"This is a piece of jade sculpture from the hands of the master, Liu Weishan. Everyone knows that in recent years, Mr. Liu Weishan has very few works circulating in the world, especially among the people. Therefore, Mr. Liu's work had reached the point where it was priceless. Mr. Liu's work integrated ancient and modern Chinese and foreign techniques into one, showing extremely high artistic skills and extensive artistic cultivation. It was a model of using ancient and foreign techniques in China, and played a huge role in connecting the past and opening up the future in the history of jade carving in China. In the past thirty years, he has created a new and unique style of carving, and his works have been warmly sought after by collectors both at home and abroad. "The auctioneer introduced.
The auctioneer's words caused a commotion in the audience! Many collectors from both home and abroad came for Liu Weishan's works in this auction. If the auction was genuine, they would not hesitate to throw out money in exchange for their love. But the problem was that everyone knew that Liu Weishan's works were rarely circulated in the market, especially in recent years! But this time, the Huizhong Auction House actually took out six of Liu Weishan's works in one breath. This was unprecedented in the history of auctions!
Moreover, there was actually an inkstone! One had to know that the few pieces of jade that were circulated in the market before had already been sold for a sky-high price. Wouldn't this inkstone be priceless?
But the problem was, who could guarantee the authenticity of these works? However, just as they were worried about this, the auctioneer threw out a huge stone of reassurance, completely dispelling the doubts of these people.
"Of course, everyone does not have to worry about the authenticity of Elder Liu's works in this auction! Because Elder Liu is the chief appraiser of this auction. Every item in this auction has Elder Liu's value evaluation book, and these works of Elder Liu are also taken out by Elder Liu himself for auction. Every jade piece has Elder Liu's handwritten inscription book, making these jade pieces more collectible! "The auctioneer said slowly.
"Wow!" There was a burst of exclamations in the field! Handwritten inscription, what did this mean? This meant that these jade pieces were not only authentic, but also more valuable!
After dispelling these doubts, those who were interested in Elder Liu's works in the field began to be eager to try.
"The starting price of this jade pendant is five hundred thousand dollars." Because it was the first item to be auctioned, the price could not be set too high. Even so, this price still made Yang Ming speechless!
Oh my god, a single piece of jade was worth more than twice the total value of the entire jade? Moreover, this was only the starting price. The real transaction price was definitely not 500,000 USD. It was estimated to be more than double that.
However, Yang Ming still underestimated the influence of Elder Liu's works. The first person to bid directly shouted the price, "One million US dollars."
At first, Yang Ming wanted to exclaim in surprise, but he found that the people in the field seemed to be used to it. No one felt that it was abnormal at all. Instead, they continued to bid.
The price of the jade pendant soared and reached 3.2 million USD! Yang Ming didn't expect these people to be so rich and crazy about collecting.
He then looked at Liu Weishan, who was beside him. He didn't seem to be interested in the final price at all. He was actually dozing off. Chu Huifang saw Yang Ming looking over and said embarrassedly, "Old Liu is old. He suddenly came to the south. He wasn't acclimatized. He didn't sleep well last night."
Yang Ming nodded. He took down the small windbreaker on his body and gently covered Liu Weishan's body. He didn't expect that his very ordinary action would actually make Chu Huifang moved. She looked at Yang Ming and nodded with a smile. She sighed that she didn't accept Yang Ming as a godson for nothing.
"Our dad's work is actually so valuable?" Xiao Qing was a little shocked by the price.
Yang Ming shook his head with a bitter smile. "I didn't expect it. It seems that there are so many rich people now!"
The final price of the jade pendant finally fell to 3.36 million dollars. The auctioneer made the final call. Yang Ming sighed. In such a short time, I have become a multi-millionaire.
The next auction item was a vase from the Ming Dynasty. The final price was actually a few million dollars. There were some oil paintings by famous painters and so on. Although the final price wasn't as high as Old Liu's jade pendant, it was still shocking.
