Chapter 295 Dong Qichang's 'Red Cliff Fu before and after'
Chapter 295 Dong Qichang's "Red Cliff Ode Before and After"
......... "The auction item - "The Red Cliff Ode Before and After" written in running script by Dong Qichang, a master of calligraphy and painting in the Ming Dynasty, has a low price of 6 million, and each increase in price must not be less than 100,000. The bidding is now starting, and all interested collectors please bid!
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As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, the sound of placard-raising and bidding began incessantly, and their momentum was not at all different from that of the porcelain "Yongle Official Kiln Heavy Ware". The timing was "Zhu Imitation"
The blue and white brush was poorly washed.
In less than a minute, the price of Dong Qichang's authentic calligraphy work "Back and forth Chibi Fu" exceeded 10 million, and it is still rising rapidly.
But at this time, people like Liu Dong and Mr. Ma who are really capable of buying this painting are still waiting and watching. The current bidders are just shouting about the excitement.
"Fourteen and a half million! Tibetan friend No. 38 bids a hundred and fourteen and a half million!" This price is close to the final auction price of the replica Yongle official kiln, and by this time, the bidder has already
There isn't much left.
"Xiaodong, are you still so calm?" After asking the bodyguard beside him to quote a price of 14.8 million for himself, the old man looked at the old man who was still sitting there with his arms folded, as if he had not participated in the bidding at all.
Liu Dong asked with surprise in his heart.
This was the first time he met such a calm and reserved young man.
The development of a person's temperament and character is often related to one's past experiences. Strict family education and a not-rich family life when he was a child, as well as the difficult experience of wandering alone in society for three years, gave Liu Dong the characteristics of today's young people.
A rare calm trait.
"Haha, actually if you don't tell me, I'm ready to take action!" As he said this, Liu Dong raised the No. 24 bidding sign in his hand.
"Tibetan friend No. 24 bids 16 million to 100,000. Is there anything higher?"
After the auctioneer finished speaking, the people in the hall who were still hesitant quickly gave up the idea of bidding. It was obvious that the price of 16.1 million was beyond their ability to bear.
"Xiaodong, I'm quitting, you kid must work harder!"
After listening to Mr. Ma's words, Liu Dong nodded. Judging from the situation of the Zhu imitation Yongle official kiln in front of him, the price that the old man could pay for this authentic Dong Qichang calligraphy would not exceed 15 million. In addition to the previous
After taking pictures of several more collections, the old man was now even more strapped for money, so after the price of "Back and Back Chibi Fu" exceeded 16 million, the old man simply quit.
"Okay, collector No. 38, bid 16.3 million! Is there any higher price?" Up to now, the price of more than 16 million has exceeded the market price of Dong Qichang's authentic calligraphy and paintings. So every time
The price increase is no longer as crazy as it was at the beginning, but has increased slightly by one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand.
And besides the big man holding the No. 38 sign and also wearing a mask on his face, there are two other people who have not given up on this rare authentic calligraphy of Dong Qichang. Needless to say, one of them is Liu Dong. The last one is from
He is still quite active from the beginning, and he once took a picture of that 'Zhu imitation' piece from the Yongle Official Kiln.
"It seems that this person is not weak!" Liu Dong thought silently in his heart, and raised the sign in his hand. This time he did not increase the price by one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand. Instead, he directly raised the price to a high price of seventeen million.
"Collector No. 24 bid 17 million, 17 million, is there any higher price?" This has surpassed the previous Yongle official kiln and became the highest price in this auction. No wonder it is auctioned at this moment.
The teacher's voice is so high-pitched.
Although seventeen million has suddenly increased by seven hundred thousand compared to the previous one, it doesn't look like much, but there are two concepts: nine hundred and ninety-nine and one thousand. For example, when many merchants sell goods, they should originally
It’s a product worth 5,000, or even more than 5,000, but the price is indeed 4,999. Although it’s only a dollar less than 5,000, this dollar represents two completely different states in the consumer’s mind.
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This is the case at the current auction. Liu Dong's price of 17 million is equivalent to raising the price of this Dong Qichang's authentic work by a whole level.
Therefore, the big man holding the thirty-eight license plate gave up after communicating with the people around him.
But No. 9 obviously still didn't want to give up. So he raised the sign in his hand again and added another hundred thousand.
But before the auctioneer could call out, Liu Dong's No. 24 sign was raised again, and in order to eliminate competition from others, Liu Dong directly added 400,000.
"Tibetan friend No. 9...ah! Tibetan friend No. 24 bids again, 400,000! Now the price of this authentic Dong Qichang is 17.5 million!"
