Chapter Eighty-Six: An Auction

At Christie's Autumn Auction in Hong Kong City, the auctioneer is auctioning a masterpiece of the famous painting master, Yanyu Jiangnan, which is also one of Li Chengran's favorite paintings, and she is watching the auction live on her mobile phone with relish.

The bidding on the scene was very fierce, and the last lady won the painting for 250 million.

Then the auction will continue.

The auction has been made into promotional materials a week in advance, and Christet even has an official account to recommend it to interested parties.

Here I have to say that the current big data is really pervasive, Christet will never recommend it to ordinary people, knowing that you don't have that financial resources, only the bank flow has reached a certain level of order can become the object of recommendation, of course, antique dealers and practitioners will generally pay attention.

The next auction item is a Southern Song Dynasty glazed relic treasure building, which has a history of nearly 1,000 years. It is a container for storing relics with Buddhist seven treasures of gold, silver, glass, coral, amber, clams, agate connected together, the glass beads at the top are particularly eye-catching, the whole instrument is 115 centimeters high, drawing on the shape of the pearl relics of the Northern Song Dynasty, divided into Sumeru, Buddha Palace, and Tasha.

The seat of Sumeru, which is octagonal in shape, is divided into three layers, namely the base, the Sea of Meru and the Mount Meru. The Sumeru Sea and Mountains are painted with gold, and eight gold-painted wood carving auspicious clouds rise around the sea, the "Four Heavenly Kings" stand on the clouds, holding various weapons, and the momentum is extraordinary, and the "Four Heavenly Maidens" standing next to them are gentle and beautiful, and Ana is colorful.

In the midst of the rough waves, a pillar of sea surges is held up, and Mount Meru is on top. A nine-headed dragon with silver filament gilt beads coils around the Haiyong Pillar, which is said to be a symbol of the dragon king.

On Mount Meru stand the Buddhist legend of the "Eight Protector Gods", with exaggerated forms and realistic expressions, and there is a feeling that they are about to come out.

The guardian gods are guarded by the main part of the treasure building, the Buddha Palace.

The center of the Buddha palace is the octagonal sutra building of the Bidi Golden Book, the sutra building is hollow, and there are two carved plates printed with the large sui dharani mantra and a light cyan gourd-shaped vial, which enshrines nine relics.

Above the canopy is the tower stop, with eight hollow dragons woven of silver wire as the ridge, making the head swooping shape, representing the eight dragon kings.

There is a large water glass ball on the top of the Tasha, and it is decorated with a silver flame halo around it, which means "the light of the Buddha shines".

This is the penultimate item in today's auction, and many people have already tried it, and some have even come specifically for it.

The starting price is 300 million, and each increase shall not be less than 1 million. This is not surprising, as the rules are already written in the promotional materials, and interested buyers have already seen the auction item up close.

Many people's misunderstanding of the auction is that they don't know what the next auction item is, what is the price, and how to auction it, which also makes the auction more and more mysterious.

However, this auction does not know whether Christet pretended to be mysterious or the seller wanted to keep a low profile, the last two collections only listed the name, estimate and other information, but the collector's information was not revealed, many people also specifically checked the origin of these two items, and there are many speculations that they are treasures that have been lost overseas.

I don't know when, this news has caused quite a stir in the collection circle. Over the past 100 years, there have been countless national treasures that have been lost overseas, and only a handful of them have been able to return, and many patriots regard bringing national treasures home as a kind of responsibility.

And this time, the last two items are such a gimmick from the point of view of publicity.

Xin Yifan was a little disdainful of Christie's approach, and said to Li Chengran: "These foreigners are simply consuming the patriotic feelings of the Chinese people!

What's even more infuriating is that these things were originally robbed by them, and now they are still waiting to be sold.

Then Xin Yifan flipped through the last auction item, and it was actually a child pillow in the Northern Song Dynasty!

Xin Yifan asked Li Chengran to enlarge the picture and take a closer look, it was indeed genuine! How is this possible! It is almost the same as the one in the Forbidden City, which is carved from the style, scratched, printed and laid out, except that the one in the Forbidden City is a boy and this one is a girl.

I saw that the girl depicted on the pillow of the child was dressed in a long gown, with a coat with shoulders and a group pattern printed on the shirt, lying on the couch with her arms crossed, her head resting on her left arm, and her right hand holding a knotted hydrangea with a knot, with an open forehead, bright eyes, and a serene expression.

He wears long trousers and soft boots. The perimeter of the couch is printed with ornaments such as dragons, weeping clouds, and curly branches.

This pillow is made of the baby's back, which is quite ingenious.

Even Li Chengran was a little stunned, and muttered: "Yifan, this child's pillow may have been a pair originally." ”

Xin Yifan nodded, then sighed again, and said: "It's not the troubled times of the year, I don't have the ability to protect them, let them be separated for hundreds of years, I hope someone can reunite them today." ”

At this time, Xin Yifan is a little sad for himself, when you have no ability to protect your property and family, they can only become other people's wealth, and your cry and blood and tears will also be drowned in history, you can't see the past, and you can't think of the future.

In the end, even if you die, it will be just a feast of microorganisms, or dust to dust, and dust to dust.

Li Chengran seemed to sense Xin Yifan's sad emotions, and couldn't help but hold Xin Yifan's hand, looking at Xin Yifan with gentle eyes, there was a strong affection in his eyes, and it was a confession of life and death.

Xin Yifan was almost moved to tears. He took a deep breath and spit it out vigorously, as if to blow away all the inhibitions, and then he smiled slightly at Li Chengran, and also held Li Chengran with his other hand.

