Li Mo has never participated in spring or autumn auctions, so he doesn't know whether the entire photography market is hot or depressed.
But the grand opening of the first New Century Auction House on the morning of September 10th made the entire Kyoto autumn auction market suddenly become popular.
Sign-in started at 8:30 in the morning, and Li Mo entered the auction venue as a guest. The number plate he received was 0089, which meant that he was the 89th guest to sign in. The huge auction venue is filled with rows of seats. Most of the guests are two or three people traveling together. They should be able to discuss and communicate as soon as possible when encountering difficult decisions.
There are people like Li Mo who are alone, but they are relatively rare. I don’t know if they are also here to make soy sauce.
By the time it started at nine o'clock, the venue was already filled with guests. Li Mo looked around and saw that the number of guests participating in the first round of the first autumn auction was no less than 160 people.
Coupled with online participation in the competition, the hotline has been opened, and the entire auction has been booming before it officially started.
The host is a woman in her thirties. She does not wear a solemn dress, but a very professional white shirt and black skirt. She looks very smart and capable.
"Dear guests, the first auction of New Century Auction House has officially begun. There are a total of eighteen auction items this time, including the very familiar 'Dragon Mail of the Qing Dynasty', 'The whole country is red', the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties There are paintings by the famous painter Niu Shihui, etc. Without further ado, let’s invite our auctioneer to make his debut.”
Li Mo sat below and felt that the atmosphere at the scene was getting more and more heated. Especially after the simple warm-up by the male auctioneer wearing white gloves, the people around him were aroused and prepared to have a big fight.
Although stamp collection is a niche, it has to be said that as long as high-quality and rare stamps appear in auction houses, they will definitely attract the attention of many collectors.
"Today's first auction item is a Qing Jiaqing pastel Baizi bowl. The starting price is 120,000 yuan. Each time the placard is raised, the price will increase by 5,000 yuan. Starting now."
"One hundred twenty thousand."
"Twenty-five thousand."
"One hundred and thirty thousand."
Driven by the auctioneer's passionate words, the price skyrocketed and soon exceeded the 200,000 mark.
According to Li Mo's knowledge, the general market price of such a large Guan Kiln Qing Jiaqing pastel Baizi bowl is between 250,000 and 280,000.
However, there were many people participating in the auction, and the price soon exceeded 250,000, and then exceeded 280,000. When Li Mo was in a daze, the first auction item was sold at a price of 315,000.
This is just the auction price, plus agency fees, it actually costs close to 400,000 yuan to buy this Jiaqing pastel bowl.
It was really beyond Li Mo's expectation. Is the collecting world really so popular today?
Because the competition for the first auction item was very high, even the second auction item, one of the Four Treasures of the Study in the late Qing Dynasty, was sought after by many guests.
The first six auction items successfully aroused everyone's emotions. When the seventh auction item "All Mountains and Rivers Are Red" appeared, the two guests sitting next to Li Mo couldn't sit still. It seemed that this was their trip. One of the goals.
"The auctioneer of this stamp with mountains and rivers all over the country has set a minimum price. If the final transaction price is lower than the set minimum price, it will be automatically rejected. The starting price is 8.8 million, and each increase starts from 50,000. Starting now .”
As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, he saw the number plates being put up one after another, and the auctioneer seemed overwhelmed. More than eight million was the auction price ten years ago, and it is now the starting price. The fierce competition caused the price to rise steadily, and soon exceeded 12 million, 15 million, and 20 million.
As the price gets higher and higher, the number of participants not only does not decrease, but also increases. Those who participate later are the more powerful people.
"Twenty-two million." Li Mo put up the number plate and suddenly raised the price by one million. He didn't want to take a photo of the stamp, but simply wanted to feel the atmosphere of participation.
"Twenty-two million."
As soon as Li Mo's words fell, they were immediately covered by other people's voices.
