Treasure Hunt all over the World

At two o'clock sharp, the special auction of "Impressionist and Modern Art" officially started.

The auction hall fell silent, and everyone was staring at the auction stage in front of them, looking at the high-spirited and confident white glove on the stage.

At this time, everyone at the scene was already excited, their eyes were full of hope and fighting spirit, and they were extremely confident!

Everyone is waiting for the auction to start, and then beat all the competitors to take the long-awaited artwork, let it decorate your life and show your taste!

The voice of the auctioneer came from the stage, clear and loud! into everyone's ears.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, welcome to Sotheby's New York, welcome everyone to participate in Sotheby's Autumn Auction "Impressionist and Modern Art" special auction, I wish you all a rewarding return!

I am John Foster, you can call me John, I am hosting today's auction, I am very happy to serve you, I hope my service will satisfy you and bring you good luck,..."

The same opening speech is to introduce the auction rules and various precautions in the auction.

Ye Tian only listened to the beginning, and then began to look through the auction catalogue.

He is just a spectator in this auction, so there is no need to care about the rules of the auction.

Unless there is something wrong with this auction, then he will make a move, but the possibility of this is almost zero!

Impressionist art has been thoroughly studied by European and American art collectors, and it is almost impossible for the value of related paintings to be severely underestimated or misidentified.

Sotheby's inspections before the auction are also very thorough. Even if some paintings have hidden secrets, they will be revealed to the world under various high-tech detection methods, and there is nowhere to hide them!

See-through abilities are useless here, unless Ye Tian wants to peek into some secrets!

After about ten minutes, John finished introducing the rules of the auction before getting to the point.

Two Sotheby's staff came out of the temporary vault with the first lot, walked to the auction stage, and carefully placed the lot on the display stand for everyone to appreciate!

The large screen at the scene began to display the picture and other detailed information of the first lot simultaneously, so that everyone can see more carefully and clearly, so as to make a bidding decision!

Immediately afterwards, John's passionate voice rang through the auction hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the introduction of the rules is over, and the auction is now open. The first lot is a sketch of a landscape painting by the Impressionist painter Renoir! Created in 1865.

The starting price for this sketch manuscript is 150,000 US dollars, and the minimum increase in asking price should not be less than 3,000 US dollars. The bidding starts, 150,000 US dollars, 150,000 US dollars, which lady or gentleman should bid? "

While quoting loudly, John also quickly scanned the audience condescendingly, hoping to find the bidding number plate held up high and hear the sound of bidding.

The auxiliary auctioneers standing on both sides of the auction table were also patrolling the venue, ready to remind John at any time so as not to miss bidders' quotations.

Before John finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamation at the scene.

"Wow! The first lot is Renoir's sketch. The starting point of this special auction is too high! It will definitely be more exciting later!"

Jason was also very shocked, and looked at the sketch on the stage with a little puzzlement.

"$150,000! Is the price too low? That's Renoir! The master of impressionist painting, how could his works be worth such a little money?"

Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately explained in a low voice:

“It’s true that Renoir is a master of Impressionist paintings, but this is just a sketch, and it’s his early work. The artistic level is limited, so it’s not that expensive!

US$150,000 is indeed a bit low, the market price of this sketch should be around US$400,000, but US$150,000 is just the starting price, it will rise soon”

When Ye Tianzheng explained,

Someone in the audience has already raised the bidding number plate.

"OK! No. 137 is the first! Now it is 153,000 US dollars, 153,000 US dollars, which bidder will follow up? Please bid enthusiastically!"

John raised his hand to gesture to the audience, and continued to shout passionately, speaking at a still fast speed, gradually mobilizing the atmosphere of the scene.

Someone raised a placard to bid again, it was from a bidder standing near the door!

Immediately afterwards, a staff member on the other side of the phone held up the bidding number plate, and someone bid over the phone, and there was one more competitor.

And the phone bidder simply raised $10,000, pushing the price of the master drawing to $166,000.

The bidding kicked off, more and more people participated, and the competition gradually became fiercer!

After fifteen or sixteen rounds of competition, this master sketch was finally sold for US$450,000, and was successfully photographed by a telephone bidding buyer!

The first auction ended successfully and the start was perfect.

The competitive atmosphere was gradually brought up and became more and more heated.

The second lot was quickly brought up.

It is a large-scale impressionist oil painting from a well-known European painter at the beginning of the last century. The starting price is US$210,000, with a minimum increase of US$3,000.

Soon, John's shout sounded again, still full of passion and fast, trying to entice everyone to bid with their placards.

The competition is coming as expected, and it is more intense than before!

These have nothing to do with Ye Tian, ​​and he doesn't pay attention to these bids at all!

At this time, he is completely a spectator, while admiring many impressionist artworks, he waits leisurely for his auction to appear, and then harvests dollars frantically!

An hour flies, the atmosphere in the auction hall is already extremely hot, and the competition among many bidders has become more and more fierce!

The climax came as expected! The moment Ye Tian had been waiting for finally came.

Cézanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire is coming soon! Show it in front of everyone! "The Boy in the Red Vest" is the finale lot, and it will appear at the last moment!

This is also the long-awaited moment for all heavyweight buyers. Many bidders are already excited and gearing up for the most tragic fight!

Everyone is full of confidence and looks like they are bound to win!

Before the oil painting that was being auctioned was sold, the auction hall was already filled with discussions, which were extremely enthusiastic and filled every corner!

"The exciting moment has finally arrived! This "Mont Sainte-Victoire" must be won. This is the top artwork. It is not easy to come across it once! It must not be missed!"

"I don't know what is the starting price of "Mont Sainte-Victoire"? How much is the reserve price? According to Stephen's ruthless style, the reserve price must be very high. Do your best! Try to bid for this famous painting!"

"Hurry up and start! I can't wait, my collection sequence lacks such a top-level artwork, this famous painting is mine!"

While everyone is discussing and looking forward to it, they are all guessing the starting price and reserve price of "Mont Saint-Victor".

Thinking of Ye Tian's always ruthless style, everyone has a bad feeling in their hearts.

The starting price of this top oil painting must be very high, not to mention the reserve price! How could that bastard Steven miss the opportunity to rob everyone's wallets!

Even so, every bidder is still full of fighting spirit, ready to compete for this top artwork!

Like everyone else, Jason was curious to know the starting bid and reserve price for the painting.

"Steven, what is the starting bid for "Mont Saint-Victor"? What is the reserve price? Tell me! I'm so curious!"

"Temporary secrecy! I will know the answer later, why rush at this moment! Let me tell you this, if the bid is less than 65 million US dollars, then go aside!"

Ye Tian said with a proud smile, still revealing a little information.

At the same time, a fierce look flashed in his eyes!

Today, no one wants to stop my buddies from harvesting dollars crazily, let alone take advantage of my buddies! No way at all!

Jason was completely stunned, he stared at Ye Tian dumbfounded, his eyeballs almost popped out!

"That means the reserved price is at least 65 million US dollars! Is it true? It's so shocking! Steven, you are definitely the craziest guy I've ever seen!"

"Hahaha, you guessed right! Your brain is still good enough!"

Ye Tian said with a smug smile, teasing Jason. ) Download Free Reader!!