The exhibition hall is very simple. Not everything is on display. There is a brochure on the side, where you can see what is on sale.
And those on display are basically only the most precious ones.
"Good guy, why are there so few Chinese cultural relics?"
Lin Fan looked around and found that there were not many Chinese cultural relics on display, but the main target of this visit, the "Five Oxen Pictures", was among them.
After just one glance, I knew it was real. Many foreigners took one look at the large door and left, but what they didn't know was that it was a work of the Tang Dynasty!
And it’s colored on jute paper!
It’s extremely difficult to preserve it, not to mention the incredible painting skills!
The artistic component is secondary, and the main archaeological component is!
The Five Cows Picture is the earliest and oldest existing paper painting!
There is no author’s seal or name on the painting, but there are seals from various collectors on the back!
There is Zhao Mengfu, as I said before, a super boss!
Kong Kebiao, Xiang Yuanbian, Hongli, Jin Nong and other fourteen collectors!
Each one is a famous existence.
Historically, this painting has been recorded starting from "Qinghe Painting and Calligraphy Boat" to "Coral Net", "Yu's Calligraphy and Painting Inscriptions and Postscripts", "Liuyanzhai Notes", "Daguanlu", "Shiqu Baoji Continuation", etc. The existence of the painting makes it an absolute masterpiece.
When Han Huang created this painting, he actually used cows to represent people, which contains strong personal emotions. These five cows are actually five brothers in his family, including himself.
The shapes are different and can be said to be very perfect.
For most people, they don’t actually like to see Chinese paintings of animals and humans because they are not “real” enough. To put it bluntly, they are not realistic enough. Compared with Western paintings, they are indeed unsatisfactory, but when it comes to landscapes And so on, that Chinese painting crushes everything.
This picture of five cows is rare in Chinese paintings. It can be regarded as a realistic painting style. Although it is not as realistic as a sketch or something like that, this style of painting is really a miracle in the country!
After the visit, Lin Fan frowned!
"What's wrong?"
Lou Xiao'e asked worriedly, and everyone else also looked at Lin Fan worriedly!
I'm afraid that some bad news will come out of Lin Fan's mouth!
"We may not have enough money. In the past two hours, I saw at least more than 20 agents!"
"broker?"
Lou Xiao'e and everyone else looked confused, obviously they didn't understand!
"To put it bluntly, they are agents. They may not be in Xiangjiang, but in other countries, but they conduct remote auctions over the phone. Such people... are often very wealthy!"
What's even more frightening is that because this kind of person is not here, no one will give him face, and he is the most difficult opponent in the auction.
Generally speaking, everyone at an auction knows each other, so they give each other face. If you buy this, I won't bid.
But no matter who is on the other side of the phone, because you don’t know who he is, you can shout without restraint. Of course, the people at the auction house will know, otherwise who would you have to ask to get the money?
Therefore, this kind of person is particularly difficult to offend. Many people who go to the site to buy treasures hate this kind of person the most.
In fact, to a large extent, this kind of person is actually the trustee of the auction house.
After all, a phone call is a waste of phone charges, but it can increase the price of the item.
"Then what should I do? How much money have you brought? I can only come up with more than one million!"
Lou Xiao'e directly gave Lin Fan her bottom line.
Lin Fan shook his head. He had no choice but to take one step at a time. Time was running out, only ten days, and Lin Fan was not sure.
Now he can only choose as many as possible instead of spending all his money on one thing.
We can only look at the auction situation. My 700,000 yuan plus Lou Xiao'e's more than 1 million yuan will be 2 million Hong Kong dollars. I think I can buy a lot.
The time for the auction came slowly. Lin Fan also had a lot of fun in Xiangjiang and bought a lot of things. He would bring them back when the time comes, including food, clothing and clothing. In fact, Lin Fan also took a fancy to a car, but
The import of this thing requires the consent of the state, and we are now asking the state.
