Suo Wencheng continued to explain: This Indian Handrao has become an official, and he has no other skills, and his ability to make money can be described as scraping the ground, and he is frantically looting the wealth of the Barodans. Gems and jewels flowed into his treasure trove like a cascade, and not only did the taxes continue, but all the women on the street, rich and poor, were caught in his harem. This was not enough, and he ordered the ministers to hand over to the treasury all the bribes they had received for nearly a decade, from them, including those whom he had no doubt that they would take.

In his treasury is the necklace of the Heart of Baroda, which is said to be made of "Shahkhbar" diamonds, strung into a string of pearls, and given to his most beloved mother, "Shahkhbar" is a diamond the same size as the world-famous "Star of South Africa", but not as famous as the latter.

After the tyrant's death, his son succeeded to the leadership of the state, but this one, unlike his father, devoted all his energy to the construction of Gujarat. He established the first high school in India's history, began free and compulsory education for children, and established the first national library system. In religious matters, he practiced complete liberalism. By the time of his death in 1939, Gujarat had truly entered the 20th century under his leadership, and his subjects were deeply saddened by his passing.

After his death, his son Prata Pusinhe inherited the throne, and this heir was an absolute hedonist, and was very qualified to be the heir to this huge family, for example, in 1948, he spent six weeks in London, during which he spent a full two million pounds, or nearly half a billion dollars at the current price level. Later, after India's independence, he was overthrown, and his family fortune is said to have disappeared overnight, including the necklace of the "Heart of Baroda".

I didn't expect to see this necklace here, so I stepped forward and took out a magnifying glass to look at it, and saw that the diamond and pearl were crystal clear, emitting dazzling light against the backdrop of the light.

After a while, everyone sat back in their original seats, and Wang Chao just stepped forward to take a look. Nothing else, even if you don't buy it, just see it and open your eyes.

"Everyone, it is not an exaggeration to say that this necklace is priceless, the reserve price of this auction is 8 million US dollars, and friends who like it can increase the price"

Although everyone thought that the price would not be low, they didn't expect such a high reserve price to be quoted as soon as they came up, and there was some hesitation below, but then a Westerner held up a sign and said:

"8.5 million"

"9 million"

"This is our national treasure in India. I'm going to buy it back anyway, 10 million."

……

Zuihou was sold for 12 million US dollars, which is converted into almost 90 million yuan, Wang Chao did not expect to start so high today. Not only is I looking forward to the exchange meeting later.

After this Bao Xitai went down, a Westerner came up and said in blunt Chinese, "Everyone, my name is Hansen." It's an American, thank you very much Mr. Bao for the necklace that opened our eyes. What I'm bringing to you today is a painting. Joseph Marie, a famous French neoclassical painter of the early 19th century? Vian's "The Merchant Who Sells Children", please take a look, the characters and expressions in the painting are delicate and clear"

As soon as he said this, he was unceremoniously interrupted by the following person: "Mr. Hansen, if I guessed correctly, this painting should be in the collection of the famous Royal Museum of Fontainebleau in France, the authenticity of this painting in your hand needs to be proved?" ”

"Hehehe, this gentleman is a good question, I was just about to explain, I don't know if any of you here have been to the Royal Museum of Fontainebleau recently? Strictly speaking, it means after the second half of last year"

The birds below were silent, looking at each other.

"Well, I'm sorry, if you had gone in the second half of last year, I don't think you would have been able to see this painting because it was lost"

A sly look flashed in his eyes, "You don't have to doubt that I didn't "take" this painting, and I don't have that ability, but a friend entrusted me to sell it. Well, without further ado, I would like to announce that the reserve price for this famous painting is $40 million, and everyone is welcome to bid."

It's been cold for a while, someone whispered, nothing else, mainly worried about the authenticity of the painting and a series of problems, once it was traced, there was no way to explain the origin of the painting, but it was troublesome, could it be that it could only be secretly hidden in the bed to enjoy? "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with all".

