Chapter 38 Provocation
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At this time, more and more people were squeezed over, and Jin Muchen was unwilling to stay with that guy, so he simply withdrew from the crowd and stood behind the crowd.
The crowds filled with people in front of the two ancient shelves, Jin Muchen smiled helplessly. It seemed that he had thought too easily before. You should know that this room is now full of experts coming to Manhattan, and people will definitely recognize these things he recognizes.
Moreover, these guys have much better shipping channels than themselves and have more abundant funds.
If they like these things, they will definitely not have much chance.
The facts also proved Jin Muchen's guess. Others had already stared at the porcelain he liked. After a while, several guys squeezed over and watched the dishes.
Even the export porcelain on the other side that he didn't like was too much. When he was watching, those guys argued endlessly.
Regarding the period of those porcelains, people are more professional than him, and what they mainly argue about is the price positioning of these porcelains. Jin Muchen eavesdropped on them for a while, and then walked away sadly.
The price that popped up from those guys' mouths was obviously not something he could afford now.
He had sold pastel bowls, another set of signature versions of Yuan Datou, and a set of French antique tea sets. He made a lot of money for each, but he almost sent all the money back to his home. Now he only had the salary he earned from working and some fractions, which was a total of more than 10,000 US dollars.
This amount of money may be bidding with others to buy a bowl, but if you want to sell such a bowl, you can't be as smooth as when you meet Boss Wang twice. God knows it will be in your hands for one month or two months?
If that happens, his cash flow will be problematic.
What's more, if you buy a bowl at a high price, it's not his intention to come here. You have to know that he came here to find a bargain.
"Okay, gentlemen, you've seen it almost all, so let's start. First, please put the things in your hands back in place and let's auction according to the label!"
I don't know when that Josh Bentley returned to the room. It seems that this guy's work may have something to do with the auctioneer because he is very familiar with the auction process.
He has long labeled the small antiques in the room. When everyone is looking at it, if they are interested in the item, they will mark the label of the item on their own notebook, and then write their own psychological price next to it, waiting for the bidding.
"First of all, we are going to take the No. 1 lot. The painting on the fireplace behind me, Downing Chandler's "Ship in the Storm". As we all know, Downing Chandler, although not as famous as David, Angel and Delacroix of his contemporaries, he studied under Drevlik Leiden and was still well-known for realistic outlines... This work starts at $30,000..."
Josh introduced the oil painting behind him, then quoted the base price and bidding principles.
Jin Muchen stood behind a group of antique dealers tugging their necks and smiled helplessly. It seemed that he was going to return empty-handed this time.
"Eight thousand dollars, is there any higher?"
"Eight thousand one hundred dollars, okay, there is no higher bid? Eight thousand one hundred dollars, the first, second, third time, good, this Qing Dynasty blue and white porcelain plate belongs to that Mr. Guderry!"
The auction in the study was in full swing. In front of the antique merchants, it was obvious that the room was full of good things, and there was no reason to be ignorant of the goods or return empty-handed.
The oil painting in front was sold at a high price of 50,000 US dollars, and those old hunting rifles were also bought for thousands of dollars. The most surprising thing was that the twelve-forked deer head was sold at a high price of 15,000 US dollars.
Soon some of the miscellaneous Western-style antiques in the front were swept away by the antique dealers. When the final Chinese porcelain was finally finished, the auction atmosphere in the entire study quickly entered a white-hot stage.
Although the auction price of these Chinese porcelains is not necessarily higher than the previous items, the key is that this thing is hot!
Although the previous Western items may be relatively expensive, it is not particularly easy to sell them.
For example, the well-known Tangning Chandler's oil paintings are antique oil paintings, but because he is not very famous, the audience may not be very popular.
Maybe you buy it back and put it in the store, and it will take a year or two before you can buy it if you meet a collector who really likes his style.
In a few years, such antiques cannot be considered best-selling products, including inflation, currency depreciation and other factors.
And it will also suppress a large amount of money, and for antique dealers, cash liquidity is also very important.
But these Chinese porcelains are different. Although the price of single items is not expensive, they are particularly liquid in the market. Today, you spend 8,100 yuan to buy them, and it may take less than two months to sell them at 10,000 yuan. This time, you will make a lot of money.
