"Chalcedony, one of the oldest varieties of jade in human history. As early as 5,000 years ago, it has appeared as an ornament, and it has continued for generations. Among them, Carnelian, as a gemstone with a strong religious color, is widely known. It is acceptable. Its texture is fine, its color is pure, its hardness is relatively high, and its sound is clear and melodious when it is gently tapped. The name comes from the Latin word 'carne' (flesh and blood), which means its dazzling orange-red color. The Chinese call it-carnelian , or blood chalcedony!"
Everyone listened intently.
A piece of chalcedony is no more precious than emeralds, nor more dazzling than diamonds, and the price is relatively cheap. It stands to reason that this kind of thing should not appear in such a high-standard auction site.
Unless, this piece of chalcedony has a great origin, it has surpassed the inherent value of the object itself, and has been endowed with a higher sense of collection value.
really-
"According to legend, the jade seal of Muhammad, king of the Arabian Empire, is a carved carnelian with a silver ring border! And the carnelian in front of me was excavated from the tomb of Muhammad!"
Jiang Fuyue looked towards the auction stage through the special glass in the private room.
"The reserve price is three million U.S. dollars, and each bid is no less than three hundred thousand. Bidding—begin!"
Before waiting for a few rounds of warm-up in the lobby, the red bidding lights flashed in the private room on the second floor, and Lou Mingxin took the lead in raising his placard.
No one in the hall expected that the private room would be sold so quickly, and Lou Mingyue was the one who liked to make "finale surprises" the most.
If she usually likes something, she usually waits on the sidelines first, and waits until the other person's bidding is about to succeed, and then jumps out to increase the price and give everyone a shocking reversal, but today she is in a hurry...
In the private room, Jiang Fuyue asked Liu Sisi: "What do you think?"
Liu Sisi glanced at the thing, and pondered for a moment: "It's good-looking, but this thing seems to have come out of a tomb. Could it be... unlucky?"
Jiang Fuyue nodded: "It's not very auspicious, but..." It doesn't matter.
Robbing something from Lou Mingxin is a kind of joy in itself, no matter what the thing is, whether it is auspicious or unlucky.
"Get your sign ready."
Liu Sisi: "Huh?"
The corner of Jiang Fuyue's mouth twitched.
Seeing some movement in the private room on the second floor, everyone in the hall stopped thinking. Who would dare to grab things from Lou Mingxin
No one has as much money as others, and in the end they can only bring shame on themselves.
Furthermore, things like chalcedony are not of high collection value. Apart from their own historical accumulation and implication, they are not as cost-effective as collecting a set of emerald old pit glass.
It's really tasteless.
Then no one raised their placards to ask for a price.
But these people dare not, does not mean that everyone dare not, for example - the private room with purple lights.
"Four million." The purple light was on, and a clear female voice called out the price.
It was Liu Sisi.
Lou Mingxin continued: "Five million."
"Six million... pounds." Liu Sisi called out casually when it was her turn.
To the outside world, the voice was so lazy and lazy, as if the last thing to give was not money, but a napkin that was readily available.
Everyone sighed.
Lou Mingxin: "Seven million." Not in a hurry, not in a hurry.
For a time, it was difficult to guess the outcome, and it was difficult to distinguish between superior and inferior.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Liu Sisi: "Ten million." The unit was omitted, and the transition from the established US dollar to the British pound immediately showed a trend of multiple growth.
"Eleven million." Lou Ming's voice sank slightly.
Both private rooms are gone, but there is only one thing.
Jiang Fuyue winked at Liu Sisi, she was determined to get this thing, it didn't matter how much money she had, the most important thing she needed right now was money!
"Twenty million!" Liu Sisi said directly.
Apparently, this side has no patience to deal with Lou Mingxin anymore, and planned to make a quick decision, jumping directly from 11 million to 20 million.
Everyone sighed endlessly, just for a broken chalcedony
What is a rich man? See, this is it!
A thing with a base price of three million dollars was called twenty million pounds in an instant, more than ten times the price.
Lou Mingxin's face was extremely ugly, and the male secretary stood aside and didn't dare to breathe too much.
Until the outside is ready to hammer—
"Twenty million pounds once... twenty million pounds twice..."
Lou Ming gritted his teeth, the secretary could clearly see the confusion in her eyes.
But in the end, Lou Ming said in his heart, "... that's all."
