000097 Wild Sweep
Now in the antique world, everyone knows that there has been a bubble in the price of Chinese porcelain, but where did these bubbles come from? It's not been fought over by the Chinese themselves. When you go to the auction house, as long as it is an important cultural relic related to China, especially porcelain, you will see a group of Chinese people below, fighting for where they are, everyone knows that such a fight will only make those foreigners who have the robbed cultural relics take more money, but they just can't restrain their greed to own it.
And after most people buy it, they will put these East XZ in their own warehouse, and will only occasionally take them out to pretend to be face-saving and enjoy everyone's compliments. These treasures have since disappeared from the sight of ordinary people.
If this continues, the next treasure with a price bubble will soon appear, and then all the artifacts will be inflated, which will only make foreigners more profitable.
Xiao Yifei's idea has always been to establish an alliance, first of all, don't kill each other when bidding, and secondly, after the treasure arrives, simply everyone will come together to build a large joint museum, in addition to the maintenance fee and labor costs, the profit will be divided according to the value of the cultural relics invested by individuals, so that ordinary people also have the opportunity to appreciate these treasures, so that the treasures in the hands of collectors can generate profits, and provide funds for everyone to continue to buy other treasures.
However, now Xiao Yifei is absolutely soft-spoken, and he rashly told everyone to do this, and no one listened to him at all. This autumn auction and the subsequent museum are his chance to make a name for himself, and only by showing his financial resources and status can he be qualified to negotiate with those bigwigs in the cultural relics industry, and after reaching an agreement with the bigwigs, more people can join in, so that everyone can spend less money and buy more good things in the future.
Therefore, in this autumn auction, he had to play the role of a-stirring stick.
Finally, the mat competition is over, and after a 10-minute break, the most important porcelain and craft auctions will be held, and the results of Sotheby's Hong Kong Autumn Auction will be seen.
Everyone came in and out, some people who were not strong enough to participate in the autumn auction left the scene, and there were also big sellers who did not like the auction of the pad competition and only entered the venue now.
A middle-aged man in his 40s walked into the venue. Many people next to him hurriedly greeted him.
"Mr. Liu is here."
"Hello Mr. Liu."
He nodded his head one by one.
The auction began soon. The auction claims to have 190 lots, but there's only that much value. For such an important auction as the Qianlong Throne, many people know that they only have to watch the excitement, but witnessing the auction of this treasure on the spot is also a kind of insight, right?
Soon a jade Ruyi that Xiao Yifei was interested in was carried out, but after the auctioneer announced the start, no one answered the price at the scene.
"Mr. Xiao, do you need to make a bid?"
Because Xiao Yifei had this jade Ruyi on the list, but Xiao Yifei did not make a bid, Su Wanru immediately asked him.
"Wait, we'll see how it goes."
Xiao Yifei didn't understand what the situation was, he could see the scene from the video, he didn't know why no one at the scene was bidding, this jade Ruyi was 400,000 to 600,000, and there was not much deviation, but why did this happen?
The auctioneer also wondered if there were so many lots in the future, and he couldn't wait long, so he immediately began to ask if anyone had bid, and if there was no one to answer after three inquiries, the lot would be lost.
"Let's take a look."
Su Wanru immediately quoted a price of 200,000 yuan, and when the auctioneer saw that someone finally responded to the price, he immediately turned his eyes to the audience, and kept talking about the current offer. Seeing that Su Wanru had not raised the price as sharply as before, everyone in the audience began to discuss it in a whisper, speculating whether the person she represented had changed.
Mr. Liu, who had just entered the market, saw that everyone around him was speculating about the bidder, and he could only ask the people next to him if he couldn't figure out the situation. The person next to him immediately told him how the customer represented by Su Wanru did the wind and rain in the last game. In the midst of everyone's discussion, the auctioneer knocked down the auction hammer, and Xiao Yifei bought the Ruyi at a price of 200,000 yuan. This made Xiao Yifei suspicious.
Mr. Liu has seen a lot of such things, and generally the people who raise the price like this and really get few hands are all entrusted by the owner or the auction house. But Sotheby is the world's No. 1 auction house, and he should not do such a thing at such an important autumn auction, if this leaks out, Sotheby will be sued for bankruptcy. As for the owner, although it is possible, Sosby should not allow the owner to do so.
Soon another jade Ruyi came on the field, this Ruyi was all jade, and I didn't want to use enamel as the previous one. Ruyi's estimate is between 100 and 1.5 million, which is also on Xiao Yifei's list, but Xiao Yifei has learned the lesson of the last time, no one quoted on the spot, so he did not bid, so this jade Ruyi ended in a failed auction.
Soon came to a white jade double dragon ear cup and flower rim cup holder, its estimate is 450,000 to 500,000, the starting price is 300,000, everyone is very enthusiastic, Xiao Yifei directly quoted a 750,000.
"It's him, it's still him."
This offer immediately dispelled the suspicions of those buyers who had just suspected that Su Wanru did not represent Xiao Yifei. Mr. Liu was also interested when he heard everyone's discussions. A buyer counteroffered 1 million, and it seems that he was in a match with Xiao Yifei.
Xiao Yifei immediately received a 1.5 million yuan, Xiao Yifei's offers seem to be nonsense, in fact, he asked someone from Nagao to help him draw up a price range for each lot, and his quotations are basically within the value range of these lots.
When the auctioneer was about to knock down the auction hammer, the on-site buyer finally increased the price by 100,000. This price has exceeded the price given by Nagao, Xiao Yifei did not counteroffer, so that the buyer bought this white jade cup and cup holder for 1.6 million Hong Kong dollars.