One of the reasons for buying a car is that it is convenient for traveling, and the other is that the car can haul goods!
Of course, the main thing is to facilitate travel!
Lin Fan didn't get a front-row seat, and only Lin Fan could enter the home court. Lou Xiao'e had to wait outside because all the money was on Lin Fan.
Secondly, this event has been publicized for a long time, so many people came.
Lin Fan frowned. You must know that high-end auctions are held in a venue that looks like a wine bureau. Behind it is a huge screen, or simply a giant painting, and then there is an auctioneer standing in front of it, conducting the auction.
However, there were obviously a lot of people today. Only the front row was a sofa, and the back row, like Lin Fan's, were simple stools!
"Too many people!"
This is not good news. The fewer people there are, the smaller the competition will be.
This time, the exhibition lasted too long and the publicity was very intense. Lin Fan looked around and saw that 90% of the people were foreigners.
A bunch of arty guys.
Lin Fan was wearing a well-fitting suit. Although he was in his thirties, his figure was not out of shape at all.
Wearing a slim-fitting suit makes Lin Fan look more elegant.
Coupled with a temperament that comes from the bottom of his heart, Lin Fan looks more aristocratic to the foreigners around him.
Such people are like fireflies everywhere, shining brightly.
"Who is that number 193?"
His temperament was so good that people from the auction house had to start investigating Lin Fan's identity. It would be too bad if someone like him sat close to No. 200 and was considered an insult!
"I checked and found that he is a Chinese, but I couldn't find any more details!"
"How much is the security deposit?"
"1000000!"
"Move him to the third row!"
"yes!"
Lin Fan, who was sitting in the sixth row, suddenly looked at a younger brother coming next to him!
"SIR, welcome to our auction house. I'm very sorry to put you in this position. Please come with me. We have arranged a brand new seat for you!"
"Oh? But I think it's pretty good here!"
The attendant broke into a cold sweat. This sentence could be understood to mean that Lin Fan was already angry!
"Sir, I'm really sorry!"
Lin Fan glanced at him, and then stood up. He was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and his neat suit showed off his perfect figure. People around him suddenly whispered, and they were all curious about who Lin Fan was.
Chinese people in the 1980s would only feel rustic when seen.
This is normal, after all, I have never seen the world!
However, Lin Fan is really different. All of the people here together don't have many antiques!
After using any door nine times, do you really think Lin Fan just ran away to play?
"Let's go!"
"Thank you so much!"
The attendant burst into tears of gratitude, bent his belt and led Lin Fan to the third row, and brought him champagne!
These days, the 1986 Lafite has not yet been produced!
Lin Fan took a sip, nodded, and said: "Change to the 1976 champagne, the 1979 champagne is too weak!"
"yes!"
The waiter was actually testing. Champagne, like wine, depends on the year. Many people think that champagne from decades ago is good. I don’t know where this crazy idea came from!
In fact, this kind of fruit wine depends on the raw materials.
Champagne and red wine are both wines, and such wine depends on the grapes of that year. This is why good wineries are all in one dimension, because of the climate!
With annual climate changes, the taste of the fruit produced in that year will also change!
The champagne of 1979 was a bit cold due to the weather that year. Lin Fan didn't like it. He liked the champagne with a higher sugar content.
Just right in 1976!
The famous 1986 Lafite is not actually the king. In fact, the wines produced by wineries around the world in 1986 are top-notch!
It's just that the brand of Lafite is relatively big, and it is deliberately hyped, so everyone knows this Lafite!
Next year, 1982, will be a bumper year. By then, various grades of champagne and wine will be on the shelves like crazy. Lin Fan plans to collect a lot of them, build a wine cellar of his own, and store them for a while. The taste will be amazing!
Lin Fan's move made the auction house even more nervous. They quickly changed Lin Fan's wine. When people around him saw this scene, they felt even more incredible!
