The leisurely life of rebirth.

Both auction companies have enjoyed a long-standing reputation. After more than 200 years, Sotheby's has gradually established its leading position in the international antique and art market.

Gold is hidden in troubled times, and antiques are played in prosperous times. Sotheby’s large-scale expansion is also after World War II, and the international art market has gradually formed.Sotheby's is also developing in the direction of globalization, and has gradually monopolized the international market for important works of art. In the early 60s, Sotheby's entered the United States and established the first international auction house in the United States. In the 70s, Sotheby's gradually expanded its auction business to international cities all over the world, and set up offices in major cities around the world to widely collect artworks from various countries, gradually forming the pattern and norms of international art auctions.

At the end of the 50s, Sotheby's annual turnover was only more than 600 million pounds, but by 1980, the annual turnover had reached hundreds of millions of pounds.Worthy of being no1, the rapid development is staggering.On the other hand, the rapid economic growth has created a large number of rich people who are eager to get rid of the suspicion of nouveau riche.

Christie's auction house is also formerly translated as Christie's auction house, one of the world's famous art auction houses.The auction brings together rare works of art, famous watches, jewelry, cars and famous wines from all over the world.Now, Christie's offices are located in 90 major cities around the world, and auctions are held regularly in 16 locations around the world.

As one of the international art trading centers, the Hong Kong market is more inclusive.Its huge market growth potential has attracted many auction houses to Hong Kong to hold auctions. The modern and contemporary art market, as a sector with great potential in the Hong Kong market, is even more loved by auction houses. [

The auction venue is set up in the hotel exhibition hall of Mandarin Hotel.

Mandarin Hotel is located on Connaught Road in Central, a famous five-star hotel regarded as a "Landmark in Central", overlooking the Victoria Harbour.Since its opening, the hotel has maintained the British tradition from the decoration of the lobby, oil paintings to the charcoal fire grill in the grill room. The hotel has won many world-class awards for its luxurious services.

There are countless world-class celebrities who have stayed in the luxury rooms of the hotel. Today's auction naturally also invited celebrities and rich people from Hong Kong.Because they want to give generously!How can we do without the 'God of Wealth'!

However, not all of these people were collectors of antiques. Many of them came here with the intention of making connections, and some wanted to take the opportunity to show off their financial resources.But no matter what, when Fang Monan and the others arrived at the venue, there were scenes of handshakes and greetings everywhere in the exhibition hall, and scenes of pointing and complimenting each other to the exhibits in the glass showcases.

In fact, Han Zhiqian had already obtained the picture album for today's auction, with clear pictures on it.With the introduction of auction items, buyers can check in advance whether there is something they like.

Today, all the men were dispatched, including Yuan Zhaoying and He Junyao, while the women took their children to Ocean Park to play.Except Fang Monan and He Shuhui.With children, women are not so free.

The exhibition hall is resplendent and magnificent, and there are many famous collections collected this time.There are antiques, jades, calligraphy and paintings, etc., which are placed in isolation for tourists to appreciate. These objects have been exhibited here for three days, and they will be put up for auction this evening.

In the early 90s, although the global economy began to enter the economic downturn.But Sotheby's already knew how to manage the economic cycle of the art market by this time.And has seen the ebb and flow of several rounds.The operation is impressive, especially in the late 80s.It seemed like anything could happen.In the last few years, auction prices have climbed to unimaginable levels.For this reason, the auction industry has also attracted unprecedented attention from the global media. In 1989, Sotheby's sold impressionist and modern art works in New York and London, with a total value of 11 billion US dollars.

It has to be said that Sotheby's has its own way of operating, no matter how the real economy is, they have their own magic weapon for survival.

Fang Monan and the others came early so they separated in the exhibition hall.Check out these art treasures.

Compared to men with wives who went to look at jewelry and jade, Fang Monan, Han Zhiqian, He Junyao and Yuan Zhaoying went to the calligraphy, painting and porcelain area.

The calligraphy and painting area is mostly Chinese contemporary paintings.Zhang Daqian

And Huaxia, hey...the goal set by the end of this century is to quadruple the per capita gross national product compared to 1980 when the population of our country will increase by about 3 million compared with 1980 by the end of this century." reach a well-off level."

