Soul Painter

The seventh day.

auctions.

Also held at Hanart TZ Gallery.

Gao Fan can no longer hide here, and he is also interested in what price his works can be auctioned at.

Gao Fan, dressed in formal attire, left God in the hotel and arrived at Hanart Hotel with Lawrence.

There were already dozens of people sitting in the auction room, and everyone quietly flipped through the auction book in hand.

Gao Fan's arrival did not attract much attention.

But when Gao Fan glanced over the auction room, he saw an acquaintance who looked exactly like Keanu Reeves’ adventurer and collector Ziegfei, who had experienced a mysterious journey with Gao Fan in Egypt. Partner.

Why is this big brother coming to Xiangjiang...?

Gao Fan was confused, but it was not the time to chat at this moment.

When Gao Fan watched Zigefei, Qigefei moved. He glanced back and saw Gao Fan. He smiled and waved to Gao Fan, so Gao Fan made the same action.

Gao Fan saw it at a glance, and when Zigefei waved his hand, the watch on his wrist... was weird.

When he saw that watch, Gao Fan passed a fire-red monster in front of him. It was shaped like a devil, climbing on a wall full of flesh and blood with its limbs-Gao Fan’s current 55-point investigation, 26-point mysticism, Makes his sensitivity to mystery amazing.

Therefore, Gao Fan realized that Ziegfei was afraid that he might be involved in a pollution incident.

Ziegfei should be regarded as an investigator.

In the village of Mitt, Egypt, after experiencing the mystery of cats, Ziegfei was seriously injured and did not die. At that time, the mystery had already contaminated him...

Mystery is like a worldview. When you tremble to pry into the truth of the world from this perspective, you will never be able to get rid of its influence.

The mystery seemed to converge on me... This thought came to Gao Fan's mind.

He sat down, flipped through the auction book in his hand, and quickly found his work.

The starting bids for the mask group paintings "Falsehood" and "Crazy Joy" are both 800,000 yuan.

Eight hundred thousand.

It is the value set by Guardian International for Gao Fan at this moment.

In the auction book, the two works are also specifically noted below: "These are two of the painter’s fifteen "Mask Group Paintings". This group of oil paintings will be exhibited in Pengcheng and Boston in January next year. The artist needs to cooperate with this and future exhibitions, and the transportation costs shall be borne by the artist himself."

That is to say, although the painting was acquired, when Gao Fan was about to open a solo exhibition, the collector had to return the painting. This is not a special case in the collection world, and it is very common, so Gao Fan was persuaded.

"This auction is just a starter." Lawrence whispered in Gao Fan's ear. "The spring auctions of Sotheby's and Christie's in April and May each year are the highlight. This year's Christie's and Picasso's "Matador" It was sold for 140 million. Although this one is not as good as that one, I contacted several collectors. Your price should not be lower than that of the three young Western artists who opened at Christie’s..."

When Lawrence whispered in Gao Fan’s ear, Gao Fan didn’t take it too seriously. He just remembered that he said one billion after another, and then one billion, which were the prices of the two spring auctions in April. I thought, art. The product is really valuable...

At this time, the male auctioneer wearing white gloves stood on the auction stage with a small hammer in his hand and briefly introduced how many pieces of the auction were in total and what the first exhibit was.

"First of all, we are bidding for two works by the young domestic painter Gao Fan. I believe you have seen these two outstanding paintings in the exhibition these days. The theme is the "Mask" group paintings, a total of fifteen works. , The two pieces to be auctioned are "Falseness" and "Crazy Joy". The starting price is 800,000 yuan, and each bidding unit is 50,000 yuan. Please start bidding."

Gao Fan's paintings are too outstanding, and Gao Fan's reputation is relatively low, so it was used as the opening.

Soon, the price was doubled, 1.6 million.

There were more than 15 bidders holding placards.

Lawrence knew about them all, telling Gao Fan one by one, which is an independent collector, which is the art consultant of the museum.

In the next five minutes, the price climbed to 2.6 million.

At this time, some collectors who bid for their interest have gradually lost their desire to bid.

That painting is indeed excellent, it is a masterpiece that can make people fall, but the painter borrows namelessness in their eyes, and the investment is risky. If the painter's wonderful skills are only a flash in the pan, then he will lose his money.

Gao Fan noticed that Ziegfei raised his cards twice, at 1.8 and 2.6 million hours respectively. These two scenes were a bit cold, and all parties seemed to be weighing their worth, so Ziegfei raised his cards as if they were playing together. It's like an atmosphere group.

"Collectors in Boston are very optimistic about your work." Lawrence said.

Another three minutes passed.

The auction price has risen to 3.3 million, which is already four times the starting price, because the auction was only one of the two mask paintings, "Falsehood", and the auctioneer did not expect that the first work would be sold at such a high price. His expression was focused. His voice was full of passion, and he kept pointing at less than five bidders left in the field, and quoted their prices one by one.

"3.35 million! No. 12 bidder bid 3.35 million. Is there anything higher than this price?"

The number of 3.35 million, No. 12, was taken by Ziegfei, and Ziegfei turned his head and showed a smile to Gao Fan.

However, this price was immediately exceeded.

It is the art consultant of the Gardner Museum. They did not connect by phone, but arrived at the scene. On the one hand, they wanted to purchase Gao Fan's works. On the other hand, they wanted to discuss with Lawrence about opening a solo exhibition at the Gardner Museum next year.

Seeing this Gardner Museum’s art consultant continuously raise the placard and push the price to 3.7 million, Ziegfei shrugged and put down the plaque in his hand. The price exceeded his ability, although he thought it was an excellent one. Investment opportunities.

"3,700,000 times!"

The auctioneer's tone became more and more excited ~www.readwn.com~ The first work was nearly five times larger, which is also rare in the art collection field.

At this time, a staff member came to the auctioneer. After listening to the staff member, the auctioneer showed a somewhat unbelievable expression. After confirming it in a low voice, he announced:

"Just now, an off-site guest quoted by telephone and put forward a bid price of 4.5 million. Now our stage price has reached 4.5 million."

The bidders sitting down the field showed unexpected expressions. The telephone quotation method is only suitable for some large customers, museums and the like that have long-term cooperation with the organizer. They store quite a lot of money at the organizer. Credit limit' and'money limit'.

Of course, the advantage of this quotation method is that it is anonymous bidding, and it is impossible to determine who the bidder is. And this price, 4.5 million, has exceeded many people's expectations.

Gao Fan looked at Lawrence beside him, and saw that Lawrence was also confused.

"3.5 million is a reasonable price." He said, "Mrs. Gardner is willing to pay this price."