Chapter 764 The Qianlong Imperial Kiln worth $3 million!

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"$17 million!"

"East ......?"

Looking at Ivanka's anxious look, Liu Dong said softly: "Don't worry, I'm measured!"

After appeasing Ivanka, he turned his head to look at Charles Kushner, who looked unkind, Liu Dong showed a provocative look on his face, and then said loudly: "18 million!"

"20 million!" said Charles Kushner, who was angry, without flinching.

"21 million!"

"22 million!"

The alternating price between the two has far exceeded the price of the ruby itself, not to mention that he is the jewel on the scepter of George IV, even the greatest king in English history, Henry VIII, the crown jewel of Elizabeth I is not worth this price.

"25 million!" Liu Dong said in a loud voice.

"Liu, almost!" said Del Roosevelt.

As an old politician who has been in the political circle for half his life, he naturally understands Liu Dong's thoughts, so he opened his mouth to persuade at this time.

Donald Trump, his cheap father-in-law, who is also a mall goblin, nodded at him.

And Liu Dong, who always pays attention to Charles Kushner, can naturally guess the bottom line of the other party's heart from the expression on the other party's face.

So after quoting a price of $25 million, Liu Dong had the intention of stopping.

At this time, Charles Kushner, who was hesitant for a while, was raised to $26 million again in Liu Dong's provocative eyes!

Looking at Charles Kushner's fierce eyes, Liu Dong shrugged his shoulders at the other party and leaned back on the cotton back of the chair. It's as if I don't care about the top ruby in front of me anymore!

See him like this. Charles Kushner chuckled in his heart. Secretly: "It's broken!"

At this moment, seeing the shame and anxiety on the face of the son of this big real estate developer, many tycoons next to him laughed, and they could all see the mismatch between Charles and Liu Dong, but now it seems that the Asian who is with Roosevelt and seems to be Donald, the son-in-law of a famous old playboy in New York, has the upper hand!

But no matter what others think, the auctioneers, especially the auctioneers, are happy now. They never thought that a ruby of a little more than 27 carats could be sold for three times the price, which was really unexpected, according to the rules, they could at least get nearly 4 million in commissions! Even after deducting taxes and various expenses, I am afraid that they could leave nearly 3 million US dollars!

The first lot was so profitable, although it was nothing compared to the huge Christie's auction, but it was a good start for everyone.

"Mr. Thirty-Eight Kushner has made a bid of $26 million, and he has broken the highest price ever paid for a ruby, which will become a record in ruby auction history.

Although the auctioneers who can become 'white gloves' have careful thinking and good eloquence, as well as meticulous observation skills. But this time, no one made a bid, even if he said it.

The people who can sit here today are either rich or expensive, not the old fritters in the mall. It is the old politicians who have been in the political circle for a long time, and they are well-informed and stable in their psychological qualities, so that there are few nouveau riche and hairy young men who don't care about a qiē, just want to spend a lot of money, and only what is worth their money in this world is worth their disregard for a qiē.

But although a ruby of more than 27 carats is precious, its value is only 8 million, although rare, but it is not the only one, there are still rubies in the world that surpass it in value, and as a piece of jewelry, it obviously does not attract everyone to ignore the charm of it!

"$26 million, ladies and gentlemen, this ruby is not only historically significant, but also precious in reality, and what gentleman and lady are bidding?"

Although $26 million was already an unexpected bidding price, the auctioneer still had higher expectations, so after seeing no one speak for a long time, he attracted the attention of the women again, but unfortunately the women were fascinated by the charm of rubies, but if they wanted to buy it, they had to look at the men around them.

"I'm sorry, I'll interrupt! Dear Mr. Auctioneer, you've been shouting about this ruby for almost half an hour, and I think Mr. Kushner can't wait to have it, and we have limited time, so let's hurry up and get the second lot, right?" Liu Dong said in a loud voice.

The words are round and accurate, and everyone can understand what he means.

"This damn guy, fake bastard!" Charles Kushner's face stiffened, and he had the heart to kill Liu Dong in his stomach!

Liu Dong's words successfully attracted everyone's attention to himself, and at the same time, forced the auctioneer to announce, "Congratulations to Mr. Kushner No. 38 for acquiring this precious George IV ruby for a record price of $26 million, congratulations!"

Although the auctioneers applauded loudly, there were very few people in the hall!

