Chapter 347 [Auction Begins]
Although the idea was good, when Belsinger took over Sheffield Manor half a month later, the price he paid was not $170 million but $200 million. The price he paid was really heavy, but Belsinger was extremely satisfied with the benefits he got. He was happy when he had nothing to do, thinking that the price of $200 million was absolutely worth it.
He stayed in Sheffield Manor for another four days and paid 100,000 pounds for accommodation. With the warm farewell of the old butler Mr. Raphael, he left the Sheffield Manor with a history of more than a hundred years.
After returning to the hotel, he began to pack up, and then got on the luxurious Rolls-Royce and drove on the British highway. He arrived in London at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Because he entrusted two auction houses to auction gold artworks, it was not good to get too close to any auction house, so Belsinger remained neutral, and no auction house bothered them. He chose to live in the Hilton Hotel.
After living in the Hilton Hotel and cleaning up the room, he took several women in the family out and went to a very famous restaurant in London for dinner. After dinner, we cruised the Thames River in London at night. Sitting on a small cruise ship, we enjoyed the scenery on both sides of the river. It was a great feeling.
Almost all the buildings and beautiful scenery on both sides of the river were in full view. Of course, the film of the camera was also a disaster. Then everyone should say that digital cameras were already produced in 2000, so why not use them? That's because no matter how good a digital camera is, it doesn't have the quality of photos taken with film.
We toured until more than 10 o'clock in the evening, and then we returned to the hotel excitedly to take a shower and go to bed. At 7 o'clock in the morning of the next afternoon, Belsinger got up from the bed, had breakfast first, and then he brought the human Luo Zibrook to the headquarters of Sotheby's auction house alone. Prepare to participate in the gold art auction that started at 9 o'clock this morning.
Lina Yunatasha was responsible for accompanying her to the hospital for a prenatal check-up. There was only a short month before the child was born. Preparations should have been made in advance. Belsinger also discussed with Lina that they planned to have the child born in the UK. Although the UK is the country with the best public medical care in the world, can those public hospitals still be used?
It does not fit the identity of the family, so they can only go to private hospitals. Although the cost is high, the safety of mother and child is the most important. Private hospital beds are in short supply and can only be booked at a huge cost. But for the safety of his wife and children, Singer accepted the cost of choosing the best hospital, the best ward, and the best doctor.
When he came to the auction box reserved for him by Sotheby's auction house, he saw that it was really luxurious. The box was on the second floor. The front of the box was all floor-to-ceiling glass. You couldn't see any scenes in the box from the lobby outside. It should be the reflection of the glass, but when you look at the lobby from inside, any situation is clear at a glance.
In the box, there are leather sofas, bidding machines used for computer speakers auctions, small red wine refrigerators, and various snacks. More than a dozen kinds of snacks are placed on the table. There is a complete range of food, drink and entertainment, and the soundproofing of the box is very good. After entering, you can't hear any sound from outside, and you can only hear the sound from the hall coming from the speakers.
Sitting on the sofa, Belsinger picked up the brochure of gold artworks next to him and slowly flipped through it. The human mules Brooke and Almushar were eating and drinking beside him. The two guys enjoyed such VIP treatment very much.
As I have introduced to you before, both Sotheby's and Christie's have done enough publicity for the gold artworks provided by Belsinger. It has aroused the nerves of all the rich people in Europe, although the auction held at 9 o'clock in the morning is different from the usual auction held at night.
However, there are no less than a hundred European nobles, royal families and wealthy families present, and the more than 50 boxes on the second, third and fourth floors are all full. You can imagine how crazy people must be. How can they calm down when their nerves have been mobilized by gold artworks?
There are more than 300 off-site bidders. There may be 300 people behind the podium of Sotheby's auction house. The staff responsible for answering the phone are very busy. The two auctions adopt the same format, holding a special auction every hour, divided into two halves, each half an hour.
More than ten gold artworks will be auctioned in half an hour, which means that on average one gold artwork will be auctioned every three minutes. The efficiency is so high. Although the auction rhythm is very tight, these buyers who spend a lot of money have done enough work. With his assistant and his number plate, he has discussed countermeasures to deal with this special auction.
As the atmosphere on the scene became more and more heated, the countdown to the auction has begun. At 8:50, the auctioneer stepped onto the podium of the auction. Because this special auction has caused a sensation throughout Europe, the top wealthy families and aristocratic families in Europe came to the scene. Such a grand scene is of course, Sotheby's No. 1 auctioneer, Adel, who is known as Caesar in the auction world, will conduct the auction.
This nearly 60-year-old Adel is known as the Caesar in the auction world. He is very skilled in auctioneer skills and is very good at stirring up the emotions of the audience. Even a giant auction house like Sotheby's would pay him tens of millions of dollars a year to keep this Caesar of the auctioneer industry working for them.
The old man was vigorous, with gray hair but no wrinkles on his face, looking like a young man. His baby face was very funny, but don't be fooled by his kindness, he also had his own tricks, which were quite clever. As soon as he came on stage, he knocked the auction hammer a few times, attracting everyone's attention, and then he grinned and said.
"I guess all the singers who bid have already got the information of Sotheby's auction house and know what the theme of this auction is. So without further ado, everyone open your eyes and look carefully. The first item to be auctioned is a set of gem wine utensils cast in 1732."
After saying this, two beautiful women in bikinis came up from the stage, carrying a wooden tray in their hands. After the red cloth was lifted, a set of gold gem wine utensils came into view, with a 20-centimeter-high gold wine pot inlaid with gems, plus six wine glasses and a tray made of pure gold.
The shape of the wine jug is very oriental, only five centimeters wide, and in the shape of a pear. The long handle and long spout are inlaid with various red, green, yellow, and blue gems. There are also various large and small pearls. It is extremely luxurious. I didn't expect that the first item auctioned by Sotheby's auction house is a set.
And it is extremely valuable. This first shot was so loud that it aroused the emotions of all bidders. Seeing that everyone is very satisfied with this golden gem wine set, Grandpa Adel said with a smile.
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"Everyone has the information in their hands, so I won't introduce the various data of this set of golden gem wine sets. The starting price is 2.5 million US dollars, and each bid must not be less than 100,000 US dollars. Now start bidding."