Chapter 187: Purchasing Antiques
Swiping the card was cool for a while, and Su Mu was saddled with a debt of more than $3 million.
Compared with the funds from the loan to buy the Empire State Building, the money just spent is only a drop in the bucket, but the building is the building, and it can still get more than two million dollars in rent every year, and the leopard bracelet is fluttering, and it is in a delicate little wooden box in his pocket, and he sighs why it is worth so much money.
The love affair between Edward VIII and the Duchess of Windsor is widely spread in Western society, and the British king even abdicated to be with her for the sake of this woman, coupled with Cartier's fame, this jewelry has precious historical significance, but it cannot be said that it is a loss, and it may continue to appreciate in the future.
At the end of the eighties, except for some fine antiques with rich historical significance, the vast majority of Chinese antiques were still worthless, except for porcelain and bronzes, ancient furniture, books, calligraphy and paintings, etc. were not expensive.
Su Mu couldn't help but feel sorry when he saw the porcelain mother that was incomplete and a small piece was missing.
The bottle body uses more than 10 kinds of glaze techniques, which shows the super high craftsmanship of ancient Chinese craftsmen, and looked around it, the price is only 100,000 US dollars, and after discussing with Mr. An Siyuan, I decided to buy this thing, mainly for investment.
A few years ago, from the old radio station, I heard the host talk about the news that the price of Chinese antiques will rise in the future, and just happened to come to the store, Su Mu felt that he should collect a few more pieces, like visiting a museum in the gallery, the difference is that it is difficult to buy things from the museum, but here the price is clearly marked.
The positioning of the products in this gallery is quite high, and unlike the small antique shops that I encountered when I first came to New York with Li Ping'an and went to Chinatown a few years ago, I saw dozens of items that cost less than $5,000.
Under the introduction of the white old man Mr. An Siyuan, he spent 120,000 US dollars to buy a Xuande furnace in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and also spent 40,000 US dollars to get a large pot of Yuan blue and white flowers.
If there are Chinese cultural relics lovers present, they will definitely be stunned, and regard Su Mu as the wronged leader, looking at An Siyuan's smile, he will know that he can make a lot of money this time.
Su Mu probably knows that the price in Huaxia is low, and there are more things, but he can't reach it, and he doesn't have the idea of going there to buy it for the time being, not to mention that he doesn't have the truth, and he can recover the funds with the invoice when he buys a fake in an antique store in the United States, and he can recover the funds and recover the compensation fee, and there is no "eye-catching" statement.
From the mouth of the host surnamed Ma on the radio, he had heard several times that something was worth tens of millions, hundreds of millions, and Su Mu was thinking about casting a wide net, and most of them could buy good things with huge appreciation potential, especially Yuan Qinghua, and he would buy one when he met one, because he remembered that a large pot of Yuan blue and white characters was auctioned for a sky-high price of 14 million pounds! It can be seen that the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty will be sought after in the future.
At this moment, Ann Si saw Su Mu holding a small porcelain cup and inspecting it, and told: "Su, this is a cockfighting cup imitated by the Ming Dynasty, the real thing is worth more than one million dollars, and the golden Buddha next to you is a good thing." ”
"Imitation?"
Su Mu looked at the bottom of the cup, and wrote "Da Ming Chenghua Year System", thinking that if it was genuine, this thing should be in the mouth of the host, and the Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup of more than 100 million yuan was auctioned.
I was worried that I went to bed too early on the day I listened to collectible radio programs, or I might have been able to collect them in advance and make more money by listening to a few more names.
Now spend money on things, you can avoid taxes in April, and collecting art is the same as buying a house, which is also one of the ways for rich people to diversify their wealth.
Eggs can't all be put in the same basket, the world order has been stable for more than 30 years, and the value of collectibles has been rising, Su Mu is not distressed.
After calculating in his mind, he found that more than forty things cost him more than three million dollars, which was only worth a Cartier leopard bracelet, which was barely a good deal, and Su Mu was still unsatisfied, but there were not many funds in the account at present, so he did not continue to choose.
After the staff finished packing, they swiped their credit card to pay for it, and asked Mr. Ellsworth to help deliver the items to the Empire State Building.
In Los Angeles, his parents now live in a villa with a basement of more than 200 square meters, which was originally a wine cellar, but now vacant, just enough to store these antiques.
The owner of the gallery, An Siyuan, promised to arrange someone to take care of it until he personally handed over the things to Su Mu, and the specific age of each antique was marked in the contract.
When I went out, I realized that I had spent more than $6.8 million in just over an hour, muttering to myself: "Morgan Bank is really not at ease, isn't this tempting me to spend more money." ”
Thinking of the antiques I just bought, it may become more money in the future, I calmed down a little, and began to think about how to hire experts in Huaxia to help me buy antiques, this industry has a small investment and high returns, and it is faster than robbing the bank to make money.
During the previous conversation, Su Mu listened to the white boss who liked Chinese culture and said a lot about the customs of China, and he knew more than Su Mu, a Chinese, which made him have the idea of traveling to the motherland on the other side of the Pacific Ocean when he had time.
Compared with the United States, in 1984, he learned more information from the radio broadcast was related to China, and since he was successful in the United States, there was no reason not to go to the other side of the ocean to invest early......
Driving a Ferrari into the traffic, I rushed to the International Intelligence Co., Ltd. introduced by Mr. Senna at the appointed time, and took a brochure at the door, only to learn that this security company is headquartered in London, England, and most of the employees are retired personnel of the British military intelligence agencies, such as special forces, British Air Force Special Forces (SAS), etc.
Su Mu didn't know the details of them, but since Mr. Senna introduced them, and said that many people now hire bodyguards from this company, I believe it shouldn't be bad.
After expressing his intentions, Su Mu was led by the receptionist into the business manager's office at the corner of the second floor, and saw a lot of strong men in suits and a few girls in the corridor, because he was going to hire eight bodyguards this time, so there were more than 20 applicants.
As soon as I walked into the office, I heard a hearty voice coming: "Hahaha! Venerable Mr. Billionaire, what trouble have you encountered? Leave it to us, it can definitely be solved, even if you go to the Soviet Union, we can guarantee your absolute safety......