"This is lot 2088, a 25.13 carat Fancy Vivid Yellow VVS 2 clarity diamond ring. This is a high-estimate lot. Please use your high bid card if you wish to bid."
This ring is obviously hers at first glance. The oversized square yellow diamond on the big screen is surrounded by two transparent diamonds next to it, sparkling and beautiful.
Yellow diamonds are not very rare, but diamonds of this size, clarity, saturation and color, reaching the vivid yellow level, are very rare.
She motioned Jiang Chengyi to raise his card. Jiang Chengyi knew her temper very well after hearing a series of shouts and gestures, so he just made a big gesture.
"The starting bid is 7 million, and each increment must not be less than 200,000. 7.2 million, number 1 bid is 10 million! Are there any higher bids?"
Every time the host mentioned number 1, her voice would be louder and more enthusiastic. After all, one of the important roles of the host is to raise the auction price to avoid a sale at a loss. She was obviously very happy to have such a generous guest.
The host then pointed to a woman behind Guan Yan and the others and said, "12 million for card number 15."
Generally, the host will just say the card number and then point in the direction of the customer who made the bid. Only when the order is placed by phone will the host call out the name directly.
"Joan's phone number, 12.5 million."
"14 million, back to the hands of card number 1."
No. 15 obviously also wanted this yellow diamond and raised the price again.
"Number 15 has 15 million. Do you want to add to the number 1?"
No one else in the room raised the price. For a yellow diamond ring, 15 million was already a high enough price. Unfortunately, she met Guan Yan.
"16 million for card number 1! Do you want to add more for card number 15?"
The girl with number 15 was about to crush her brand to pieces. She originally came here for the ring, and 1,600 was already beyond her budget.
He gritted his teeth and raised the card again.
"Number 15 wins 16.2 million, number 1 wins 16.5 million once, 16.5 million twice. Congratulations to number 1..."
The jewelry items were simply tailored to Guan Yan's aesthetic taste. She would ask others to raise the items she liked, which directly refreshed the consumption concept of the guests present.
"Now, lot 2089: two Harry Winston 18k gold diamond bracelets and one 18k gold bracelet. The three bracelets can be combined into a necklace, approximately 431mm long..."
The starting price is 300,000 yuan, and each bid must not be less than 50,000 yuan. Number 15 is 400,000 yuan, number 17 is 600,000 yuan, is there any more? Number 1 is 800,000 yuan, number 15 is 900,000 yuan, and the 1 million yuan is back to number 1. Should number 15 raise the price again? The good number 15 is 1.6 million yuan.
No. 15 was a fight to the death with Guan Yan. After the bid exceeded 1.2 million, Jiang Chengyi stopped bidding. The highest recommended bid written in the booklet was 1.09 million.
This No. 15 is obviously bidding maliciously. Guan Yan is rich but she is not so bored as to ask others to raise the price deliberately and compete with her.
If you like it, give it to her.
"1.6 million goes to number 15..."
I wasn't too happy about getting card number 15...it wasn't worth that much.
Later, Guan Yan continued to perform steadily.
"Now, lot 2093, Van Cleef & Arpels 18K gold, ruby, and diamond bracelet... Hammer price: $870,000 for lot 1..."
"Now, lot 2095: 18K white gold and diamond-set 5.97-carat emerald ring... Hammer down to lot 1,000,000..."
"Now, lot 2098, a natural Burmese jadeite, ruby, demantoid garnet, and diamond ring designed by Yichi Zhao, Bizhu Hexiang... Hammer price: 460,000 for lot 1..."
I really like this lotus leaf ring. It is made of 18K gold in the shape of a lotus leaf, inlaid with natural Burmese jadeite and oval rubies, and then inlaid with diamonds and demantoid garnets.
Sure enough, when I saw full green jadeite before, I thought it was ugly not because the jadeite was ugly, but because the design was ugly.
"Now, lot 2103, the two-color jade gourd bracelet... hammer price 450,000 for lot 1..."
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After bidding on more than a dozen pieces of jewelry, not only were the people in the audience numb from listening, even Jiang Cheng's hands were sore from lifting them. This was much more tiring than his training.
Card 15: Sorry to bother you.
Several pieces of jewelry she wanted to bid for at the beginning were snatched away by Brand No. 1. She felt that they were against her, and angrily raised the bid to the big boss.
As a result, people ignored her at all and had their own pace. If she maliciously bid over a certain amount, they would not compete with her. She was still the clown.
Now it seems that there is no way such a character would target her. She may just be attracted to the same thing because beautiful women have similar tastes...
The host's increasingly excited voice continued: "Now it's lot 2157, an early Qing Dynasty imitation official glaze pot with pierced ears... 2.56 million is hammered down to lot 1..."
"Now for auction: Lot 2162, a large Yuan Dynasty Ding kiln plate with a carved dragon pattern... 2.7 million goes to lot 1..."
"Now, lot 2168, a large bowl from the Yuan Ding kiln, inscribed with a lotus pond and mandarin fish, with lotus petals on the outside... The hammer went to lot 1 for 7.475 million..."
"Now, lot 2175, a large, carved, octagonal bowl from the Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln... hammer price: 146.84 million..."
Many items passed by in the meantime, all kinds of antiques and old things. If they liked something, they would buy it. If they didn't like it but thought it would be useful later, they would buy it too. If it was worth millions, they would buy it. If it was worth tens of millions, people would buy it too. If it was worth over 100 million, they would buy it without saying anything...
The other customers felt like they were just there to keep up the pace. If some of them hadn't been uninterested and didn't bid, their trip might have been in vain.
If I remember correctly, the RMB is in Yuan, right? Why does it seem like it's in 100 million here?
Someone got bored and did the math, and in just two hours, Brand No. 1 spent over 4.3 billion.
The highlight is here.
"Next up is our cover image, Lot 2199, the grand prize. This is the Qionglin Garden, the only existing private garden in China with a floor area exceeding 10,000 square meters. The starting price is 1 billion yuan, and each increment must be no less than 100 million yuan. This is a high-estimated lot, so please use your high-bid card if you wish to bid."
Super-large gardens like this basically belong to the state now. As the last private garden with a construction area of more than 10,000 square meters and a total area of more than 50,000 square meters, Qionglin Garden will naturally have a lot of people vying for the bid.
The corridors in Qionglin Garden are more than 700 meters long. There are more than a dozen tall trees such as ginkgo, poplar, cypress, elm, etc. that are two or three hundred years old. The previous owner of the garden bought 12 famous stones and set them in important positions. He also set up a special stone forest courtyard to arrange stone peaks and stalagmites.
The spatial structure of Qionglin Garden is very clear and is basically divided into the central area, east area, west area and north area.
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