Chapter seven hundred and seventy-first face wealth
The spring auction is an auction usually held by major auction companies, and it is also a relatively important one, especially at those large international auctions. Treasures worth hundreds of millions are often seen at the spring auction.
As a practitioner in the antiques industry, if you want to know the prices of various antiques such as porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, you must naturally pay attention to the auctions of major auction houses.
A qualified antique appraiser can not only determine the authenticity of an antique, but can even tell the value of the antique very accurately based on the values of similar items that have appeared at the Daxing auction in recent years.
This is like a high school student who is about to take the college entrance examination. He should always pay attention to the simulation questions of major high schools across the country, because they often represent changes in the direction of the wind.
Auctions can also best directly reflect the popularity of a certain type of antiques in the market.
After the Spring Festival, spring auctions are popping up all over the country like bamboo shoots after a rain. Just search online and you can find the lots prepared by major auctions.
Xue Chen also browses the Internet. Occasionally, when he sees some of the fine products, he feels very fond of them. He wants to take pictures and keep them in his storage room.
There are countless auction companies in China, but there are only three or four that can be called international large-scale auction companies. This is what Xue Chen pays special attention to. The auctions held by these companies often produce very treasured items.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Xue Chen held a tea cup in his left hand and rolled the mouse wheel in his right hand, looking at the clear and beautiful pictures on the computer screen. Each of the pictures above contained items worth hundreds or thousands.
Ten thousand.
The auction company that the lot he was browsing belonged to was owned by Xiangjiang Fuji International Auction Co., Ltd. Speaking of which, he was really not unfamiliar with Fuji auctions.
Fuji International Auction is also ranked among the top five in the country. It also intends to enter the mainland and wants to open a branch in Haicheng. However, an unforgivable mistake was made at the first auction. One of the final lots was
Fake!
The final outcome was that all the assets of the branch were taken over by the Ning Group and became the current Yunteng Auction. Without the foundation of Fuji Auction Branch, how could Yunteng Auction develop so fast.
Thinking that he had been involved in it, Xue Chen shook his head and had already taken it lightly. It felt like it was a very distant thing.
Continuing to browse the pictures above, when a picture slid onto the computer screen, Xue Chen looked at it a few more times in surprise and said to himself: "What is this?"
The picture is a very ordinary-looking slate, about the size of a computer screen. You can see that there are some very thick lines on the slate, forming a pattern that looks like a bird but not a bird. According to Xue Chen's aesthetic view,
Come on, the value of this slate painting... I'm lucky if I can sell it for ten yuan.
When he took a look at the description of the auction item, he was surprised. The introduction clearly stated that the origin of this slate painting was really not trivial. It turned out to be a totem worshiped by aborigines in Africa with a population of several thousand.
It has a history of nearly a thousand years.
"Is this a totem of African indigenous people?"
Xue Chen didn't expect such a thing to appear at the auction, and his eyes became strange.
Putting aside the authenticity of this thing, even if it is real, will anyone really take a photo of it? The most important thing is, what is its collection value?
Nowadays, there are all kinds of antiques, but there is one thing that they basically have in common, and that is aesthetics! Whether an antique is precious or cheap, it is usually not an ugly thing, and it has a corresponding aesthetic feeling.
It is precisely because this thing is beautiful that it will be liked and praised by people. For example, the most common calligraphy, painting and porcelain are because it conforms to contemporary aesthetics, so it will be liked by many people, and then the price will rise. If it is
The ugly ones are abandoned by people like worn-out shoes and are destined to be worthless.
And this slate painting, oh, it is the totem of the African indigenous people in I don't know which corner. It is old enough, but it is also a bit ugly. It feels like the painting on the slate is like a child's graffiti, as long as it is
People with normal aesthetics will frown when they see it.
When I looked at the starting price again, it turned out to be quite low, close to three million yuan.
"hehe."
Xue Chen smiled and shook his head, took one last look at the African indigenous totem slate painting, and clicked on the next picture.
As he looked at it, he suddenly found that the three or four pieces of porcelain on the auction looked a bit familiar, a bit like the batch of porcelain and fine gold and silverware he had salvaged with the Ord when he was in the United States.
"Perhaps the Eka Group is selling through Fuji Auction."
The next day, Xue Chen was about to go to the mall to buy some seasonal clothes. Before the car arrived at the mall, he received a somewhat unexpected call from Gao Dewei in Beijing.
"Brother Xue, how are you doing lately?"
"so far so good."
After the two exchanged simple greetings, Gao Dewei didn't waste any time and went straight to the purpose of making the call.
"Brother Xue, it's like this. You know that my brother likes the calligraphy and painting works of the four Ming Dynasties."
"I know this." Xue Chen nodded. When he accidentally got a painting by Tang Yin, it was replaced by Gao Dechao. It can be seen that Gao Dechao liked it.
