Soul Painter

Regarding Gao Fan's first theme painting "Indifference" in the "Mask" series, the news that it was officially sold at a sky-high price in the auction at 16:00 Hong Kong time on April 14th will not appear until the news report on the 15th, but Inside Christie's and online media, the news that "Indifference" sold for a sky-high price of US$83 million has already detonated the audience.

On the 14th, in Christie's spring show in four cities around the world, the turnover in the Xiangjiang area was restored by one city.

Although on the 14th, the modern art painting "Force Field" by Georges Condo was auctioned in the Paris area for a high price of 11 million U.S. dollars, and the oil painting "Elevator" by Dana Schutz in the New York area was sold for HK$5,050. The auction price of Gao Fan's "Indifference" was not as high as that of Gao Fan's "Indifference".

In the transaction price, Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars are used alternately, which also represents where the buyer of the work is from.

In other words, although most of the buyers who purchased Gao Fan’s works did not disclose their identities, they should all come from abroad.

In any case, $83 million is really too amazing.

This is a sky-high price that cannot be achieved by contemporary artists.

What's more, this is just one of Gao Fan's auction works, and it's just an appetizer.

Therefore, on the night of April 14th, in Christie's Global Dream Auction Show, the Xiangjiang area was quite the leader.

It is said that Shi Junan, CEO of Hong Kong Christie’s Region, promised to double the salary of all employees throughout the year.

And this price also caused a sensation in the domestic and international art circles.

Collectors and art consultants who were holding 20 million U.S. dollars and intending to win a certain work in Gao Fan's "Mask" group suddenly realized how poor they were. With 20 million U.S. dollars, they couldn't even afford half of Gao Fan's painting... …But who gave Gao Fan such an exorbitant acquisition offer?

no one knows.

The world's major museums, collectors, well-known rich men, and professional managers who are good at investing in art, in all known areas, can't find a buyer. It seems that this anonymous buyer is only selling for Gao Fan Same.

No, it's not just an anonymous buyer. Since the price of the mask-themed painting "Indifference" soared to more than 30 million, its bidding rhythm has entered a rhythm that collectors and businessmen can't understand. Some people judge that at least There must be five world-class rich people or consortiums competing with each other irrationally.

It's not... irrational.

Some people began to recall the news of "acquisition vs. gambling" released by Christie's before the spring auction. Although it looked ridiculous, no one would lie about real money, so... all of this was for the sake of Gao Will Fan take out that painting of "Redemption" for auction?

If this is the case, then the auction of "Indifference" is really an appetizer.

But this also means that buyers in the ordinary sense have been shuffled out of the game in this turbulent auction. These ordinary buyers hold hundreds of millions of funds and call themselves high-end players. But at this moment, They don't even understand why those big buyers like deep-sea giants pursue Gao Fan's works with such eagerness and recklessness.

This is so confusing.

...

night.

When Lawrence and Gao Fan had dinner together.

I saw the bulging in the pocket of Gao Fan's suit.

Formal suit pockets are not used to hold things, and only Gao Fan can be so casual.

"What's that?" Lawrence asked.

"That diamond." Gao Fan took out this pink-purple diamond named 'Sakura' from his pocket.

"How much did it cost?" Lawrence asked.

"Two hundred and thirty million Hong Kong dollars." Gao Fan emphasized "Hong Kong dollars", not U.S. dollars. Lawrence's estimate was accurate.

"You just put 200 million diamonds in your pocket... Hey, no, why would Christie's give you something before you paid it?" Lawrence was surprised.

The bidding items at the auction can only reach the buyer after the delivery procedures are completed, and it will take two or three days at the fastest. It will never be delivered on the spot like buying steamed buns in a convenience store.

"I just took a bite, can you give it to me now? Then they gave it to me." Gao Fan said, and tossed the diamond in his hand. Although it was worth more than 200 million yuan, it was only about ten grams, far less than One or two, light and fluffy.

"You are now the darling of Christie's Asia, no, it should be said that you are their god." Lawrence said with a smile, "The first mask painting sold for 80 million US dollars, and the remaining three, In particular, we still have that bet, if all of them are fulfilled, the brilliance of Christie's Asia will completely cover the other three cities this time, and Shi Jun'an may set up a shrine in the office building to enshrine you."

"Put it with Master Guan?" Gao Fan imagined it, and it's not bad.

...

"83 million dollars!"

"Oh my god, how much did he take for his last painting of a mask?"

"I remember it was about 10 million?"

"It doubled eight times in less than a year?"

"Darling, how do you pass the auctioneer qualification certificate with your math level? 10 million is RMB, and 83 million is US dollars. According to the current exchange rate, how many times is it translated for me?"

"That's... 49 times? God, no, I need to find my time machine. I have to go and take pictures of his two mask paintings a year ago. 49 times a year, it's more profitable than robbing a bank ah!"

"You traveled earlier. When PACE acquired the first work from him three years ago, it only cost 30,000 US dollars. How many times is it from 30,000 to 83 million?"

"Go ask the calculator, my brain is disabled with jealousy."

Beside Xin Wei, colleagues were chattering.

As people in the industry, the employees of Guardian Auction House will naturally focus on Christie's Spring Auction. First of all, because Chen Liangling, their vice president, jumped over and took away a group of old employees, which weakened Guardian's strength and at the same time , It also gave these employees the opportunity to be promoted. For example, Xin Wei is already a trainee auctioneer.

In addition, names such as Master Zhao, Master Lin, and Gao Fan have long been familiar to them. If you pay attention to the spring auction, you must pay attention to these local masters, so once the auction price of Gao Fan's latest works is released, they will immediately There was an uproar in my mind, because the price was too outrageous.

After discussing Gao Fan, everyone began to discuss other Christie's special auction items. The cherry blossom colored diamond sold for 230 million Hong Kong dollars also attracted a lot of topics. Girls began to study how heavy this thing is in the hand. Xin Wei also participated in the discussion, she said that only those super prodigals would buy such flashy things.

...

April 15.

When a lot of news appeared in various media, even the official mainstream media also reported on the works of the contemporary oil painter Gao Fan, which fetched a sky-high price of nearly 100 million U.S. dollars.

At 16:30 in the afternoon, another satellite was launched in Xiangjiang's "20th and 21st Century Artworks" special session. Gao Fan's second mask-themed painting "Furious Wrath" reached a new high at auction, reaching a record high. $89.2 million.

Chapter 1~ I will finish writing the auction today, and then it is time to pick up Feng Yuan and go home