Chapter 138 Auction
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When the first group of photos was posted to Tianhuangshi Post Bar and Tianhuangshi Forum, it quickly attracted the attention of many enthusiasts and experts. There was no way, who asked the photos taken by Anran to take, namely high-definition and multi-angle, and even if you don't look at the real thing, it is easy to see some tricks. Of course, the most popular reason is that the material in this photo is indeed amazingly good.
The most extreme variety among Tianhuangshi is called Tianhuangwu by people in the industry. This type of Tianhuangshi is transparent and looks extremely moist as if solidified honey.
Since the real Tianhuang stone is limited to such a small area, the Tianhuang jelly at the top is naturally even rarer. The stone chosen by Li Anran is probably the best among the best, according to experts after looking at the photos. However, it is precisely because of the Taixi style that it has aroused many people's suspicion.
Therefore, whether the material in this photo is the best Tianhuangwu or something artificially faked soon caused heated debate on the post bar and forum.
Li Anran took advantage of the opportunity of arguing between the two sides and using the vest number he registered, and took the opportunity to ask some knowledge and tricks about Tianhuangshi identification. In conjunction with finding professional information on the Internet, it was basically certain that the piece of stone he specially picked out was the size of an adult's head, and 80% of the best Tianhuangwu.
What surprised Li Anran was that as the debate between the Tieba and the forum attracted more enthusiasts and insiders. The original name who posted photos actually received a lot of short messages from the Tieba and the forum. Some of them directly expressed their intention to purchase and left a contact number for easy interviews.
Li Anran just weighed the trade and completely denied it. Although he found someone to sell Tianhuangshi to avoid attracting more attention, it may also cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, he only gave an apologetic reply to these people who asked for the price. However, he did not say anything, but said that he had no plans to sell it yet.
As for Tongfuji, it was easy to find the problem of Tian Huangshi. After some understanding, Li Anran was not surprised. In addition to providing enough information and even providing many high-definition photos as a basis, it was mainly because Tian Huangshi was not known in Shoushan, but no one knew its value.
In order to make his identification technology more accurate, in the next few days, Li Anran kept running back and forth between the time and space of the Tang Dynasty and modern time and space. At the same time, he also constantly posted photos of new materials on the Internet for those enthusiasts and experts to conduct preliminary identification.
During these days, Li Anran also used the Tang Dynasty's time and space map and modern time and space map, plus various positioning methods, and finally confirmed the area where Tianhuangshi produced on both sides of Shoushan Creek in Shoushan Township, Fuzhou. Then, with the cooperation of Fuji and local officials, large-scale mining of Shoushan Stone began.
Considering that the more money is used, the greater the risk, the greater the money is. In order to raise enough funds at one time, Li Anran even set up a small excavator from modern time and space, and personally took the lead in the big digger.
With the help of excavators, even if it was just a small excavator. With the cooperation of a large number of people and the cooperation of the first year of Zhenguan, Tianhuangshi was not spread at all, so the mining efficiency naturally made Li Anran very satisfied. In just one ten days, the Tianhuangshi stored in Tongfuji Warehouse was piled into a small hill.
Tianhuang frozen, silver-wrapped gold, white field stone, gold-wrapped silver, chicken oil yellow, orange peel yellow, black skin field, hard field stone, orange peel red field and other varieties, each of which has been obtained.
Li Anran did not treat those assigned to the construction site to help dig. Although three meals a day are not enough to make a big meal, you can see meat at every meal. The most important thing is to keep the meal full.
Moreover, there is a very good reward every day for the time being. In addition to digging, it is necessary to strengthen labor. It is possible for women, elderly and children to pick up and transport small stones. As long as the fixed amount is completed, even if the reward is not as good as the labor, at least three meals a day can be full and good.
Li Anran's vigorous mining of Tianhuangshi naturally attracted the attention of local officials such as the Fuzhou Governor. However, after privately sending a group of officials to the governor's mansion, the group of officials, led by the Fuzhou Governor, discussed it several times in private. Except for the fact that the texture of Tianhuangshi is indeed quite good, he did not see what value this thing is worthy of this observation.
Compared with these Tianhuangshi, the appearance of the small excavator has attracted great attention. At least, in the eyes of these local officials, this unique "wooden ox and flowing horse" is much more valuable than those stones.
Unfortunately, there were several private guards who had been secretly ordered to come with the Tongfuji caravan. Therefore, they only dared to talk about the origin and other aspects of the small excavator, and no one dared to put it on the table to discuss it.
Li Anran did not know about these guys' private small actions and indirect inquiries. He did not hide such inquiries, but said frankly that this kind of Tianhuang stone has a good texture. If it can be processed, whether it is for printing, carving into a Buddha statue, a god statue or other ornaments, its value is not lower than that of the best jade. Unfortunately, I believe that such explanations are really not worth much.
In ten days, Li Anran not only collected several of the most excellent and typical Tianhuangshi varieties, but also had amazing quantities.
Seeing that the harvest this time was not an exaggeration to describe it as a full load, it was not an exaggeration to return to modern time and space, allowing Anne, the "pretty beauty in law" to officially contact the auction house.
As a lawyer, Anne directly contacted her three world-class auction houses. According to Anran Lee's original intention, since she wanted to give her a sale, she would naturally find the best auction house. Among the three world-class auction houses, it is naturally the only one who has an unshakable position. However, the second-ranked Christie's was finally negotiated.
For Anran, it doesn’t matter whether it is first or second. As long as you can ensure that you maximize your own interests and have sufficient confidentiality. However, according to the suggestion of Christie’s, since this time it is a special auction with jade and yellow stone as the goods, the auction location is naturally the most advantageous place in Asia.
After some negotiation, Christie's Auction House selected the auction location in Hong Kong, China. As for the jade materials, jadeware, Tianhuang stone materials that participated in the auction, as well as the Tianhuang stone ornaments, seals and accessories carefully carved by famous craftsmen in the time and space of the Tang Dynasty, they were also appraised by professional appraisers sent by Christie's, and they were also estimated to have a suitable reserve price.
Not to mention the final value of the auction, the bottom price given by the auction house alone is nearly 100 million US dollars. You should know that this is just a very conservative bottom price. With the popularity of jade and Tianhuangstone in Asia, it is not a problem to double the bottom price. If you encounter those who are not short of money, it is not impossible to sell a higher price.
After handing over all the items to Christie's Auction Company and completing all the procedures with Annie, Li Anran discovered that it would take quite a while for this batch of jade materials and Tianhuang to be sold. After all, the wider the publicity of the auction business, the better the effect.
Chapter completed!