As the old man finished speaking, two women came over carefully holding a painting.
This is item number 7866547, an oil painting. According to the above introduction, this oil painting did not take too long to be painted, probably about a hundred years, but the person who painted this oil painting is still very famous. .
Henri Matisse, a famous French painter, the founder and main representative of Fauvism oil painting.
He was also a sculptor, printmaker, and a master who lived to modern times. He did not die until 1954, so the value of his oil paintings was not very high at first, but in recent years they have become very popular. fire.
Someone once said that he and Picasso are the two greatest painters of the 20th century and can be compared with Picasso. This shows the value of his paintings. It is also a good choice to use his paintings as an opening.
Jiang Hai couldn't help but his eyebrows twitching when he saw this oil painting that he had no idea what the hell it was.
But the guests at other tables showed great concern, and many people started studying it at that time.
"The base price of this painting is 800,000 U.S. dollars. Each bid must not be less than 50,000 U.S. dollars. Please bid." At this time, the old man on the stage had already finished introducing the situation of the painting and began to speak. When he stood up, as his words fell, someone in the distance had already raised a sign, 800,000, and someone had already bid, but the price was suppressed by others before it stayed for a second.
80, 85, 90, 95, 100... Although no one directly bids a high price, every time a sign is raised it represents fifty thousand dollars.
Unknowingly, in about a minute, the price of this painting was raised to 1.6 million US dollars. At this time, the bidding voice slowed down, and the main competitors became the four or five companies. look like.
"These companies are all very powerful, and they will also be the main potential buyers of your armor in a while." While Jiang Hai was watching the excitement, the person in charge of Phillips walked up to Jiang Hai with a smile. At this table, sat next to Jiang Hai.
"Oh? What should I say?" Jiang Hai was bored here, and he didn't mind letting the person in charge explain it to him.
After all, it was his first time to participate in such an auction, so it was inevitable that he would feel uncertain.
"The main potential buyers for your armor this time are four waves of people. The first wave is the Arab at table 103." Pointing to the table in front of Jiang Hai, the person in charge said in a low voice.
"Dufamen?" Jiang Hai still remembered this person's situation and couldn't help asking in a low voice.
"Oh? Do you know him?" Upon hearing that Jiang Hai actually knew his name, the person in charge couldn't help but look at him in surprise.
"It doesn't count as acquaintance. I met him once when I bought a yacht. We just introduced each other's names." He shook his head. According to Jiang Hai's standards, it was obvious that he had met twice, but it was not considered a meeting. know.
"Oh, let me introduce to you. This Dufamen Vihar Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is not an ordinary person. His father was originally the third prince of Dubai of the previous generation. , is a brother of the current king, but he did not inherit the throne later, but was allocated a large number of oil fields. This is his only legal heir. The current Minister of Defense of Dubai is his uncle, and the Minister of Tourism is his uncle. He Mainly managing food issues, he is a real rich man." Listening to the introduction of the person in charge, Jiang Hai couldn't help but be a little surprised. He couldn't believe that this young man who looked young was really a rich man.
"There are three other forces. One is the Spaniards. This armor of yours belongs to Philip III of Spain. Fortunately, you don't know where you got this armor from. If you got it from some sunken ships, I guess they jumped a long time ago." The Spanish have never had a very good reputation internationally, especially when it comes to shipwrecks. Although Spain is located in the EU, the living standards of its people are actually not as good as those in the country. There is not much difference between them, the good thing is the benefits and so on.
In other aspects, whether it is income, medical care, public facilities, etc., they are not much different from first-tier cities in China.
Of course, compared with some second- and third-tier companies, and even rural areas, they still have a big advantage. After all, the country is not that big.
"There is another group of people, those are the businessmen from the Soviet Union, the real giants. In this world, apart from the Chinese, they are the only ones who can compete with the tycoons in the Middle East." After introducing the Spaniard, the man in charge The person pointed to the other side, where a table of white people with slicked back hair and big noses sat.
Jiang Hai's home is in Bingcheng. There are many big Soviet girls in Bingcheng, and of course there are some men. Jiang Hai is no stranger to Soviet Russians.
"The last wave of people who can afford to buy it are the British over there. The British have enmity with the Spaniards. Everyone knows this, so they will not let the Spaniards take back this armor easily. "Finally, the person in charge introduced a table of people in the farthest corner. The people on that table were British.
