Shi Xing handed another booklet to Xu Bai.
"Take a look and see if there's anything you like."
Xu Bai flipped through the booklet in his hand; the materials and layout showed that it was carefully designed.
The items inside are quite nice, and there are a lot of them, mostly jewelry, but also a considerable number of antiques.
They arrived late and didn't examine the auction items carefully; they could only learn about them from the photos.
Although Xu Bai had done her homework beforehand, she still carefully read through the introduction.
Before long, it was time for the auction.
There were also quite a few people sitting in the seats next to me, all of whom were prominent figures in Shanghai.
Fortunately, Guan Jian from the Guan family also arrived, sitting a few rows behind her.
Lu Yihuan's mother from the Lu Group was also in that row.
Suddenly someone greeted her. Shi Xing turned her head and saw that it was Ren Anran's mother, Madam Ren.
Shi Xing smiled and nodded at her: "Hello, Aunt Ren."
Mrs. Ren switched seats with the person next to her and sat down next to her, asking, "Xiao Xing, you're here too. Is there anything you'd like to buy?"
"I've got my eye on a pink diamond ring." Shi Xing turned to that page in the catalog and showed it to Madam Ren.
"It looks good and suits you young girls."
Shi Xing closed the booklet, but unfortunately there weren't any suitable ones for Xu Bai, otherwise she would have taken two photos for Xu Bai as well.
The auctioneer above had her hair tied in a low ponytail, her makeup was exquisite, and she wore a confident and appropriate smile.
The auction rules and bidding process are being explained.
Xu Bai listened attentively, his mind already calculating the approximate price of the pink diamond that Shi Xing liked, and estimating its value.
Finally, the first item was auctioned off.
Photos were displayed on a large screen in front of people.
Shi Xing wasn't interested in the first item, so he just watched them bid back and forth.
The auctioneer had excellent timing, spoke clearly, and exuded confidence, driving the price up and down in a flurry of activity.
"It's 20.5 million now, is there a higher bid?" the auctioneer asked with a smile, looking at the crowd. "The hammer is about to fall."
No one raised their paddle again, and the auctioneer brought down the gavel. "Fine, 20.5 million! Congratulations to bidder number 105!"
Among the later items auctioned, Mrs. Ren took a liking to a pearl necklace.
The necklace is made up of 175 natural saltwater pearls and 1 cultured pearl, with the three strands stacked together.
The pearls are arranged from smallest to largest, each one round and translucent, with a glossy, oily white luster and excellent quality.
The starting bid was 2 million, and the price has now risen to 16.9 million.
Mrs. Ren liked it very much, and when the price went to another person, she raised her paddle and immediately increased the bid by 20 million.
Unfortunately, the other party also liked the pearl necklace, and she raised her paddle to 23 million. In addition to her, another lady raised her paddle.
"25 million!"
"Okay, the price has now reached 25 million. Anyone want to raise the bid?" The auctioneer leaned down and asked the ladies who had raised their paddles.
Mrs. Ren held up a sign: "28 million."
Spurred on by the auctioneer, the group bid several more times, eventually bringing the price to 36 million.
The price was set by Mrs. Ren, and the others did not bid higher. Thus, the pearl necklace was acquired by Mrs. Ren for 36 million.
After several more items were auctioned, she finally reached the pink diamond ring she had her eye on, number 2480.
Its main stone is a 6.99ct emerald-cut (square, step-cut) pink diamond, flanked by step-cut diamonds.
It has a bright, translucent color, a light pink, and looks very pretty.
A lot of people come here because of it.
The starting bid was 5 million, but many people immediately offered high prices, and the price quickly rose to 15 million.
Tokiyuki also began to raise his paddle to bid.
"20 million."
Someone added to it.
"22 million."
Others joined in, and in no time the price rose to 30 million.
Because it's popular and worth the price, there's still competition among people for it.
The auctioneer's mouth never stopped from the beginning, constantly raising prices, and the price fluctuated among the crowd.
"35 million." Shi Xing raised his paddle again.
35.6 million.
37 million.
Prices are rising steadily.
When the price reached 56 million, there were still four or five other people bidding against her.
None of them would give in, and the auctioneer's gaze shifted between them.
"It's 62.4 million now, anyone bidding 63 million?" she asked quickly, and then someone raised their paddle, "Okay, 63 million."
When the price soared to 70 million, only Shi Xing and another man were left raising their paddles.
Xu Bai looked over and saw that the middle-aged man worked for a securities company, which seemed to be of a decent standard.
Because she didn't want to hold up the sign anymore, Shi Xing handed the task over to Xu Bai. Xu Bai is now holding up the sign; they are number 69.
"Number 69 was 70.5 million, now it's back to Mr. 69 at 24.8 million. Mr. 102, do you need to raise the bid again?"
The other party countered, "Okay, 72 million. Now 2480 has come to Mr. 102."
Xu Bai raised the price to 75 million, and the other party immediately raised it to 80 million, with the prices for both parties soaring.
The value of this pink diamond is at most in the range of 90 million, but the other party seems to really like this pink diamond and keeps bidding against it, even raising the price significantly later on.
"120 million, does Mr. No. 69 need to raise the bid?"
Shi Xing gestured for him to continue raising the price, and Xu Bai raised it to 104 million.
The person didn't raise the price again, and the auctioneer was still thinking about whether he could raise it again, so he didn't bring down the hammer for a long time.
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