Chapter 379: The Royal Family's Exclusive Auction House
"Hahaha, okay, I'll make a note of it." Zhang Yang nodded and said, "One thing to say, the money can indeed not be returned, otherwise the money will be put into the bank card, and you will have to explain the source of the funds to others." β
"But the antique exchange is different."
"I'll give you something more expensive than this sutra when the time comes."
"One piece? This is the emperor's thing, Brother Yang, don't put so much pressure on yourself. Chu Ziqiang persuaded.
There is no doubt that Zhang Yang can find antiques worth 60 million, but the fewer the pieces, the more difficult it is.
"It has to be one, otherwise how can it be called an exchange?" Zhang Yang said with an oath.
"If I give you 6,000 blue and white bowls from the late Qing Dynasty, you won't have a place to put them here!"
"Hahaha, that's right." Chu Zhenmin smiled and took the initiative to help Zhang Yang put things away.
After having dinner at Chu's house, Zhang Yang did not delay for a moment, and directly booked the latest flight back to Linhai.
Thinking of bringing 60 million things back to Linhai, he longed to sew this Buddhist sutra into the lining of his clothes, just like the way everyone went out with cash more than ten years ago.
However, considering that he had to go through the security check, Zhang Yang finally bought a lockbox and put it up.
The journey was smooth, and he landed at 11 o'clock in the evening, and Lao He was already waiting outside the airport.
"The curator will stay in Yanjing for an afternoon this time?"
While talking, Librarian He wanted to help Zhang Yang put his luggage in the trunk.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yang waved his hand and directly got into the back row with his luggage.
"There's a relic I borrowed in it, open it slowly." Zhang Yang instructed.
"Understood, then should I let my colleagues on night duty at the museum prepare to greet them."
Zhang Yang: "......"
"No, no, God knows this, you know and I know."
"Okay." Librarian He nodded excitedly.
He thought to himself that he could finally have a common secret with the curator, and he didn't come in vain tonight.
Back at the museum, Zhang Yang locked the Buddhist scriptures and boxes in the display case in the office, which was 100% safe.
Who would have thought that 60 million things would use a triangular lock.
The next day, he got up early again and walked into the office amid the greetings of "Hello Curator".
He took a few high-definition photos of the Buddhist scriptures and sent them to Zhou Baotan, who was far away in Xiangjiang, asking him to help find buyers.
[Qianlong Yubi Buddhist Sutra, perfect condition, 75 million urgent sale, only Linhai offline trading ......]
After editing the information, Zhang Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Well, now it's time for the wisher to take the bait.
This thing has a fatal attraction for those who like to collect Qing Dynasty royal antiques.
Especially some British, they can spend 200,000 pounds on a dress of a Qing Dynasty concubine, which is Qianlong's imperial pen.
Is it expensive? Conscience price!
And when setting the price, Zhang Yang deliberately left a margin of 15 million to give the other party room to bargain.
When the other party wants to be cheaper, this margin can just be used to show his attitude of being in a hurry to sell.
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In the afternoon, idle is also idle, Zhang Yang started the live broadcast half an hour early.
He is very short of money now, so he not only has to broadcast the live broadcast of this month and complete the task of guaranteeing the sound, but also hurry up to help "The Gate of Huayu" to do publicity and symbolically collect something.
Otherwise, I will be embarrassed to ask for compensation at that time.
"Friends, let's have something efficient today. Those ordinary products, such as jade, copper coins and the like, I will quote the price directly when they come up, and I will not explain much. β
"Only those things that seem to be a little incurable, or appear in our live broadcast room for the first time, let's have a good chat."
[It's long overdue like this, I've always felt that the anchor was in the water for a long time]
[Don't report the price, the anchor next door was blocked because of the price]
[Yes, yes, just say how much the garden is worth]
"It's okay, our live broadcast room is not subject to these restrictions, and the prices quoted are RMB."
"Stop sending barrage, hurry up and connect with me."
Under the urging of Zhang Yang, the first Baoyou who connected to the microphone was late.
He had a large black stone on his lap, the size of a melon.
The exterior is shiny and shiny, with the luster of jade.
"Teacher, guess what it is?"
"Isn't it heavy to put on your lap?" Zhang Yang asked.
"It's not heavy, it's light." Baoyou picked up the black stone with one hand, as easily as picking up a piece of plastic.
"What can it be so light, coal spirit." Zhang Yang quickly came to a conclusion and asked Baoyou, "Did you pick it up yourself, or did you find someone to buy it?" β
"I picked it up, I picked it up in the coal mine over there in Fushun when I was a child."
Baoyou turned over the large piece of coal essence stone in his hand, pointed to the section above and said: "Originally, there was a bulge here, which was divided by my cousin when I was a child, and I heard that it was made into a bracelet and sold to a passing merchant, and it was sold for 50,000 yuan." β
"Only 50,000?
