Treasure Hunt all over the World

The first four rounds of bidding for "Women's Clothes and Rain Lane" went smoothly.

Every time Ye Tian, ​​who was standing behind the auction stage, shouted out a price, the audience would raise their arms like a forest, and the respondent gathered, and the scene was extremely lively.

In the blink of an eye, the auction of "Wood Clothes and Rain Alley" has entered the fifth round of bidding, which is the free bidding stage. The quotation for this painting by master Fu Baoshi has exceeded RMB 50,000.

As the auction progressed, the atmosphere at the scene became more and more heated.

Everyone who is eligible to participate in the bidding is gearing up, waiting for the free bidding stage to come, and then quote the price secretly set by themselves, and win this valuable painting in one fell swoop.

Ye Tian, ​​who was standing behind the auction stage, did not immediately announce the start of free bidding, but said loudly with a smile:

"I would like to remind everyone again that in the next fifth round of bidding, everyone has only one chance to bid, so please think carefully before bidding.

The higher the bidding price, the better. Once the bidding price is higher than the upper limit of the transaction price, it will be regarded as an invalid bidding price, that is to say, this painting has no chance for you.

The reason for this is very simple. This is a public welfare auction, not an ordinary auction that seeks to maximize profits. I also need to consider everyone's financial affordability.

Once the price is called out, it cannot be changed, it is a one-shot deal! I, my company employees, and notary staff will supervise, and please supervise each other! "

"Understood, Xiaotian, just don't worry, our buddies won't be so tasteless!"

Dawei and Huazi in the audience responded loudly, and the other guests also nodded, and no one raised any objections.

Ye Tian nodded slightly, and then said loudly with a smile on his face:

"That couldn't be better! In the fourth round of quotations just now, many people accepted the price of 50,000 RMB. Now, based on 50,000 RMB, we can freely bid.

For the convenience of statistics, we will come one table at a time, and the on-site cameras will record the whole process, and I will announce the results after all the buyers who participated in the auction have given their bids.

Then, the notaries will announce the upper limit of the transaction price to ensure openness and transparency. The answer to who can take the picture of "Wing Clothes and Rain Alley" by the great master Fu Baoshi will be revealed soon.

My family members will not participate in the auction, and the rest will give bids in turn from front to back and from left to right. Uncle Fang, let’s start with your table.”

With that said, Ye Tian raised his hand to a dining table located in the first row of the banquet hall, on the left side of the stage, and made a gesture of invitation.

At the same time, the lens of the on-site camera was also aimed at the dining table, giving a close-up shot of the dining table.

The other guests in the banquet hall all looked at this side, preparing to hear what quotations those sitting at this table would make, so that they could follow up.

"Okay, Xiaotian, we're not welcome. This painting "The Bird Clothes and Rain Lane" is really beautiful, and it's a masterpiece. I really want to accept it, but I don't know if I can do it. The price I gave The quotation is 150,000 yuan!"

Uncle Fang, who was sitting at the table under the stage, nodded and gave his offer, eyes full of anticipation and excitement.

Immediately after Uncle Fang, several other guests who were also sitting at this table gave their quotations one after another, and everyone's eyes were full of anticipation.

Then came the guests at the second table, the guests at the third table, the fourth, the fifth, . . .

In just three to five minutes, all the guests who were interested in competing for this painting "Wood Clothes and Rain Alley" all offered quotations, ranging from tens of thousands to more than three hundred thousand yuan, and everyone was relatively conservative.

Of course, this does not include those professionals who are jealous but unable to participate in the bidding.

If they got involved, the quotations they gave would be far from the case, and they would definitely surprise everyone's eyes.

The auction is over, just wait for the result.

Without exception, everyone at the scene looked at Ye Tian, ​​and everyone's eyes were extremely hot and full of anticipation.

Ye Tian, ​​who was standing behind the auction stage, did not continue to whet everyone's appetite, but directly announced the answer.

"The free bidding is over. I have been listening to everyone's quotations just now. I have to say that everyone is really generous and enthusiastic. I would like to thank everyone for their active participation.

The bidding results are announced now, please stand up and let everyone see who you are, the buyer who quoted 99,850 yuan, this painting "Wing Clothes and Rain Lane" by Master Fu Baoshi belongs to you."

Before the words fell, there was an excited cheer at the scene.

"Ah! That's my offer, it's great!"

Accompanied by cheers, a slightly rich woman in her fifties quickly stood up from her seat, covered her mouth with her hands, and her face was full of ecstasy.

