Chapter 1041: The Brave and the Dreadnought

"Bang!"

The hammer fell with a loud bang.

Immediately after that, the auctioneer's passionate voice immediately came from the stage and resounded throughout the auction hall.

"$282 million, sold! The winning bidder is the buyer holding the No. 9 bidding board, congratulations to these gentlemen from Harvard University for auctioning this "General Sherman's March Notes"!"

Before the auctioneer's voice fell, the scholars from Harvard University who were sitting in the second row of seats had already jumped up excitedly and directly began to cheer and celebrate.

"Great! Finally we have this important historical document!"

"I can't wait to open that notebook and see what that ruthless Sherman guy did in the South!

While they cheered and celebrated, the other buyers who competed for this important historical document could only shake their heads in disappointment, their expressions very bitter, and their eyes full of regret.

What a crime of war!

Harvard University is so rich, and it is not stingy, five million and five million upwards, and the dollar is like waste paper in their mouths, it has no value, and it can be squandered at will!

Such a crazy competitor, who the hell can parry!

After a short period of loss, many buyers at the scene all stood up and gave warm applause to Harvard University, which had the last laugh, and behaved very gracefully.

Ye Tian and Betty also stood up and turned to congratulate the scholars at Harvard University, congratulating them on defeating all their competitors and successfully winning this important historical document.

The Harvard University also congratulated him on his fortune.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian nodded at the people from Columbia University's School of History, and shrugged his shoulders slightly, saying that he couldn't help!

This is a fair competition, the reason why you didn't win this "General Sherman's March Notes" is that you don't do it yourself, you can't do it to others, this can't be blamed buddy!

This is the end of this special auction of American history and culture.

In this special auction, Ye Tian is undoubtedly the biggest winner, smiling brighter than anyone else!

In addition to "General Sherman's Notes on the March", he also had two oil paintings by famous American modern and contemporary painters, which were also unveiled at this auction and sold for sale.

Each of these three lots fetched a sky-high price, bringing him a fortune of $345 million, a new record since the start of the Spring Auction season in New York!

And this is just a small climax, and the real has not yet begun!

In the evening of the same day, another major auction began, 'Late Sale of European Impressionist Art from the Mid-19th Century to the Early Twentieth Century'.

In this evening auction, several top artworks sent by Ye Tian for auction appeared one after another, appeared at the auction site, and appeared in front of many bidders.

These are four oil paintings, each by Pissarro, Manet, Sisley, and Degas, and they are well-deserved works of art, each of which is worth a lot of money!

Seeing the appearance of these top artworks, the auction scene immediately boiled, and quickly pushed this impressionist art evening sale to a climax.

Next, there were several fierce and abnormal competitions, and the biggest winner was still Ye Tian, who was firmly seated in Diaoyutai.

Through this evening sale, Ye Tian once again swept a huge fortune wildly, and four top artworks sold for a total of 115 million US dollars.

In just one day, Ye Tian swept away a huge fortune of $460 million in the New York spring auction market. The exaggeration of the amount and the magnitude of the stroke are unprecedented!

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation, and almost everyone was stunned by the shock, and their eyes were red with jealousy!

The next morning, Ye Tian's 'Caribbean Shipwreck Treasure Special Auction' kicked off, this time at Bonhams instead of Christie's.

As in the previous sale, the lots featured in this auction are antique art, gemstones, and other gold and silver treasures selected from the Caribbean shipwreck treasures.

Most of the lots are from the shipwreck treasure of the Princess of Malaga, and each one is a masterpiece of great value!

The auction went very smoothly, and these treasures, which had been sleeping in the depths of the sea for hundreds of years, were still dazzling and were enthusiastically sought after by many buyers on the scene.

In particular, the large number of high-quality gemstones is the object of fanatical pursuit by major jewelry companies and many luxury brands, and the competition is very fierce.

For them, this is the perfect time to stock up on gemstones, and an opportunity like this can only be met once in many years, so they can't miss it!

There is no doubt that this is another successful special auction.

Most of the lots that appeared in this auction were successfully sold, and only a few gold and silver items were unsold, which was not at all painful.

Through this special auction, Ye Tian and the Brave Fearless Exploration Company once again swept a huge fortune, and once again shocked the world's eyeballs.

In the next few days, all kinds of antique artworks flowing out of Ye Tian and the Brave Fearless Exploration Company continued to appear in the auction halls of major auction houses in New York, harvesting dollars again and again!

At one of the auctions, Ellsworth's most cherished jadeite ring was also successfully auctioned, and the price was $15 million, nearly $5 million above the estimate!

The buyer of this top-quality jadeite ring is a well-known antique dealer from London, England, who has been a close friend of Ellsworth for many years.

The reason why he photographed this jade ring was to commemorate his old friend, so that this jade ring would not fall into the hands of others, which was also a good story and won a round of applause.

When the New York spring auction season was in full swing, the deep-sea salvage ship ordered by Ye Tian, the 'Brave and Fearless', was finally completed and underwent scientific and rigorous sea trials.

After making sure that there were no problems, the deep-sea salvage ship worth 50 or 60 million US dollars began its maiden voyage, heading straight for New York from the construction site.

By the time it reached New York Harbor, it was May 10th!

This time is just right, and in the next period of time, everyone can get familiar with this deep-sea salvage ship, and add various deep-sea salvage equipment, as well as high-tech exploration equipment and so on.

According to Ye Tian's estimate, when all the equipment is fully equipped and it is built into the most advanced and safest deep-sea salvage ship at the moment, it will cost tens of millions of dollars!

Fortunately, he did not lack dollars in his pocket at all, and he was willing to build as many dollars as he wanted, so naturally he would not care about the huge amount of allocation costs.

On the day that the deep-sea salvage ship of the 'Brave Fearless' arrived in New York, Ye Tian personally boarded the ship and used his perspective ability to give the salvage ship the most thorough physical examination.

He found no safety hazards on the large ship that had just been built, and the hull was quite sturdy, making it a very suitable vessel for long voyages, and the results of the inspection were satisfactory.

Subsequently, Ye Tian handed over to the shipyard representative and completed the delivery procedures.

Next, the company's well-paid captain and many crew members, as well as some technicians, boarded the ship to familiarize themselves with the deep-sea salvage ship in preparation for the Cocos Island treasure hunt in mid-to-late June.

At the same time, two mini-submarines, several underwater robots at different depths, a brand-new Bell medium helicopter, and other high-tech exploration equipment began to be put on board.

All kinds of deep-sea salvage equipment are also on board, installed and debugged, integrated with this salvage ship, and give full play to the value of its existence!

Fast forward to May 12th, another heavyweight auction is coming, and Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam" is about to debut!

When this auction is over, Ye Tian will fly to San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, to sign a cooperation agreement to jointly explore Cocos Island!

That will cause a huge sensation and surprise the eyes of countless people!