Mr. Liu smiled at the person next to him and said, "This person is a little interesting." ”
The man smiled wryly and said, "It's not just a little funny, it's that he didn't even clap my hands in the scene just now." ”
Another man mocked him and said:
"That's because you are reluctant to bid, he actually doesn't have much to offer, this person is very principled, beyond a price, he will never bid."
Mr. Liu said with a smile:
"Hopefully he won't take a fancy to that thing too."
The auction soon came to a piece of high-footed bowl that claimed to be Yuan Qinghua, this thing is very controversial, if it is true, everyone knows what the price of Yuan Qinghua is, but this lot is estimated to be only 1 million, and the starting price is only 700,000.
After the auctioneer announced the start, no one responded for a long time, because there was no such thing as a Yuan Qinghua high-foot bowl, there must be, and it was in the JL Museum, but it was a dragon pattern, this was a plum branch, and there was also a Han Zhongli in the Eight Immortals.
Nagao didn't bid for this thing, because they didn't know whether it was true or not, Xiao Yifei asked Jensen directly, and he also said that he didn't know, and used a suspicion.
"Mr. Xiao, do you want to make a price?"
Xiao Yifei thought about it, anyway, it's only $100,000, if it's true, it will be a miserable profit, if it's fake, the loss is not big.
"Make a bid."
As a result, no one raised the price, and Xiao Yifei bought a Yuan blue and white high-foot bowl that may be a fake for 700,000 yuan.
Everyone wasn't sure what was going on with this person, and he bought this obviously unfavorable thing. To say that he has no vision, there are many unsold things in front of him, and he has no bid.
Then there was another group of porcelain, although Xiao Yifei was still a fierce bidder, but ancient Chinese porcelain has always been expensive, and there are foam components, so other buyers bid higher than his, so he didn't get a single one.
Finally came to a group of 3 pieces of porcelain, Qing Kangxi blue and white colorful twelve flower god cup, this thing is a famous product in the official kiln porcelain, Yongzheng, Jiaqing, Guangxu, the Republic of China have imitations. The Twelve Flower God Cup is a set of 12 pieces, one cup and one flower, one side of the abdominal wall is painted, and the other side is inscribed with poems, and the verses are from Tang poems. Each cup is painted with a seasonal flower, referring to a famous woman in history, and inscribed with a corresponding poem, commonly known as the "December Flower God Cup". These three pieces represent May, August and October, and are estimated at 80 to 1 million.
People who play porcelain want to make a set, and the ones that appear now are basically not genuine in the Kangxi Dynasty, and they are basically imitated in the later period, but it is too difficult to make a set, and now only the hn museum has a set. There will be 3 pieces in this auction, which is naturally much more convenient than making up one piece at a time, and even if there are duplicates, they can be exchanged with other collectors. That's why it's very popular.
Xiao Yifei didn't have time to bid, and the price reached 1 million.
"1.5 million."
Xiao Yifei simply gave the highest price in the range, and this price instantly quieted the venue, and everyone calculated separately.
This price is actually not high, because whether it is imitated in that era, the price of a single product is hundreds of thousands to millions, so this price is really not high, but these three are like imitations of folk kilns anyway, so 500,000 is basically at its peak.
In the end, Xiao Yifei successfully won the lot.
Next is a bunch of miscellaneous items, such as the concubine's jacket, court clothes, etc., Xiao Yifei chose to auction some things, and the auction process came to the part of the seal that Xiao Yifei wanted.
The first to appear is the Qianlong Imperial Jewel Red Material Double Seal 'Only Good as a Treasure', this seal was won by Xiao Yifei for 500,000 yuan, and the next "Qianlong Imperial Treasure" Pan Button Gray and White Jade Round Seal was also taken by him, and the remaining three-party imperial seal is the focus of everyone's contention.
The first to appear is the "Qianlong Imperial Treasure" Zhuzhu Tour Dragon Niu Shoushan Stone Seal (estimated at 5 million), Xiao Yifei directly raised the price to 10 million, and other buyers also persevered, and actually increased the price by 1 million, Xiao Yifei directly increased to 12 million, and there were two buyers competing, including Mr. Liu. In the end, Xiao Yifei still used 13.5 million yuan higher than the cashier's high valuation to get this seal.
Losing the competition, Mr. Liu lowered his head and thought, and the person next to him saw that Mr. Liu lost the first competition with Xiao Yifei, and comforted him:
"Mr. Liu, this person's bid is so ruthless, it seems that he is a master who is not bad for money, and he is different from us."
The next appearance is the "Xiyuan Qinzheng Palace Treasure" Jiaolong button and Khotanese jade seal, this seal is estimated at 7 million, and Xiao Yifei directly raised the price to 12 million, and Mr. Liu is still at a price increase of 500,000, so Xiao Yifei deliberately quoted another 13.5 million, Mr. Liu thought for a long time, but still did not increase the price, and let Xiao Yifei succeed.
The last seal, or Qianlong's "Treasure of the Emperor" Jiaolong button and Khotanese green jade seal (estimated value of 8 million), this jade seal is obviously the focus of contention, Xiao Yifei from 8 million to 10 million, and from 10 million to 12 million has never been scared of the competition, and finally he directly reported 14 million, or that Mr. Liu is competing with him, and finally Xiao Yifei used 15.5 million to get this "treasure of the emperor".
The people at the scene were all frightened by Xiao Yifei's crazy action of grabbing the imperial seal, and Mr. Liu was also sure that this person must also be eyeing Qianlong's throne.