After a dragon fight, it entered the auction of some jade products. Xiao Yifei was not interested in these ordinary products, he felt that the No. 168 who was always competing with him was vigilant, and he hurriedly asked someone who this competitor was.

It turned out that Mr. Liu was Liu Yiqian, who spent 200 million yuan to sweep the spring auction in the first half of this year, and his philosophy was to buy only the most expensive.

Speaking of this Liu Yiqian, he can be said to be the person who is most like the protagonist of a rebirth novel, and he has not missed the best opportunity to make a fortune after the reform and opening up. In the 80s, Mr. Liu began to pour treasury bills, and in 90 years, he started 100 yuan a share of Yuyuan shares, one of the eight shares of the magic capital, and sold it at a price of more than 10,000 yuan a share until 92 years.

He loves collecting, and there are many fine works in his collection, including Song Huizong's "Sketch of Rare Birds" (61.71 million yuan), Chen Yifei's "Pacing" (40.43 million yuan), and Song Ren's "Ruiying Picture" (58.24 million yuan).

Xiao Yifei can already determine from his information and his performance just now that Mr. Liu is definitely in love with the Qianlong throne.

And Mr. Liu, who is an old customer in Sotheby and Christie's, is a high roller, and is a top VIP, he wants to find the opponent's information, Sotheby is still willing to provide it, but Xiao Yifei is the actual second largest shareholder of Sotheby, so Sotheby does not dare to easily disclose specific information, so he can only tell Mr. Liu that the opponent is a Chinese and very rich, but a novice who has just entered the industry.

Mr. Liu inquired about the identity of his opponent, mainly because he was afraid that the person was his old opponent.

In the auction room, Mr. Liu's old opponents are mainly composed of two people, one is Lin Baili, a Taiwanese technology tycoon who loves Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi, and Zhang Zhongxian, a veteran collector. If it were these two, he would not be afraid, because the more money the opponent consumed in other lots, the less money he would have to compete with him for the throne of Qianlong. But the answer he got made him very worried, and there was another raptor in the auction room, and the water would be even more muddy in the future.

Both sides knew the situation of the opponent, Xiao Yifei was more cautious in bidding, his funds were only more than 6 million US dollars, although Sotheby agreed that his auction money could be deducted from the London autumn auction in half a month, but he still had to be a little more restrained.

This was followed by another auction of porcelain, which was priced at a high price as the auction drew to a close.

This group was the first to appear in the Yongzheng period of the "Five Sons Dengke" Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup, the estimated price is 1 million, Xiao Yifei of course continued to raise the price, the highest estimate of 1.5 million chicken bowl cup, Mr. Liu also began to compete, but Xiao Yifei called out the offer of 2 million, he suddenly did not follow, so the thing fell into Xiao Yifei's hands.

Then numbered 1699 Qianlong blue and white entwined branch lotus pattern "Fuqing Yuyu" double elephant ear flat bottle, the estimated price as high as 12 million to 16 million, Xiao Yifei has not yet put the price out of the high value of the estimate, in another telephone entrusted buyer to quote 13 million, Xiao Yifei added 500,000, but Mr. Liu and the telephone buyer actually did not follow up, so the flat bottle smashed into Xiao Yifei's hands.

Xiao Yifei didn't care about the chicken bowl cup just now, but this flat bottle immediately caught his attention, and it seemed that he had been regarded as an opponent.

So Xiao Yifei's offer began to be cautious, and after successfully raising another Qianlong blue and white entwined flower flower cloud dragon pattern amphora flat pot from the high value of 20 million to 31 million from the high value of the appraised price of 20 million, Xiao Yifei retreated, allowing another buyer to compete with Mr. Liu, and finally Mr. Liu got this flat bottle at a price of 3500, compared with Xiao Yifei's flat bottle just now, the central pattern of this flat bottle is a dragon, which is definitely more expensive than Xiao Yifei's flat bottle without a dragon, but it is so expensive. Apparently belonging to the phone buyer to be pitted.

But Xiao Yifei was too tender after all, and accidentally caught the road again.

In the auction of the Ming Chenghua blue and white entwined branch "Yellow Hollyhock" palace bowl numbered 1692, Xiao Yifei had just opened the price to 100 higher than the 32 million at the low valuation point, and 9 million short of the estimated high of 42 million, they actually retreated, so this thing fell into Xiao Yifei's hands again.

These three kinds of porcelain alone, without commission, Xiao Yifei will consume 50 million less funds, and they think that they have successfully consumed the opponent's funds. The auction came to the auction of the most important Qianlong throne.

Qianlong imperial rosewood carving eight treasures cloud bat pattern "water wave cloud dragon" throne, the selection of superior precious red sandalwood carefully carved made, the texture is fine and tight, the luster is deep and simple, the "water wave cloud dragon" pattern is solemn and majestic, the five dragons are lifelike, the craftsmanship is exquisite, and the momentum is extremely majestic. The extremely difficult depiction of the high relief technique shows that this throne is definitely from the hands of skilled craftsmen in the Qing Palace. At 140.5 centimeters long, it is one of the largest rosewood thrones ever sold at auction.

The throne was exhibited in Osaka, Japan, in 1935 and has been in a private collection ever since, for the first time at public auction. The estimate is between 20 million and 30 million, but it is known that it will definitely break through this range soon, so it has attracted the attention of many people, and people are concerned about the new record for Chinese furniture auction prices.

When the auctioneer announced the starting price of 13 million, 4 signs were immediately erected below, and Mr. Liu and the telephone buyer did not act, and Xiao Yifei also decided to wait and see what happened.

