Chapter 18: The Storm Rises
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Cuomo has just finished the introduction, and there is already the first sign on the scene.
"Mr. Morse is bidding fifteen million dollars." For the first bid to directly raise up to $5 million, Cuomo was not surprised at all.
The price takers and electronics in the audience began a round of crazy flashing.
In three minutes, it went from $15 million to $33 million.
"Damn, Brother Gun, it's going up so fast, it's amazing!"
"It's normal, the first lot is used to mobilize everyone, this is a lot that European and American collectors will not want to miss, but this price is like taking away the back 4, it's a joke."
"Will it be higher?"
"Picasso's Nude Leaves and Bust sold for 95 million at Christie's in New York this year, indicating another crazy upswing in the art market this year."
"I see."
Sure enough, the price is still rising.
When it reached thirty-five million, Cuomo looked at the scene and smiled: "Mr. Hals is bidding thirty-five million dollars." ”
This is a Middle Eastern tycoon.
However, an unexpected price came out.
"Mr. Colemodo has bid $40 million, which is already one of the highest bids of the year."
"Forty million?" Fang Hong didn't expect this price either: "I'm damn!" Last February, Matisse's "Blue Carpet and Pink Cuckoo" sold for $41.6 million, which is already the highest price for his own work. ”
Colmodo's idea is actually very simple, offer a high price, let people below this price sit down directly, has given Christie's enough face, and made the scene hot for three minutes.
However, Hals made another bid: "Forty-one million!" ”
"Forty-one and a half million, Mr. Kolmodo bids again."
"Crazy, crazy! The price is too high! ”
Fang Hong disdainfully: "A courtyard house in the capital, and this price, although it is not the real value, but in comparison, it is still a work of art that is more valuable." ”
"Mr. Hal City bid 42.5 million, which is already the highest price for Matisse's personal work!"
The Russian tyrant Kormodo glanced in the direction of Hals: "Forty-three million!" ”
This time, Hals thought about it carefully, after all, the oil business has been sluggish in recent years: "Four three and a half million. ”
This time, instead of adding a million, it adds 500,000, which means very simply, if the Kolmodo is higher, take it.
Kolmodo didn't expect the price to reach this point, so he stopped bidding.
Como is not an auctioneer who bids for auctions, but a golden hammer! He could see at a glance that Colmodo had given up and went straight to the second hammer, but there was a gap of two seconds between it and the third hammer to wait for someone who might not have made a bid yet.
However, even if someone waits for the dress force and does not make a bid, when it comes to this high price, it is already scared away.
"Congratulations to Mr. Hals for taking a picture of the back 4, the price is 43.5 million!"
The staff took the stage to seal the new lots, and Cuomo also explained the significance of the auction: "Thanks to the crazy auction records in these two months, the total amount of art auction records in 2010 has doubled from last year, and this pair is by far the eighth most expensive lot of the year." I'm afraid, there's no time left for you to break this record. ”
"What's going on, Brother Gun? Does that mean that the later lots can't exceed this price? ”
Fang Hong sighed: "If I guessed correctly, the British royal family must have added a large number of lots, intending to make the people here today have no money to snipe at them during the auction of the beast's head, so there will be many lots with crazy prices today, but there will be no higher prices." ”
Sure enough, the entire auction was in a state of high euphoria.
From the first lot, for more than an hour, the whole auction hall was in full swing.
Of course, it's not that it's loud and noisy, but that people keep holding up their cards and putting prices on the meter.
Including the metalware unearthed from the Egyptian pyramids and the three sculptures of the 16th century, they all detonated the venue and were sold at a price of more than 10 million.
It wasn't until the morning auction was coming to an end that the last lot came to the stage.
Cuomo: "This lot is a contemporary work of art, and its author's personal work is very popular in this year's market, this author, from the ancient country of the Far East, China. ”
"Huh?" Fang Hong wondered: "Contemporary art? Chinese? Cai Qiangguo's new work? ”
"This is an oriental ink painting, by Xu Beihong!"
Xu Beihong!
Many Chinese stood up.
Let's put it this way, in the domestic collecting world, you have a painting of Picasso, and when others know about it, they will say, "Oh, French masters? "They may not even know that Picasso is a Spaniard, only that Picasso is a French communist.
However, if you say that you own a painting of Xu Beihong, whether it is a famous collector, a cultural relics scientist or an ordinary person, you will eagerly ask: "Eight horses?" ”
However, this is not possible, because the picture of the Eight Horses is displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Cuomo smiled: "The name of this painting is 'Ba People Drawing Water'. ”
His Chinese is not standard, English and French are spoken again, and everyone is sure that it is really the Ba people who draw water.
"Ba people draw water", Chinese painting, 300 centimeters high, 62 centimeters wide. Created in 1938 during the Anti-Japanese War. Fang Hong frowned: "Strange, this picture should be in the hands of a private collector in China, I saw a directory of modern art in the SC Museum a few days ago and saw its whereabouts, it stands to reason ......"
As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds.
Of course, everyone has their own ambitions, for example, the original owner of the painting wants to exchange it for money, and then open a bigger company and devote himself to the business.
After all, the price of Xu Beihong's paintings has skyrocketed in the past two years.
"This lot is very special, it is only open to people with Chinese nationality, and the starting price is 10 million RM coins, and each bid will increase by at least 1 million RM coins."
Sure enough, Fang Hong turned around: "This lot is obviously very targeted, this should be Prince W found the owner of the original painting and asked him to auction it, in order to clear the pursuit of beast heads by other rich people in China." ”
To tell the truth, from the perspective of the collection value and artistic value of the artwork alone, the collection of twelve beast heads, and then multiplied by one hundred, is not as good as half of the Ba people's drawing water.
The Chinese really want to fight for a breath and get back what belongs to the Chinese, but the Ba people draw water in front of them, so there is no reason to snatch this opportunity with Fang Hong, because in the end, the beast head will definitely go to Fang Hong's hands.
This time, Prince W spent a lot of money to find out a lot of artworks to consume the wallets of the rich people present, and he was bound to get the beast's head.
After the starting price came out, there was no one bidding for an eerie half a minute.
However, the weirdness didn't last much longer.
"Mr. Li Changde bid 60 million RM coins."
Well? Many wealthy foreign people who are estimating the psychological price are confused.
What is the auction method of directly doubling the starting price by six times? I've never heard of this person, could it be that this person is so impressed with this painting that he directly pays more than the auction house estimates to ensure safety?
However, foreign tycoons who do not know much about the Chinese art market have guessed wrong.
Without giving them a chance to think, the second bid: "Seventy million!" ”
After the price of 70 million came out, the brand moved in three seconds, raised the card ten times, and the price reached 100 million!
Beside Fang Hong, a foreigner whispered to his assistant: "Do I also have a lot of this kind of painting in my collection?" Check the price of the author's painting now. ”
The cultural relics market is so hot.
In one minute, from 10 million to 100 million, there is no tendency to stop at all.
At this time, a well-known collector in China raised a sign.
"One hundred and sixty million."
At this moment, all the foreigners were stunned, they had never seen this kind of increase from 10 million to 60 million, and 60 million remained for a second to 70 million, which was even more weird.
The price exceeded 100 million in one minute, which means that many people feel that the painting is worth more than 100 million RM coins, and the previous bid of 60 million can be explained.
However, 100 million directly becomes 160 million, what is the stalk?
Fang Hong turned his head: "I'm sorry everyone, the auction house informed me that now there are two domestic tycoons who bid and don't want people to know their identities, so I have to close the live broadcast." ”