Chapter 141: The Beast Head Agate Cup
After Wang Xuanzhi's introduction, Jiang Lingyun knew that all the people who came to this auction were rich and powerful people from China, as well as some people from abroad. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When they entered the venue, the attendant at the door handed out a mask to everyone and instructed them to enter the venue only after wearing a mask.
After Jiang Lingyun, Wang Xuanzhi, and Xiao Huang put on black masks, they followed behind the crowd and entered the auction site of the Xincheng Material Auction House unimpeded.
Jiang Lingyun had not participated in the auction before, but this was the first time he came, and he had only learned a little about the auction process from TV before.
When I walked to the auction hall, I saw that there was another waiter at the entrance of the hall, who was handing out a flyer to each of the guests. Jiang Lingyun took the leaflets and saw that these leaflets were an introduction to the Xincheng Material Auction House and auction matters.
After Jiang Lingyun, Wang Xuanzhi, and Xiao Huang entered the venue, they found a vacant seat to sit down.
Soon, the auction officially began.
Jiang Lingyun turned around and glanced at the entire venue, although everyone was wearing masks, Jiang Lingyun knew from Wang Xuanzhi that the people sitting here were some of the top wealthy people and collectors in China, and they were all looking forward to harvesting some valuable treasures.
"First of all, welcome to our new city material auction house. I know that the people who came to the auction this time are collectors and antique players, so the items in this auction have been carefully selected by us, and I am sure that you will not be disappointed. After the usual polite remarks, a tall woman said on the stage, "Now that the auction has officially begun, the first thing to be auctioned is the first item. ”
Then, two hot girls walked up with an object in their hands. This is an agate cup, the whole body is dark red, and there is a layer of pale white in the middle.
This agate cup, the jade master carved out a vivid beast head at the small end of the jade, carved the thick end of the vertical texture into the mouth of the cup, and there are just two round convex strings outside the mouth, the lines are smooth and natural, seamless, and it is not ordinary at a glance. This agate cup is placed on a wooden shelf, and the strict protection brings out its nobility.
"Couldn't this be my beast head agate cup?" Jiang Lingyun asked softly to Wang Xuanzhi.
"Because this auction only auctioned three treasures, I took three of your treasures, but I didn't expect them to be selected by the Xincheng Materials Auction House!" Wang Xuanzhi said proudly.
"Then are the three auction items auctioned today all mine?" Jiang Lingyun asked in surprise.
"I guess, all three were chosen anyway. Wang Xuanzhi nodded and said.
Because Jiang Lingyun didn't have any values at all about these treasures and didn't understand them, he listened carefully to the introduction of the beauties on the stage.
"This agate cup, is the only beautiful jade carving seen in the Tang Dynasty so far, but also the most exquisite jade work in the Tang Dynasty, this cup is made of the world's extremely rare red agate carving, this Chinese treasure, symbolizing wealth and power, is a noble work of art...... The starting price is 500,000 yuan!50,000 yuan at a time!" said the tall woman.
It can be seen that she is not only the host, but also the auctioneer.
Beast head agate cup!
Hearing this, the vast majority of people present gasped.
This beast head agate cup may be the national gift of a certain country in Central and Western Asia to worship the Tang Dynasty, the significance is extraordinary, it is an important work of art born in the spark of the collision of Eastern and Western civilizations, and its value can be described as immeasurable. ”
"This is a royal treasure!"
"The Xincheng Material Auction House is really a big deal, and the first item is so powerful. ”
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Everyone present was amazed.
The starting price of the agate cup is 500,000 yuan, although it is a high number, but for this work of art, it is definitely worth the money.
But the rich people who came to participate in the auction, they could get the money.
"Five hundred and fifty thousand!" Soon, someone shouted the price.
This beast head agate cup has a fatal attraction for collectors, because it is a contemporary royal treasure, and its collection value is naturally immeasurable.
"Six hundred thousand!"
"I'll give a million!" Soon, a middle-aged man in a mask was impatient and added it little by little, directly to a very high number. With one million as a benchmark, it is estimated that many people will be able to retreat.
Sure enough, there was a brief silence after he called out the price.
"One hundred and fifty thousand. However, this silence did not last long.
"One and a half million!"
"Two million!" soon shouted the middle-aged man who shouted one million before, and after this man shouted this voice, everyone's eyes looked at him, and he seemed to be determined to get this beast head agate cup.
"One million five hundred and fifty thousand!"
"One million six million!"
At this time, the shouting continued, and it couldn't be stopped.
"Two million!" another shouted a very high price. At this point, most people fell silent. Two million is equivalent to the entire annual income of a wealthy family, not including expenses.
The people who can afford this price are probably not as simple as a simple wealthy family.
"Three million. It was the masked middle-aged man who shouted again. His shouting this time has attracted the attention of many people. And the person who bid two million looked sharply in the direction where the voice came.
However, the middle-aged man wearing the mask didn't care at all, and his eyes didn't change at all.
Jiang Lingyun stared at the middle-aged man with the mask for a long time, he didn't know his identity, and he was willing to pay three million to buy a cup, which Jiang Lingyun couldn't imagine.
"This person is not easy!" Wang Xuanzhi gently pushed Jiang Lingyun on the side and said.
Which of the people who can appear here is an ordinary person? Which one doesn't have a big background? If you can't be sure that you can crush others, then you can only choose to forbear. And in the case of not knowing the identity of the other party, he is sure that his background can crush others, and I am afraid that only people who are rich and official have this background.
"Three million at a time!" the beautiful woman shouted with a light tap on the auction gavel.
"Three million twice!" still no one spoke.
"Three million three times! Congratulations to this gentleman for taking the Tang Dynasty art beast head agate cup!" the beautiful woman said with a smile.
As soon as the tall beauty's voice fell, she saw the middle-aged man wearing a mask just now walk up to the stage and take the beast head agate cup that had just been photographed from the hand of the beauty.