Chapter 320: Major Buyers
As the old man's words fell, the two women also cautiously walked over with a painting.
This is the item numbered 7866547, it is an oil painting, according to the above introduction, this oil painting is not too long, about a hundred years, but the person who painted this oil painting is still very famous.
Henri Matisse, a famous French painter, founder and main exponent of Fauvist oil painting.
He is also a sculptor, printmaker, and a master who has lived to modern times, and he did not die until 1954, so the value of his oil paintings was not too high at first, but in recent years, it has been very popular.
Someone once said that he and Picasso are the two greatest painters of the 20th century, and they can be compared with Picasso, which shows the value of his paintings.
Seeing this painting, he didn't know what the hell it was, Jiang Hai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
But the guests at the other tables were very attentive, and many people studied it at that time.
"The reserve price of this painting is 800,000 US dollars, and each shouting price must not be less than 50,000 US dollars, please ask for the price." At this time, the old man on the stage had already finished introducing the situation of the painting and began to speak, and as his words fell, someone in the distance had already raised a sign, 800,000, someone had already bidd, but this price was not waited for a second, and it was pressed down by others.
80、85、90、95、100…… Although no one directly called for a high price, every time a sign was raised, it represented 50,000 US dollars.
Before you know it, it's about a minute. The price of this painting was fried to 1.6 million US dollars. It was only then that the sound of the bidding slowed down. The main competitors have also become the appearance of the four or five.
"These are all very powerful existences, and they are also the main potential buyers of your armor for a while." Just as Jiang Hai was watching the excitement there, the person in charge of Phillips walked to Jiang Hai's table with a smile and sat next to Jiang Hai.
"Oh? How so? "Jiang Hai is bored here, he doesn't mind letting the person in charge explain it by his side.
After all, it was the first time for him to participate in such an auction, and it was inevitable that he would not have a bottom in his heart.
"Your armor this time. The main potential buyers were the four waves, the first of which was the Arab at table 103. Pointing to the table in front of Jiang Hai, the person in charge whispered.
"Dufamen?" Jiang Hai still remembered this person's situation, and couldn't help but ask in a whisper.
"Oh? Do you know him? As soon as he heard that Jiang Hai actually knew his name, the person in charge couldn't help but look at him with some surprise.
"It's not like I know each other, I once had a relationship with him when I bought a yacht, and I just introduced each other's names." Shaking his head, according to Jiang Hai's criteria, he had obviously met twice, but it was not an acquaintance.
"Oh. Then let me introduce you to you, this Dufamen Wiha Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is no ordinary person. His father was originally the third prince of Dubai in the previous generation, and the current king is a brother, but later did not inherit the throne, but he got a large number of oil fields, this is his only legal heir now, and now Dubai's Minister of Defense is his uncle, and the Minister of Tourism is his uncle, he mainly manages food issues, and is a real tyrant. Listening to the introduction of the person in charge, Jiang Hai couldn't help but be a little surprised, he didn't think that this young man who didn't look very old was really a local tyrant.
"There are also three forces, one is the Spaniards, this armor of yours is the armor of Philip III of Spain, fortunately you don't know where you got this armor, if you got it from some sunken ships, it is estimated that they would have jumped a long time ago." The reputation of the Spaniards in the international community has always been not very good, especially in terms of shipwrecks, although Spain is located in the European Union, but in fact, the living standards of their people are really not much different from the domestic ****, which is good in welfare and so on.
Others, whether it is income, medical care, public facilities, etc., are not much different from the first-tier cities in China.
Of course, compared with some second- and third-tier ones, and even rural areas, they still have a great advantage there, after all, the country is not much.
"There is another wave of people, that is, those people, those are the businessmen of Soviet Russia, the real giants, in this world, except for the Chinese, the only existence that stays to compete with the local tyrants in the Middle East." After the introduction of the Spaniards, the person in charge pointed to the other side, where there sat a white man with a big comb and a big nose.
Jiang Hai's home is in Bingcheng, there are a lot of Soviet and Russian girls in Bingcheng, of course, there are some men, Jiang Hai is no stranger to Soviet Russians.
"The last wave of those who can afford to buy it is the British over there, the British have an enmity with the Spaniards, and everyone knows this, so for this armor, they will not let the Spaniards take it back easily." Finally, the person in charge introduced a table of people in the farthest corner, and that table was British.
