Chapter 634 Logic is smooth
Lin Wanqiu was a little nervous. This was the most valuable thing in her private collection. She brought it to China with the thought of "reluctant to bear the child but unable to fight the wolf" as a way to build the company's name. The auction was the first to be put up, and I didn’t expect such a reaction.
You must know that she bought this thing from an auction on Hong Kong Island. It cost 50,000 at the time, but it was not Hong Kong dollars, but pounds.
Take a breath to calm down: "This artifact was first collected by Federal Justice of the Peace John Ken III. It was exhibited in "Imperial Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong". It was later purchased by the Zhao Chongyan family and sold in 1986. Sotheby's Hong Kong, No. 62, purchased by our museum. Is there anyone bidding?"
The discussion below became louder, but there was still no bidder.
The joints of Lin Wanqiu's hand holding the handle of the auction mallet were a little white. She didn't expect that when she took out such a beautiful and heavy weapon, she didn't get an enthusiastic response. This was very different from the heated response during the auction on Hong Kong Island.
"Is there anyone who bids?"
If you ask again, the auction will be unsuccessful. No one bids for the first auction, and the auction can basically be considered over.
In the crowd, a young man with a handsome temperament and a military temperament finally raised the sign.
"No. 14, guest No. 14, bid fifty-five thousand yuan!" At this moment, Lin Wanqiu felt that the young man was simply the light sent by God to save her. However, when she saw the young man beside When she was a teenager, she immediately understood who really saved her.
Zhou Zhi was next to Jiang Wu, who was holding a sign, and gave her an encouraging smile.
There was a little commotion at the venue. Just as many people had noticed the phoenix-headed pot, many people had also noticed Zhou Zhi. Mr. Wang always called out to the young man beside him.
There were rumors an hour or two ago that a fake was found at the exhibition. Soon, careful people discovered that the three-color pot with a phoenix head that had been sent to the exhibition by Gan Province had disappeared.
This seems to support the statement that "there will be fakes at auction" from one aspect, making everyone more cautious.
The young man is not important, but the Mr. Wang behind the young man is important.
Coupled with Manager Lin's special calm temperament and his clear introduction to the inheritance of this exhibit, some people finally couldn't help it anymore.
"No. 7, Mr. Li, 60,000 yuan!"
"No. 2, Director Zhang, 65,000 yuan!"
"No. 5, Consul Jeffery , 70,000 yuan!”
“No. 14, Mr. Jiang, 75,000 yuan!”
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This Yongzheng imitation Jun kiln is indeed a rare return product. The large area of rose red, rose purple and pepper red marks the rarity and nobility of the kiln at that time.
Among the collections from Zhou Zhi to the present, among the five famous porcelains from the Song Dynasty, only Jun kiln is not there.
As for Jun kiln wares, especially Jun kiln wares with red decorations, it is really difficult to achieve perfection. Although this Yongzheng imitation does not imitate Song wares in all aspects, it only achieves the effect in shape and color. It's in perfect condition, but it's already very rare.
In the blink of an eye, the bidding became fierce, and the price of the porcelain tripod soared to over 160,000 yuan.
For general things, according to the auction price at foreign auctions, divided by five to ten, it is almost the domestic market price.
But that is also the market price of ordinary goods in cultural relics stores, and it is not a pick-up that Zhou Zhi has purchased for a long time. Now it is an auction, and the items being auctioned are still high-quality porcelain made by the emperors of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty.
Zhou Zhi is not short of money now. His psychological price for this rose tripod is 500,000.
There are still not many people who can spend hundreds of thousands at a time to buy a piece of porcelain and take it home. The bidding soon reached 250,000, and then only two or three people were left.
“No. 2 Director Zhang, 255,000 yuan!”
"Consul Jeffrey, two hundred and sixty thousand yuan!"
"Mr. Jiang, two hundred and sixty-five thousand yuan!"
Director Zhang himself does not understand literature and entertainment, but as a The CEO of a cultural company intuitively told him that the porcelain he was photographing was a good thing.
