Chapter 683: Raising the Bar
The auctioneer in the white tuxedo looked quite old, but he had a ruddy complexion, good spirits, and not at all old.
As soon as he came on stage, the auctioneer gestured with both hands, and the whole scene immediately fell silent.
"I didn't expect it to be Mr. Wei, he is an international-level auction master, this time I can invite Mr. Wei to preside over the auction, it seems that there are a lot of good things!"
Hong Xiao's hearing was very good, and he was very keen to hear the voice coming from behind him not far away.
It turned out that the auctioneer of the white tuxedo turned out to be a celebrity in the auction world, Chinese-American, and a well-known auctioneer.
When he comes forward, the auction must be good.
Because on normal occasions, he would not show up at all.
This time, the auction can invite Master Wei, which can be regarded as a lot of thought.
The appearance of Master Wei has increased everyone's expectations for this auction.
This is the celebrity effect!
Master Wei was very satisfied with the effect of the scene, because he had already felt the expectations of many guests.
Master Wei smiled politely, and then said, "Hello everyone, I am very happy that you can come to this charity auction, this auction will be presided over by me, I believe, this must be a regular auction."
As you may already know, this is a charity auction, and since the auction items are all works of collectors, we will not take any commission, but will donate 10% of the auction price of each item as a donation.
These donations will be used under everyone's supervision, where they should be used, absolutely fair and reasonable, please rest assured, and please bid, I think your good deeds today, will definitely become a good story to circulate.
Without further ado, the auction has officially begun! ”
With Master Wei's roar, the auction began, and the interest of the guests had been aroused by him.
On the LED screen behind Master Wei, the first auction item soon appeared, which was a ceramic product, in the shape of a horse, and it was a Tang Sancai.
"Compared to everyone's understanding of this item, everyone guessed correctly, this is Tang Sancai.
Tang Sancai is a kind of low-temperature lead-glazed pottery, adding different metal oxides to the color glaze, after roasting, it forms a variety of colors such as light yellow, ochre yellow, light green, dark green, sky blue, brown red, eggplant purple, etc., but mostly yellow, ochre, green three colors.
It is mainly the color glaze coated on the clay blank, which undergoes chemical changes in the baking process, the color glaze changes in shade, infiltrates each other, mottled and dripping, the color is naturally coordinated, and the pattern is smooth, which is a traditional handicraft with a unique style of China.
Tang Sancai absorbed the characteristics of Chinese traditional Chinese painting, sculpture and other arts and crafts, using decorative patterns in the form of stacking and pasting, carving, etc., the lines are rough and powerful, and in the mutual reflection of colors, it shows the magnificent and magnificent artistic charm.
However, because the tire of Tang Sancai is brittle, the waterproof performance is poor, so it is more difficult to preserve, and the number of Tang Sancai that is now surviving is good, and the intact is extremely rare.
But the one you see is an extremely well-preserved Tang Sancai, without any flaws, which can be called the fine product of Tang Sancai, which has a history of more than 1,300 years.
Not only that, after the firmness of experts, this Tang Sancai is 100% a royal product, which is extremely rare.
Well, everyone already knows the preciousness of this thing, the auction starts now, the starting price is five million, and the price can be increased at will! ”
With a "start", many antique lovers present began to scramble to raise the number plate.
Tang Sancai is indeed a very good antique, especially in recent years, the popular is very hot, and the market is very good.
But in such a situation, the number of Tang Sancai's surviving lives is too small, and there are not many real boutiques, many good things, but they have been broken, and they are naturally worthless.
For example, Tang Sancai, which was auctioned for the royal family this time, is still so intact that it is indeed very precious, and the reserve price of five million is not expensive at all.
Therefore, at this floor price, various price increase voices have been shouted.
"Five and a half million!"
"Six million!"
"I'll give 6.8 million!"
"Eight million!"
"I'll give 10 million!"
"I'll give 12 million!!"
……
The voices of shouting prices came and went, and soon, the price of this Tang Sancai exceeded 15 million.
This Tang Sancai is indeed a good thing, but fifteen million is already very rare, if it is not an auction, it is difficult to reach such a price.
But in this auction, in less than thirty seconds, this price has already been reached.
And it seems that the bidding is far from over, and in the end, the transaction price of this Tang Sancai must far exceed its own value.
That's the benefit of auctions!
Master Wei was very happy to see such a situation.
That's the effect he wants, the more people who are bidding, the better!
For auctioneers like Master Wei, not only can they not afford to be hired at ordinary auctions, but it is also difficult to get auction items that can give them a sense of achievement.
A multi-million auction lot is not a problem in their eyes!
However, this auction will be different, there are a lot of good things, and it seems that the price of the transaction must not be low.
Master Wei had a hunch that this would be another auction glory for himself.
Hong Xiao listened to a group of rich people shouting the price as if they didn't want money, and asked the monk who was silent on the side with a smile, "Monk, why don't you make a sound, this thing has great potential for value-added." ”
The monk said lightly: "I'm not interested." ”
The monk really has no interest in antiques, so when he sees others robbing the excitement, he just looks at the excitement, and he has no idea of making a move.
