Wang Ruohai is also shaking his head, the auction will last for a day, and the feelings of the participating customers will be transferred little by little, if there is a big explosion at the beginning, you look at the World Cup, how many teams that were extremely brave at the beginning can finally win the cup?

The lot, which was originally used to warm up the auction, ended up being the protagonist of the auction, and it was difficult for the auctioneer to do it. But it's no wonder who is, no matter how you look at it, the value of this five-word couplet should be less than one million, but this is an auction, and even an industry giant like Sotheby's can't control the occurrence of accidents.

"11.2 million for the second time! 11.2 million for the third time! Deal! Let's congratulate the lady No. 42, who successfully won the first lot of this spring auction for 11.2 million, Mr. Sun Yat-sen's regular script five-word couplet! ”

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the imaginary fight to the death did not come as promised, but what was presented to everyone was a cold field!

Finally, the auctioneer stopped working hard and sounded the first hammer of the spring auction in a lot of discussion! A Wuyan couplet with a maximum estimate of only 500,000 yuan was finally sold at a premium of more than 20 times!

"That's the beauty of auctions, you never know what's going to happen next......"

Li Yi nodded sympathetically, at this time, he already had no hope for the white jade cup, anyway, the highest price of 30 million was accepted, and when the time came, he would find an opportunity to throw it out, so he could be regarded as participating.

After a two-minute break, the auctioneer stood in front of the auction table again.

The next lot is "Bloodline: Big Family No. 3" by the famous contemporary oil painter Zhang Xiaogang in 1995! Zhang Xiaogang is ......"

"No, it's a change of lot! Unexpectedly, "Bloodline", which was used for the finale in the morning session, was moved to second place, and Sotheby's is ready to give it a go! ”

When Li Yi heard Wang Ruohai's low call, he noticed that the order of the lots seemed to be quite wrong, and he couldn't help touching his forehead, what else could he do?

"Generally, auctions will arrange two or three low-value lots to warm up, and then after everyone's feelings have been mobilized, some heavy treasures will be arranged, but today there was an accident. In this case, follow the original plan. It is likely that the next few ordinary lots will be unsold, so Sotheby's has made a move. ”

Wang Jing saw that Li Yi was confused, so he took the lot catalog and explained it to him.

"Now. Lots 2 and 3 are likely to be adjusted to warm up in the afternoon, but I don't know how many pieces will be adjusted. ”

Li Yi took the catalogue and looked at it, no, this "Bloodline" was originally ranked on the 20th, and it was the last lot of the morning!

"This "Bloodline" was auctioned once in '08. It was also auctioned at Sotheby's, and I remember that the transaction price at that time was more than 47 million Hong Kong dollars, and now the starting price has reached 50 million, which is amazing! ”

Wang Ruohai looked at the big screen and sighed lightly.

Li Yi nodded, this work was more popular than his "Lotus Wind in the Prosperous Age" before the auction, for which he also had an in-depth and detailed understanding of the author of this painting, Zhang Xiaogang, who graduated from the Sichuan Fourth Academy of Fine Arts, a big name who has always held the highest personal record for contemporary art auctions in China.

Zhang Xiaogang's works are usually auctioned at Sotheby's Hong Kong, and the previous "Big Family No. 1" and "Big Family No. 2" have also set the highest prices for Chinese contemporary artworks, and "Life and Love" sold four years ago broke the record for his own works for more than 79 million Hong Kong dollars.

This time, the transaction estimate of "Big Family No. 3" is as high as 60 million to 80 million. In any auction that would have been able to squeeze into a few finale lots, Sotheby's and the owner of the painting should have taken a huge risk by being temporarily moved to second place.

Li Yi didn't know what promises Sotheby's made to the guests who sent the auction, but he knew that the auctioneer would definitely do his best, and now, Wang Ruohai was blessed.

The following facts fully verified the sentence that Baiyun Canggou is impermanent, because as soon as such a huge masterpiece that is enough for the finale starts, it is surprisingly cold!

For this situation, the auctioneer is very experienced. I saw him doing everything he could, telling jokes and joking, finally. Someone held up a sign and quoted a starting price.

Someone made an offer, someone followed, and then, one after another offers jumped out, although it was far less enthusiastic than at the beginning, but the rhythm was very steady. This makes it easier for the auctioneer to control.

The price slowly climbed step by step, and when it reached 64 million, there was a cold market again, and I don't know if it was because it exceeded the predetermined minimum or had other plans, but this time the auctioneer didn't say more, and simply repeated the offer twice, and then raised the mallet in his hand high.

Finally, someone couldn't hold his breath, and when the auctioneer just began to repeat the third bid, the two signs were raised almost at the same time, one was quoted at 65 million, and the other was even more simply, and the price was directly rushed to 70 million!

followed another struggle, and finally this work was auctioned off by the No. 133 guest at a high price of 83 million, once again breaking the previous transaction record of Zhang Xiaogang's work!

At this time, all parties involved finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Sotheby's adventure was successful!