It made Charles Kushner hate it in his heart! Especially Liu Dong, who caused this qiē, made him hate it even more!

But despite what Charles Kushner thinks, a second lot has already appeared on the big screen.

The second item is a pink diamond from South Africa, very beautiful, 12.67 carats, although not very heavy, but in the end it still sold for a high price of 5.8 million US dollars, to Liu Dong's surprise that the winning bidder was actually Kate Winslet, who was sitting not far from him.

Being able to buy this piece of jewelry for a high price of more than five million dollars also surprised Liu Dong at the huge income of Hollywood stars.

After Kate hit a pink diamond, Liu Dong naturally did not let Ivanka next to him go home empty-handed. So when the fifth piece of jewelry was brought up, it was auctioned by Liu Dong for 6.4 million US dollars, and the jewelry was a top-of-the-line emerald necklace, inlaid with white gold as the base, which was very gorgeous.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that there were many people here, Liu Dong would prefer to take out a glass imperial green grade top-grade jadeite directly from the mustard seed space for his own woman, rather than spending this kind of unjust money.

But in front of people, sometimes you have to take care of your own face!

This is a very complex subject!

After selling more than 20 pieces of jewellery in a row, Christie's has prepared a lot of jewellery for auction! Of course, that's not all, the rest of the jewellery will be auctioned for the next two days in the next three days!

"China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, and Chinese culture has a long history, and art from China can be found in museums and private collections in every country in the world. Next up is the beautiful art from ancient China!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "It's finally time to wait for this time!"

Although foreign artworks are good, no matter how you look at them, they are not as friendly as their own country.

And not only Liu Dong, but more than 30 Chinese who participated in the Christie's auction were all in good spirits. Of course, many white collectors interested in Chinese art have also focused their attention.

“…… Now let's look at the first lot, the 'Enamel Apricot Forest Chunyan Picture Bowl', a porcelain from the 18th century that was used by Qianlong, the sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China!"

'Enamel color', Liu Dong was surprised when he heard these three words, as a Chinese, he knew best that the most valuable type of porcelain in the Qing Dynasty was enamel color! Not only is the number of firing small, but also the production process is complex, the shape is exquisite, it belongs to the highest quality of Qing Dynasty porcelain, and the value is high!

Moreover, there are less than 1,000 pieces of enamel porcelain that can be handed down to the present, although there are more than the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, but compared with the museums and private collectors in the world who want to collect it, the number is too bad.

Even if Liu Dong has the ability of relics and light yuan, and after stepping into the collection, he really found a few treasures, but the enamel porcelain in his hand does not add up to more than five!

Now, when he saw this Qianlong enamel at Christie's auction, he made up his mind to get it.

“…… China's Qianlong official kiln 'enamel color apricot forest spring swallow picture bowl', the starting price of 500,000 US dollars each increase shall not be less than 20,000 US dollars, now please bid if you are interested!"

"$600,000!"

"$650,000!"

"$800,000!" ......

As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, the competition for this Qianlong official kiln porcelain began fiercely, many of whom were not Chinese, but foreigners. It is clear that fine Chinese porcelain, even in contemporary times, is still sought after in the West.

"Liu, what's the matter? You still don't bid?" Del Roosevelt laughed.

He could certainly see that Liu Dong was interested in this fine porcelain.

"Wait, it's not time yet!" Liu Dong suppressed the urgent emotion in his heart.

But just when the bidding price had reached $1.6 million, Liu Dong raised his bidding board and said loudly: "$2 million!"

The pocket loudspeaker he wears in his ear allows his voice to reach the entire auction hall clearly.

The courage to increase by 400,000 US dollars in an instant not only made Liu Dong show his determination to win, but also made many people retreat!

But not everyone gave up, a middle-aged Asian man about forty years old and all the Asian men glanced at Liu Dong and held up the bidding sign, "$2.1 million!"

"$2.5 million!" Liu Dong said directly.

"$2.6 million!"

"$3 million!"

Liu Dong did not hesitate to increase the price, so that the middle-aged man began to hesitate, in the previous confrontation with Charles Kushner, Liu Dong appeared to be sophisticated and cunning, impressive.

Therefore, no one wants to be cheated by this young man, and then it will be a real joke, and he can't afford to lose this person!

So after $3 million had exceeded the value of this Qianlong imperial kiln porcelain, the middle-aged man hesitated and gave up.

……………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued......)