At two o'clock, the special auction of 'Impressionist and Modern Art' officially began.

The auction hall fell silent, and everyone looked at the auction table in front of them, looking at the white glove who was full of energy and confidence.

At this time, everyone at the scene was already excited, their eyes were full of hope and fighting spirit, and they were extremely confident!

Everyone is waiting for the auction to start, then beat all the competitors and auction off the long-cherished artwork to decorate their lives and show their taste!

The auctioneer's voice came from the stage, clear and loud, and it reached everyone's ears.

"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Sotheby's New York, and welcome to Sotheby's Autumn Auction 'Impressionism & Modern Art' Sale.

I'm John Foster, you can call me John, I'm hosting today's auction, I'm glad to serve you, I hope you are satisfied with my service and bring you good luck,......"

The same opening words are to introduce the auction rules and various precautions in the auction.

Ye Tian only listened to the beginning, and then began to look through the auction catalog.

He is just a spectator of this auction, so naturally there is no need to care about the auction rules.

He won't make a move unless there's a leak in this auction, but it's almost zero!

Impressionist art has been studied so thoroughly by European and American art collectors that it is almost impossible for the paintings to be seriously undervalued or misidentified.

Sotheby's pre-auction inspection is also very thorough, even if some paintings have hidden secrets, under various high-tech inspection methods, they will be revealed to the world, and there is nowhere to hide!

The perspective ability is useless here, unless Ye Tian wants to peek into some secret!

In about ten minutes, John finished explaining the auction rules before getting to the point.

Two Sotheby's staff members came out of the temporary vault with the first lot, walked to the auction table, and carefully placed the lot on the display table for everyone to enjoy!

The big screen starts to show pictures and other details of the first lot, so that everyone can look more closely and more clearly to make a bidding decision!

Immediately after, John's passionate voice immediately resounded through the auction hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the rules have been introduced, the auction is now open, and the first lot is a sketch of a landscape by the Impressionist master Renoir, painted in 1865.

The starting price for this sketch manuscript is $150,000, with a minimum bid increase of $3,000, and the bidding starts, $150,000, $150,000, and that lady or gentleman should offer?"

At the same time as the loud quotation was made, John was also condescendingly and quickly scanning the audience, hoping to spot the bidding sign held up and hear the sound of bidding.

The auxiliary auctioneers standing on both sides of the auction table are also patrolling the venue, ready to remind John so as not to miss the bidder's offer.

Before John's words fell, an exclamation rang out from the scene.

"Wow! The first lot is a sketch by Renoir, the starting point of this special auction is too high!

Jason was also shocked, and looked at the sketch on the stage with a little puzzlement.

"$150,000! Isn't that too low? That's Renoir! Impressionist master, how can his work be worth so much money?"

Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately explained in a low voice:

"It's true that Renoir is a master of Impressionist painting, but this is just a sketch, and it is his early work, and the artistic standard is limited, so naturally it is not expensive!

$150,000 is a bit low, the market price of this sketch should be around $400,000, but $150,000 is just the starting price, and it will go up soon."

When Ye Tianzheng explained, someone in the audience had already raised the bidding number plate.

"OK! No. 137 takes the lead! It's $153,000 now, $153,000, and the bidder will follow up, please bid!"

John raised his hand and gestured to the audience, and continued to shout passionately, still speaking at a fast pace, gradually mobilizing the atmosphere of the scene.

Someone else held up a sign to ask for the price, and it was from a bidder standing near the door!

Immediately after, a staff member on the other side of the phone held up a bidding number plate, and someone bid by phone, and there was one more competitor.

And the phone bidder directly offered $10,000, pushing the price of the master's sketch to $166,000.

The bidding began, and more and more people participated, and the competition gradually became fierce!

After fifteen or sixteen rounds of competition, this master sketch was finally sold for $450,000 and was successfully auctioned by a buyer who made a telephone bid!

The first auction ended without a hitch and got off to a perfect start.

The competitive atmosphere was gradually brought up and became hotter and hotter.

The second lot was quickly brought up.

It is a large-scale Impressionist oil painting from a well-known European painter at the beginning of the last century, with a starting price of $210,000 and a minimum increase of $3,000.

Soon, John's shout sounded again, still full of passion, still speaking fast, trying his best to trick everyone into bidding.

The competition is coming, and it's even more fierce than just now!

These have nothing to do with Ye Tian, and he doesn't pay attention to these bids at all!

At this time, he was completely a spectator, admiring many impressionist artworks while leisurely waiting for his lot to be unveiled, and then frantically harvesting dollars!

An hour passed in a blink of an eye, and the atmosphere in the auction hall was already extremely hot, and the competition between many bidders became more and more intense!

The climax came as scheduled! The moment Ye Tian was waiting for finally came.

Cézanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire is about to be unveiled!

This is also the long-awaited moment for all heavyweight buyers, and many bidders are already excited and ready to start the most tragic battle!

Everyone is full of confidence and looks like they are bound to win!

Before the oil painting being auctioned was sold, the auction hall was already full of discussions, extremely enthusiastic, and spread all over every corner!

"The exciting time has finally arrived! I must take down this "Mont Sainte-Victoire", this is the best work of art, it is not easy to touch once!

"I don't know what the starting price of "Mont Saint-Victoire" is, and what is the reserve price? Esteven's bastard's ruthless style, the reserve price must be very high, do your best!

"Hurry up and get started! I can't wait, my collection is missing such a top-notch artwork, this famous painting is mine!"

While everyone is hotly discussing and looking forward to it, they are speculating about the starting price and reserve price of "Mont Saint-Victoire".

Thinking of Ye Tian's always ruthless style, everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts.

The starting price for this top-notch oil painting must be high, not to mention the reserve price!How could that bastard Steven miss the opportunity to ransack everyone's wallets!

Even so, each bidder is still full of fighting spirit and ready to compete for this top artwork!

Like everyone else, Jason wanted to know the starting and reserve prices for the painting.

"Steven, what is the starting price for Mont Sainte-Victoire, and what is the reserve price? Tell me about it! I'm so curious!"

"Keep it secret for now! We'll know the answer later, so why rush at this time! I'll tell you this, if the bid is less than $65 million, then go out of the way!"

Ye Tian said with a smug smile, still revealing a little information.

At the same time, a fierce look flashed in his eyes!

No one wants to stop buddies from harvesting dollars frantically, let alone taking advantage of buddies!

Jason was completely stunned, looking at Ye Tian dumbfounded, his eyes were about to fly out!

"That's at least $65 million in reserve prices! Really? It's so outrageous! Steven, you're definitely the craziest guy I've ever seen!"

"Hahaha, you guessed right!

Ye Tian said with a smug smile, and made a fuss with Jason.

As he spoke, the auction on the stage had ended, and the door to the temporary vault opened again!

The main event begins!