When the price was announced, there was a slight uproar among the surrounding collectors. Everyone turned around to look at the wealthy man who paid the sky-high price. However, the mask on Liu Dong's face blocked everyone's prying eyes.
Faced with Liu Dong's sudden increase in price of 400,000 yuan, his determination to win also made Tibetan No. 9 completely give up on competing with him.
Subsequently, this authentic calligraphy work of Dong Qichang's "Before and After Red Cliff Ode" also fell into Liu Dong's hands.
It wasn't until the auctioneer dropped the hammer three times that Liu Dong truly felt relieved.
"This No. 9 can't be the one arranged by the auctioneer? Why does he mess up the situation every time the valuable items are sold!" This guy caused Liu Dong to spend nearly two million more from this auction to now.
It would allow him to acquire a fine piece of calligraphy and painting by a famous modern artist.
"Haha, there is basically no seller's trust in underground auctions. If there is, then they are asking for trouble!"
After listening to the old man's words, Liu Dong thought for a moment and quickly understood.
The so-called underground auction naturally means that it cannot be seen in the light. Therefore, in order to prevent the police from coming to your door, each location will be carefully arranged, and the people invited will be prepared in advance, but the energy spent on these two items is far greater than that on the ground.
's auction house.
Regular auction houses have a "trust". Even if they make a mistake, the loss will not be big. The next auction can be continued, but the price may be lower. But underground auctions are different, they don't want to
Regular auction houses can hold auctions on a regular basis, and they can only sell out everything they have once they get an opportunity. Usually, there are only two or three opportunities in a year.
While Liu Dong was chatting with Mr. Ma, it was time to auction jades, antiques and miscellaneous items. Just like last time, with the authentic calligraphy of Dong Qichang in front of him, the auction at the beginning was also tepid. The price was naturally higher than
The market price is much lower. In order to expand his collection and the collection of Chenxiang Pavilion, Liu Dong also bought more than 20 fairly good things. Among them, the most valuable ones are three rhinoceros horn cups and a Ming Dynasty chi
A rhinoceros horn cup with a dragon pattern, a rhino horn cup with a Qing Dynasty fairy figure, and the last rhinoceros horn cup with a chilong pattern from the Ming Dynasty, a set of three. Ten years later, each of these would be worth millions. Now the three together
It was only 150,000 yuan, and this was still the market price. Liu Dong bought it for 80,000 yuan.
Because there are a lot of antiques and miscellaneous items, there are more than 200 items, many of which are auctioned in groups of two, three, or even three or four. Even so, by the time the finale of the antiques and miscellaneous items comes up, time has already passed.
For nearly four hours.
"Everyone, this next lot is the finale of this auction, and it is also the last lot of this auction!" At this point, the people in the audience who were drowsy because of staying up late were shocked.
He quickly rubbed his face to concentrate.
Even Mr. Ma next to him woke up from his sleep at the reminder of the bodyguard. It was obvious that more than three hours of sleep had restored the old man's energy a lot.
Looking at Liu Dong who was always energetic beside him, the old man couldn't help but sigh that he was really getting old.
"Old man, you are not old at all, you are in good health!"
Faced with Liu Dong's praise, Mr. Ma waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, you don't need to comfort me, an old man. The old man has long ignored the relationship between life, death, illness and old people, so you don't need to comfort me. Okay."
, let’s continue to watch the final bidding, and we will not be disappointed if we think of something that can be the finale!”
After listening to the old man's words, Liu Dong nodded, and then their eyes turned to the front desk.
"Everyone present is a celebrity in the world of antique collection. I believe they are all familiar with bronzes, especially bronzes from the Shang, Zhou, and Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods!" Upon hearing about bronzes, the eyes of everyone present lit up. Anyone who likes collecting
People are full of desire for this mysterious gift that has cost thousands of years. In addition, the thing that can be used as the finale of this underground auction is not an ordinary thing.
"The next piece of bronze is a large bronze tripod that represented royal power during the Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. It has a dragon pattern and three animal feet. It has two sets of inscriptions totaling 323 words..." the auctioneer said.
The excitement on everyone's faces gradually disappeared. After the auctioneer said that this big tripod was no less valuable than the 'Dake Ding', 'Mao Gong Ding' and other large bronze tripods that are known as national treasures, the bottom
Everyone was already silent.
No one is a fool. The bronzes that can appear in underground auctions are almost 100% stolen goods. If they are ordinary bronzes, that's it. But this bronze cauldron, which can be equivalent to a national treasure, if you really want to do what the auctioneer just said, it is worth it.
Compared to a national treasure like the Dake Ding, this bronze cauldron as the finale is a real trouble, and a big trouble at that. This is a matter of lawsuit.
Looking at the situation around him, the auctioneer smiled, obviously he had expected this situation before. (To be continued)