"I'll pay $42 million," shouted a young man in his thirties with a proud expression, looking at this person's appearance, it was also a Western face, but it was not clear which country it was.

"I'll pay $45 million" Wang Chao's host Kong Weber's eyes flickered, and then he shouted out the high price as if he had made up his mind.

No one spoke for a long time, firstly, the price was a little high, and the other reason was that everyone respected the host.

"47 million," the young man continued to shout.

"48 million" Kong Weber also shouted.

"50 million" After the young man shouted this high price, Kong Weber stopped following the price, and Zuihou was pocketed by the young man at this price.

"Congratulations, please go with me to the HSBC safe in Taiwan after the exchange meeting to pick up the real thing," Mr. Hansen said to him with a grin.

"Oh" everyone suddenly realized, it turned out that the one in his hand was not genuine, too, such a famous Shijie painting, especially the one whose origin is debatable, should not be brought with him casually, let alone commissioned.

Immediately after stepping down, a Chinese face came up, who knew that when he came up, he bowed and understood, it turned out to be a Chinese man, who spoke fluent Chinese and said:

"Good evening everyone, I am Fujiki Ichiro from Wa Country, a member of the Fujiki family on Kyushu Island, and I have here a set of tea sets that our Emperor Toyotomi Hideyoshi once used to use, which is a tribute from Mr. Arita Sasaki, a famous porcelain master of our Wa Kingdom. Beautiful shape, it is a rare good product, I hope you can like it, the reserve price is..."He thought for a moment, "2 million US dollars"

Originally, there was no porcelain made in the Wa Kingdom, and most of them were imported from China, followed by Goryeo at that time, which is now the Korean Peninsula, and then the Wa Kingdom gradually imitated and imitated it, and it reached the shogunate period when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was in power. That is, at the end of the Ming Dynasty in China, the rise of the Manchus, the rise of continuous wars in the country, Jingdezhen, as the hometown of ceramics at that time, was actually forced to shut out the furnace, almost a full decade without burning porcelain.

At this juncture, the Chinese porcelain industry took the opportunity to rise, not only to meet its domestic needs, but also exported to the Netherlands and other European countries, becoming a rising star of ceramics.

At that time, there were three porcelain-making families in the Wa Kingdom. The largest is the Arita family, represented by Arita Sasaki, which mainly fired porcelain for the imperial family and shogunate; The second is the Ivan family, represented by Imari, who mainly produce porcelain for major temples and large and medium-sized families; In third place is the Kakimi family, represented by Kakiemon, which mainly produces porcelain for the common people.

At that time, the supply of these three companies accounted for more than 70% of the porcelain production of the Wa Kingdom. The history of firing is quite long, but it is still difficult to compare with the thousands of years of porcelain history in Jingdezhen and Longquan Town in China, but it also occupies a certain place in the history of Shijie porcelain.

If it is a tea set used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is also an antique, which is equivalent to the emperor of the late Ming Dynasty in China, and it should be worth a lot of money in theory. But there's a problem.

The Japanese and our country have always been against each other, especially in the antique world, many things in the Japanese country were forcibly robbed in that war era, so there is an unwritten shallow rule in the industry: once they auction things by the Japanese people, the Chinese people will never get involved, the purpose is to lower their prices, so that they can not use this to speculate on Chinese antiques, which is still the case today.

After this Fujiki Ichiro took the stage, he was very proud and talkative after the introduction, and the following was actually ...... It's cold......

That's right, it's really cold, the one said, except for the Chinese, don't Westerners participate in the auction, this is something I don't know.

Westerners are indeed interested in porcelain, and the record-setting Yuan blue and white Guiguzi descending the mountain was bought by an American collector, but they are not too interested in the porcelain of the Japanese Kingdom, and the porcelain of the Japanese people is not well-known in the collection world, and the quantity is small, and there is no room for value-added at all.

The Japanese man spoke three times in a row, but there was still no answer below, not only was he a little angry, but just as he was about to go away, a man in his fifties who spoke Hokkien stood up and said:

"I will pay 2.2 million US dollars" sounded in Chinese, everyone turned their heads angrily, and then relieved, Wang Chao did not understand and asked Suo Wencheng:

"Uncle Suo, who is this person?"