Of course, Hong Xiao knew that Hong Xiao was not out of money, but he was not interested in it at all, so he didn't shout the price, and when he encountered something he was interested in for a while, the monk would definitely not hesitate to make a move.
Yu Linglong and Shen Luomin didn't know much about Tang Sancai or anything, and it was a little strange to see everyone robbing it so happily, so they couldn't help but ask Hong Xiao: "Hong Xiao, is this thing really that good?" ”
Hong Xiao nodded and smiled, and said: "This thing doesn't look like it's true, it's a rare good thing, and the current Tang Sancai is very popular, with the fermentation of the market, it will definitely usher in a long golden period, and at that time, the price of this Tang Sancai will definitely soar a lot." ”
"Oh, so that's the case, so why wouldn't you?" Shen Luomin is really a curious baby.
Hong Xiao smiled helplessly and explained: "This thing has room for appreciation, but the size is still uncertain, I don't miss this money, and the other thing is that this thing is really easy to break, I don't want to think about it every day, just don't buy it." ”
This time, Shen Luomin didn't continue to ask, because she felt that what Hong Xiao said was very reasonable, and such a troublesome thing really shouldn't be done.
In terms of fear of trouble, Shen Luomin and Hong Xiao have a striking similarity!
In the process of chatting with a few people, someone has already shouted out the high price of "25 million", which is equivalent to exceeding the price of Tang Sancai by 10 million.
Although Tang Sancai has a great collection value, more than 10 million is indeed not a small amount.
Some people who know more about this thing are discouraged when they see this price.
It is true that they are rich, but their money is not blown by the wind, it is all earned by their own hard work little by little, and others can do it if they want to do it, and 99% of them are unwilling to do it.
Besides, the people present can come, which represents the affirmation of social status, there is no need to make everyone unhappy for this money, if it is not something that is inevitable, let one step let one step go!
After 25 million, the shouting at the scene has stagnated, and many people are thinking about whether to continue shouting.
Seeing this situation, Master Wei naturally will not let the atmosphere of the auction go cold, as a really powerful auctioneer, he must make the atmosphere of the auction hall consistent from the beginning to the end, everyone must be high!
Therefore, Master Wei began to shout and said, "Okay, our fifteenth guest bid twenty-five million, and there is no higher?" Is there anything else?
This is Tang Sancai, a representative work of Tang Dynasty ceramic craftsmanship, because it is well preserved, there must be a lot of room for appreciation in the future, and there is no price increase? Is there anything else?
Okay, if not, twenty-five million once, twenty-five million twice, is there really no price increase? If not, then I'm going to have the final word, twenty-five million third ......."
Without waiting for Master Wei to continue shouting, he made a final decision, and Zhou Futang, who had not made a sound before, and was sitting in the position watching others bid, suddenly raised his card, and Zheng Sheng said: "I will pay 30 million." ”
That's right, it was Zhou Futang, who had many contradictions with Hong Xiao before, who shouted.
This guy has recently been reused by Yan Xiwen, so he naturally got an invitation to the auction, and he came to the scene early.
Hong Xiao had noticed Zhou Futang before, and Zhou Futang had also noticed him, but Zhou Futang didn't say anything, as if he hadn't seen anything.
Since Zhou Futang didn't take the initiative to provoke himself, Hong Xiao didn't want to meet him in general, so he didn't do anything.
Zhou Futang shouted this time, and the guest who originally shouted 25 million immediately lost his voice, not to mention whether he had the funds to add it, the price of 30 million has exceeded the price of Tang Sancai itself, and it is not interesting to grab it again.
Moreover, it is not a good idea to grab things from Zhou Futang on the territory of Sanya.
Zhou Futang is very famous in Sanya, not only because he is doing well in business, but also because he is Yan Xiwen's first godson.
In recent days, there has been a lot of news about Zhou Futang, one of which is that Zhou Futang suddenly got Yan Xiwen's reuse and appreciation for some reason, and his status has risen a lot.
Most of the people present were Sanya people, so after seeing Zhou Futang make a move, they stopped robbing.
This week, Futang has a hobby, which is to collect ceramics and antiques, and he already has a lot of good things in his home.
Like blue and white porcelain, white porcelain, nine-pattern porcelain, explosive porcelain, etc., and so on and so on famous ceramics large or small, Zhou Futang almost has a collection of one or two pieces.
Just Tang Sancai, who has become popular in recent years, does have some collections, but they are not treasures, at most they are generally slightly better, but they are already the best ones on the market.
Now that he has encountered such a good thing, Zhou Futang will naturally not miss it, and collecting ceramics is one of his great hobbies.
Therefore, after others bid 25 million, Zhou Futang, who had been looking forward to it, directly sold it at a price of 30 million, and immediately calmed the audience.
Enjoying the gaze of the audience, Zhou Futang was very happy and honored.
And what Zhou Futang did by his side was the spokesperson of his godfather Yan Xiwen for the auction this time.
However, Yan Xiwen's spokesperson suddenly quieted down after participating in the bidding once at the beginning.