Auctioneer, or registered auctioneer, is the professional qualification title for the host of auction activities.
An auctioneer with good qualities can determine the best bidding route after optimizing the combination of the items to be auctioned. Coupled with the noisy atmosphere on the scene, they will often achieve unexpected results in the bidding.
In fact, the auctioneer you see presiding over the bidding at the auction is only the final stage of the entire auction process. In fact, the auctioneer's job is much more than that.
First of all, the auctioneer must participate in the collection of objects and the signing of the entrustment contract. At the same time, he must understand the situation of the objects in detail, so that he can be aware of them. When hosting the bidding, he can let the buyers fully understand the objects so that they can bid easily. Then,
Auctioneers need to participate in attracting investment, which is a relatively complicated task in all aspects of the auction. Usually auction companies release information through media announcements and other methods. The more buyers, the better, but the closer the relationship with the auction items.
"On the right track" the better.
Therefore, a good auctioneer should have a good grasp of the items. Before entering the auction, he should be able to predict which items will be sought after, be able to roughly estimate the maximum value of each item, and even know the potential buyers of each item.
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The auctioneer's income mainly depends on the auction house he serves. Of course, the auctioneer's income is also related to his own reputation. Therefore, the auctioneer often enhances his own value through multiple successful live auctions to attract the attention of auction customers.
In China, the highest income of an auctioneer is about 100,000 yuan, and the average auctioneer's income is between 40,000 and 70,000 yuan. Of course, in some auction houses with poor operating conditions, the income of auctioneers will be lower.
There are also some well-known auctioneers who are not fixed in any auction house, but have independent status and specialize in hosting some top auctions.
And Jefferson is a top auctioneer in the international auction world. When ordinary auctioneers can only earn 10,000 to 8,000 euros per auction to make ends meet, Jefferson has to withdraw a large sum of money from the auction house.
Of course, this is inseparable from his excellent auction skills.
The highest honor of the auctioneer profession is to receive the "White Glove". Being awarded the white glove is the highest honor of the auctioneer. It marks that an auction has achieved a 100% sales rate.
White gloves represent everyone's high recognition of you, so if you get a "white glove", your status will be like an Oscar winner in the auction industry. At that time, your income will be very considerable.
Jefferson is the winner of three white gloves. In today's international auction world, no one can match him. Therefore, the organizer of this auction specially invited Jefferson when the transaction volume was very low yesterday.
Host this auction.
Yesterday's auction was already a huge failure. Six of the twenty-four items failed to be auctioned, and the remaining eighteen items were either taken away by some of the owners themselves or entrusted by the auctioneer.
The organizing committee, which had been planning for several months, was very dissatisfied and fired the auctioneer who had been made the scapegoat on the spot.
"Chinese art occupies an important position in the international art market. Its value has appreciated rapidly in recent years. If I had not had no money in my pocket, I would definitely be sitting in the audience today competing for business with all the gentlemen and ladies..."
Jefferson is indeed the world's top auctioneer. After the opening ceremony, he did not rush to get into the topic. Instead, he stood on the stage and started chatting. His humorous words made the people in the audience burst into laughter from time to time. It was like before the auction started.
The tense atmosphere was immediately diluted a lot.
"Okay, my friends must have been waiting impatiently. You must be scolding me in your heart for wasting everyone's time. Now let's get into this special auction of Chinese art!"
Jefferson's sudden change of conversation drew everyone's attention to the auction house. Today's first lot was also brought to the table in front of the auction stage by a staff member wearing white gloves.
From the old rosewood shaft and yellowed rolled paper, everyone could tell that it should be an ancient painting.
"Our first auction today is an oil painting. It was the work of Lang Shining, a Chinese court painter three hundred years ago. It was produced by the Frei family.
This is a portrait of an ancient Chinese imperial concubine, which combines the softness and grace of oriental women. It is the "Bust of Concubine Chunhui".
After appraisal by many experts in France and China, it is indeed the work of Castiglione. There is no falsehood. It is also one of the three works of Castiglione that can be proven in the world!"
Jefferson's words caused a commotion in the venue. No one who came to participate in the auction expected that Jefferson actually took out the fifth lot originally arranged. This made people who were interested in taking this painting
People feel a little unprepared.
In general auctions, color pages are produced specifically to promote the lots and the order of the auction. Many buyers use these color pages to focus on the items they want. However, Jefferson broke the rules and changed the order.
