Chen Wei did not send any more photos to Cheng Zhenghai. Cheng Zhenghai asked Chen Wei where he got them?
Chen Wei said that a friend was in urgent need of money and wanted to transfer it to him and let Cheng Zhenghai estimate the price.
Chen Wei knew that the things he had on hand now were worth a lot of money, probably even more valuable than Cheng Zhenghai said.
Chen Wei asked Jin Wei to recover from her injuries here, and he drove back to Jiangzhou.
I asked a friend to find an expert to appraise the value of the things I had on hand.
This expert has been looking at it all morning and is not sure, but thinks it must be from the Western Han Dynasty or earlier.
Chen Wei thinks that this judgment should be similar. There are chess boards. These people must not have lived earlier than the Western Han Dynasty, but there is also a possibility that these things were also antiques in the Western Han Dynasty. If so, they are antiques among antiques.
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The expert called in several of his friends, and the five of them spent an afternoon and finally gave the results.
Some of these antiques are from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and some are from the Qin Dynasty. Basically, they are earlier than the Han Dynasty.
It seems that Chen Wei's guess is right. Those people living in Shandong are also antique lovers.
Chen Wei picked something and planned to try it out at the auction.
Chen Wei asked several experts to estimate the property. The experts looked at it and gave an estimate of about 4 million to 6 million.
"Jade hollow dragon pattern ring!" Chen Wei looked at the antique in his hand and learned the name of this antique from the expert's mouth.
There is a special auction organization in Jiangzhou, and there is an auction this week. Chen Wei contacted the organizer of the auction.
The auction house also has several top experts, and they were all amazed when they saw the jade hollow dragon cup.
In recent years, their auction house has almost never auctioned antiques from before the Western Han Dynasty, mainly because many collectors are unwilling to put them up for auction.
Now I finally see an antique from the Western Han Dynasty, or even earlier, and I hope it will fetch a good price at this auction.
Chen Wei is not short of money. The reason why he put it up for auction is to roughly estimate the approximate value of the antiques he has on hand.
The auction officially started, and Chen Wei arrived at the auction site early.
Chen Wei's collection is relatively far back. This is the auctioneer's arrangement and will be launched as one of the finale.
What started to be auctioned were some calligraphy and paintings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as some blue and white porcelain. The oldest ones were some antiques from the Tang Dynasty. The prices were not very high. The most expensive ones sold were only a few million.
The starting price for Chen Wei's lot is 6 million.
This was the starting price finally decided by the auction house. It was similar to what the experts Chen Wei invited, so Chen Wei agreed.
The auction has come to an end, and you may think there are no surprises. Some people who came to the auction are already preparing to leave.
It was at this time that Chen Wei's jade hollow dragon pattern ring for auction made its debut.
The starting price was six million, and as soon as it started, someone raised the price to eight million.
Chen Wei was also a little surprised. He heard from the experts that there was someone similar to him before, and it was sold for 7.9 million.
Unexpectedly, as soon as it started, it had already reached 8 million.
Chen Wei heard Cheng Zhenghai say before that auction houses sometimes play tricks, such as finding someone to raise the price.
Could it be the behavior of the auction house? Chen Wei decided to wait and see what happens. Anyway, the higher the price, the greater Chen Wei's gain.
"Eight million times!"
When the call was made for the second time, no one raised the sign.
Chen Wei was a little nervous. If the auction house deliberately raised the price and no one took the bait, then the auction would be ruined.
Just as the hammer was being raised, someone raised a sign.
"Nine million!"
Chen Wei looked at the person holding the sign. It didn't matter if he didn't look at it. When he saw it, he turned out to be an acquaintance.
Why is he here too? The person holding the placard is none other than Chai Xiaogao from the Chai family in Jiangzhou.
Chen Wei knew that the Chai family was rich, about nine million, which was nothing to their family!
"Ten million!" Someone held up a sign. She was a woman, less than thirty years old, with a very beautiful face from the side.
Chen Wei feels that it is almost the same. Compared with 7.9 million, this price is now much higher.
If this is worth 10 million, then the harvest in the mountains this time will be huge, far beyond Chen Wei's imagination.
Chen Wei is not short of money now, and he is not in a hurry to cash out. It is just a rough valuation.
I didn't expect such a big surprise, but it seems like it's not over yet.
Chai Xiaogao seemed to be competing with the woman, and the two of them raised the price to fifteen million.
Seeing the beautiful woman leaving the table angrily, fifteen million should be the final price.
The transaction was completed at such a high price, and everyone present was in an uproar.
Chen Wei began to realize that Chai Xiaogao was determined to win 15 million, but he still didn't blush and his heart didn't beat. Could there be something going on here?
Just like when he and Ruan Yu fought for the jade plaque, only they knew the value of the jade plaque. Did Chai Xiaogao also know something that others didn't know?
At the end of the auction, Chen Wei went to find Chai Xiaogao.
Chai Xiaogao walked out of it, holding an exquisite box in his hand, which was specially provided by the auction organizer.
Chai Xiaogao saw Chen Wei waiting for him and walked over with a smile.
"I saw you just now, are you here to take pictures too?"
"It's a pity that nothing was photographed. You are the focus of the entire auction today! Is there anything unique about this thing? Is it so valuable?"
Chai Xiaogao already knew that the real owner of this hollow jade dragon ring was Chen Wei, and he didn't tell him. Chen Weilai must have wanted to know why he wanted this antique at such a high price.
"Actually, it's nothing. My dad likes to collect. He saw it in the auction brochure a few days ago and asked me to come and take the photo. If someone hadn't interfered with it, I probably wouldn't have spent so much money."
"The starting price is only six million. Don't you think you're at a disadvantage if you pay such a high price?" Chen Wei continued to test.
"To tell you the truth, we have an exactly the same one in our family." Chai Xiaogao said, lowering his voice and coming closer: "There is a secret in this, and not many people know about it."
"What secret?"
Chai Xiaogao pretended to be mysterious and said: "I don't know the specifics. I have to ask my dad."
"Could it be that a pair of these antiques would be more valuable?" Chen Wei remembered that Cheng Zhenghai once said that there used to be a collector who bought a pair of jade at a sky-high price.
He smashed one of them into pieces and said that from now on, it would be unique and orphaned in the world, and its value would have increased several times.
When Chai Xiaogao took this photo, would he also want to do the same thing?
If Chai Xiaogao knew that he had an identical one, would he be willing to pay a high price for it?
"Probably! If you are interested, you can come with me and ask my dad!"