"15 million."

"16 million."

"Add 1 million."

Everyone looked at Mr. Liu, who was at the scene, and he didn't say anything.

"19 million."

"20 million."

This is a Xiamen buyer who directly shouted out a new offer:

"30 million."

There was a commotion at the scene immediately, and the price was increased by 10 million in this mouthful, Xiao Yifei and they didn't raise the price so violently at the beginning.

The other two were not deterred by his 10 million price increase.

"35 million."

"40 million."

The scene began to talk a lot, everyone knew that this treasure would definitely be fiercely competitive, but they didn't expect the competition to be so fierce.

When the price climbed to 45 million, Mr. Liu made a move, and he lightly raised the sign:

"50 million."

Everyone knows that the show has finally begun, don't look at the excitement just now, it's all virtual, and now it's the real thing.

Although Mr. Liu entered, Xiao Yifei did not plan to bid yet, and he had to wait until later to suddenly join.

Although Xiao Yifei did not join, and the phone buyer did not enter, the throne did not become Mr. Liu's one-man show, and there were still 2 people competing with Mr. Liu on the scene.

The auction price soon came to 60 million in everyone's competition, and the two retreated in the competition, and at this time, the mysterious phone buyer finally joined in.

"61 million."

Mr. Liu can already confirm that this phone buyer is his old rival, Lin Baili, who likes Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi.

"Mr. Xiao, do you need to make a bid?"

"Not for now, but if there is no competition, you can add a hand to me when the auctioneer confirms the price for the second time."

"Okay."

The price reached more than 60 million, and the two began to be cautious, and the price increase was not as ruthless as before.

The price soon came to 75 million, and now everyone is watching Mr. Liu compete with that Mr. Lin. The current price has long broken the Chinese furniture auction record, and now it depends on how much this Qianlong throne can fix this record.

The quote on the other end of the phone is "75.5 million." ”

Mr. Liu lowered his head and began to ponder, but everyone did not urge him. At this price, everyone else on the scene felt that it had reached the top.

The auctioneer also deliberately slowed down, picked up the teacup and took a sip, just this time, the auctioneer's mouth was basically not idle, especially at the beginning.

It seems to be very short, but in fact, this throne has been auctioned for 10 minutes and has been bid more than 30 times, but in just 10 minutes, the price of this throne has soared from 13 million to 75.5 million, and if you add commissions, the price exceeds 85 million.

"75.5 million for the first time, there is still a friend at the scene to bid, and now the bid for this Qianlong imperial rosewood carving eight treasures cloud bat pattern "Water Wave Cloud Dragon" throne is 75.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and the telephone buyer No. 666 bids 75.5 million. ”

Su Wanru immediately said anxiously on the phone:

"Mr. Xiao, do you need to make a bid, it's 75.5 million now."

Xiao Yifei still didn't answer, and Mr. Liu held up the sign again. The 36th bid appeared, and the auctioneer excitedly said:

"76 million, the on-site buyer No. 168 bid 76 million, and that friend wants to bid."

In fact, everyone knows that now it depends on the phone buyer just now.

Xiao Yifei is also nervously calculating this, 76 million Hong Kong dollars, which is 9.77 million US dollars, if you add commissions, it will exceed 10 million US dollars. Even if it is put in a museum, a $10 ticket per person will take one million visitors to pay back, and if it is considered the cost of land, construction, labor and other costs, maybe two or three million tourists may not be able to return the cost.

"76 million first ......"

The auctioneer started talking nonsense again and stalled for time. The operator lady who represented Mr. Lin over there also began to communicate with Mr. Lin to confirm. Su Wanru also whispered:

"Mr. Xiao, do you want to make a bid? I'm going to have a second confirmation soon. ”

Xiao Yifei has already auctioned 13 lots, and a total of 98.7 million Hong Kong dollars was used, and this throne is now 76 million. But if he wants to give up, Xiao Yifei is reluctant, this throne is different from other porcelain, this is absolutely unique.

"Add 1.5 million, and then it doesn't matter."

The auctioneer had just finished confirming the price for the second time, and saw the lady next to him, who represented the buyer No. 666, shook her head, indicating that the buyer had given up the price increase.

Seeing her shaking his head, Mr. Liu, who was paying attention to her nervously, breathed a sigh of relief, and the audience next to him also sighed, and it was finally over.

Just when the auctioneer was about to say the third price, Su Wanru hurriedly raised her hand:

"Add 1.5 million."

This sound immediately silenced the entire venue.

Mr. Liu sat up straight, this one actually had money, he calculated it himself, that one spent an extra 50 million, plus the throne cost more than 100 million.

The other viewers saw that the buyer of the jade seal had made another move, and they all began to talk in a whisper. And the phone lady who contacted Mr. Lin began to communicate with Mr. Lin again.

Unfortunately, when the auctioneer deliberately delayed, neither Mr. Liu nor Mr. Lin had any intention of bidding, and the auctioneer finally knocked down the auction hammer, so the Qianlong throne was finally sold at a sky-high price of 77.5 million Hong Kong dollars, or 9.97 million US dollars.

This year's Sotheby Hong Kong Autumn Auction has finally come to an end. Xiao Yifei transferred a total of 177 million Hong Kong dollars, plus commissions, a total of 24.6 million US dollars. This money will be deducted from the subsequent London autumn auction of oil paintings, and these things will also be kept in Sotheby for the time being, waiting for Xiao Yifei to go to Hong Kong to pick it up.