In the final analysis, the auction house is a very powerful place, and there are only two kinds of people who can make the auction house be so humble!
The first type is a goods provider. Just like Lin Fan, he has countless treasures in his hands. Every auction house is thinking about it. When Lin Fan opens his own museum, people from the auction house will probably squat at Lin Fan's house every day.
door.
The second type, rich people!
It's very simple. Auction houses eat both sides. If you bring your things to us for auction, we will charge you a handling fee, and when you buy something, you also pay a handling fee.
This is much more expensive than making three and breaking two, basically 10%!
However, the price will also go up a lot.
Moreover, the auction house must have a guarantee that this thing must be genuine. If it is fake, the reputation of the auction house will be ruined!
Seeing the auction house's attitude towards Lin Fan, people around him began to whisper, who is this person?
Don't think it's an exaggeration. People in the auction house are not fools. First of all, Lin Fan's temperament is one of the reasons. Such temperament cannot be cultivated casually. In fact, Lin Fan's temperament comes from the self-confidence of the times. To put it bluntly,
, Lin Fan is a person of the 21st century. From the 1960s to the 1980s, he had a natural "sense of superiority".
This is where this confidence comes from.
I was looking at Lin Fan's clothes and joked about custom-made suits. Lin Fan took advantage of this accurately. Who buys real suits? They are all custom-made, and Lin Fan's suit is custom-made.
That’s a big deal!
Don't say it, dare not say it!
It was just such a suit. If someone from above didn't take Lin Fan there, they wouldn't make it for Lin Fan at all.
Such suits all have their own unique markings, usually on the collar or cuffs.
It makes people think of something else, but the problem is, in fact, this thing is just for fun.
Lin Fan used all of this reasonably and accurately, giving people a routine of "I have a background and a good background".
What's the use of this?
Simple and face-saving!
Whether they are Chinese or foreigners, they all want to save face. The second thing is to give face to each other. Lin Fan’s identity is unknown, but it seems that no one dares to offend such a person easily. No one knows Lin Fan’s background.
What is.
This is not the era of information explosion, and a lot of information is not so easy to find.
Therefore, in this situation, everyone will be wary of Lin Fan, and as a result, they will not dare to provoke Lin Fan easily.
This will be of great benefit to Lin Fan's subsequent auction.
"Supervisor, I went outside and took a look. There was a cane among the things in storage!"
Today's Xiangjiang is a colony of John Bull. Lin Fan can take out a cane in a big way, even telling others that he is a noble!
Family crest, handkerchief, nobility, gentleman, plus extraordinary bearing!
From all aspects, these are provoking the nerves of people here!
"Material?"
"Rosewood, tortoiseshell handle!"
"At least three hundred years of history!"
"hiss!"
Three hundred years!
This is definitely a nobility!
Suddenly, everyone looked at Lin Fan with something wrong!
"Be careful!"
"yes!"
Soon, Lin Fan was served not only wine, but also fruit plates and snacks. Because Lin Fan's position was relatively close to the side, a waiter stood beside him. The people around Lin Fan were stunned.
Stunned.
Even the people in the front row turned back to look at Lin Fan.
Who is this person!
So much attention, yet so low-key?
Lin Fan waved his hand, and the attendant holding the wine bottle bowed and stepped back. Just as Lin Fan picked up the wine glass, someone in the front row suddenly raised his wine glass to Lin Fan. Lin Fan didn't even get up, but he smiled softly and raised his glass.
glass, and then took a sip.
"you know?"
The friend next to the person toasting in the front row asked quickly, but the person shook his head: "I don't know him, but he has an extraordinary bearing. Let's get to know him later!"
Lin Fan also felt that it was almost done, so he calmed down and looked at the stage.
The auction has finally begun!
Lin Fan squinted his eyes and was surprised to find that what came up was a white glove!
This is not simple. White gloves in the auction house means that the boss has at least a 100% success rate in a large-scale auction. That is to say, in a large-scale auction, everything is auctioned.
