Chapter 222: Surprise Attack
Hearing the sudden offer of 4 million for off-site telephone bidding, Li Mobai's heart tightened, whether this is the real buyer or Sosby's promoter, there is really no way to judge.
After thinking about it quickly, Li Mobai decided to wait and see, 4 million pounds, which is also 50 million yuan, it is too early to bid at this time, the bandit army has not yet shown its head, and the firepower cannot be fully opened.
Hearing the offer of 4 million, the auctioneer shouted vigorously, whether it is a Chinese auctioneer or a European or American auctioneer, in principle, they all have the same virtue, as much as possible to fool the sellers to compete with each other, Li Mobai was unmoved.
After the auctioneer shouted, he found that everyone in the audience was unmoved, but he also knew in his heart that everyone was waiting, so he inadvertently gave a hint to Sosby's nursery to continue to follow up.
"4.1 million!" Sure enough, the one who was priced at 3.2 million just now continued to increase the price.
Li Mobai laughed secretly when he heard this, these auctioneers are too unproductive, and they don't know how to hide it, it's really embarrassing. Li Mobai completely forgot what Bogu Pavilion was doing, he knew it himself, but the buyers didn't necessarily know it, and besides, it was still an off-site bidding, and he couldn't see the situation at the scene at all.
After thinking for a while, Li Mobai felt a little bored, it was better to end the good time with them here, go back to grind soy milk, he had been fasting for several months, and he had to make up for it.
"6.1 million!" Thinking of this, he raised the No. 47 number plate and said loudly, the buyer who originally intended to bid was suddenly shocked when he heard Li Mobai's offer, this kid made another move, it seems that he is determined to win, and this 6.1 million offer is clearly ready to go shopping.
When the auctioneer heard the offer of 6.1 million pounds, he found Li Mobai at a glance, but he couldn't be happy in his heart, just a few lots were all intercepted by this kid's sudden killing, this time the price should not also stay at 6.1 million, although the price has reached the standard, but it should still be able to go up again, thinking of this, and continue to advocate the artistic value of this painting and Sanyu's life.
However, when it reached 6.1 million, the intended customers no longer responded to the price, and the off-site telephone bidding with a bid of 4 million also stopped, obviously analyzing Li Mobai's bidding strategy.
The auctioneer did not signal the nursery to continue to follow up at this time, at this time the follow-up is obviously not something that the auctioneer can decide, according to Li Mobai's bidding just now, it is obvious that he already knows that there is a nursery just now and then raise the price.
A few big noses in the VIP room next to him heard the offer of 6.1 million, and they were also shocked.
"Let's try to make a bid, Chang's paintings are more marketable in the East." Said with a big nose.
"Li just now only offered a bid for all the auctions he was interested in, and finally won 5 oil paintings and 3 sculptures, if he still only bids once this time, and then no one else bids, this painting will have to wait at least half a year for it to be sold again." Another big nose prompted, but didn't say anything.
"Forget it, we won't make a move, now let the collectors compete on their own." The big nose, who had not spoken all this time, said suddenly.
After some laborious advocacy outside, the auctioneer had no bids or instructions, so he had to start a few seconds in desperation. In the auctioneer's slow voice for a few seconds, Li Mobai had the best to get his wish and won Sanyu's "Five Nudes" at a price of 6.1 million.
"Big villain, you are so rich, one of these five naked women is worth 1.2 million!" Jiang Xuhan knew that the price of this painting was far lower than Li Mobai's budget, and joked in a low voice, "You can keep a lot of them for you to see every day." ”
"So you agreed, you know me too well!" Li Mobai also whispered to Li Mobai casually, but he didn't care about the next lot.
After whispering a few words, Li Mobai paid attention again, and also dived out of the house a few times, but obviously the price was not powerful enough, and he did not succeed in winning it, and by this time someone had noticed that Li Mobai only offered a bid once, and if he couldn't win it, he would give up resolutely. Li Mobai didn't care about other people's opinions, but was waiting for the appearance of Dali's "The Temptation of **", and deliberately made it for everyone
It became an illusion, and then there would be another surprise attack.
Jiang Suhan saw that Li Mobai had returned with many defeats, but he had been defeated again and again, so he said in a low voice, "Why aren't you majestic, a little embarrassed!" ”
"It's not time to be majestic yet, you wait and see, you know." Li Mobai said with a smile, the two spoke quite ambiguously, but the two voices were very low, and they were in Chinese, and others did not understand the mysteries.
After a period of competition, most of the collections are already in full swing, and now auctioneers have begun to promote Dalí's paintings.
Dalí is a master of surrealism, not many people can understand his paintings, many people say that Dalí is crazy, and some people say that Dalí's later works are ghostwritten, in fact, this also reflects a problem from the side, that is, many of Dalí's works are shoddy and not exquisite, which is also a fact.
The starting price quoted by the auctioneer is not high, only 1 million pounds, and the price is increased by 50,000 pounds each time, Li Mobai did not wait this time, and directly shouted the price to 4 million.