When the number exceeded 24 million, there were not many people who continued to hold up placards. There were about seven or eight people left, and the increase in repetitions was not that big. The valley is narrow
At that time, Li Mo sold the price to New Century Auction House for 24.5 million. Now the price has exceeded 25 million. After the last ten rounds of bidding, he was sold to a woman in her forties. It was auctioned for 27.08 million.
Li Mo finally understood why Niu Sanpang was determined to make New Century Auction House No. 1 in the industry. The profits were too high.
Next are five ordinary auction items, with prices ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions. These are all transitional items. What everyone is most concerned about are the treasures that cost tens of millions or even over 100 million.
When the Dragon Mail of the Qing Dynasty was displayed, the whole scene was in a sensation. This kind of treasure can be easily sold for hundreds of millions, which also means that there is huge potential for appreciation.
Qing Longyou also set a minimum auction price, starting at 66 million, with each increase starting from 100,000.
The guests who can participate in the hundreds of millions of bids are all worth a lot of money. Some participate in person, and some entrust art structures to bid on their behalf. The pace of this kind of bidding is very fast below 90 million, and then gradually slows down, and the number of people participating in the auction also increases. There are fewer and fewer, and after breaking through 100 million, only a few big players who are bound to win are still bidding.
Li Mo only raised his cards once and waited quietly to see what happened, but he was also infected by the atmosphere at the scene. After the last few rounds of bidding, the final deal was 119 million, which was a premium of 11 million compared to Li Mo's original price of 108 million. Plus the agency fee, New Century Auction House made a lot of money.
It is estimated that Niu Sanpang and Gu Fengxian were laughing from ear to ear in another room.
Li Mo took out his cell phone and sent a text message, and received a reply quickly. He bent over and walked out of the scene, and came to a conference room next door. In addition to Niu Sanpang and Gu Fengxian, there were many other employees, all staring at the big screen with excitement on their faces.
"Master Li, sit here."
Niu Sanpang pulled Li Mo to sit on his original chair, then moved a stool to sit next to him. The employees of New Century Auction House all widened their eyes, wondering who this young man was. Their big boss seemed to be trying to fawn over him.
"Congratulations on your good start to the autumn auction. I estimate that the total transaction volume for the first round of the first round will be around 400 million."
"Hahaha, win-win, Mr. Li, these are just small things. If you put those treasures in the autumn auction, then our New Century Auction House will immediately become the number one in the industry. No one can shake this dominance. .”
Li Mo coughed several times.
Only then did Niu Sanpang realize that he had gotten carried away and accidentally let the matter slip.
"By the way, Mr. Li, after this auction is over, if the funds are in place, I will immediately ask someone to settle the accounts with Mr. Chen. If not all are in place, our company also has tens of millions in reserve funds. How about you use it first?"
"Actually, there shouldn't be much to miss among the antiques sold in the autumn auctions. I just prepared a few. Maybe I might find something I like and want to keep it for myself, so I might sell it."
Niu Sanpang asked someone to make a cup of green tea for Li Mo: "Aren't you in military training? How come you can spare the time?"
"I met a good thing, spent a few days in the Kyoto Museum, and then stopped participating in the military training there."
Gu Fengxian, who was sitting next to him, had known Li Mo for the first time and was very familiar with his growth path. In just a few months, his life transformation can be said to be as fast as a rocket.
The Ming Hongwu amphora alone and the two collections of imperial paintings from past dynasties established his unparalleled status in the collection world. Now he said that there is a nice thing in the Kyoto Museum, and it must be some kind of great national treasure.
"Li Mo, can you tell me something?"
"Although it hasn't been announced to the public yet, I have nothing to hide from you. I just bought an antique from the owner of a second-hand goods business not long ago. After research, it was identified as the twelve zodiac golden gongs from the Qin and Han Dynasties."
Niu Sanpang and Gu Fengxian had never heard of such a treasure.
Li Mo then added: "Some experts and professors also believe that it is one of the twelve-sided golden gongs left by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu."
There was a clang, and the tea cup in Niu Sanpang's hand was not steady, and his hand trembled and fell to the ground, falling into pieces.
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