Chapter 2091

"... Don Quixote, living in the present age, may no longer be lonely."

It has to be said that Howard Norman is an experienced auctioneer, quietly in this way, lighting up today's auction.

Generally speaking, the first half of the auction is warm, and the popularity of the auction items must be relatively low-key, which also means that the auction enthusiasm may be limited. The auctioneer always needs to use some methods to mobilize the enthusiasm of the guests. Now, Howard is quietly completing this thing.

The smile on the corner of blue's mouth rose and came close to Matthew. "I remember the last time I saw a painting in Notting Hill, was it Genevieve fayges's? The strokes are similar, and the colors are familiar. "

Matthew said softly, "yes. But I haven't seen this painting before. She created such a bold theme, which seems to be a new attempt. "

"Yes, Captain" is a bold and novel painting. It gives a vague picture of a man and a woman speaking out with love. The woman is kneeling on the chair with her legs and her back facing the man; And the man is holding each other's waist with both hands, and is moving from the rear. But there is no specific line and shape, but with fuzzy color block to show the whole posture, especially the man wearing a Red Knight coat, particularly eye-catching, instantly lit up the whole picture.

Blue Li gently jaw head.

"What, are you going to do it?" Andre noticed the interaction between lanli and Matthew, and asked, "is it not good to sell the first auction directly? What about the atmosphere behind? "

"If you like it, do it. Isn't that your life principle?" Langley said calmly - Andre was stunned. His original words didn't mean that, but the auction had already begun.

Although it was the first auction item, the atmosphere at the scene was even more enthusiastic than expected. Many guests raised their number plates one after another and began to compete.

Every time the price increase was only 50 pounds, but in less than a minute, the price of "yes, Captain" soared from 200 pounds to 1000 pounds, which slowed down slightly.

Apart from the value of works of art, the first auction item can cause such a boom. From the side, we can see the power of the name "Alexander Hamilton". No matter what the value of the auction item is, the guests on the spot are very supportive and make full face for Alexander.

In fact, from the perspective of lanli's artistic aesthetics, the market value of this painting should be around 500 pounds, which may be slightly higher, but it is also very limited; Now it's easy to cross the 1000 pound limit. On the one hand, auction can always stimulate more competitive psychology. On the other hand, Alexander's reputation as an organizer makes guests more or less willing to make some gestures.

At this time, lanli raised the sign in his hand for the first time, "two thousand pounds."

Once the price was doubled, then the whole audience's bidding stopped, and all eyes focused on Lan Li.

It's not because of how terrible the price is - it's not at the end of "ten thousand" yet, but because of lanli's killing and cutting for the first time.

Howard Norman's eyes fell on Langley, still without any expression, but his eyes revealed a look, "two thousand pounds, Mr. 14th asked for two thousand pounds, is there anything higher? Is there a higher price on site? Two thousand one hundred pounds? Is there anyone else willing to bid? "

"Two thousand pounds, for the first time."

"Two thousand pounds, the second time."

"Deal!" Yes, captain. "This painting was finally made by Mr. 14."

The opening is just a warm-up, and two thousand pounds is just a start for charity; What's more, because the painting itself is also the work of the new generation of painters, the collection value is low, so the competition is not so fierce. After a little excitement, the first performance is ahead of time under the decisive decision of lanli.

But then, the auction gradually began to become lively.

With the works coming on stage one after another, the temperature of the auction site also gradually increased steadily, and there were many episodes.

David Beckham and his wife Victoria Beckham appeared at the auction. They successfully auctioned a copy of graffiti on the street for 5000 pounds, which also attracted a lot of attention. Over the years, the Beckhams have been painstakingly managing the upper class network, even if there is no essential breakthrough, But also in the elite have their own place, today they appear is the best proof.

Now it can be foreseen that the Beckhams must have donated the auction items, so they don't know what it is.