Ye Tian knew this aunt, she was my mother's colleague and a university teacher, and she lived in the community near Xicheng Guanyuan, she was the neighbor of Ye Tian's family.

"Aunt Ding, congratulations, you have successfully won the master Fu Baoshi's "Wood Clothes and Rain Lane". I have to say that the quotation you gave is very accurate and admirable!"

Ye Tian said loudly with a smile, directly announcing the result of the bidding.

In the next moment, the banquet hall was immediately boiling.

Although it was known that someone would win the bid and take down the "Wood Clothes and Rain Lane", when the result came out, everyone was still shocked by it and started talking about it.

"This is a masterpiece. I thought that Ye Tian's transaction price limit would be hundreds of thousands of RMB, but who knows it's only about 100,000 RMB. I miscalculated!"

"Come on! This painting by Master Fu Baoshi has gone elsewhere and has no chance with my buddy, but I don't believe it. The remaining nine antique works of art, are all of them without any chance with my buddy?"

While discussing a lot, everyone looked at the final winner with envy, and wished they could replace him and take that painting by Master Fu Baoshi into their arms and keep it as their own.

Looking at Teacher Ding at this time, she was already dancing with excitement, celebrating with her friends around her. She even left the table and walked over to Ye Tian's mother, giving her a hug.

Next, a notary sitting in the notary stand stood up, took the microphone, and announced the upper limit of the auction transaction price set by Ye Tian for this "Wing Clothes and Rain Lane".

The upper limit of the transaction price he set was 99,860 yuan, which was only ten yuan higher than Auntie Ding's quotation, so Ye Tiancai said that Auntie Ding's quotation was very accurate.

As for the quotations given by the other competitors, except for a few quotations lower than Aunt Ding's, most of them were higher than the upper limit of the transaction price, and all of them became invalid quotations!

With the announcement of the upper limit of the transaction price, there was a burst of sighs immediately, and every voice was full of regret.

As for Aunt Ding, who won the bid, she took a deep breath and secretly rejoiced!

Whether it's sighing secretly or cheering and celebrating, everyone is more sure of one thing at this time, Ye Tian is trying to help everyone, that's why he set the transaction price so low.

Thinking of this, everyone has a good idea and more confidence in how to bid for the next nine antique artworks that will be unveiled soon!

The auction of the first piece of antique art has been successfully concluded, and there are no problems in the process and results.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian told the two company employees under him to take out the second piece of antique art that was up for auction, show it to everyone, and then start the auction.

Afterwards, the two museum personnel took a black painting bag and took out a painting from it.

This is a Western artwork, an oil painting on canvas, small in size, over forty centimeters wide and sixty centimeters high, inlaid in a simple style solid wood frame.

The picture uses gold as the background shading, and the artist places different figures on the rectangular picture with various colors and lines.

The flowing curves in the painting and the bright or dark characters make the whole picture full of vitality.

At first glance, this oil painting on canvas is more like a decorative painting, with strong color contrast, full of colorful large color blocks, gorgeous and unusual, and brings a strong visual impact to people!

On this small canvas, the artist cleverly uses different curve changes and color blocks to form a pattern-like picture, with realism in decoration and figuration in abstraction.

It can be seen from this that the painter's painting style is quite unique, and it also shows the painter's superb painting skills.

When the painting was presented in front of everyone and on the big-screen TV, the banquet hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone was seriously appreciating the painting.

But this is a typical Western art work, and the painting style is very unique, and the art genre it belongs to is relatively remote.

So all of a sudden, everyone looked at it in a daze. They just felt that this painting was very good, but they couldn't tell what was so good about it!

After a while, there was a lot of discussion on the scene, from those professionals in the industry.

"This should be a symbolist painting, and it looks good, but it's unknown if it's the work of that Western artist!"

"That's right, this pursuit of gorgeous stacking and decorative effects in form is a distinctive feature of symbolism!"

Just as everyone was discussing in low voices and secretly guessing, Ye Tianqing's clear voice came from the stage again and reached the ears of everyone present.

"The painting you see now is a symbolist work, from a painting by the famous Austrian painter and founder of the Vienna Secession, Gustav Klimt.

This symbolist painting was found by Betty and I at a local antique fair in Nice, France during our honeymoon trip in Nice, France, and then we took it and brought it back to New York, USA.

You may not know much about Symbolism, the Vienna Secession, and the famous painter Gustav Klimt, so I think it is necessary to give a brief introduction..."