Especially a few pieces of jewelry that were once treasured by the European royal family. They were sold for nearly 100 million dollars!
Of course, because the identity of the auctioneer was confidential, Yang Ming didn't know who bought these things. In short, they were all very rich people.
After that, none of Elder Liu's works were sold for less than three million US dollars, and that inkstone was sold for a high price of 6.8 million US dollars!
This was because out of all the auction items, only that inkstone had been engraved by Elder Liu. This made these tycoons even crazier! Everyone knew that the difference between having this name and not having this name was big! Now it was worth more than six million dollars. A few years later, it might be worth a lot of money!
Yang Ming was a little petrified. I became a multi-millionaire just like that? If it was converted into RMB, it should be more than 100 million, right? The gift that Liu Weishan had given him was really too big!
The auction in the morning ended like this. The auction in the afternoon was a mysterious auction. However, the bosses who really bought what they wanted basically wouldn't participate in the auction in the afternoon because their purpose had been achieved. According to past experience, the auction in the afternoon was mostly for show. For example, auctioning the underwear of a certain small celebrity. These people were big bosses who were worth millions per second. Therefore, some people would leave the auction in the afternoon.
However, there were also some curious people who came to the auction house in the afternoon. These people were all hardcore collectors. Ordinary collections couldn't enter their eyes. Only unique and rare treasures could arouse their interest.
These people were often the chiefs of some tribes, or the members of the royal family, or the descendants of huge businessmen who grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth. In short, they were people who didn't need to work and specialized in collecting for fun. They ran to mysterious auctions all over the world. Although they often didn't gain anything after a few rounds, they could occasionally find some unique treasures.
Many of the people who came to the Huizhong Auction House in the afternoon were like this. They each entered the reserved VIP rooms — because these people did not want to attract the attention of the media, but it was also impossible for the media to sneak into the auction house. Mr. Zhong had made a tight security. Those who could enter had a pass to the auction!
Huang Rongjin was such a person. He was born in a Chinese businessman's family in Singapore. He was the second child. He didn't have the heart to manage the business since he was young. He was interested in collecting. His father and brother let him be. Anyway, the family was rich, and they weren't afraid of him squandering.
Because there was no opponent to fight for the company's power, his brother Huang Rongtian got along very well with him. Huang Rongjin also said to his brother many times that he only wanted a part of the company's shares in the future. He didn't want to be the chairman or general manager. This was what his brother Huang Rongtian wanted to see the most.
His younger brother didn't know how to do business. If he came in and messed around, he would mess up the company. Since he didn't have this intention, Huang Rongtian felt that this was a good thing.
His relationship with his younger brother wouldn't be like other big families, which caused tension between brothers because of power struggles. Therefore, he was also very supportive of his younger brother's hobby of collecting.
Huang Rongjin opened the free album of the auction house and looked at it. He couldn't help but be shocked at first glance! In just one morning, six of Elder Liu's authentic items were auctioned off!
This made Huang Rongjin surprised and regretful at the same time. Why didn't I pay attention to this auction in advance? But generally speaking, Elder Liu's works should be placed in the main event of the mysterious auction house!
After inquiring about the price of the Cheng family, Huang Rongjin was even more distressed. One piece was only more than three million dollars. He should have come in the morning and bought all six pieces!
But it was useless to regret now! Huang Rongjin was also a jade enthusiast. He once saw a jade thumb ring made by Elder Liu at a friend's house. He liked it very much. He promised five million dollars, but the friend still refused to sell it.
This feeling of passing by made Huang Rongjin really helpless. However, Huang Rongjin wasn't a stupid person. In the ordinary auction in the morning, six authentic works of Elder Liu were sold. This proved that in the mysterious auction house in the afternoon, there were more valuable things than this!
Huang Rongjin, who had been to auction houses all over the world, knew this very well. No auction house would be stupid enough to sell their finale items in the morning!
Thinking of this, Huang Rongjin couldn't help but shine! Yes, he had a strong expectation for this mysterious auction that was about to begin!
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