There is nothing else to photograph besides this one.
"Twenty million pounds three times! Deal!"
Bang—
The final word.
"Congratulations to Yufeng Group for winning the silver-ringed and incised carnelian jade seal!"
The applause was thunderous and prolonged.
Lou Ming gritted his teeth, a look of unwillingness flashed across his eyes, and ordered the male secretary: "Go and find out who this Yufeng Group is here..."
It was as if he was specifically against her!
…
Purple light room.
The waiter carried the tray, bowed his head, and walked in.
The tray happened to be the carnelian jade seal that was on the stage just now.
"This is what you got from the auction just now, please accept it."
Ignoring the white gloves handed over by the waiter, Jiang Fuyue directly reached out to grab the exquisitely carved piece of carnelian into her palm, played with it for a while, then handed it to Liu Sisi casually, "Take a look too, it really doesn't seem very fun."
The waiter's eyelids twitched, seeing that the priceless carnelian was being played with like a toy by a man, and then casually threw it to his woman
This is simply not taking money as money!
An outsider looked at him with horror, what if he fell
That's twenty million pounds! my father!
No matter how unreliable Jiang Fuyue is, the waiter can only complain silently in his heart, and now he has to smile and ask humbly, "Have you passed the inspection?"
"good."
"Would you like to pay by card or by check?"
There was no need for Jiang Fuyue to speak, Liu Sisi had already handed in a 20 million check that had been prepared long ago. In the drawer column, the "Jiang" signature fluttered smoothly, which was really pretty.
"Okay." The waiter bowed and stepped back.
The first auction item was sold at a sky-high price of 20 million pounds, and everyone watched a "battle" between private rooms and private rooms for free.
It doesn't matter whether today's auction can be fruitful or not, it's more interesting to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, isn't it
Jiang Fuyue sat on the leather sofa in the private room, her condescending posture was enough to have a panoramic view of any disturbance in the hall, but the people downstairs could not see what was going on in the private room.
Inequality that is taken for granted exists with confidence and is accepted and observed by all.
"Shall we continue filming?" Liu Sisi asked.
"It depends."
At this time, the hall has already delivered the second lot.
Perhaps it was because of the sky-high price of chalcedony, the host's pleasant voice couldn't hide the tremors of excitement: "Next, please invite the second auction item..."
As soon as the words fell, the beautiful master of ceremonies in cheongsam presented the tray.
"As we all know, porcelain is a national treasure of China, and blue-and-white porcelain is the best among them. But blue-and-white porcelain is also divided into three, six, and nine grades, among which Yuan blue-and-white porcelain is the best. The piece on the stage has been certified by 72 international appraisers. The Yuan blue and white Guiguzi down the mountain picture jar."
It turned out to be Yuan Qinghua!
Most of the people here are Chinese people, and when they heard that it was such a baby, they gasped instantly.
As expected of an auction at the Ketikin level, two lots were sold in a row, both of which were top-notch, and any one of them could stand alone.
"...The main decoration on the jar is 'Guiguzi going down the mountain', which describes the story of Sun Bin's master Guiguzi, at the repeated request of Su Dai, the envoy of Qi State, who agreed to go down the mountain to rescue Sun Bin and Dugu Chen, the famous generals of Qi State who were trapped by Yan State. On July 12, 2005, at the auction of "Huaxia Ceramics, Fine Arts and Crafts for Export" held by Christie's in London, it was sold for 14 million pounds, 15.688 million pounds after commission, equivalent to about 230 million yuan, setting a record for Huaxia at that time. The highest auction record for a work of art in the world."
"Nowadays, it is a rare opportunity to reappear an excellent product! The base price is 20 million pounds, and each price increase must not be less than 500,000!"
"Next, the bidding begins—"
"Twenty-one million." At the leftmost position in the third row of the hall, someone was the first to raise a sign.
This reserve price has already made most people quit, so the bidding progress is not fast, it can even be said to be slow and cautious.
Until more than 30 million were called.
"One time for thirty-two million, two times for thirty-two million, three thousand two hundred..."
"Forty million." The voice came from Lou Ming's heart room.
Wow—
"Again!"
"It's a pity that I missed the chalcedony, Mr. Lou is trying to win the round?"
"It seems inevitable..."
"Do you think Yufeng Group will continue to bid this time?"