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Chapter 773: Ackerman Globe

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There are about 1 million coin collectors in the United States, and the big coin auctions are held once a month, and the smaller ones are held every weekend. The U.S. rare coin market is worth $2 billion a year!" Del Roosevelt explained with a smile.

"$2 billion?" Liu Dong said.

It's hard to imagine that the volume of a single coin market is more than seven times the total value of all art transactions in China!

As the owner of PwC Red Star Auction House, Liu Dong knows that the transaction volume of all artworks in the country has just exceeded 2 billion Huaxia coins last year!

"Uncle Sam is worthy of being the world's number one economic entity, and he is so rich!" Liu Dong sighed in his heart.

Thinking of this, Liu Dong, who was still a little interested in this precious American gold coin, quietly dispelled the idea of competing with these American sticks, and now he doesn't have much money in his pocket!

"$3 million!"

At this moment, Steven Rockefeller suddenly raised the bidding sign in his hand and said loudly.

After Steven made a bid, no one answered for a long time, after all, there were still not too many people who dared to compete with the Rockefeller family, and of course it was not nothing, so after the auctioneer shouted a few words. Bid by phone. This rare 'gold brashe' gradually climbed to $3.2 million!

More than money though. In all of America, the Rockefellers are unbeatable except for the Morgans.

So Steven didn't hesitate to soar the price to $4 million, and for the super-rich, a few million dollars is often not as much as they spend on a lavish banquet at home, so after coming across something he really likes at this moment, Steven doesn't mind spending a lot of money!

Maybe it's because his ambition to win overwhelms the other party, or maybe the other party doesn't want to be too stiff with the future head of the Rockefeller family. In short, after Steven quoted a price of $4 million, no one made another bid for a long time.

So with the auctioneer's hammer three times, the one-ounce, precious and rare 'Brasher Gold Coin' fell into the hands of Steven Rockefeller.

Looking at Steve Rockefeller, who was smiling and really proud in his heart, Liu Dong was also a little envious in his heart, if he had more money in his pocket, he also wanted to buy this precious gold Brascher.

However, a qiē has passed, Liu Dong did not bother anymore, and the second lot. It also instantly attracted his attention at the same time as it appeared.

"Thank you to Ferdinand Magellan, who died in the tribal conflict in the Philippines. But his efforts made the world know that the earth was round, and thus opened the Age of Discovery, which forged the glory of Europe for 500 years! At the same time, it also made a wonderful thing, the globe, an important equipment for royalty and nobility to flaunt their knowledge. …… Next up is the globe cast by Cowell Ackerman for the British royal family!"

After the auctioneer's words fell, a classical globe with a sphere diameter of 50 centimeters, a square shape, and five struts of solid wood appeared on the electronic screens on both sides.

In the 18th century, 80% of the globes of the British royal family and nobility were made by him, and as the top cartographer in Britain and even Europe, every piece of Cowell Ackerman's work is a sought-after work of art.

The most recent Ackerman globe to appear at auction was at Sotheby's London Autumn Auction in 1998, when it sold for £1.8 million, or £2.138 million with commissions!

"It's another top-notch work of art equivalent to the rare porcelain of the Qianlong Imperial Kiln!" Liu Dong sighed in his heart.

"$2 million!"

The auctioneer had just announced a reserve price of $1.59 million for the Ackerman globe, and Del Roosevelt, who was sitting next to Liu Dong, had already raised the price by a significant margin!

The key is that after participating in the auction with the other party for so long, it is the first time for Liu Dong to see the old man so eager to buy something.

"I like this kind of artwork that condenses science and technology, history and culture!" Del Roosevelt said with a smile looking at Liu Dong's surprised look.

Liu Dong nodded understandingly, although he is not a Westerner, he also understands the feelings of Westerners towards the globe!

In the 17th and 18th centuries, and even for hundreds of years, the globe was the standard in the study rooms of Western royals, aristocrats and merchants, and Westerners treated globes with the same feelings as Orientals treated porcelain.

And in the era when the industrial revolution was not yet in its infancy, there were no computers, let alone finishing, and it was not an easy task to make a globe so rounded, accurate, and almost flawless entirely by hand!