Looking at these four waves of people, Jiang Hai shrugged his shoulders, he was not interested in these people, as long as he could make more money, who these people were and what they did had nothing to do with him.
When the person in charge introduced these merchants, the first oil painting was also successfully auctioned.
In the end, the transaction price of this oil painting was 3.7 million US dollars, which is not particularly high, but it is definitely not low.
It was the group of Soviet Russians who bought this oil painting that the person in charge had just pointed out, and the Far Eastern giants were not joking.
After the first work was auctioned off, the second work attracted Jiang Hai's complaints, if the first Fauvist painting, at least you can still see what it is, then the second painting is an inexplicable thing.
It's like a child holding paint on a cloth......
However, the popularity of this painting was even higher than that of the first one, and the final transaction price was 4.1 million US dollars.
Well, this world is too crazy, Jiang Hai really can't figure it out, this is the legendary art?
At least these people buy a painting and go back, they have to know what is painted on it, what is this painting? Ghosts?
After the complaining was over, Jiang Hai didn't bother to pay attention to it, and the auction was still there.
The third shot is a set of medieval furniture, which can be regarded as somewhat useful, and finally sold 3.2 million, it is difficult to understand, this set of mahogany furniture, the result is not as valuable as the ghost painting, which makes people speechless.
The fourth is a clay pot, and the fifth is a weapon, which is said to have been taken by Napoleon, but the weapons that Napoleon took were there, and this thing was not too valuable, but in the end, it also came out of the current highest price, which sold for 9.6 million US dollars, and was bought by the bigwigs of Soviet Russia.
That is two, one of which is the record of the German blitzkrieg in World War II.
Germany had to open up the southern record and invade Africa, because the Soviet Union really couldn't fight on its side.
And another merit is that when Napoleon swept Europe, you must know that Napoleon almost unified all of Europe, and finally fell on the head of Soviet Russia, so Napoleon's collection is still very valuable in Soviet Russia.
The auction continued, and soon arrived at Jiang Hai's first collection, which was a pair of blue and white porcelain vases, and finally this porcelain vase was sold for 1.65 million US dollars, and the auction house still made some money, after all, the auction in Miami only needs to pay 35% of the national tax, that is, 577,500 US dollars is taxed, and other than that, they earned.
Of course, a big auction house like them naturally has a reduction or exemption, and it is estimated that it will be about the same as paying 500,000 yuan.
In addition to the one million they gave Jiang Hai, they also earned more than 100,000 yuan, which can be regarded as a small profit.
After this pair of blue and white porcelain vases, Jiang Hai was already a little distracted, because he was not too interested in the things in the back.
Maybe there are indeed a lot of differences between the cultures of the East and the West, at least Jiang Hai doesn't think these things are worth paying too much attention to.
The fifteen things that were then photographed, Jiang Hai only took a rough look, and there was nothing he liked.
More than an hour later, it was the last piece of the collection, that is, the finale of tonight, Jiang Hai's golden armor of Philip III, and as the auctioneer's words fell, there were also two strong men, carrying a huge box.
As the box opened, the armor inside also appeared in front of everyone.
There was no need for the auctioneer to say anything at all, and as soon as the armor was revealed, almost everyone breathed a sigh of admiration.
Looking at the armor in front of him, the auctioneer slowly walked over: "I don't need to say more, I think everyone is basically here for this pair of armor, Philip III, although in the history of Europe, the reputation is not particularly good, but after all, he is a man who once ruled the entire Atlantic, the collection value of his armor, we don't need to say more, I think the experts here understand very well, this armor, the auction is 100 million US dollars, but each time the price is increased by 1 million US dollars......"
"130 million!" But before his words could fall, he was interrupted by the voice below, and when he looked at the eyes of the people, he found that it was a person at the table in Spain who was asking for the price, and he could see that they were very eager.
"One hundred and fifty million." But unfortunately, not all of them will give them face, at least according to what the person in charge said, the other three who have the ability to compete tonight will not let go of this collection easily, so the British side bid first.
"Two hundred million." But before everyone could come to their senses, the Soviet Russian giants over there raised their hands.
"Wow!" Although it felt far from Jiang Hai's estimated price, the competition was so fierce at the beginning that it still surprised everyone, and the corners of Jiang Hai's mouth unconsciously grinned, shout, the higher he screamed, the happier he was! (To be continued.) )
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