A treasure-appraisal maniac

Seeing his enemy Bai Wenyu, Lu Fei's body shook uncontrollably.

Kong Jiaqi noticed Lu Fei's abnormality and quickly took Lu Fei's hand. However, the next second, Lu Fei held her tightly with great force. Kong Jiaqi frowned in pain and tried to control herself not to scream.

This state lasted for five seconds. Just when Kong Jiaqi couldn't bear it anymore, Lu Fei's hand finally let go.

Looking at his hand again, it was red from Lu Fei's grip, and the joints were a little deformed. ??

"I'm sorry, I lost my temper." Lu Fei whispered.

"It's okay, I don't blame you."

Bai Wenyu bowed deeply and said a few unsatisfactory opening remarks. Unfortunately, Lu Fei didn't listen to a word. He was thinking about how to kill Bai Wenyu every second.

"Finally, I would like to thank everyone again for coming. I hope everyone will return with a full load. Without further ado, I would like to invite our auctioneer Wang Jie to make his debut."

Bai Wenyu bowed again and retreated backstage. Seeing his enemy disappear in front of him, Lu Fei's expression softened.

Wang Jie is the first auctioneer of Tianbao Auction House. He is in his thirties, but he has rich experience and is very eloquent. A few words of humor lifted the atmosphere of the scene.

Immediately afterwards, the first lot appeared.

The first person invited out was a bronze bean.

Bronze beans are a kind of ritual utensils used by ancient nobles or kings in ceremonial activities such as sacrifices, banquets, conquests, and funerals. They are specially used to hold pickles, meat sauce and other condiments.

This bronze bean is about 30 centimeters high and has a round handle in the center of the cover. The handle is hollow and decorated with snake patterns around it.

The mother-in-law mouth, the round belly, the lying animal as the ears, and the animal's tail as the ear, are ingeniously conceived.

This bean pays special attention to the decoration of the ears. The ears are decorated with curling cloud patterns and scale patterns, with a strong sense of relief.

The cover is decorated with a cockroach pattern separated by chordal strips. The upper abdomen is also decorated with a cockroach pattern separated by corded stripes. The lower belly is decorated with a hanging leaf pattern.

It has a short and thin handle, with two sides spread out to form a disc-shaped ring foot. It is paved with dots and decorated with long snake patterns.

The main body of this bean is decorated with a snake pattern. The decoration is meticulous and dense, fresh and refined. The die pressing technology is also used in the craftsmanship, which clearly belongs to the style of beans in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Kong Jiaqi whispered in Lu Fei's ear and asked.

"Smelly bastard, is this thing real?"

Kong Jiaqi exhaled hot air with a magnolia-like fragrance that hit Lu Fei's earlobe. It felt like it was electric, and he suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.

Lu Fei nodded and said.

"It's genuine, but the left ear is damaged and has been repaired. The repair took no more than five years."

"So sure?"

Grandpa Kong Jiaqi once said that Lu Fei was a heavenly craftsman, and a monster that was rare to be born in two hundred years. Although this girl did not doubt Lu Fei's judgment, she still asked naughtily.

But before Lu Fei could answer, the auctioneer Wang Jie on the stage had already said it.

"Dear guests, this is a bronze bean from the Spring and Autumn Period. It is in good condition, but the left ear is damaged."

"Five years ago, we invited Master Xia Fengrong, the number one restorer of the Baodao Forbidden City, to carry out the restoration, and basically no flaws were visible."

"Okay, let me announce that the starting price of this bronze bean, a ritual vessel from the Spring and Autumn Period, is 1.2 million yuan. Each increase in price must not be less than 100,000 yuan. The bidding begins now."

Kong Jiaqi gave Lu Fei a thumbs up and praised him.

"You bastard, you're awesome."

"Haha, you can see that I have always been great, little master!"

"Virtue!"

"Not modest at all."

"If you have the skills, guess how much this bronze bean will cost. If you guess it correctly, I will obey you."

Lu Fei smiled and said.

"It's a good guess. It should be around two hundred and twenty.

Between 10,000 and 2.6 million, the most cannot exceed 2.8 million. "

"Only more than two million?"

"Why is it so cheap?" Kong Jiaqi asked.

"Generally, bronzes are not very valuable. Only those with inscriptions and heavy bronzes are treasures."

"What's more, this bronze bean is still in ruins. More than two million yuan is already very respectable for it."

"Boom!"

As he spoke, the auction gavel in Wang Jie's hand rang.

"Congratulations to VIP No. 1010 for successfully bidding on this bronze bean for 2.4 million." .??.

"Please go to the backend to handle the formalities later. If the transfer is not handed over within 24 hours, the transaction will be deemed invalid."

Kong Jiaqi stuck out her tongue playfully and said.

"Humph, I guess you were right."

The transaction prices of the next three consecutive auctions fluctuated between three and five million, and the atmosphere at the scene became a bit depressing.

But the fifth lot is a bit interesting.

This is a blue and white dragon-patterned vase, twenty-three centimeters high and about four centimeters in diameter.

The mouth of the bottle is slightly tilted, the neck is short, the shoulders are rounded, and the bottom of the shoulders gradually tapers. The diameter of the sole of the bottle is about six centimeters.

The body of the bottle is painted with two five-clawed green dragons, with teeth and claws spread out in an extremely fierce and threatening manner.

The blue and white flowers are even in color, and the glaze is thick and smooth.

Wang Jie took the microphone and introduced loudly.

"The fifth lot is a blue and white dragon-pattern vase from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty."

"Friends who are familiar with collections know that the Kangxi blue and white dragon-patterned vase is the best of the best, and only four of them have appeared so far."

"Two of them are in Tiandu, and one is in Baodao."

“At Christie’s autumn auction in 2006, Mr. Xu Maochen, the head of the Xu family, spent 11 million to acquire the fourth Kangxi dragon vase.”

"Now the fifth Kangxi dragon-patterned bottle has come out, and it has been confirmed to be authentic by authoritative appraisal.

If any distinguished guest is worried, he or she can come on stage for appraisal. "

After Wang Jie finished speaking, everyone's interest suddenly aroused.

Several pretenders who didn't know how to pretend to understand walked up to the auction table and nodded while admiring the auction. Lu Fei couldn't help but sneer.

When the pretenders returned to their seats, Wang Jie announced loudly.

"The starting price for the Kangxi blue and white dragon-patterned bottle is five million, and each bid must not be less than one hundred thousand. The bidding starts now."

Blue and white porcelain from the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty is very popular and has huge collection potential, so the bidding became intense from the beginning.

There were a large number of people holding placards, and Wang Jie was very busy.

"1020 VIPs bid five million."

"921 VIP bid 5.1 million."

"VIP No. 338 bids 5.2 million."

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Two minutes later, the auctioneer Wang Jie bid quickly like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. He was so busy that he broke out in sweat. The bidding price also exceeded 8 million.

It hit nine million a minute later.

It broke the 10 million mark two minutes later.

When it reached 10 million, the number of people participating in the auction was reduced by more than half, with only three people left who were still raising their bids.

The price exceeded 11 million, and another person quit. Now only No. 338 and No. 916 are left shopping.

The price was called 12 million. No. 916 shook his head and put down his number plate unwillingly. Wang Jie finally took a breath and said excitedly.

"VIP No. 338 bids 12 million."

"Kangxi blue and white dragon pattern vase, VIP No. 338 bid 12 million, is there anything higher?"

"This is one of the only five treasures. The storage space is unlimited. Don't miss this opportunity again!"

"Is there any higher one?"

"Twelve million for the first time. Is there any increase in price?"