Reborn Jewelry

Chapter 426 Package Auction
The reason why Chu Ning restored the maple leaf oil painting was of course to be able to bring it back to China smoothly.

With such a cover, others would never think of this painting elsewhere.

As for Chu Yinglue and the others, of course it is impossible to leak such an important matter.

In this way, the oil painting "Sunset" that has been restored is safe.

The next day, Chu Yinglue took everyone to Sotheby's auction house.

At this time, Meng Dongyue had obviously returned to normal after a whole night of adjustments.He even joked with Yu Bin and others again, and he didn't have the expression of being shocked by the hidden painting in the painting yesterday at all.

After entering the auction house and sitting down, Chu Ning looked up and found that there were almost a thousand seats in the whole venue, and people came in one after another from the direction of the door.

Moreover, most of the people who entered the auction came in groups, with elders leading younger generations, and bosses leading subordinates.

On such an occasion, even Meng Dongyue, who had always been very casual, suddenly became a lot calmer.

As for Yu Bin and others, this was the first time they had come to such a large auction, and it was also the first time they had seen so many people with extraordinary identities and backgrounds, all of them were too nervous to speak.

Chu Ning asked Shi Jin beside him in a low voice: "Have you ever been to such a place before?"

Seeing Shi Jin's expression, she was not only very comfortable with this place, but also had a very familiar feeling, so she asked this question.

Shi Jin also said in a low voice: "When I was on a mission before, I entered this kind of place with a disguised identity."

He didn't talk much, but it was enough for Chu Ning to make up a wonderful pretender drama.

The two chatted some gossip, and the auction officially started soon.

The item for the opening auction is an Impressionist oil painting of children playing in the garden, which was painted by the famous French painter Camille Pissarro.

Pissarro, a contemporary of Monet, is also the most steadfast Impressionist painter, and is admired and loved by many master painters of the same period.

The moment Meng Dongyue saw the display on the big screen, Meng Dongyue's face was a little weird, but he quickly returned to normal.

After all, he only saw a master-level impressionist oil painting yesterday, and he didn't expect that today's auction opened with an impressionist oil painting of the same level, which is too coincidental.

Chu Yinglue and the others came here for the stolen ancient tomb cultural relics, and had no intention of selling these Western antiques. Instead, they could look at this oil painting with an attitude of pure appreciation.

In the end, this oil painting by Pissarro was auctioned off by a French businessman at a price of 800 million US dollars.

After Pissarro's paintings, the value of the things brought out at the auction was much lower.

This is also normal.

Generally speaking, at the beginning of the auction, high-value items will be put up for auction to heat up the atmosphere of the auction.The subsequent auction is the official auction process, and the prices of the items will be displayed in front of everyone, one by one, from low to high.

Of course, some high-value items will be interspersed in the middle of the auction, so as to ensure that the high atmosphere of the auction will not be affected.

And the items that Sotheby's auctions bring out, even if they are of the lowest value, are enough to appear as the finale in some small auctions.

Chu Yinglue and the others waited and waited, but they never waited for the stolen ancient tomb cultural relics to appear.

But the auction has been going on until now, and it is obviously coming to an end.Although the value of those stolen ancient tomb relics is not low, they are not yet qualified for the finale.

Among the auctioned items just now, there are already many worth more than those stolen cultural relics.

Chu Yinglue gradually had a bad feeling in his heart.

Chu Ning also noticed this, and said in a low voice: "Dad, with the value of those porcelains, if they were to be put on the stage at the end... wouldn't it be a packaged auction?!"

Package auction is also one of the means of auction, but it is not commonly used.

After all, the quality and style of the packaged lots vary, and it is unlikely that anyone will look at them together.

Unless, they are a complete set, it can add a lot of value.

The ancient tomb cultural relics stolen in Hanzhou can barely be called a set.

After all, they are fired from the same kiln mouth, and they are very consistent in terms of raw materials and styles.

But there are only five of these cultural relics in total, including two vases of different shapes, a small jade pillow, a porcelain plate, and a porcelain bowl.

Such things, even if they are of the same style, if you want to make a set, they still look somewhat nondescript.

No auction would sell such things in a package.

Not to mention the famous Sotheby's auction.

However, the current situation is somewhat different.

It is no secret that Chu Yinglue and other people from Huaguo are determined to get these five pieces of porcelain.

In order to maximize profits, it is not surprising that Sotheby's would do such a thing.

And it was exactly this that Chu Yinglue was most worried about.

If the normal auction process is followed, these five pieces of porcelain will naturally be auctioned separately.At that time, even if they have to spend a lot of money to achieve this goal, at least they can control the loss within a reasonable range.

However, if these five pieces of porcelain were auctioned together, the starting price alone would be much higher than the combined starting price of the five pieces of porcelain auctioned separately.

If there is someone competing, Chu Yinglue really has no idea whether they can get back this set of porcelain in the end.

Looking at her father's face, Chu Ning thought for a while and said, "Dad, do we have to take those stolen porcelain back? If we can't take them back, what will happen?"

Chu Ying was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Of course the Hanzhou Museum is asking us to bring back the stolen cultural relics, but there is no qualitative requirement. For this trip, the funds allocated by the municipal government are limited. At least the municipal government should come forward and ask for donations from major merchants in Hanzhou. If there is a mistake in the final auction and we cannot bring back the stolen cultural relics smoothly, then there is nothing we can do. As for the consequences...we are originally Even if the entrusted ones fail in the end, the crime will not fall on us."

After reacting, Chu Yinglue immediately relaxed a lot.

Whether the stolen cultural relics can be retrieved depends on the destiny!
Chu Ning also relaxed a lot.

She originally planned that if her father was not sure about getting back the stolen cultural relics, she could help out.Now it seems that since her father knows it well, she doesn't have to make a move.

While speaking, the auction has reached the auction of the last lot.

Just as Chu Yinglue's father and daughter had guessed before, the last lot was indeed five pieces of porcelain that were packaged for auction!
(End of this chapter)