Chapter 326: Shouting the wrong price
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10,000 pounds is 100,000 yuan, and the reason why it scares many people is not that this offer is too high, but that this offer is already fifty times higher than the starting price! This is a very rare thing in the auction process.
At first, when the man in the back row shouted out £220, many people thought that the man was Southby's To. But what happened next turned out to be completely unexpected.
Almost everyone didn't expect that a simple broken crystal pot would set off such a bid! And this is only the first piece of the collection, and many people have a hunch that today's auction will be very hot.
Ye Jianjun was a little impatient, although he didn't have so many high-end collections as Yu Fei, but he was also a figure in the Kyoto collecting world, how could such a crystal pot that was not too good be placed in his eyes? But nearly six or seven minutes have passed since the start of the auction, and the auction is not over yet!
After the price of 10,000 pounds was shouted, there was a lot of silence in the venue. Although the crystal pot is very beautiful, many people are still reluctant to buy it for more than 10,000 pounds.
"Twenty thousand pounds!" Just when William thought that the bidding was about to end and wanted to drop the auction hammer, another voice directly raised the price to 20,000.
This price immediately attracted a burst of discussion, and this bid was directly doubled! And it's already 100 times higher than the starting price!
Yu Fei was also a little puzzled, he had a chaotic qi and could judge that the age of this pot was more than a thousand years. But how did these bidders find out about the anomaly? It seems that there are still people outside of this collecting world. There is a sky outside the sky!
Actually, Yu Fei thought a little too much. In auctions, sometimes it is not the value of the lot that determines the price of the bid. It's the atmosphere of the scene. Because it is the human sensibility and not the reason that decide whether to buy or not! If there are many people bidding on the spot, it is very likely that the price will be speculated, or even to a height that is simply unreasonable. And sometimes, two buyers are not used to each other and want to press each other, which will also cause bidding between each other.
One might say, how is this possible? Many of the people present were wealthy businessmen with rich experience. How could he do such a vindictive thing like a child's house? But you must know that the more such people are, the more they value their face. The more likely it is to pinch up. If it were replaced by someone like Yu Fei, at most he would laugh it off, so that he would not spend money there in order to fight for a breath.
"Brother Ye, could these two people be Sosby's trust?" Yu Fei asked Ye Jianjun in a low voice. Ye Jianjun once gave Yu Fei a brief talk about the hungry operation inside the auction. Among them, we talk about the existence of overtrust. That's why Yu Fei suspects that they are Sosby's trust at all.
"Impossible." Ye Jianjun shook his head and said, "There must be Sosby's Tuo in this auction house. But it was definitely not these two people, and Sosby didn't dare to do things so blatantly. ”
"But when is this auction going to be?!" Ye Jianjun's tone revealed a hint of dissatisfaction. However, his cultivation is much higher than that of the people who shouted and urged before, although he was impatient, but he didn't make a sound.
"Why don't I pat and play too?" Yu Fei said jokingly.
"Such a broken crystal pot can also enter the teacher's eyes?" Ye Jianjun joked with a smile.
"No matter how small a fly is, it's meat! Besides, isn't it just 20,000 pounds, and it's just over 200,000 yuan when converted into RMB, and I'll give it - 220,000! ”
After the last offer, Yu Fei raised his voice very high. At the same time, he raised the No. 118 bidding auction in his hand. It immediately attracted the attention of almost everyone present.
In one of the corners of the back row, a young woman with a light veil muttered, "It's him?!" "I didn't expect to see him again here. Life is truly wonderful!
With a bang, the scene suddenly became noisy. If the previous price of 10,000 or 20,000 pounds was already very high, then Yu Fei's price of 220,000 was already outrageous! This price is directly eleven times higher than the previous bid, and it is 1,100 times more than the auction price!
"You kid! How many times have I told you, it's in pounds! If you want to pay 220,000 yuan, just shout 22,000 pounds! Because of Yu Fei's words just now, Ye Jianjun thought that Yu Fei had called out the price of RMB by mistake!
This is exactly what Yu Fei wants to achieve. Yu Fei just wanted to misunderstand Ye Jianjun, so as to save Ye Jianjun's suspicion after the results were revealed.