What's more, these antique dealers have their own fixed shipping channels? So the time for taking action should be much faster than this.
Therefore, the last Chinese porcelain has undoubtedly become the most popular antiques in this small auction.
Seeing the increasingly fierce competition in front, Jin Muchen could only stand behind the crowd and smiled bitterly. He originally wanted to get a bargain, but he didn't expect to encounter such a scene.
"What? You don't take two shots?"
Candice stood aside and looked at Jin Muchen and asked. She didn't know much about antiques. She only knew that Jin Muchen was studying antique appraisal, and the antiques in front were all real, but why Jin Muchen has been slow to take action, which made her confused.
Jin Muchen glanced at Candice, and could only shook his head helplessly and shrugged: "I think so! But if you listen to their offer, you can buy 8,000 yuan per bowl. Although I want to buy it, I don't have enough money!"
"What? How much are you missing? Where can I have some, or I'll lend you a little first?"
Candice looked at Jin Muchen and asked, American men and women had a very clear distinction in terms of money, especially in this way, who had only known each other for a short time, usually those who knew something would not take the initiative to borrow money from others.
This is the first time Jin Muchen has met someone like Candice who is willing to lend money to others, which makes him feel a little moved.
"No, Candice, I can't spend your money!"
"Why? Since you like it, then buy it? And I don't give it to you, but lend it to you. At worst, I can just wait until you sell the porcelain and return it to me!"
Candice looked at Jin Muchen and said seriously. It seemed that she was sincerely concerned about Jin Muchen and was not guarded at all. This made Jin Muchen even more moved, but he still rejected Candice's proposal.
"Thank you for your kindness, but I still can't use your money..."
"Dai Guy, it turns out that he is just a fool who can't even eat soft rice?"
A sharp and slight voice suddenly sounded next to him. He turned his head and saw that he didn't know when the annoying guy from Xiangjiang had approached them again, and he also heard the conversation between them just now.
Seeing Jin Muchen's gaze turn, the guy raised his head, his eyes almost hitting his head, and a disdainful hum came from his nose!
"Okay, the ruthless man, the poor man is going to Chinatown to wash dishes if he has no money. Why are hesitating here?"
Jin Muchen clenched his fists and his pupils shrank suddenly. Just before he was about to rush over and punch the guy a few times, Candice grabbed his arm.
"Hani, don't worry about such garbage!"
The guy was in Cantonese just now. Although Candice couldn't understand what he said, just looking at Jin Muchen's angry look, you know that the guy must have said nothing good.
If it was elsewhere, Jin Muchen would beat him, but it would not work here. There were so many people here, once Jin Muchen took action, it would be unreasonable. If someone called the police, Jin Muchen would definitely suffer a great loss.
Jin Muchen's originally hot mind gradually calmed down by Candice's pull. He was indeed very harsh to this guy now, but the gain was not worth the effort. If he was not careful, he would have to go to prison.
Seeing that Jin Muchen did not respond, the Xiangjiang man became even more arrogant, but soon he had no time to continue to get entangled with Jin Muchen. After all, he came here not to be angry, but to collect antiques.
"Okay, now the auction of collection No. 32 is started. This collection is a beautiful pastel vase, and the pattern of the vase is..."
The auction on the stage has entered its final stage, and the auction happened to be the export porcelain.
Chinese antique dealers must be not very interested in such porcelain, but these foreign antique dealers have their eyes shining. These porcelains are exquisitely made, and both the styles and the paintings on the porcelain are particularly good for their appetite. Therefore, as long as these porcelains are taken down, they will not have to worry about their sales.
The Xiangjiang man who was still fighting with Jin Muchen just now was also looking at the export porcelain, and was eager to try it out. When Jin Muchen saw his expression, he suddenly came up with a plan.
Soon a few vases were taken out, and the man from Xiangjiang also participated in several biddings, but they all returned in vain. However, when the 38th collection was taken up, the guy's eyes lit up.
Jin Muchen, who had been secretly paying attention to him, turned his head to look at the item on the stands. It turned out to be a pastel porcelain plate.
Chapter completed!