The price of 4 million is a place, and there is an uproar, which is too ruthless, directly from the starting price quadrupled, Dalí's sculptures have always been higher than the price of paintings, Dalí's works have not exceeded the price of 10 million pounds, of course, if the "Eternity of Memory" hidden in the Museum of Modern Art in New York can be auctioned, the price must be far more than 10 million pounds, but the painting has no possibility to enter the auction market.
As for the price of Dalí's other works, it is either difficult to distinguish the authenticity, or it is shoddy, and few excellent early works appear, and this "The Temptation of **" is one of Dalí's early masterpieces, if Li Mobai can really win it at a price of 4 million, it will be regarded as a leak.
Of course, the foreign devils in the West understand this truth, but under the pressure of the price of 4 million, no one has bid for the time being, after all, for most buyers for investment purposes, the commercial value of Dalí's works is not high, and the appreciation of the works of painters such as Bacon is not faster.
But this is not to show that they are willing to Li Mobai to take away Dali's works at a price of 4 million, "4.05 million!" "When the real buyers didn't make a move, an old devil was impatient to take the lead in breaking the peace.
Li Mobai sneered in his heart, one day, your treasures will be in my pocket, even if you hide them in the museum, I will find a way to get them out. I am bound to get this painting, and 4 million is just a test of your bottom line.
Several people in the VIP room were also paying attention to the work being auctioned, and saw that Li Mobai was shouting all night, but basically each work was only bid once at a large price, and as long as someone exceeded it, they would no longer bid, and they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, how could there be such a clumsy bidding.
"Didn't Lee know that he should hide his hole cards first? It's hard for him to win like this! A somewhat balding middle-aged man said.
"No matter how much, as long as the lot is sold, Li didn't miss it today." Another said.
"I suggest that Li should be assigned a professional person to be responsible, definitely a potential customer, you find no, he is very rational, even if Chinese porcelain appears, he is not as impulsive as other Chinese."
"Agreed, almost £10 million was spent in one night, and is definitely a potential customer."
In the VIP room, several senior executives of Sotheby UK sat together and discussed, and finally decided to observe for a while, and Chinese buyers sometimes abandoned the bid.
In the middle of a few big nose talks, Dalí's paintings have risen to almost 5 million, but the increase is very slow, only at a low of 55,000.
"Big bad, are you waiting for your time!" Jiang Suhan watched Li Mobai sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and couldn't help but ask quietly.
"Look, foreigners' things, there's no need to care too much, I don't care too much." Having said that, but this work Li Mobai is still ready to take it down, after all, if you want to play on a bigger stage, then collecting the works of celebrities can be regarded as an entry-level performance, and the next step Li Mobai plans to go to Taobao all over the world, in the circle of Europe and the United States, it is necessary to quickly establish popularity, and the European and American markets, Li Mobai has a foundation.
Seeing that the price was finally fixed at 4.95 million, Li Mobai made a move, this time he did not continue to jump high, but added 50,000 provocatively, raised the No. 47 plate and shouted, "5 million." ”
The collector who could have won it with a bid of 4.95 million suddenly heard that Li Mobai had increased to 5.05 million, and his heart was suddenly extremely depressed.
Seeing that Li Mobai, who had been only shouting a price in the audience, suddenly entered again, everyone suddenly wondered, why did he suddenly turn around and kill in, what does the offer of 5.05 million mean? I didn't understand it for a while.
The auctioneer was originally going to count down, but when he heard Li Mobai's price increase, he couldn't help but get excited, and said in his heart that it was okay now, and another competitor came, so he hurriedly quoted Li Mobai's price.
"5.1 million!" The person who shouted 4.9 million just now was unwilling to give up and decided to continue to increase the price.
"5.2 million!" Li Mobai didn't wait for the auctioneer to speak, and added 100,000 again.
Seeing that Li Mobai changed from before, but started a-for-tat confrontation, everyone couldn't help but be ready to see the excitement with a good show, but they found that the audience was asking for a price with each other, Li Mobai seemed to be determined to win, if he rashly went to compete with him, this kid was definitely likely to retreat halfway, so as to make himself suffer a dumb loss.
Seeing that no one responded to the bid, the auctioneer had to start for a few seconds, and finally in the excitement of the auctioneer, Li Mobai successfully won Dali's "The Temptation of **" at a price of 5.2 million.
After confirming that the painting had been taken, Li Mobai took Jiang Xuhan's hand, left the auction site, and went to the management office of the auction house to make a registration confirmation before leaving, without going through the formalities.
Back in the room, the two of them went into the bathtub by themselves, and after a fight in the bathtub, they fought from the bathtub to the bed, and finally until both of them flew on the ground, Ming Jin was counted as a soldier.
The next day, as soon as he got up, Li Mobai received a call from Xiaobai, "Bai Shao, we have found a channel for trading cultural relics on the black market, are you interested?" ”
(To be continued)