Matthew and Eaton also got something. Matthew sold a signed vinyl record of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" for 6000 pounds, and Eaton sold a pair of limited edition Nike sports shoes for 4500 pounds. The first task is to participate in charity activities.

Andre was a little depressed. He also took a fancy to two collections. As a result, one was intercepted by Princess Beatrice and the other was photographed by Alexander. After all, Andre didn't go on the scene, politely let out the two collections, and didn't keep on pestering.

After all, it's a charity auction, not a real collection auction. Harmony and heart are the most important - this is also the reason why there are no heavyweight items in competitive products. Compared with competition, they are more in support.

After the warm-up in the first stage, the items in the second stage have obviously reached a higher level, and a variety of long-standing artists' works have begun to shine on the stage. Both the collection value and the market value have gone up in a straight line, and the auction price has naturally gone up.

The first item is Philip Guston, one of the most famous New York abstract painters, who created a series of works in the 1970s and had a lot of influence on later generations. His peak works were sold at an auction at a super high price of $600000. In recent years, they have been more and more recognized, The value of collection is also gradually rising.

However, Philip Gaston's works have not reached the level of masters in the industry. The average market valuation of his works is about $50000 to $300000.

Today, Andre Hamilton donated the painting as the opening work of the second stage, starting the auction with a reserve price of 10000 pounds.

This is also Alexander's arrangement: the first stage, warm field; The second stage is focus; The third stage, starlight.

The first stage is very easy to understand, and the third stage is not difficult - the donated items of the Beckhams, Langley and others are summed up in this part, which is more symbolic than the collection value; In the second stage, this is the essence of the entire auction.

The second stage is the one with the least but the most valuable items in the whole auction. All the excellent works of art with real collection value are concentrated here - the elite and noble families, whether they are rich in heritage or rising stars, have more or less some works of art worthy of appreciation, not "Museum treasures" such as Picasso or van Gogh, It's a common work of art that the upper class occasionally communicates with.

Luna Mara introduced her friends, and many of the donated auction items were concentrated in this stage. Although they are regarded as the "upstarts" of the second or third generation of the rich, it is undeniable that in order to increase their own heritage and connotation, they also show a posture of catching up in art collection.

The most intuitive case is that the Metropolitan Museum in New York is the center of modern art, and the collection is even more abundant than Pompidou in Paris.

These American new rich people are also very happy to appear in the upper class social circle in London. By making these friends, they can show their abilities and talents. In other words, they are eager to admire and admire. In a word, they spare no effort to show their collection.

Andre also donated the window he collected in New York.

This black-and-white painting created by Philip Gaston is unusual. Andre bought it for 25000 US dollars at the beginning, but now the market valuation is about 50000 US dollars. It's not too expensive and it's excellent enough. It's really suitable to add strength to Alexander's charity auction.

Now, Alexander is looking forward to the completion of the second phase of large transactions, to raise enough money for charity.

The bottom price of the "window" auction is 10000 pounds. Compared with the previous first stage, it was like a little fight and a little fuss, and the atmosphere of the scene was quite different.

Howard Norman just announced the start of the auction, the whole audience raised countless arms, and then the price all the way from 10000 pounds to 50000 pounds, but still did not stop the trend, continued to climb to 65000 pounds, the momentum of on-site bidding slowed down slightly.

Then, blue Li shot again, "70000."

Andre didn't say much, but the corner of his mouth still couldn't help Rising: the items he donated can be auctioned for a good price, which will add strength to charity, which is naturally the best. What's more, Matthew and Eaton have just helped bid - even Alexander Hamilton and David Beckham have tried to join the bidding, and the support of their friends has made Andrea stand up.

"Seventy five thousand."

Before Andre's mood calmed down, a voice appeared again. It came from the far end of his right hand. He leaned slightly, glanced at it with the rest of his sight, but saw an unexpected figure:

Dave Clark.

Andre frowned slightly and invisibly, but then told himself that it was a charity auction, and it was the most important thing to be able to sell at a better price... Then lanli called out again, "80000."