Yu Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Ye, aren't I talking fast? But fortunately, 220,000 pounds is 200,000 yuan, and I can still afford it. ”
Ye Jianjun knew that what Yu Fei said was the truth, not to mention anything else, just the position of the chairman of Lengyan Jewelry, it was easy to come up with 2.2 million yuan.
"You, you! How many times have I told you to see more and make fewer moves, and I have told you that this is a pound denomination, but you are good enough to make a mistake in the first bid. Ye Jianjun said: "Now I can only hope that someone is more stupid than you and shouts a higher price to save you, otherwise you will have to pay for the two million." But it doesn't matter, you're not short of that money. ”
And William on the stage fell into a huge excitement!
"Two hundred and twenty thousand pounds, my God, I heard you right, did I? Someone made an offer of £220,000, which seems to be really inevitable? William babbled.
Yu Fei frowned secretly, and said in his heart, you should hurry up and announce the auction results, he is really worried that at this time, someone will come up with a higher price to "rescue" himself like Ye Jianjun said! In that case, you won't find a reason to increase the price.
This is also the reason why Yu Fei directly raised the price to 220,000! In fact, he can raise the price to 100,000 or even 80,000 yuan, although it can also deter other bidders, but it is not safe, maybe there are a few people who don't care about money there and their own bidding, and they will even shout the price to a higher level than 220,000 pounds, which is more likely to attract the suspicion of many people, including Ye Jianjun. It's better to be on the safe side, and directly raise the price to 220,000 pounds.
In Yu Fei's opinion, the price of this thousand-year-old crystal pot is about 10 million yuan, and if someone pays more than 10 million yuan, then he will really give it to him.
The price of 220,000 pounds seems to have calmed everyone present, and it is estimated that many people are now scolding Yu Feier in their hearts.
Some people who met Yu Fei just now affirmed their judgment even more, this Yu Fei's background is really not simple, he is a gentleman.
"Two hundred and twenty thousand pounds, is there a higher price?!" William raised his voice and shouted.
I'll go! Yu Fei really wants to go on stage and kick William hard, he has come out to 220,000 pounds, you kid is not satisfied, you are still inciting there!
Fortunately, William seemed to hear Yu Fei's heart, and said loudly: "Two hundred and twenty thousand for the first time!" 220,000 Second ...... Deal! Congratulations to this young gentleman! ”
Ye Jianjun said with a smile: "Ha Luha, it seems that it was smashed in your hands, and there is no big head to give you a top cylinder." He knew that Yu Fei's net worth was profound, but he wouldn't care.
Yu Fei didn't speak, but shrugged his shoulders, I don't know what kind of expression Ye Jianjun would have when he knew the true value of this crystal pot!
Actually, don't be Ye Jianjun. When he learned the true price of this crystal pot, even Yu Fei himself was shocked, because its value was far more than the 10 million yuan that Yu Fei expected, or even more than 10 million pounds! But it is more than 20 million pounds, that is, it has reached a price of more than 200 million yuan!
Later, British Islamic culture expert Khalis once wrote: "The value of this kettle is immeasurable. Prior to this, a museum or museum of Islamic art in the United States had never owned a single piece of it, so it was invaluable. ”
According to further research by experts, this crystal pot is not an antique exported by China at all, but was produced during the Fatimid Dynasty (909-1171 AD) in Egypt in the 11th century, and is a forgery of the precious Islamic "Holy Grail". At present, there are only 6 such kettles left in the world, so they are very precious!
And such a "holy grail" was mistaken for a 19th-century wine jug, and it appeared in the auction of Sotheby's Chinese artworks, and it also appeared as the first lot in the order, which cannot but be said to be a slap in the face to Sosby! Sotheby is also facing a huge claim from the buyer! Because the starting price of two hundred pounds was also given by Southby. Of course, that's all for later.
Seeing that Yu Fei is so young, the staff is still a little worried, because many people do not pay after taking the lot, and he is worried that Yu Fei will also be such a person.
As if seeing the staff's worries, Yu Fei wrote a check for 250,000 pounds (including Southby's commission and tips) on the spot, which was delivered on the spot. This also gave the Sotheby staff a long sigh of relief!
Of course, Yu Fei is also relieved! Although he successfully photographed this crystal pot, he was really afraid that the seller would regret it, so it was safest to hold it in his hand.
Ye Jianjun shook his head with a smile and said, "You kid is really generous, you give a few thousand pounds just for a tip!" (To be continued......)