None of them were missed.
There are very few such auction venues, because most of the auctions are not high-quality products, and high-quality products are rare. Sometimes there may be only a few items, and a few items are not considered a large auction.
Generally speaking, the duration should be more than 4 hours, and the number of items to be auctioned should be more than 35 to 50!
It can be regarded as a large-scale auction, and it is really not easy to achieve 100% of the transaction volume. After all, so many auction houses around the world are collecting various auction items that can be auctioned but not failed.
Just less.
The bottom line is that it is difficult to put together high-quality products.
In such a big place, a white glove comes up. It seems that the auction house is bound to win this auction. After all, white glove also cherishes its reputation.
There were too many unsuccessful sales in this auction, which was a huge blow to both the auction house and the auctioneer!
"Welcome everyone!"
here we go!
Lin Fan adjusted his sitting posture slightly and had to admit that the sofa was indeed better than the chair!
Still very comfortable!
The auction has officially begun!
In ordinary auction houses, the opening item is definitely a treasure. As expected, in order to arouse everyone's enthusiasm, this item is an oil painting!
"Amedeo Modigliani, 1917, Woman Lying on Her Left Side!"
This thing wouldn't even pass the inspection in China today!
A woman with nothing on her body was lying there. Lin Fan had seen this painting before, it was in the exhibition, but in fact, Lin Fan was really curious about what there was to appreciate about this thing.
artistry?
No!
This woman is so ugly!
If you want to talk about Mona Lisa, it’s still beautiful!
But the woman in the painting looks almost like a tank!
appearance?
Not good either, he has a long face and a pointed chin.
Lin Fan couldn't find any sense of beauty anyway!
After glancing at his mouth, Lin Fan changed his posture to watch a play. This was telling everyone that Lin Fan had no thoughts about this painting.
However, everyone's enthusiasm made Lin Fan raise his eyebrows!
"interesting!"
The prices keep rising, and the base price starting from 50,000 has soared to 200,000!
Lin Fan was not very familiar with foreign things. After all, most of what he had made before was domestic, so Lin Fan didn't know what the advantages of this thing were.
But seeing the enthusiasm of these people, Lin Fan was also a little moved.
However, Lin Fan still held back. The money should still be left for his country.
Lin Fan is not interested in many things. Diamonds and the like are just rubbish in Lin Fan's eyes. If you want an imperial green jadeite, Lin Fan will be happy to see you. But Lin Fan who comes in the future, that is
It is clear that diamonds can already be manufactured artificially, and they do not even need to be manufactured artificially. There are so many diamonds in nature that they are exploding.
What is the use of such a thing?
Even if you say that Eight Hearts and Eight Arrows is a cutting-edge cutting technique, Lin Fan admitted that selling the technique is not so expensive!
A piece of so-called pink diamond cost more than 600,000 yuan and bought two houses!
Lin Fan can't afford this thing!
I don’t want to play either!
Even if you buy junk jade, it is still better than diamonds.
Finally, Lin Fan, who was resting, took action again!
A pastel jar from Kangxi!
The style is very beautiful!
Among the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, in fact, what Lin Fan liked the most was Kangxi's aesthetics!
This gap is huge. Qianlong’s aesthetics need no further explanation!
Yongzheng's aesthetics tended to be literary aesthetics, Qianlong's was aristocratic aesthetics, and Kangxi's could be said to be inclusive of everything!
Just look at the porcelain from the Kangxi era and you will know that the Qianlong ones are mostly flashy, the Yongzheng ones are relatively plain, and the Kangxi ones have everything, but I always feel that the Kangxi ones complement each other.
It can be said that the only contribution the Qing Dynasty made to Chinese civilization was the porcelain of the three Qing dynasties. Apart from that, it was really useless.
"Ten thousand!"