Besides him, there is also a consultant who was specially hired by Director Zhang to explain and introduce the value of the auction items for him.
“Director Zhang, why don’t we just forget about this.”
"Huh? Why?" "This thing has already passed the price."
"Didn't you say this appeared at Christie's? Fifty thousand pounds, that shouldn't be worth five More than 100,000?”
“That’s the price in Hong Kong, it’s at least 5% higher in the mainland.”
“That’s right... I quite like this thing...”
"That's right. Of course the thing is a good thing, and it may and should appreciate in value in the future. I'm just saying that it's already overpriced now." The consultant's wording was very cautious: "And..."
Two While people were talking and raising signs, the price continued to soar, and every bid started to attract cheers and applause from everyone in the hall.
"Three hundred thousand! Mr. Jiang bids three hundred thousand on the 14th!"
Lin Wanqiu completely relaxed. It could be seen from the relaxation of her body and the relaxed tone of her voice. The right hand that writes the pen keeps raising it in line with the buyer's bid, and then records the bidding process in detail, seemingly casually.
Although this imitation Jun kiln tripod was purchased for more than 50,000 pounds, after taking into account the two major factors of appreciation and inflation over the years, the figure of 300,000 is actually a loss.
However, as the first auction hosted by a private company that could take advantage of the domestic market, Lin Wanqiu's idea was very simple. As long as this item could successfully sell for more than 250,000 yuan, the auction hosted by the National Cultural Relics Store a few months ago In the context of failure, it is already a remarkable success.
The bidding for the first lot has now exceeded 300,000 yuan, which has exceeded the highest price of the auction at the National Cultural Relics Store. There is no doubt that this matter will be mentioned in the news tomorrow.
“What else is there?” asked Director Zhang.
"Also, this child was brought by Mr. Wang. He made a bid. Do we have to give Mr. Wang some face?"
"Is that so? Come on, let's wait. A few pieces..."
...
On the other side, Zhou Zhi took the auction card from Jiang Wu: "Thank you, Brother Wu, I will do the rest."
"Why?"
< br>"This matter may be published in the newspapers tomorrow. People in your system will not be happy if you are mentioned."
"Oh, how are you sure that this matter will be published in the newspapers?"
"Because the current price has already broken the domestic record for the highest price of similar items."
"Is it broken?"
"Yes."
After the two spoke, During this time, Zhou Zhi raised the cards a few more times.
"Three hundred and fifty thousand! Mr. Zhou bid three hundred and fifty thousand on the 14th. Consul Jeffrey, do you still want to bid?"
The blond foreigner shook his head, turned to Zhou Zhi and shrugged, then smiled and raised his hand slightly, indicating that I had given up this item to you.
"The imperial kiln of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty turned into rose purple and imitated the Jun kiln tripod. Three hundred and fifty thousand once, three hundred and fifty thousand the second time... Three hundred and fifty thousand, deal!" Lin Wanqiu knocked the gavel : "Congratulations to Mr. Zhou on the 14th! Also tell me Everyone, this item has just set the highest record for domestic porcelain auctions. Everyone has become a witness to history. Congratulations again to Mr. Zhou on the 14th!"
"Wow..." The hall suddenly rang with enthusiasm! of applause.
At this point, the atmosphere has been completely hyped up, and the subsequent auction items have begun to return to normal, and the prices of the auction items are obviously much higher than the prices in the cultural and entertainment stores.
First of all, these auction items are indeed more exquisite than the items in the antique store. Many things will make you feel that if you miss them, you will regret it in the future.
Secondly, everyone's psychology came back. No matter who the child who won the first auction was, it was Mr. Wang who brought it. This statement has become a private rumor in the auction.
Who is Mr. Wang? Member of the Board of Directors of the National Appraisal Committee, if it is true as everyone has rumored before, will this kid take action?
There is another strange thing. Can a child have hundreds of thousands? Isn't that nonsense? There is only one possibility. The old man is training the younger man and training his psychology.
The logic is smooth here.
(End of this chapter)