"He, he is Taiwanese, and he is also a famous collector, Lin Zhenhai, it is said that he was raised by a Chinese people, so he often holds smelly feet for the Chinese people, this time it is still like this, it is really a shame for the Chinese" After saying this, he looked disdainful, and turned his head, as if he did not want to see the other party.

Without the participation of a third party, the two made a deal in desperation, and the Japanese man stepped down in disgrace.

Then this Lin Zhenhai came to the stage, bowed to everyone, and said, "Everyone, I am Lin Zhenhai from Taiwan, I am in the jewelry business, welcome everyone to come to my company when you come to Taiwan, choose your favorite jewelry and jade" After speaking, he changed his words and said, "I brought you a piece of porcelain, please see"

As he spoke, he took out a blue and white porcelain cup from the suitcase he carried, about 6 inches high, about 5 cm in diameter, slightly smaller in diameter, with a round overall shape and elegant glaze

"Everyone, I am a blue and white porcelain cup in the Kangxi period of China, called blue and white landscape pattern thick foot cup, although it is not from the official kiln, but it is still a rare blue and white porcelain, the reserve price is 1 million US dollars, you can come and see if you like it."

"Ah, blue and white porcelain, it turned out to be blue and white porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, go over and take a look"

As he spoke, several people stepped forward one after another and took out a magnifying glass to watch, including the Japanese man Fujiki Ichiro.

"I'll pay $1.2 million" Fujiki took the lead in bidding, perhaps in order to repay the "grace of relieving the siege" just now, he added $200,000 at the beginning.

"I'll give 1.5 million" was the voice of the host Kong Weber.

Suo Wencheng glanced at Wang Chao, and said in a low voice, "I remember that you brought a few pieces of blue and white porcelain, it seems that the market of blue and white porcelain is good today."

Wang Chao smiled and didn't say anything.

At this time, the price and climbed to a high price of 2.1 million US dollars, converted into RMB The price has reached 15 million yuan, which is much higher than the price sold in China, Wang Chao is not only full of expectations for his blue and white porcelain.

Zuihou was taken by Fujiki Ichiro for $2.3 million.

Wang Chao had an idea, lowered his voice and said to Suo Wencheng:

"Uncle Suo, I want to ask you and Mr. Kong Weber to jointly help me make a game and pit this Japanese people, what do you think?"

"You mean... Oh, I see, okay" He said that he glanced at Kong Weibo, the other party came over, and the two of them muttered a few words, Kong Weibo froze for a moment, and then looked at Wang Chao's eyes changed, became eager, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and agreed again and again.

As people came to the stage one after another, they took out their own treasured antiques of great value, and the enthusiasm on the field rose one after another, and the mood was always high.

Looking at it, Wang Chao is left in Zuihou, and Suo Wencheng has just taken out a jade ornament with good water seeds, and it was auctioned for a high price of 15 million US dollars.

He came down and nodded to Wang Chao, and then Wang Chao walked up to the stage with his suitcase in a hurry.

He also first introduced himself:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am from the mainland, I just opened an antique company this year, and my goal in the future is to open a private museum."

As soon as he said this, there was a sudden discussion below, not for anything else, oh, the antique company you only established this year, you want to open a museum, you must know that among these people here, there are no more than three people who have opened private museums, these people are all years of accumulated collections, and even some are the collection heritage left by the ancestors. Do you want to open a museum with only a dozen pieces in your collection? Isn't that the same as telling a joke, that's why I made a mocking sound.

Wang Chao didn't defend either, and continued, "I brought a total of six pieces and two sets of things today, the first is a piece of glass jadeite raw material, which I just solved after gambling on the stone, and it hasn't been more than half a month."

"Ah" Before Wang Chao finished speaking, he saw three people rubbing up below, one was Mr. Kong Weber, one was the Taiwanese Lin Zhenhai, and the other was a European named George. (To be continued......)