"Isn't this the recent spring auction of the Fuji auction in Xiangjiang? My brother saw a poetic picture album by Qiu Ying among the auction items. He fell in love with it at first sight and wanted to take a picture of it. But he has been very busy with work recently and can't get away from it.
, just assign me to go."
Gao Dewei smiled and took a breath.
"Although Fuji Auction is also a well-known large company, as the saying goes, be cautious and sail with caution, especially forged calligraphy and paintings, which are extremely difficult to distinguish. Even if we bring in the masters from the Forbidden City, we dare not say anything about any calligraphy and painting.
I can see everything clearly, so I want to find someone who can help me control my eyes."
Seeing Gao Dewei's cautious look, Xue Chen could also understand. He also saw Qiu Ying's poetic picture album on the computer. There were a total of sixteen small-sized illustrations, which were very exquisite. The starting price was more than 70 million, and it was estimated that the final price would be
The hammer price will be around 100 million, so it’s always wise to be careful.
And even though Fuji Auction is a major international auction company, wouldn’t it be wrong? It’s not necessarily true that the branch in Haicheng is just a passing glance.
"I remember that your brother has a good relationship with Mr. Zhuge Yi. Why not let him go? Mr. Zhuge Yi's eyesight is still very trustworthy," Xue Chen said.
"Of course I can trust Mr. Zhuge Yi. Hey, but you also said that Mr. Zhuge is old. Why do you have the nerve to ask him to go all the way to Xiangjiang?" Gao Dewei explained.
"Why do I feel so awkward when I hear this? Do you have the nerve to torment me?" Xue Chen asked with a chuckle.
Gao Dewei also smiled heartily: "Brother Xue is young and strong, so of course it's nothing. But as a token of my gratitude, I'll treat Brother Xue to have a good time when we get to Xiangjiang. I know a few very good clubs. I'm sure Brother Xue will make you want to miss Shu."
,satisfied..."
Even across the phone, Xue Chen could imagine Gao Dewei's "wretched" appearance now.
"Even if it's a club..." Xue Chen touched his nose, thought for a moment, and asked Gao Dewei when he planned to go to Xiangjiang. Since Gao Dewei had spoken, of course he couldn't refuse, and he didn't have anything to be busy with during this period.
It wouldn't be a waste to take Gao Dewei to attend an auction in Xiangjiang.
"The auction will only start in ten days. As you know, before the auction, there will be a three-day preview of the items. It will be almost there in two days, so I think we will start tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
How?" Gao Dewei asked.
"I have no problem, then let's do it the day after tomorrow. The preview lasts for three days. As long as we catch up with the last day, it will be no problem." Xue Chen thought for a moment and said.
"No problem, I'll listen to you. Then you can come over the day after tomorrow. I'll go ahead of you tomorrow and arrange the accommodation. That's it. Brother Xue is very interesting. When we get to Xiangjiang, I will treat you well." Gao Dewei smiled.
Hang up the phone.
Xue Chen didn't tell anyone about his trip to Xiangjiang. He only told Sister Jiang, and after applying for a pass, he boarded the plane to Xiangjiang on the agreed day.
When he got off the plane, Xue Chen's first feeling was that it was very warm, and there was a restless atmosphere in the air. At a glance, there were people of all skin colors and hair colors coming and going in the airport.
It is an international metropolis.
Gao Dewei had already arrived yesterday. When Xue Chen walked out of the airport, he called Gao Dewei and the two met soon after.
Gao Dewei also drove a Mercedes-Benz S600, and the two of them got in the car together.
"Rent?" Xue Chen asked.
"No, I got it from a friend from Xiangjiang who we have played with a few times and have a good relationship with." After Gao Dewei finished speaking, he turned to look at Xue Chen, "Xue Chen, I see in your face that you seem to be full of wealth.
Have you gotten rich recently?"
"Brother Gao can read faces now?" Xue Chen rubbed his nose, "I can't even talk about getting rich. I went to Hualin City to attend a soapstone trade fair a few days ago and got some good soapstone materials."
"Oh? I went to the Soapstone Fair in Hualin City three or four years ago. I spent several million, but lost everything." Gao Dewei grinned, "Since then, I have been
I’ve never been there again. Brother Xue, can you tell me what kind of good chicken blood stone material you got?”
When he heard that Xue Chen had obtained Dahongpao and Liu Guanzhang, two top-notch chicken blood stone materials, Gao Dewei immediately said resolutely that Xue Chen must take him with him tomorrow.
"I just said that Brother Xue's face is full of wealth. Look, what I said is right. Dahongpao. Hey, I have seen two pieces of it. I couldn't buy them even if I wanted to. They were all treated as treasures by those people.