to look at Pei Yulong, Pei Yulong took out his mobile phone and looked at it, nodded to the young man and said, "Arrival, delivery!"
Immediately, someone stepped forward to lift the copper tripod off the table, carefully put it into a suitcase, and then handed the suitcase to the white and chubby middle-aged man. The middle-aged man happily took the box and put it in his arms.
Ye Ning whispered to Shabai: "This person is Huang Xihe of Jin Dingxuan, who specializes in the bronze business. ”
At this time, Pei Yulong walked next to the second antique and began to bid. This is a porcelain bowl, the outside is green, the inside is pure white, and several flying maids are carved on the outer wall. The reserve price was 400,000 yuan, and with the bidding, the bid soon reached more than 1 million......
About half an hour later, more than a dozen antiques had been sold, but a few were unsold without bids. Soon arrived at the jade pendant that Ye Ning was optimistic about. The reserve price of jade pendant is 300,000 yuan, and with the continuous quotation, the price in the market soon reached 1.7 million, which is the price quoted by a buyer with a bearded face. This guy seems to be competing with Lao He. From more than 1.5 million, only Luo Beard and Lao He are quoting.
Lao He turned his head to look at Ye Ning, Ye Ning nodded, so Lao He continued to report, "One million and eight million!"
"One million eight hundred and fifty thousand!" the beard glared at Lao Hu and immediately followed.
"Two million!" Ye Ning said directly.
The beard almost jumped up, his face flushed, and he slapped his hand on the table, "Two hundred and one!".
Ye Ning frowned slightly, and suddenly smiled at the beard, "Boss Qian, the little woman can't compete with you, this jade piece belongs to you." ”
After Boss Qian settled the account, someone soon came over and put the jade pendant into a delicate small box and handed it to him. Boss Qian took the box and smiled demonstratively at Ye Ning.
Soon, the antiques on the field were almost finished, and only the last terracotta figurines and a bronze mirror remained.
Lao He and Ye Ning finally bought the bronze mirror at a price of 700,000. There are not many bidders for this bronze mirror. Bronze mirrors and other things are currently very high-fashioned, and fakes are rampant, and buyers seem to be a little worried about not being able to see them, so they bid cautiously. But Lao He felt that he had a better grasp, and Ye Ning hesitated a little and still bought it.
Then came the last terracotta figurine. Pei Yulong quoted the low price of the terracotta figurines, 150,000. But there was no offer in the field for a while.
Terracotta figurines are not very valuable in antiques, and there are many fakes, the worst thing is that this thing is not easy to preserve, and it will be damaged if it is bumped slightly. The terracotta figurine in front of me is missing a right arm, and the condition has deteriorated, and the buyers seem to think that it is not worth it.
"The reserve price is 300,000. Pei Yulong said it again, and there was still silence in the venue.
Pei Yulong frowned. This terracotta figurine, he also expected that it would not be easy to sell for a high price, but there was no one to bid at all.
"Didn't anyone quote? No one reported, so I accepted it. Pei Yulong waved his hand, and a young man was about to step forward and take away the terracotta figurines.
At this time, Ye Ning raised his hand, "300,000, I want it!"
The other bosses in the field all looked at Ye Ning with a little strange eyes. The Ye family's jade shop is also well-known in the antique city, and many bosses know Ye Ning, this young man should be quite shrewd, 300,000 yuan to buy this broken terracotta figurine?
Ye Ning smiled at everyone: "It's not easy to come here and try your luck." ”