The auction continues, and the competition is getting tougher.

The entire auction hall is like a volcano erupting violently, and the atmosphere is extremely hot and hot with lava gushing everywhere.

"Seven Hundred Million Dollars, Jefferson"

Someone at the scene held up the bidding number plate again, pushing this "Creation of Adam" directly to the level of 700 million US dollars, a sky-high price that everyone was jaw-dropping.

Before the words fell, the auction hall had already exploded.

"Oh my God! Are these people crazy? That's 700 million dollars, what a huge fortune, even if it's the pinnacle of Michelangelo's work, it's too exaggerated, isn't it?

The two Paul Cézanne paintings that Steven found at his 110th Street apartment sold for only $440 million! That's a staggering price.

Who would have thought that this auction would be even crazier, and at the current trend, it doesn't seem like much of a problem to break through $800 million, but can one Michelangelo be exchanged for four Paul Cézannes?

"Nothing is impossible! How many of Michelangelo's paintings have survived to this day? There are only a handful! Each one is a veritable priceless treasure, and has it ever been seen in the auction market?

How many works by Paul Cézanne have been handed down to the world? There are 839 paintings in oil alone! And from time to time they appear on the auction market, and although they are very expensive, they are not very rare.

Both of them are the top masters in the history of Western art, but rare things are precious! This is an unbreakable truth in the field of antique art collecting, and it is only fitting that it can be used here.

If Steven were to exchange this "Creation of Adam" for other artworks, he would have no problem getting four paintings by Paul Cézanne, or even more!"

Just as people were exclaiming and discussing, the auctioneer Jefferson's high-pitched and loud, excited voice trembling a little bit came into everyone's ears again.

"Buyer No. 33 offers $700 million, Mr. Carlos Mexico's art dealer, welcome to the competition! The current price is $705 million, $7005 million, which gentleman should bid?"

As he shouted, Jefferson quickly raised his hand and gestured to the position of Buyer No. 33.

Ye Tian, who was sitting in the first row, also turned his head to look at the location of the art agent, nodded at the other party with a smile, and said hello.

Carlos is a long-time customer, and he has collected a lot of top-quality antique art from himself, and it was the Mexican telecommunications tycoon who took the El Greco painting in the Cayman Islands before!

At this time, his art dealer Marquez appeared in this auction hall again to cheer him up, Ye Tian of course had to show something, and a polite greeting was the least polite.

When Ye Tian nodded at the other party, Marquez also nodded at him and gave him a thumbs up.

They were greeting each other and acting very friendly, while many of the other buyers were frustrated and complaining.

"Fake! It's a super predator again! This is a battle for the richest man, I don't have anything to do at all, why should I join in the fun, it's not shameful enough!"

"A bunch of crazy people who have lost their minds, how much money they burn! Lao Tzu won't play with you anymore, can't you provoke me to hide!"

Faced with the almost unattainable sky-high price of $700 million, many buyers chose to retreat from the competition with endless regrets and gloom.

The offer given by Marquez has broken through the upper limit of the psychological price of many buyers, and they can only withdraw from the competition and have no other choice!

Life has to go on, you can't go bankrupt for this Michelangelo!

In an instant, there were more than half of the competitors, and the remaining competitors were all veritable superpredators, including two powerful church organizations.

In addition, there are two mysterious buyers in the telephone and online bidding area, who are still among the competitors, and they must also be super-rich people worth a huge amount of money, and their strength should not be underestimated!

As soon as Jefferson finished speaking, representatives of the Southern Baptist Convention held up the bidding number plate and accepted the offer of $7005 million.

Although their movements are very crisp and their shots are very neat, it can be seen from their solemn expressions and slightly twitching facial muscles that they are almost at their limit!

The Baptist Church is just a church organization, not a super-rich or multinational corporation, and most of the money they use to bid for it is donated by believers, and it is very good that they have been able to hold on to it until this meeting.

Like them, the clergy of the United Christ Church in Boston also had a rather solemn expression, and the composure and demeanor that they had maintained before were also a little relaxed at this time.

From their eyes, you can see a trace of panic, but also a little unwilling and disappointed.

It's clear that their pockets are bottoming out!

Sure enough!

When the art dealer of Ryan, Britain's richest man, raised the bidding number plate and shouted an offer of $750 million, the representatives of the two church organizations shook their heads and withdrew from the bitter competition with regret.

After a brief period of loss, they quickly regained their spirits, and their eyes began to wander between the remaining competitors, and their eyes glowed green!

Since they couldn't photograph "The Creation of Adam", they immediately came up with other ideas.

Let's see if we can trick the winner into donating this "Creation of Adam" to their own church, or lending it to the church for a while!

All in all, this trip to New York can't be in vain! Why do you have to bring something back, otherwise it will be difficult to make a difference!

There are fewer and fewer competitors, but the battle is getting fiercer!

Two more rounds have passed, and the price of "The Creation of Adam" has reached a new height.

“...... , $785 million, $785 million, that gentleman?"

The auctioneer Jefferson's high-pitched and loud shouts kept coming from the stage, and his excited voice trembled a little, and the sound was constantly broken!

This must be an auction that will go down in history, the highlight of Jefferson's auction career, can he not be excited?

As he shouted, Jefferson kept his eyes on the remaining contenders, expecting to see them raise their bidding plates again, and it would be perfect if they could have offered a higher price!

The remaining competitors had different performances and gave different reactions.

François, an art dealer for the French super-rich, raised his right hand and gently made a throat cut on his neck, announcing his withdrawal from the competition, with a face full of regret.

On the other side of the telephone bidding area, a staff member of Sotheby's also made a throat-slitting salute, announcing his withdrawal from the competition on behalf of the client he was in charge of.

With the withdrawal of these two, the contenders' ranks shrank again, leaving only six.

The performance of these six is also different, some of them have a very nervous expression, a look of gain and loss, a serious lack of confidence, and it is estimated that failure is not far away.

Some people are very calm, with an expression that they are bound to win, obviously with sufficient ammunition and still very strong combat effectiveness.

The latter kind of person is undoubtedly Ye Tian's favorite competitor.

Gentlemen, let go of your hands and feet to fight to your heart's content! It's best to beat the dog's brain, buddy just wants to see that kind of picture, it must be very exciting!

"Seventy-nine and Five Million Dollars, Jefferson"

The director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art made another move and directly raised the offer by 10 million US dollars, which can be described as a rainbow!

As soon as he finished speaking, before the auctioneer Jefferson could speak, Carlos's art dealer Márquez offered a new price.

"Eight hundred and five million dollars, Jefferson!"

Not surprisingly, the auction hall was fried again.

"Oh my God! It's over $800 million! What kind of sky-high price can this masterpiece of Michelangelo fetch at its peak? I can't even imagine it!"

"It's crazy! I swear, it's the craziest auction I've ever seen!

Not only the auction hall, but the entire field of antique art collection has been completely boiling at this time.

"Can this 'Creation of Adam' sell for more than a billion dollars? At this trend, it seems very likely!"

Many people have such doubts in their hearts, which cannot be suppressed at all!