Lin Fan directly held up the sign. The pastel price was only 2,000 Hong Kong dollars. It was really cheap. The salary of an ordinary Hong Kong employee these days was 300 to 2,000 yuan. Basically, 2,000 yuan was still low. After 1985, the salary would be
The prices started to skyrocket, and you could earn 2,000 yuan a month serving dishes. A small house of 50 to 60 square meters would cost around 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.
Therefore, 2,000 yuan is quite high!
but……
Lin Fan can just come up and get 10,000!
Many people were looking at Lin Fan. Lin Fan couldn't take his eyes away from the big jar. There was a lot of discussion in the whole venue. There were a lot of good things just now, but Lin Fan was too lazy to get rid of them. This pastel jar might become the first
An unsold item!
Of course, many people are actually waiting to pick it up, so it’s impossible for it to be so cheap!
"Fifteen thousand!"
Sure enough, as soon as Lin Fan finished speaking, someone followed him from the other side!
"Thirty thousand!"
Lin Fan directly doubled the amount!
Fifteen thousand for a pastel?
It’s still from the official kiln!
I can’t make it easy for you!
As soon as the price of 30,000 came out, there was immediately silence.
"congratulations!"
The auctioneer didn't even bother to count down. After looking around, the hammer fell directly!
Lin Fan smiled and nodded, and the auctioneer moved on to the next item.
Now is the "garbage time" in the auction industry, because there are many things that are "baubles" that no one is interested in. This is also the most testing time for auctioneers. They have to boast things to the sky and make everyone feel
, this is good stuff!
However, Lin Fan seemed to be the one who was taken advantage of.
5000 yuan!
Ten thousand yuan, twenty thousand yuan!
The auction house kept selling pieces of "junk" one after another, and Lin Fan kept taking pictures of them.
The Qing Dynasty had just passed, so no one thought that anything from the Qing Dynasty was valuable.
Even if they do, they just think this thing is good, but it is not worth spending so much money to buy it. In their eyes, Chinese things are used as decorations, not as works of art!
In this era, what was hung in homes in Xiangjiang were oil paintings, not traditional Chinese paintings. Of course, if you put a few vases and arrange flowers, they would still bloom. After all, they are quite beautiful.
Lin Fan kept taking action, tens of thousands and tens of thousands, and kept spending it.
And this time, the good stuff comes!
Come up with a tripod!
Broken looking bronze!
But Lin Fan cheered up instantly and became serious all of a sudden!
Shang Dynasty Taotie pattern with inscription column tripod!
Something from the Shang Dynasty!
It doesn't matter!
Taotie pattern!
It doesn't matter!
tripod!
It doesn't matter!
Bringing inscriptions is the key!
As long as it has inscriptions, it is for sacrificial purposes, and such things play a vital role in the study of the Shang Dynasty.
"The starting price is 20,000, and each bid must not be less than..."
"Thirty thousand!"
Lin Fan immediately held up the sign. Before the auctioneer finished speaking, Lin Fan directly held up the sign. This was the first time that Lin Fan was so "urgent". There were many people looking around, and then he looked at
That bronze!
Seriously, this auction house is interesting. There is a lot of patina on this bronze that has not been cleaned!
It’s better if you don’t clean it up!
Patina is the key, it must be cleaned carefully!
More importantly, it makes this thing look even more shabby!
"forty thousand!"
When someone raised the price, Lin Fan raised his hand without hesitation: "Fifty thousand!"
That speed is too fast!
It was so fast that everyone around him understood that Lin Fan was "definitely determined to win." Suddenly, those who wanted to increase the price had to start thinking.
"Sixty thousand!"
At this time, a foreigner directly increased the price, and Lin Fan increased the price without hesitation!
"Seventy thousand!"
Everyone understands this speed!
Lin Fan really wanted this. More importantly, Lin Fan's expression became serious. Different from his leisurely attitude just now, Lin Fan now had a serious face.
"Eighty thousand!
