Soul Painter

April 14.

Ms. Chen Liangling, vice president of Christie's Xiangjiang region, personally presided over the auction of Gao Fan's first mask group painting in this Christie's spring auction.

"...I believe that everyone knows the name of Mr. Gao Fan, and the creation techniques of the Demon School he pioneered. It has been called the pinnacle and transcendence of painting art in the new era. American Art highly praises him as a modern painting art. Revolutionary and leader. At the same time, not long ago, "Time" also invited Mr. Gao Fan to be the cover character. He is also the second oil painter in Asia to appear on the cover of "Time"..."

At the auction, the auctioneer would not have introduced the artist in a long form. After all, the threshold and deposit for the auction are here. Those who are sincerely sitting in the auction room should have an understanding of the artworks and artists in the catalog.

However, Ms. Chen Liangling still introduced Gao Fan with considerable length.

"At the same time, I am also very proud to be the auctioneer of Mr. Gao Fan's first work in this spring auction, because a year ago, it was also in Xiangjiang. I presided over the auction of his other two mask-themed paintings. "Mask" has a total of 16 theme paintings, which are classics of Mr. Gao Fan's demon style. The other four paintings will be exhibited in this spring auction."

Chen Liangling smiled and said that she was still at Guardian a year ago as the vice president of Guardian, but now because of her outstanding business ability, she has moved to Christie's. Although she also holds the position of vice president, Christie's business is spread all over the world. Different.

"It can be said that Mr. Gao Fan is the artist with the most investment value in recent years. I believe that the collector who took the other two mask theme paintings a year ago has a deep understanding of this. Okay, now this " "Indifference" officially started auctioning, with a base price of $13.5 million, and each bidding unit is $100,000."

Following Chen Liangling’s words, the other three main venues of Christie’s spring auction also began to broadcast the auction situation in Xiangjiang simultaneously. At the same time, bidders in the other three main venues and hotlines from all over the world will be connected to Xiangjiang auction in time. At Chen Liangling in Taiwan, this is a truly global auction.

The last time Gao Fan's "Falsehood" and "Crazy Joy" were taken together, they were less than 20 million yuan.

And now the starting price of "Indifference" has reached nearly 70 million yuan.

Therefore, Chen Liangling said that Gao Fan has the "most investment value", and his investment in art works seven times in one year, which is unique in the field of modern painting.

The auction went into a hot state in an instant.

After all, the pursuit of Gao Fan in the global art market has not yet been satisfied.

This is the first public auction of Gao Fan's work after he was truly famous in the world after the creation of "The Bostonian".

"Mr. 33 bid 13.6 million, Ms. 4 bid 14 million, and Mr. 13 bid 14.5 million..."

Chen Liangling began to drive the atmosphere in the auction house with his unique infectious body movements and passionate tone. Soon the bid price rose to 18 million US dollars, which has taken over collectors’ initial estimates of Gao Fan’s worth. As a result, the number of bidders holding cards in the venue began to decrease.

A limited number of powerful collectors began to compete with each other. They plan to win this work at around 20 million yuan. Although it is a bidding, everyone has a tacit understanding in their hearts. After all, they are all players and predators in the world art circle. , They chase artists, but they won't make the artist's worth too high.

In the end, the 33rd bidder set the auction price at $21.6 million.

This art consultant from South Korea is the spokesperson of a consortium, and this consortium is well-known for the electronics industry. Its annual turnover accounts for 20% of the country's GDP. It can be said to be a truly wealthy country.

US$21.6 million is an acceptable figure.

This is true for auction houses, collectors, and the market.

Very high, in line with Gao Fan's worth, but not too outrageous.

Just when Chen Liangling looked around the venue, ready to settle down.

Suddenly, a price flashing on the big screen attracted everyone's attention.

Soon a staff member ran up and said something in Chen Liangling's ear.

Chen Liangling's delicate makeup showed an expression of surprise, and then adjusted her emotions. She also looked back at the numbers on the big screen.

Because four cities around the world are bidding, that is to say, collectors all over the world are bidding for Gao Fan’s works. The voices in other auction rooms will not be synchronized, but the prices they bid will represent that. The city's screen appeared, and the screen with'New York' at the moment displayed a number '25 million U.S. dollars'.

Oh~

This number was like a small bomb that fell on the local venue in Hong Kong, triggering a small exclamation.

This extremely oppressive bidding method is clearly designed to drive other bidders away, which is not common in an art auction.

The art consultant of the South Korean chaebol frowned and began to take out the phone to connect outside the venue. He was supposed to ask for instructions on whether to continue with the shooting, but it was not necessary. From this moment on, the venue was displayed on a few large screens representing other cities. , Began to burst out one after another, like the Spring Festival fireworks, full of oppressive numbers.

"28 million U.S. dollars, an anonymous bidder in the Paris area bid 28 million U.S. dollars!"

Chen Liangling's voice did not fall.

Another even bigger number appeared on the screen of the representative of the London venue.

"30 million U.S. dollars! An anonymous bidder from London bid 30 million U.S. dollars!"

Immediately after this auction number ~www.readwn.com~ began to roll down like a snowball from the top of a mountain, and began to unscrupulously crush the minds of collectors in the local auction venue in Xiangjiang.

30 million US dollars is not the limit. It was broken in an instant, and then 35 and 40 million. These bidders who did not know where they came from are all oppressive play. They disdain for small bids of 100,000 and 100,000. Each unit releases its own must-have emotions to the maximum, stacks tens of millions of money upwards like numbers, and threatens other bidders like a terrorist.

The local collectors and art consultants in Xiangjiang seem to have become a group of spectators.

but.

"50 million dollars."

A gentleman sitting in the corner of the venue raised a placard to make a bid to save a city for Xiangjiang.

Everyone looked in that direction, but no one knew him.

Except for Lawrence, it was Mr. Luc Villiers.

Luc Villiers nodded to Lawrence.

Lawrence hid his excitement and smiled back. At this moment Lawrence couldn't help but think of Gao Fan's words.

"Salvation, can you shoot several hundred million."

Now, Lawrence realized that the normal market price of "Indifference" could not reach 50 million US dollars. The bidders were all in order to get Gao Fan to take out "Redemption" and bet against him, so he pushed "Indifference" To this price point.

So, who are they?

What kind of magic power does "Redemption" have?

...

Twenty minutes later, Chen Liangling knocked on the auction hammer. The final sale of "Indifference" was US$83 million, which was purchased by Mr. Luc Villiers at the Xiangjiang Auction House.