Bonhams/ Sotheby's

One of my friends from Sydney visited London for her business trip.

She is working for Bonhams, which is the third biggest auctioneer after Sotheby's and Christie's.


It used to be a part of LVMH group. Wow!


She invited me to see her working at a big auction for Chinese art works.


In order not to embarrass her, I went there in a business suit, pretending to be a proper rich customer.


I was there just for ten minutes or so, but just in ten minutes, a surprising and funny thing happened.


One of the art works was estimated to sell for £3,000.

But the price went up sky high and became more than a quarter million pounds.

Coincidentally, I just scratched my head.

Then the auctioneer pointed at me saying 'A quarter million!' or something.

I was like, 'No! No! I'm not bidding for a quarter million!'.

Actually, the guy right behind me was bidding. LOL.

BTW, Bonhams charges 20% of the price as their fee.

They made 250,000×０．２０＝５０K literally in a minute. Wow.


ちなみに、同じストリートのすぐ近くには、Sotheby'sもある。さすがMayfair.

その中にある、Cafe at Sotheby's.にはぜひ行ってみたいところ。