"That's what a big auction company is all about! If we encounter such an accident, can we communicate with the customer and get him to agree to adjust the auction order? Hehe, if it's us, I'm afraid that the warm-up and finale will be about the same! ”

"It's normal, the shopkeeper bullies the customer and the slave, but it shouldn't be so simple behind this matter, I suspect that this work is likely to be a directional shot, otherwise even Sotheby's should not dare to take such a big risk."

Li Yi looked at Wang Ruohai curiously, what is directional shooting?

"Directional shooting is something we talk about playing in private, I'll give you an analogy, you have a crush on a collection, but the collector just doesn't sell it. Later, you did a lot of work, and the collector finally agreed to sell it, but the price was not negotiable. At this time, someone will speak, just put it up for auction, the price is determined by the market, you go to the auction to grab, no one will pit anyone, don't you rest assured? ”

Li Yi was stunned, but what if the buyer was angry and flashed?

"It's not that simple, there are a series of procedures involved in this, the guarantor, the guarantee deposit, etc. have long been in place, so you will see the quotation from 64 million to 70 million, no kitten greasy, such a high price, and it has been out of the cold field, who is stupid?"

Li Yi scratched his scalp, Nima is so complicated to buy something, what should you do with us appraisers? If everything is done like this, what is the point of our valuation?

Wang Jing smiled,

"Xiao Li, isn't your valuation based on the transaction prices of previous auctions?"

Li Yi shook his head, it would be nice if it were so simple, there are too many factors that affect the price, it's okay to say at the auction, just like Wang Ruohai said just now, life and death have their own destiny, and no one blames anyone, but what about pawns?

The pawnshop will be troublesome to receive, you refer to this price to set the price, to be honest, the same thing, if you let it shoot again in two days, it may not be able to rush to this price!

But this is something that can't be helped, and the pawnshop can't touch this level of collection, thinking too much is purely nothing to do, and eating salty radishes is not a concern.

The next auction gradually got on the right track, and a piece of Xu Beihong's coloring paper "Immediately Map" temporarily transferred from the evening session became the finale of the morning, and was finally auctioned off at a price of 9.98 million Hong Kong dollars.

"It's strange, why don't they take "The Lotus Wind in the Prosperous Age", "The Wind from the Water Palace" or Sanyu's "Jurui Yingxin" as the finale? Isn't that just the right thing to do? ”

When leaving, Li Yi suddenly remembered a question, yes, there are at least three paintings of the same level, and there is just a vacant seat, why not insert one?

"Hehe, Cui Ruzhuo's "Lotus Wind in the Prosperous Age" and Daqian Jushi's "The Wind in the Water Palace" have collided with the theme, and they are just arranged to have a dragon fight in the evening, which is a combination that will not be disassembled by any auction company! Moreover, the passion broke out too early in the morning, and in the end, even if it is not the soldier of the three drums, it is also the second drum, and then the museum-level masterpiece of "Jurui Yingxin" is likely to encounter Waterloo! ”

Li Yi nodded, but inadvertently noticed that Wang Ruohai seemed to be a little disapproving, and couldn't help but ask quietly:

"What's wrong?"

Wang Ruohai should be very familiar with Wang Jing, and when he heard Li Yi's question, he didn't have any scruples, and directly said what was in his heart.

"Although the two works of Cui Ruzhuo and Daqian Jushi are lotus flowers, whether it is from the size or the previous hype Cheng dù, these two are not on the same horizontal line, and it is obviously unfair to Zhang Daqian to put them together.

Li Yi smiled, he knew that "Splashing Color Zhuhe" was auctioned by Sotheby's Hong Kong in 02, and it hit a sky-high price of more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars at that time, and it is estimated to be more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars now, right?

Hearing that Wang Ruohai was upset for Zhang Daqian, Wang Jing smiled,

"Ruohai, what about you, you look at the problem from the perspective of fans, and I'm looking at the problem from the perspective of company management. If you don't believe it, let's try it, now Zhang Daqian's "The Wind in the Water Palace" has a maximum transaction estimate of only 7 million, right? But if it takes the ride of "Lotus Wind in the Prosperous Age", not to mention too much, it will be easy to double the price of more auctions! ”

Wang Ruohai scratched his scalp, no way, now Cui Ruzhuo is very popular, coupled with the momentum of this auction is very strong, the 20 lots in the morning are not first-class auctions, not to mention that 16 of them have also broken through their respective highest transaction estimates, the proportion is as high as 80%, what is this concept?

According to this trend, it is absolutely normal for "The Wind to Come in the Water Temple" to sell more than 10 million. It's just that...... Hyping up such two unequal works together, what can it be called if this is not called bullying?

Li Yi saw that the atmosphere was a little inappropriate, so he quickly changed the topic,

"Let's go, there is a Jiuji beef brisket near here, which is known as the best beef noodle in Hong Kong, I have also tasted it, the taste is okay, why don't we try it?" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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