In addition, this globe is still wooden, and the characteristics of wood are that there are scars, easy to warp, easy to deform and decay, so each globe is made of fine wood, fine processing!

However, almost all of the works that have been handed down for hundreds of years and survived to the present day are rare masterpieces.

The auction of this globe gave Liu Dong a glimpse of the influence of the Roosevelt family in the United States, and after Del Roosevelt made a bid, a few more people bid, but they soon gave up in the face of the higher price behind Roosevelt!

Compared with people's fear and admiration for the Rockefeller family, the American tycoons have real respect for the Roosevelt family!

So on the premise that everyone was willing to give in, Del Roosevelt easily bought this precious Ackerman globe for $2.4 million, or even less than the market price.

Seeing this situation, the person in charge of Christie's auction was also a little helpless!

Even if he knew that he was at a loss, he didn't dare to let the support, who was sitting below, get up and blatantly raise the price with Del Roosevelt!

It can be said that this is the most undisturbed auction of the three days of Christie's auction with a reserve price of more than $1 million!

"I didn't expect everyone to let me, but I was a little embarrassed!" Del Roosevelt shook his head after noticing the atmosphere in the court.

Seeing this situation, Liu Dong and Steven Rockefeller next to him were a little envious in their hearts, if they could get this kind of treatment on this occasion in the future, it would be even happier and more joyful than making 10 billion US dollars!

But they just think about it, and the respect that the Roosevelt family received was won by the efforts of two of the greatest presidents in American history.

Money alone will not earn that kind of respect.

After noticing that the atmosphere in the venue was a little gloomy, the person in charge of Christie's sitting in the audience hurriedly made a gesture to the auctioneer to continue going down!

"Is it finally here?"

Looking at the images on the LCD monitors on both sides of the auction table, Liu Dong's attention suddenly focused.

"In the Qing Dynasty of China, there was a 1,054-acre imperial garden in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, adjacent to the famous Summer Palace, consisting of the Old Summer Palace, the Changchun Garden and the Wanchun Garden, also known as the Three Gardens of the Old Ming Dynasty. The Old Summer Palace is one of the famous royal gardens of the Qing Dynasty and is known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens". The royal family of the Qing Dynasty would come here to manage the government in the middle of summer, so the Old Summer Palace was also called the "summer palace". In this sprawling royal garden, there is a magnificent palace built in the European style 'Haiyan Hall', and the most famous feature in Haiyan Hall is the bronze statue of the head of the 12 zodiac animals built after the European 'hydraulic clock'!

When he said this, the auctioneer gave a strange look to the audience, because almost all the Chinese present were unusually quiet.

The rich white people, who were influenced by them and knew about this history, also stopped talking.

"Whew!"

I breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of my heart, although the auctioneer did not say that the Second Opium War, let alone the burning of the Old Summer Palace by the British and French forces, the appearance of two animal heads here in itself represents the century-old humiliation history of the Han nation!

"Liu, history has passed, and it is impossible to change it anymore! It is more important for us now to look forward! And China is now a world power!" Del Roosevelt patted Liu Dong on the shoulder and comforted.

"I know, thank you, Del!"

"Hehe, it's okay, who told you to save my old guy's life!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled and did not speak.

“…… The Chinese Yuanmingyuan zodiac animal head, tiger head and pig head, the two together have a reserve price of 1.8 million US dollars, and each increase shall not be less than 50,000 US dollars!"

"Two pieces to auction together?" Liu Dong frowned, which was somewhat unexpected to him.

However, compared to this, what surprised Liu Dong even more was that after the auctioneer announced the start of the auction, more than half a minute passed, but no Chinese billionaire bid!

"What's the situation?" Liu Dong was a little confused.

But looking at the indifferent appearance of other Chinese tycoons, Liu Dong always couldn't figure out the reason, but since everyone was silent, it was not good for him to participate in the auction at this time.

"Let's wait and see for a while!" Liu Dong said in his heart.

Silence, silence, silence!

Not only Liu Dong, a Chinese person, but even many super-rich people from other countries around the world who participated in the auction discovered the anomaly.

While everyone was talking to each other, the people in Christie's auction management were also a little anxious!

If the Chinese rich don't participate in the auction, then don't think about raising the price of the two beast heads, and then they won't think about making money from it!

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