I only feel that these hands are so soft that Xin Yifan is reluctant to let go.

The auction continued, and at this time it had entered the **, and the Southern Song Dynasty glazed relics were auctioned at a sky-high price of 560 million! What is even more surprising is that the person who won this treasure was actually the lady who won the auction of the rainy Jiangnan.

At this time, many people at the auction looked at this woman who looked to be in her thirties, well-dressed, with a good face and short hair.

She wears a pair of sunglasses, and she can't see her eyes, but just by seeing her face shape, she knows that this is a beautiful face, plus the lady's lips are slightly thicker, delicately outlining the lip line, the color of the lipstick is bright, making people feel expansive, the nose bridge is straight and small and delicate, and the middle groove is deep, which highlights the sexiness of the lips.

If people who know physiognomy will definitely feel that this woman is a person with a flamboyant personality and strong aggression, who does not admit defeat and loves to compete.

She boldly looked back at the people who looked at her, these people who could enter the venue were either rich or noble, and there were some nobles and celebrities, especially today, and there were such important collections.

Soon, the last finale will be hammered. Starting at 550 million!

In the end, the people who participated in the auction were all real powerful factions, only the top rich were eligible, just imagine who was willing to spend five or six hundred million to buy a ceramic pillow to go home and play with.

Collections may have their own merits, and the people who have won them at these top auctions are the reason why so many people attend.

It's a more alternative social event, where the people who enter the venue first have to prove their wealth, the people who win the auction show their wealth, and then, many people get to know each other.

Different from the general sense of wealth list, which is a book number, many people are on the list because of the change of numbers, and the rich in this kind of top auction do not have numbers, but more resources, of course, the two also overlap, and there is no contradiction.

With the raising of signs and quotations, the children's pillow in Dingyao in the Northern Song Dynasty has reached a high price of 730 million, and the sexy red-lipped lady has been participating in the bidding.

Later, it became two or three people bidding, and finally it became a young man and she was bidding, and when it came to 810 million, the young man hesitated, he looked at the lady, as if he had been thinking for a long time, and finally decided to give up.

The sexy red-lipped lady once again set a record for single product auctions in the past few years with a sky-high price of 810 million, and at the same time refreshed the largest buyer in a single auction, with a total of 1.61 billion yuan.

Someone in the audience listened to the president of Christet Asia announce the record, and the woman raised her hand to signal to the host, she had something to say.

The host walked to the stage knowingly, and a very gentlemanly stretched out his hand to invite the sexy red-lipped lady to the stage.

After the lady came on stage, she took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of bright almond eyes, and the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, giving people a sense of bewitchment, but I have to say that this face is very exciting, and everyone in the audience is a little curious, such a beauty, such a rich man, in China, or even in Asia, I have never seen it, it will not be a rich woman.

"Hello everyone, I am an overseas Chinese, my name is Zeng Yulian, in fact, to participate in this auction, I am also influenced by my father, hoping to bring home the lost national treasures, I hereby announce that I will donate the last two auction items from today's auction to the country. I'm so sorry I liked that painting so much that I was going to give it to a friend, so I didn't plan to donate it. Zeng Yulian's voice is a little sharp, it sounds tactful, and it is a singing voice.

The host is a Chinese, hearing Zeng Yulian announce this, he was very excited and said: "This Ms. Zeng's patriotic heart is really a model for us Chinese, come, I propose, let us thank Ms. Zeng for her righteous act with warm applause!" Then the host said: "Ms. Zeng spent a lot of money to let our national treasure go home, then I will make my own opinion, ask the master of ceremonies to carry these two collections to the rostrum, and also ask Ms. Zeng to be the first person to touch the national treasure after the return!"

The host was very excited, and most of the Chinese in the audience applauded this more beautiful beauty.

At this time, the whole auction enters the real **.

Four male emcees lifted the Southern Song Dynasty glazed relics treasure building on the rostrum, this item is 115 centimeters high, only four people can lift it up, Zeng Yulian looked at this national treasure, smiled, carefully a large number of them, and gently touched the Sumeru seat, the Buddha Palace, and the tower with his hand.

Behind is two female emcees who carried the Northern Song Dynasty Dingyao children's pillow onto the stage. Zeng Yulian looked at it very curiously, and first stroked it with her hand.

"Ms. Zeng, you can feel the weight of the national treasure in your hand!" the host said jokingly.

When Zeng Yulian heard this, she gently picked up this Northern Song Dynasty Dingyao children's pillow, just like holding a baby, and cherished it very much.

At this time, the host walked over to Zeng Yulian while talking, and said loudly: "Come, let us welcome the national treasure home with warm applause again..."

"Bang!" only heard a sound, the host may have been too excited, and when he walked towards Zeng Yulian, he knocked down Zeng Yulian who was looking at the Northern Song Dynasty Dingyao child pillow, and then Zeng Yulian and the Northern Song Dynasty Dingyao child both fell to the ground.

The audience was in an uproar.

The child's pillow was broken in half! The host was stupid on the spot!

Zeng Yulian also seemed to be frightened by this sudden change, she half-knelt on the ground, covered her mouth with one hand, revealing an unbelievable look, and instinctively picked up the fragment of the child's pillow that was broken in half.

Zeng Yulian picked up the crystal object and looked at it carefully, and then the media at the meeting used mobile phones, cameras and video cameras to take a very clear picture of the crystal object - a crystal sculpture with a magical pattern on the outside!