It caused chaos, and some people who were interested in this painting immediately became nervous.
"I heard that Emperor Qianlong did not allow anyone to see this picture of his concubines after he painted it, and he only saw it three times in his life.
The starting price of this oil painting of an ancient emperor's concubine is 100,000 euros, and each increase is 20,000 euros. Perhaps you only need to bid once, and you can have the rights that the emperor can enjoy, and you can keep this picture of the concubine in your private pocket.
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It seems that Jefferson put a lot of effort into this painting and revealed all the past events of Emperor Qianlong. His words were extremely provocative, and everyone in the audience began to discuss in low voices.
Jefferson was very satisfied with the effect. The reason why he asked the painting to be auctioned in advance was because he took into account the Chinese people's fanatical pursuit of ancient emperor's supplies. Although this was just a portrait, the painting was of the emperor's woman.
Ah, maybe there are some people with special hobbies who just like to draw erotic pictures?
"Okay, now the auction is starting. The starting price is 100,000 euros. If anyone is interested, please bid..."
With Jefferson's words, the second day of the special auction of Chinese art in Paris officially began.
Just like the first day, there was a silence for nearly a minute after Jefferson called out the price. No one took the lead in bidding. The Chinese who could participate in the auction were all very intelligent. After being reminded by Huangfu Yun
After that, they became a lot more rational.
Seeing this scene, Jefferson still had a smile on his face, but the little finger of his left hand slightly tilted up, and it happened to fall into the eyes of a white man sitting in the front row of the auction house.
"I will pay 100,000 euros..."
When the white man saw Jefferson's prompt, he immediately raised his number plate.
"Okay, Mr. No. 12 bids 100,000 euros. Oh, I didn't expect that the charm of Chinese art is so great. This friend who should be British also loves Chinese art so much.
Is there anyone else who bids? There are quite a lot of items in today's auction. If not, then I would like to congratulate this British friend. You will get the concubine of the Chinese emperor. Well, for the first time..."
While Jefferson was talking, he actually knocked down the hammer once, and then he struck three times. No one expected that Jefferson would strike so rashly without looking at the reaction from the audience.
Jefferson said that in the eyes of everyone, he is very different from other auctioneers. Other auctioneers deliberately extend the auction time of a work indefinitely in order to obtain a higher price.
The price came, but Jefferson was just the opposite. He seemed to be in a hurry to conduct the following auction, leaving not much time for everyone.
Jefferson's last sentence seemed to omit the fact that this was a painting intentionally or unintentionally, and directly shouted that if you take a picture of this work, you will get the emperor's concubine, which made the Chinese in the audience a little angry.
"120,000 euros, I will pay 120,000 euros..."
Looking at Jefferson's waving hammer, which seemed to be about to fall for the second time, someone in the audience finally made an offer. Although it was only an increase of 20,000, Jefferson, who looked calm on the stage, almost raised his voice.
The eyes and heart finally fell back.
"I think it's really great to be able to buy a work by Castiglione more than 300 years ago for 120,000 euros. Are there any friends who want to bid?"
Jefferson reminded everyone in the audience that the price of this painting was far more than 120,000 euros. Although everyone knew his intentions, they were eager to move. Even Zhuang Rui had the desire to raise a placard.
You must know that there are very few authentic works of Castiglione that can be confirmed in the world. Before this one, there were only two works, which are stored in the National Palace Museum in Beijing and the Dole City Museum of Fine Arts in France.
The price of Castiglione's works should be between 10 million and 20 million. 120,000 euros is only about 1.2 million RMB. In the eyes of everyone, it is really a bargain.
"140,000 euros!"
A middle-aged Chinese man sitting in the front row of Zhuang Rui raised a sign, but his price increase was not high, so he was restrained.
"160,000 euros..."
"180,000 euros..."
"I will pay 220,000 euros..."
"280,000, I will pay 280,000 euros..."
As one person raised the price, the Chinese people's herd mentality finally broke out. In the first two quotations, they only added 20,000 euros, but later, they increased to 40,000 and 80,000 euros.
price.
"280,000. Buyer No. 21 bid 280,000. Oh, this price is out of date. Buyer No. 78 bid 360,000. The current price is 360,000. Does anyone else bid?"
Jefferson felt that the situation was under his control and stood on the stage with ease. Although he didn't talk as much as before, the price of this auction kept rising.
