Chapter 19

The fun of the banquet is to participate. Qin Shiou didn't eat much, but he was very happy.

Almost a week after the end of the party, Qin Shiou received a call from little black. Li's auction house has done the publicity work in place. April 18 is their highlight this year, spring auction.

Among auction houses, spring auction and autumn auction are the most important. The spring auction prepared by Sotheby's, Christie's, Hong Kong Hengde and other auction houses are also held in these days. It can be said that this time of year is a feast for collectors.

Every auction always has a king. This time, the king of Lee's auction house is the bronze statues of Perseus and medusa of Qin Shiou.

The emergence of this statue triggered an earthquake in the European collection industry. There are not many works of cherini, the father of Seiko. Up to now, there are fewer natural and man-made disasters for nearly 500 years, especially his large bronze carvings.

For the sculptors, the significance of cherini's work is no less than that of the Mona Lisa in the painting world. Especially in the late 19th century, the statue was lost and now it has been recovered again, which naturally adds a bit of legend.

The Black family naturally invited Qin Shiou to participate in the auction. The location was a five-star hotel in Ottawa. The local government used special police to assist the auction house in security work. Everything seemed grand and formal.

Before the auction, all the auctions were displayed in the exhibition hall, and Qin Shiou watched with little black.

A total of 48 works of art participated in the auction, including calligraphy and painting, wood carving, bronze carving, pottery, porcelain, furniture, gold and silver ware and miscellaneous antiques.

At the scene, the bronze statue of Perseus and medusa naturally attracted the most attention. A group of old friends with thick glasses surrounded them. Each of them had a magnifying glass in their hands. They stared at the statue desperately and wanted to put it in their eyes.

When Qin Shiou looked around, he saw another Picasso portrait called "woman's head". After careful study, he felt that this painting was similar to the graffiti in his kindergarten, which was much more ugly than his painting "woman with golden drums".

This gave him some confidence. He felt that as long as there was a picture of a woman, the price of the woman with a golden drum would not be low.

There's a saying. I'm not afraid to compare goods if I don't know the goods. It's good to compare his painting.

If Qin Shiou couldn't appreciate Picasso's paintings, he felt crazy about another painting he saw later - the painting is called calcium hydride, which is some colorful circular patterns with different colors arranged neatly on the canvas.

"Isn't this also a work of art for auction?" Qin Shiou asked little black suspiciously.

Little black shrugged his shoulders and said, "you guessed right. Yes, it is."

Qin Shiou didn't want to show his ignorance in public, but he couldn't help rolling his eyes: "if God is not crazy, collectors are crazy!"

Little black smiled and explained, "if you can't enjoy it, it's normal, but I have to introduce to you that the author of this painting is Damien hurst, which is the most expensive contemporary artist in Britain."

Qin Shiou doesn't want to say that if contemporary art is to draw circles on the canvas, he'd better enjoy Chinese landscape painting. That's the real art!

After a few glances, he was ready to leave. As a result, when he passed a statue, he suddenly felt a palpitation in the bottom of his heart.

This is a feeling that has never been felt before. To describe it, it is the thrill of the soul. Under the control of this feeling, Qin Shiou stopped and looked at the statue around him.

The image of the statue is an apple, about the size of an adult fist. The specific texture is not very clear. It is similar to wax, but it is more turbid. It is gray yellow and not very beautiful.

Little black is a shrewd businessman. Seeing Qin Shiou stop to look at the apple statue, he asked, "what, are you interested? This is a good gadget. According to the analysis of carbon 14, it was born in the 18th century and is a real antique. "

Somehow, this thing has a strong attraction to Qin Shiou, or it has attracted Qin Shiou's sea god heart.

However, Qin Shiou didn't want to reveal his true thoughts, so he disdained to say, "is this also an antique? Oh, God, I've been stimulated too much today - no, no, I should say, I've learned too much today. "

Little black smiled happily and said, "come on, Qin, your eyes have told me what you really think. You really want it, don't you? In fact, you have a good eye. Although this little thing doesn't sell well, its value lies in its identity. Do you know what its texture is? Ambergris! "

What ambergris is is still a mystery. After analyzing it, modern Western scientists say that it is only the residue of whale intestinal obstruction. In the middle and ancient times of the East and the west, this spice was regarded as a treasure.

Qin Shiou took another look at the apple statue, and then went in to prepare for the auction. After he sat down, little black introduced him to a middle-aged man with gold framed glasses. The latter introduced himself as Alan Brandon, a financier.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the auction started on time, and the first auction item was the modern art "calcium hydride" that Qin Shiou didn't like very much.

To Qin Shiou's shock, this picture of shit in his eyes was sold at a high price of $2.4 million!

"Is Lao Tzu's art appreciation level so poor?" Qin officials were somewhat depressed.

In contrast, Alan Brandon next to him was extremely emotional. He said gnashing his teeth: "shit! Are these guys crazy? This is a piece of rotten cloth! A piece of rotten cloth that should go to hell! They are willing to spend 2.4 million to buy it! Everything is shit! "

Senior official Qin looked at Alan Brandon in surprise. Is this uncle hating the rich?

Then, before long, Qin Shiou's things came on the stage. The first thing appeared was Arthur pinaron's paintings.

As a result, there was an embarrassing scene for Qin Shiou. So many portraits were put together, but no one paid attention. You know, at least five or six collectors competed to offer at the beginning of the auction of calcium hydride.

The reserve price of these portraits was $1 million. The auctioneer roared several times. Finally, two young American painters won these paintings at the starting price.

Then another blow appeared. Picasso's two paintings were auctioned one after another. The first one was the "head of a woman" that Qin Shiou couldn't see.

The starting price of this painting was CAD 6 million. As soon as the price was thrown out, a Russian collector raised the price by 500000. After that, there were sporadic auctions. Finally, the transaction price of this painting reached a high price of CAD 8.6 million.

Then came the woman with a golden drum. As a result, the starting price of the painting was only $1.8 million, which was day by day compared with the head of a woman.

Qin Shiou's complexion suddenly became ugly. Little black hurriedly explained and whispered, "don't get excited, man. The picture of a woman is Mr. Picasso's work in his mature period, and your painting is just his painting in his transition period. You should know that Picasso is a high-yield artist. He has made tens of thousands of paintings. To be honest, the price for your painting is not low. "

However, little black comforted Qin Shiou: "just now I received a phone call. I asked my friend to sell your imitation painting of sunflower. It was sold to the New York Museum at a price of 540000 Canadian dollars."

The news made Qin Shiou smile. Originally, he didn't hope for the fake painting. As a result, he was able to sell more than 500000 Canadian dollars, which was an unexpected fortune.

During the communication between Qin Shiou and little black, the auction of the woman with the golden drum also began.

Picasso's face was big after all. Although the value of the painting was not optimistic, several collectors of Russian nationality and Middle East nationality competed. Finally, a rich businessman in the United Arab Emirates won the painting for $2.5 million.

About ten works of art were auctioned. The auction began to rest. Then when he came back, the ambergris apple that Qin Shiou was very concerned about began to shoot.

Coincidentally, the name of the ambergris Apple was "the delicious food of the sea god". The auctioneer said: "this is a gift from the sea. We once consulted Professor Blake Hassen, a marine expert at the University of Toronto. According to his research, this art is a sacrifice given to the sea god by fishermen in the 18th century... Its starting price is - 1.6 million!"

%%%%Thank you, brother Xinghe, for becoming the first deacon of this book. I hope you can give me a recommendation ticket and collect this book by the way. Thank you