The granary knows the etiquette, the food and clothing knows the honor and disgrace, and only when the food is full and the clothes are warm can one have the heart to improve the spiritual pursuit.The auction prices in later generations often break records, which also reflects that a few people have become rich from one side.

"The painting of pines, valleys and high places by Wen Zhengming, the great artist of Ming and Qing Dynasties." Han Zhiqian stepped forward quickly, looking at a pair of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.Inscription: Xiaoyan back to the pond, Ququtong, a stream of Hanlai, pine wind.Seeing that the painting has just been born in a busy body, Ande is as leisurely as in the painting.Zheng Ming.Seal: "Zheng" and "Ming" (Zhu Wenlian's bead seal) "Tsk... what a good thing!" Han Zhiqian clasped his hands, full of admiration, looked up and down and said yes, yes.

"Like it so much?" Fang Monan looked at his excited look, stepped forward to see the starting price, 200 million, "Well! It's really not expensive. Buy it if you like it!"

In Wen Zhengming's works, there is always a fresh air that does not eat the fireworks in the world, with high rhyme and clear writing.

The axis of "Songhe Gaoyi Picture" is Wen Zhengming's light crimson fine brushwork landscape work. The scenery of this picture is complicated, with overlapping mountains and mountains, clouds and mist between the mountains, and waterfalls and springs pouring in layers to form streams.There are dense pine and cypress trees among the rocky slopes of the mountains. On the platform at the foot of the mountain, there are Chonglou, cottages, courtyards, and water pavilions.The artistic conception of the picture is lofty and deep, showing the elegant taste of literati traveling in mountains and forests.

Wen Zhengming's paintings are good at landscapes, orchids and bamboos, figures, and flowers, especially landscapes.Most of his paintings describe the courtyards of lakes and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River and the life of literati, with a stable layout and dark brush and ink.In his early years, his painting style was meticulous and rigorous, in his middle age he was extensive, and in his later years, he was mellow and upright, with both thickness and fineness, and rough brushwork was the most precious, known as "rough writing".

This picture of pines, valleys and high places was made in his later years. The brushwork in this picture is meticulous. The brushwork of the mountains and rocks is fine and vigorous, and the texture is covered with mocha and raindrops with short brushes, and the ink color is light.Pines, cypresses and miscellaneous trees are meticulously scratched, dotted and clipped, and the brush is more delicate and delicate.

The slopes, hills, and hills in the picture are stacked with high and deep mountains and ridges from near to far, and meandering streams pass through them, forming the correspondence between the horns of the shapes and the changes in the flow and tortuousness.The trees on the slopes and foothills are tall and straight, which not only connects the front and back scenes, but also enhances the sense of depth of the spatial distance.This composition of hills and mountains stacked upwards is intended to enhance the two-dimensional decorative effect of landscape paintings without losing the profound sense of space visually.

"It's worth collecting." Fang Monan commented pertinently.

Naturally, Fang Monan was not as proficient as Han Zhiqian in appreciating these works of art, and he spoke clearly and logically.However, her eyesight is incomparable to mortals. With the eyes of the sky alone, she can determine the authenticity with one click.

However, in terms of appreciation ability, it is not the same after being influenced by various antique calligraphy and paintings in the space.In particular, the paintings and calligraphy in the space should have been burned or sunk into the bottom of the river along with the history, and these are world famous products collected by the emperors for generations.

They were all taken into the space all at once, but it was a pity that they couldn't see the light of day.

"These are all authentic works." The fat man asked with his round eyes.

"What nonsense, if it's fake, you won't smash your own brand!" Han Zhiqian patted the fat man's shoulder and said.

Naturally, there are appraisers for auctions. Of course, these appraisers cannot guarantee that all the lots are genuine. Tigers still have a nap, let alone human eyesight.

Of course, the auction house is not responsible for the identification of the items collected. It is difficult to tell the authenticity of the antiques. True or false, if you are hit by an eagle, you can only consider yourself unlucky.This is really a blessing in disguise for the buyer. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)