Looking at these four waves of people, Jiang Hai shrugged. He was not interested in these people. As long as they could make him more money, who these people were and what they did had nothing to do with him.
When the person in charge introduced these merchants, the first oil painting was successfully auctioned.
In the end, the transaction price of this oil painting was US$3.7 million, which is not particularly high, but it is definitely not low either.
The people who bought this oil painting were the group of Soviet Russians that the person in charge just pointed out. The Far East giants were not just playing around.
After the first work was auctioned, the second work attracted Jiang Hai's complaints. If the first Fauvist painting could at least be seen as to what it was, then the second one The painting is an inexplicable thing.
It's like there is a child holding paint and pouring it on the cloth...
However, this painting was even more popular than the first painting, and the final transaction price was US$4.1 million.
Well, this world is too crazy. Jiang Hai really can’t understand. Is this the legendary art
At least when these people buy a painting, they have to know what is painted on it. What is this painting? Ghost
After the complaint was over, Jiang Hai was too lazy to pay attention anymore. The auction was still there.
The third item was a set of medieval furniture. It was of some use. The final price was 3.2 million. It’s hard to understand that this set of mahogany furniture was not as valuable as the ghost painting. It made people speechless. .
The fourth item is a clay pot, and the fifth item is a weapon. It is said that Napoleon once held it, but Napoleon held many weapons. This thing is not very valuable at all, but in the end it became the highest value at present. The price was a full 9.6 million U.S. dollars, and it was bought by the bosses of Soviet Russia. If we say what is the most worthy achievement of the bosses of Soviet Russia
Those are two. One is the record of single-handedly blocking the German blitzkrieg during World War II.
Germany was forced to open up southern territories and invade Africa, because the Soviet Union really couldn't defeat it.
Another achievement is that when Napoleon swept across Europe, you must know that Napoleon almost unified all of Europe, but finally fell on the head of Soviet Russia, so Napoleon's collection is still very valuable in Soviet Russia.
The auction continued, and soon they arrived at Jiang Hai's first collection, which was the pair of blue and white porcelain vases. In the end, the porcelain vase sold for 1.65 million US dollars. The auction house still made some money. After all, it was sold at the Miami auction. They only need to pay 35% of the national tax, that is, $577,500 is taxable, and other than that is what they earn.
Of course, for a big auction house like theirs, there are naturally exemptions. I guess paying half a million would be enough.
In addition to the one million given to Jiang Hai, they also made hundreds of thousands, which was considered a small profit.
After the pair of blue and white porcelain vases, Jiang Hai was already a little distracted, because he was not too interested in the things behind them.
Maybe there are indeed many differences between Eastern and Western cultures. At least Jiang Hai doesn't think these things are worth paying too much attention to.
Jiang Hai only took a cursory glance at the fifteen things he took next, but there was nothing he liked.
More than an hour later, we came to the last collection, which was the finale of the evening, Jiang Hai's golden armor of Philip III. As the auctioneer's words fell, there were also two strong men, carrying A huge box came over.
As the box opened, the armor inside also appeared in front of everyone.
The auctioneer didn't need to say anything else. As soon as the armor appeared, almost everyone let out a sigh of admiration.
Looking at the armor in front of him, the auctioneer slowly walked over: "I don't need to say more. I think everyone is basically here for this pair of armor. Philip III, although in European history, His reputation is not particularly good, but after all, he is a man who once ruled the entire Atlantic Ocean. We don’t need to say more about the collection value of his armor. I think everyone here knows that this armor will be auctioned. 100 million US dollars, but the price increases by 1 million US dollars each time..."
"One hundred and thirty million!" However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the voice below. Looking at everyone's eyes, he found that the person bidding was none other than a person at the table in Spain. , it can be seen that they are very anxious.
"One hundred and fifty million." But unfortunately, not everyone will give them face. At least according to what the person in charge said, the other three companies that are capable of competing tonight will not let this collection go easily, so The British side made the first bid.
"Two hundred million." But before everyone could recover, the Soviet giant over there raised his hand.
"Wow!" Although it felt that it was far from the price that Jiang Hai and the others had expected, everyone was still a little surprised that the competition was so fierce from the beginning, and the corners of Jiang Hai's mouth opened unconsciously, "Come on, scream!" The higher it is, the happier he is!