"That passing merchant is a little poor." Zhang Yang said with emotion.
"What do you mean?" Baoyou asked confusedly.
"Anyway, it's all about robbing, how much you can sell doesn't depend on how much money people carry?"
[Hahaha, a treasure of 50 yuan for a coal spirit bracelet]
[This thing has a lot of Fushun over there]
[Baoyou listened to his cousin's braggadocio and really believed it]
[The essence of coal essence is carbon, and there is no explanation when wearing it]
"Oh, teacher, you mean, this thing isn't actually worth much." Baoyou suddenly realized after watching the barrage.
It is estimated that there is no reminder of the barrage, and he can't react today.
"Although it is true that it is worthless to make a bracelet, it does not mean that a large piece like you is worthless."
"Such a big piece, carving a horse, a dragon or something, if the carving is better, it will not be a problem to sell it for 100 yuan a gram."
"A hundred yuan a gram ......" Baoyou put the stone in his hand and weighed it, found that the stone was a little light, and said dejectedly, "Then this big piece is only a few thousand yuan, less than 10,000." β
"Remember that it must be hand-carved by a good carver, and the machine can only sell for 60 yuan a gram." Zhang Yang reminded.
"Well, thank you, teacher. Teacher, leave me an address in a private message, and I'll send you a string of coal spirit bracelets in my car. β
Baoyou is so enthusiastic, how can Zhang Yang be embarrassed to refuse.
Of course, he immediately agreed, and sent the address of the museum.
There is a special security guard at the Hailin Museum to receive express delivery, and all newly arrived express delivery must go through the security check before unpacking, and there is no fear of Baoyou sending local products.
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The next few treasure friends are all here to identify silver dollars, and there is nothing eye-catching.
The barrage is wilted, except for those who grab the lucky bag, no one sends the barrage.
It wasn't until a treasure friend took out a piece of purple porcelain that the audience in the barrage came to life again.
γJun kiln rose purple? Fake at a glance]
[It's coming, it's coming, the same paragraph of the Forbidden City is coming]
[This brother is not a national treasure, help me cut something, okay]
[Searched, the same style of porcelain was just auctioned by Christie's last year for 5.28 million]
The information of the barrage is a bit problematic in Zhang Yang's view.
Because the one that Christie's auctioned, he saw with his own eyes.
Although it is the same as the name of Baoyou, it is [Jun Kiln Rose Purple Glaze Drum Nail Three-legged Narcissus Basin], but the glaze color on it is completely different.
The side of Christie's daffodil basin is full of purple glaze, which is usually burned in the late Yuan Dynasty or early Ming Dynasty.
The edge of the mouth of this pot is the cyan color of the Jun kiln, and it gradually turns purple downward, which is closer to the characteristics of the kiln glaze, which is a typical Northern Song Dynasty style.
"Teacher, this is a Jun kiln with rose purple glaze in the late Yuan Dynasty, can you help me see how much it is worth?"
Late Yuan period? It's incredible.
He asked curiously, "Baoyou, where did you come to this conclusion in the late Yuan Dynasty?" β
When dividing the Jun kiln, the Yuan and the early Ming Dynasty are generally connected together, because the Jun kiln of the Ming Dynasty is basically fired by craftsmen at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the characteristics of the vessel type and fetal quality are all in the same line.
"Expertly identified."
"Oh? Which expert? Zhang Yang immediately sat up straight.
It's been a long time since I've met this kind of treasure friend who brings experts on the field, and Zhang Yang is looking forward to it.
[Expert, danger! γ
[If I am an expert, I must ask the person who is looking for my own appraisal not to come to Master Zhang]
[Attention, the anchor is about to move]
[Half a second of distressed experts]
"It's the panel of experts for the auction of ceramics from the Harpos Auction Company."
"Who are they?" Zhang Yang asked.
"I don't know, it's the result given by the auction company."
Zhang Yang didn't expect to wait for such an answer, and was a little disappointed.
He was about to ask a question, Baoyou was very familiar with it, and he had already begun to introduce it to Zhang Yang and the audience in the live broadcast room:
"The Habos auction company, which is behind the famous Hapos family in Europe, inherited from the wealthy family of the 19th century......"
"The world's three major auction companies, the anchor should know, right?" Baoyou asked.
"The Big Three? Aren't they generally the two major auction companies? Zhang Yang scratched his head and said, "Sotheby, Christie's, and the other one won't be the Harpos you are talking about, right?" β
"That's right." Bao You replied loudly.
He explained: "Harpos Auction Company is not well-known in China because it has been serving the mid-to-high-end European market and is trusted by European royalty and aristocrats, until 2018, when it entered the domestic market and entered the Asian ......"
