The next work continued to be displayed on the big screen.
It seems that with the Nine-Colored Deer Brooch as a shining example, many people feel that later works are inferior.
Except for a necklace inlaid with a ten-carat pigeon blood ruby that received a high score of 9.2, the other works were between 8.3 and 8.9.
After two and a half hours, all 40 shortlisted works for this competition were displayed.
The host announced on the stage that the award ceremony would begin soon.
Two hostesses came onto the stage carrying trays and stood next to the podium.
There were flowers on one tray and a crystal trophy on another.
The awards will start with the third prize.
The host begins to announce the names of the designers according to the scores of the three third-place winners.
The first place winner of the third prize was a middle-aged woman, and the second and third place winners were two middle-aged men.
Three judges presented crystal trophies and flowers to the three people.
Then it was the turn of the two designers who won the second prize, a man and a woman, to receive the award.
After the second prizes were awarded, it was the turn of the first prize.
The host took the microphone, glanced at the cue card, and slowly read out:
"Next, we will present the first prize winner, Yan Ning, a designer from China. Let's give her a round of applause."
As the host finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.
Yan Ning took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, stroked the hem of her skirt and slowly stood up.
Everyone around looked at the oriental girl who won the first prize.
When they saw that it was such a young and beautiful girl, everyone around was a little surprised.
John in the guest seat was even more shocked. He didn't expect that the winner of the first prize would be her.
A girl from such a backward place in China is actually so talented.
Yan Ning walked up to the podium with a smile on his face and elegant manners.
The first prize presenter is Master Bernard.
When he saw that the first prize winner was the oriental girl he had met at the jewelry exhibition, a sincere smile appeared on his face.
Bernard walked up to Yan Ning and extended his hand, "Congratulations, Yan, you really gave me a big surprise.
You said before that you were not a designer, but now I prefer to call you an artist."
Yan Ning shook his hand and said, "Thank you for your compliment."
Bernard took the trophy and flowers from the tray held by the etiquette lady and handed them to Yan Ning solemnly.
"I like your work very much, and I am also interested in its design concept.
I wonder if you have time after the ceremony. I would like to discuss this work with you."
Yan Ning smiled and said, "Of course, it is my honor to be able to exchange ideas with Master Bernard about his designs."
Bernard smiled and nodded.
Yan Ning held the trophy and flowers, facing the camera in the audience, smiling and waving.
The recording of this award ceremony will be broadcast worldwide, and Ning's family can watch her present the awards on TV.
After a few seconds, Yan Ning turned around and gestured to Master Bernard, then walked off the stage holding the trophy and flowers and returned to his previous seat.
As soon as Yan Ning sat down, people around her greeted her and congratulated her.
She thanked them politely one by one.
Next is the auction of the winning works.
The host began to introduce the first winning work of the auction.
The first piece is a necklace made of countless five-carat white diamonds and an eight-carat emerald.
This eight-carat emerald alone is worth about one million francs, and with the countless five-carat diamonds, the necklace is worth about one hundred and sixty-five francs.
Bids soon rang out one after another, and soon the necklace was bought by a wealthy man for 2.1 million francs.
Most of those who are willing to pay such high prices to buy these award-winning works are here for the title of jewelry competition winner.
After all, the jewelry design competition is held once a year, and there are only six winning works each time.
Whether for collection or because they really like the works, countless people will compete for these winning works.
The host then began to introduce the second winning work of the auction.
The second piece is a pair of diamond-shaped earrings inlaid with countless tiny rubies, sapphires, tourmalines, diamonds, and at the bottom is a ten-carat cornflower sapphire.
The other small gems are not valuable. The most expensive ones are the two ten-carat cornflower sapphires, which are worth about 2.5 million francs.
Bids rang out one after another, and finally the pair of earrings was sold for 3.2 million francs.
The auction continues on site.
Yan Ning estimated the value of her Nine-Colored Deer brooch based on the previous auction items.
Her work features many types of gemstones, but they are all very small. The only ones of some value are the six Philippine gold beads on the antlers and the twelve four-carat D-grade white diamonds.
All of these are worth only about 500,000 or 600,000 francs, but what is really valuable is the overall design of the work.
I don’t know how many francs this brooch can be auctioned for.
The auction lasted for almost an hour, and the Nine-Colored Deer Brooch was the last item to be auctioned.
A picture of the Nine-Colored Deer brooch was played on the big screen.
Yan Ning focused his attention on the stage.
The etiquette lady brought a tray to the podium, on which was placed the Nine-Colored Deer brooch.
All the lights on the stage are concentrated on this brooch, making the finished product look more exquisite and dazzling.
The host announced the reserve price for the auction - 800,000 francs.
Bids soon began to be heard from the audience.
"I'll give you one million."
Yan Ning looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young woman from Eagle Country.
Then others started bidding as well.
"I'll give you 1.2 million."
"I'll give you 1.4 million."
"I'll give you 1.6 million."
“…”
"I'll give you two million."
As soon as the bid of two million came out, the people in the audience exclaimed.
Yan Ning was also shocked.
It turned out that it was Master Bernard who bid two million.
Master Bernard is a jewelry designer himself, and this is the first time I heard that he bought jewelry designs from other designers.
Everyone thought about what Master Bernard said when he was grading the work just now, and his extremely high evaluation of this work, which was enough to prove how satisfied he was with this work.
It's not surprising when you think about it.
Then everyone thought, if even Master Bernard wanted to buy the work for his collection, then the designer of this work must have a bright future!
From any perspective, this piece is worth buying and collecting.
For a moment, the guests in the audience were bidding frantically.
Master Bernard never gave up bidding.
The auction price rose from two million to four million.
The highest bidder was still Master Bernard.
Seeing that Master Bernard still had no intention of stopping bidding, everyone couldn't help but give up.
That's not how money is made.
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