"100,000!"
Wow!
Everyone around was exclaiming, isn’t this just a bronze vessel?
Although it looks good, foreigners really don’t understand bronze wares. They don’t have such large bronze wares over there. Most of the ancient bronze wares are made of spliced pieces!
Yes, it is not directly formed in one go, but spliced, but the key is, you can't find any welding joints, because the lost wax method is used.
Lin Fan is determined to get this thing!
After looking around, many people gave up. The foreigner pondered for a moment and said to Lin Fan: "PASS!"
"Thanks!"
Lin Fan suddenly became calm, held the wine glass and took a sip.
One hundred thousand, bronze tripod, won!
Heaving a sigh of relief, Lin Fan changed back to his lazy posture!
And soon, Western works appeared again. The Chinese cultural relics just now were actually used as garbage time to "delay time." Now it is time to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.
As a result, many Western works were brought out, and as expected, the main ones were jewelry!
Lin Fan did not interfere with the large amount of jewelry, which made many women breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that they were just here for the jewelry.
Lin Fan, on his side, will also target some Western things.
But not much, just followed the shouting.
Many of them are given away directly!
Yes, it's his turn to give in. This is giving others face!
Lin Fan did it on purpose too!
Finally, time passed slowly, and the Five Bulls Picture was finally brought up!
"One of the works auctioned below is the famous Chinese painting of Five Oxen..."
The auctioneer introduced the Five Bulls Picture in English, and the words were very colorful, but the foreigners were not interested, and Lin Fan was secretly nervous.
"The starting price is 100,000 yuan, and each increase must not be less than 10,000 yuan!"
This upper limit is high, an increase of 10,000 to 10,000 indicates that this item is valued by the auction house, otherwise the price increase would not be so high!
Just as Lin Fan was about to raise his sign, someone already raised his sign directly!
"200,000!"
"???"
Lin Fan's eyes widened instantly. This was directly worth two hundred thousand?
Glancing towards the opposite side, Lin Fan realized that something was wrong!
The competition in the Five Cows Picture should appear among Chinese people. Foreigners cannot appreciate such things!
It is undeniable that there are foreigners who love Chinese culture, but obviously they are not those few!
Because this voice came from the back row!
Lin Fan's deposit was 1.5 million, and he was assigned to the sixth row.
And the place where this sound appeared was in the eighth row!
Moreover, that person's acting skills are very poor!
Lin Fan glanced over and panicked for a moment. Because he was competing with Lin Fan for something, the people around him turned their heads curiously to see who was seeking death!
The people shouting were two foreigners, and they looked like they were from John Bull, because there are actually differences between bald eagles and John Bulls. For example, John Bulls are more likely to have long faces, and secondly, their tone of voice. Obviously, English sounds better!
"210,000!"
Lin Fan is not a fool. If it weren't for asking for a price, Lin Fan would directly give him 100,000 yuan to suppress it. But if he was asking for a price, then Lin Fan would only shout for 10,000!
The man hesitated for a moment, looked at Lin Fan, then looked at the original place vaguely, and finally opened his mouth but did not continue to increase the price.
Lin Fan shook his head. This actor's acting skills were too poor. If he replaced it with someone more powerful, Lin Fan might have spent hundreds of thousands more.
"310,000, deal!"
Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief. The price was actually very high, but Lin Fan accepted it!
In the future, I will give you dozens and hundreds of times back!
Lin Fan let go of the remaining items. If he liked the items, he would take pictures. If he didn't like the items, he would just give up. As for items from our own country, Lin Fan had already bid for them. In the end, Lin Fan still had the remaining items.
More than eight hundred thousand!
The auction is over!
Lin Fan was invited to bring something. Lin Fan had his people call in, six of them, and then directly paid the money. The money was placed in the bank, and then directly signed the check!
There were quite a lot of things, so the auction house naturally provided security guards to escort Lin Fan and others back!