"Did you make up these commentaries yourself, or did you search for them on the Internet?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.
What is dedicated to the service of European royalty and nobility, listening to it reveals a clear stupidity.
In 2024, there are still people advertising in the name of European royalty and aristocrats?
Advertisements for "Spanish royal olive oil" and "water nobles" have been on CCTV for many years, and normal people have long been immune to "European royalty and aristocrats".
And why did they only enter the domestic market in 2018, when Huaxia joined the WTO in 2001.
Is it because this auction house doesn't want to make money, so it deliberately waits until the auction policy for cultural relics is tightened before entering the Asian market?
It's so hilarious that it's full of loopholes.
Zhang Yang even suspected that Baoyou was a staff member of this company and came to advertise.
However, Baoyou immediately dispelled Zhang Yang's idea.
He told everyone: "These are all written by the official website of the Harpos auction company itself, and the information written on the official website should be accurate. β
"Oh, I see."
Zhang Yang nodded, thinking that this should be another leather bag company that cheated the appraisal fee, so he asked casually: "Baoyou, how much appraisal fee did you pay them?" β
"Of the 500 pieces, I appraised four pieces. However, this one piece of Jun kiln in the Yuan Dynasty is real, and the other three are fake. β
"Did you pay the appraisal fee of 2,000 yuan? You're very strong. β
"In fact, the appraisal fee is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that they accept our ordinary collectors to send the auction, and the handling fee is very low."
"I've found a lot of auction companies in the past few years." Baoyou shared his experience earnestly, "Either Christie's does not accept non-members to send auctions, or some small domestic companies look informal." β
"In the international auction house, only Harpos is like it."
[I'm afraid that if I didn't send it over, it would be gone]
[This Harpos seems to be real, I searched for it on the Internet]
[There is a live video of its auction online]
[Is it true that there is a live video? Can't hire actors? γ
[At least it proves that this is not a pheasant company, and there are foreigners in the video]
γMore foreign actorsγ
There are different opinions in the barrage, Zhang Yang doesn't care so much first, and tells Baoyou:
"Baoyou, according to what I watched in the video at present, you should be a modern, imitation of the Northern Song Dynasty rose purple glazed Jun kiln."
"This kind of narcissus basin is a very classic type in Jun porcelain, you can go to the Forbidden City and other major museums to compare and see for yourself. After the comparison, you will know that it is either Northern Song Dynasty or modern. β
"Of course, at the moment I think it's a modern imitation. Because it does not have the special graininess of the glaze of the Jun kiln in the Song Dynasty, and the change of color also lacks the randomness of the kiln glaze. β
After listening to Zhang Yang's answer, Baoyou did not react too violently, but laughed twice: "Hehe, it's normal for you to have different opinions, teacher." β
"This thing, the auction price that the Harpos auction house gave me for auction is 8 million, if I send it over and can sell it on the basis of 8 million, then can you admit that my thing is real? Are you reading it wrong? β
This kind of bar method, Zhang Yang is the first time to see it.
It's new, but it still doesn't make sense.
"Of course not." Zhang Yang shook his head and said to Baoyou, "The matter of high-priced fakes at the auction is searched on the Internet, and there are a lot of ...... on the Internet."
"Teacher, it's not interesting for you to talk about those special cases."
"Forget it, I won't force you, I'll come back to you when my lot is sold in two months."
"Good, good." Zhang Yang smiled and nodded, "We'll wait for you." β
Originally, Zhang Yang thought that this matter would end like this.
Unexpectedly, another treasure friend soon came, and he said that the things he brought were also going to be sent to the Hapos auction house.
At the same time as the treasure friend just now.
His's is a Qing Kangxi's [Green Plain Three-color Double Phoenix Peony Pattern Phoenix Tail Zun].
The thing is real, the real Kangxi Su Sancai, and the quality is good.
Zhang Yang looks at this thing a little familiar, because Su Sancai's phoenix tail is rare, and it is usually bowls and plates.
After checking on the Internet, there was a similar one that had been photographed.
The shape, ornamentation, and style are very similar to Baoyou's piece, a bit like a pair.
It was auctioned at Christie's three years ago and sold for 700,000 yuan.
The estimated starting price given by the Hapos auction house is 2 million.
Three years, directly tripled?
This is somewhat exaggerated.
"Baoyou, does this starting price have any impact on you?"
"Yes, we pay a 1.25% auction fee, and the higher the starting price, the more money you pay." Baoyou replied, "But as long as the transaction is completed, this handling fee will be calculated on the buyer's head." β
After listening to Zhang Yang, he patted his thigh, and shouted in his heart: How could I not think of such an easy way to make money in my own auction!
(End of chapter)