Soul Painter

Regarding the first theme painting of Gao Fan's "Mask" group, "Indifference", it was officially sold at a sky-high price in the auction on April 14 at 16:00 Hong Kong time. It will not appear until the news report on the 15th, but Inside Christie's and online media, the news that "Indifference" was sold at a sky-high price of US$83 million has already detonated the audience.

On the 14th, in the spring show of Christie's global four-city joint auction, the turnover of the Xiangjiang area was restored by one city.

Although on the 14th, the modern art painting "Force Field" by George Condo in the Paris area was auctioned at a high price of US$11 million, the New York area launched the oil painting "Lift" by Dana Schutz at HK$5050. Thousands of transactions were sold, but the sum of these auction items is not as good as the auction price of Gao Fan's "Indifference."

In the transaction price, Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars are used interchangeably, which also represents where the buyer of the piece comes from.

In other words, although most of the buyers of Gao Fan’s works have not disclosed their identities, they should all come from abroad.

In any case, 83 million US dollars is really too amazing.

This is a sky-high price that contemporary artists cannot achieve.

What's more, this is just one of Gao Fan's works in this auction, just an appetizer.

Therefore, on the night of April 14th, in the dream auction show of Christie's global linkage, the Xiangjiang area was quite dominant.

It is said that Shi Junan, CEO of Christie's Region of Hong Kong, has promised to double the salary of all employees throughout the year.

And this price also caused a sensation in the domestic and international art circles.

Collectors and art consultants who are holding 20 million US dollars and intend to acquire a certain work in Gao Fan's "Mask" group, suddenly realize how poor they are. 20 million US dollars can't even afford half of Gao Fan's painting... …But who gave Gao Fan such an expensive takeover offer?

no one knows.

The world’s major museums, collectors, well-known wealthy people, professional managers who are good at investing in art, no acquirer can be found in all the known areas. It seems that this anonymous buyer is only selling for the good. Same.

No, it's not just an anonymous buyer. From the mask theme painting called "Indifference", when the price soared to more than 30 million, the bidding rhythm has entered a rhythm that the collectors and merchants can't understand. Some people judge at least There must be five world-class billionaires or consortia that are arguing against each other irrationally.

It's not... irrational.

Some people began to recall the news of the "buy-to-betting" that Christie’s issued before the start of the spring auction. Although it looked ridiculous, no one would lie about real money. So... all of this was for Gao Does anyone take out that piece of "Redemption" for auction?

If this is the case, then this "Indifference" auction is really an appetizer.

But this also means that buyers in the ordinary sense have been shuffled out of the board in this turbulent auction wave. These ordinary buyers, holding billions of dollars in their hands, pretend to be high-end players, but at this moment, They don't even understand why those big buyers like deep-sea giant crocodiles would chase Gao Fan's works with such a eager and desperate posture.

This is too confusing.

...

night.

When Lawrence and Gao Fan had dinner together.

Saw the bulging naan in the pocket of Gao Fan's suit.

Formal suit pockets are not meant to hold things, and only Gao Fan can be so casual.

"What's that?" Lawrence asked. Valley

"That diamond." Gao Fan took out the pink-purple colored diamond named'Sakura' from his pocket.

"How much did it cost?" Lawrence asked.

"Two hundred and thirty million, Hong Kong dollars." Gao Fan especially emphasized that'Hong Kong dollars' are not U.S. dollars. Lawrence estimated that it was accurate.

"You just put 200 million diamonds in your pocket like this... Hey, that's not right, why would Christie's give you something if you haven't paid?" Lawrence was surprised.

The bids in the auction will not reach the buyer until the delivery procedures are completed. It will take two or three days at the earliest. It will never be delivered on-site like a convenience store.

"I just raised a mouth, can you give it to me now? Then they gave it to me." Gao Fan said, and tossed the diamond in his hand. Although it was worth more than 200 million, it was only ten grams, less than 3. Two, flirty.

"You are now the darling of Christie’s Asia, no, it should be their god." Lawrence said with a smile, "The first mask painting was sold for 80 million US dollars, and there are three remaining. In particular, we still have that bet. If we fulfill one by one, then this time the glory of Christie’s Asia will completely cover the other three cities. Shi Jun’an may put up a shrine in the office building to enshrine you."

"Is it with Master Guan?" Gao Fan imagined it for a while, not bad.

...

"83 million dollars!"

"Oh my God, how much did he take in the last mask painting?"

"I remember it was about 10 million?"

"It has doubled eight times in less than a year?"

"My dear, how do you test the qualification of auctioneer for your math level. 10 million is RMB and 83 million is U.S. dollars. According to the current exchange rate, how many times do you translate for me?"

"That's...49 times? Oh my god, no, I'm looking for my time machine. I have to go and take pictures of his two mask paintings a year ago ~ www.readwn.com ~ 49 times a year, This is more profitable than robbing a bank!"

"You travel a little earlier. Three years ago, when PACE acquired the first work from him, it only cost 30,000 US dollars. How many times was it from 30,000 to 83 million?"

"Go ask the calculator, my brain is down because of jealousy."

By Xin Wei's side, colleagues were chattering about.

As people in the industry, the staff of Guardian Auctions will naturally focus on Christie’s spring auction. First of all, because Chen Liangling, their vice president, jumped to the past and took away a group of old employees, which weakened Guardian’s strength and at the same time , It also gave these employees the opportunity to take up positions. For example, Xin Wei is already a trainee auctioneer.

In addition, the names of Master Zhao, Master Lin and Gao Fan have long been familiar to them. If you pay attention to the spring auction, you have to pay attention to these local masters. Therefore, once the auction price of Gao Fan’s latest works is released, they will immediately There was an uproar in my mind, because the price was too ridiculous.

After discussing a wave of Gao Fan, everyone began to discuss other special auction items of Christie’s. The cherry blossom diamond sold for 230 million Hong Kong dollars also attracted a lot of topics. Girls began to study how heavy this thing is in their hands, Xin. Wei also participated in the discussion, she said that only those super prodigal will buy such flashy gadgets.

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April 15th.

When a lot of news appeared in various media, even the official mainstream media also reported the works of the contemporary oil painter Gao Fan, when the price was nearly 100 million U.S. dollars.

At 16:30 in the afternoon, a satellite was released in the special "Arts of the 20th and 21st Century" by Xiangjiang. Gao Fan's second mask-themed painting "Rage", the auction price reached a new high. 89.2 million US dollars.