"This..."

An Siyuan couldn't help but hesitate, after all, if he sold all these collections, what would he sell in the future, and he was also surprised by Li Feng's generosity.

"Bob, I can still do a long-term business with you, I want to entrust you to help me buy artworks, especially all kinds of Chinese art treasures in the United States, I think this is the best for both you and me, this is a long-term business. ”

Li Feng thought of Ellsworth's reputation and network resources in the Asian art collection industry in the United States, and immediately said again, in fact, on the one hand, Li Feng wanted to acquire some Chinese art collections through Ellsworth, after all, Ellsworth's connections in this regard are obviously much wider than Li Feng's.

More importantly, Li Feng is also a bait, Li Feng's meaning is actually very clear, he wants to acquire An Siyuan's current collection, and the help Li Feng to acquire is a fragrant bait, after all, anyone knows that helping Li Feng acquire a work of art, as a middleman, An Siyuan can get a lot of commissions.

In the same way, Li Feng will not suffer a loss, if he can acquire a large number of precious cultural relics and artworks of China through Ellsworth, it will be too perfect.

"John, you're really giving me a problem, I'm going to think about it. ”

"Of course, but Bob, if you're going to sell the collection, like the Huanghuali Chair, and the four volumes of Chunhua Pavilion Posts, and these rare books and rubbings, you have to be among them. ”

At this time, everyone turned to the collection room of calligraphy and painting tablets, and Li Feng pointed to the Chunhua Pavilion posts that were carefully treasured by An Siyuan, as well as "Jin and Tang Xiaokai", Song Ta's "Huang Ting Jing", "Huai Ren Ji Wang Shengjiao Order" and "Huaisu Thousand Character Text" and other famous posts.

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I have to say that An Siyuan is definitely a collector of Chinese art, especially these rare book tablets, if they wait until the rise of the Chinese economy in later generations to the auction house, which is not calculated in tens of millions, and even such as Chunhua Pavilion Post, Jin and Tang Xiaokai such masterpieces, it will definitely be an incredible sky-high price.

However, Li Feng is not worried about the price, today's reform and opening up in China has only been a few years, and the art craze has not officially started, and the value of today's art is not outrageous, compared to the price of Western art, these works of art are seriously underestimated.

For example, Chunhua Pavilion Post, in 95 years, Ellsyuan bought back three volumes from the auction house for a total of only 280,000 US dollars, and the current value is due to the slow recovery of Chinese art in the past two years, but even if it is 4 volumes together, it will not exceed 2 million US dollars at most.

The rest of the inscriptions are even cheaper, and although Ellsworth's collection is very valuable, if his collection is according to the Huaxia art rating standards, in fact, most of them are third-level artworks and ordinary artworks, and there are very few second-level artworks, and there are even fewer first-class artworks.

As for modern and modern artworks, according to the Huaxia rating standards, they are not treasures and first-class cultural relics series, even if they are masterpieces of Zhang Daqian, Shi Lu, Fu Baoshi, Xu Beihong and other famous artists, few can be rated as treasures and first-class products.

According to the current situation that the value of Asian artworks has not risen, the value of these artworks of Ellsworth is not as exaggerated as imagined.

Most of his collections are actually quoted for only a few hundred, thousands, tens of thousands of dollars, no more than 1/10 of more than 100,000 dollars, and no more than 1% of more than a million dollars, but his collection is a bit much, according to Ellsworth, there are about 3,000 works of art of all kinds in his apartment.

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After spending nearly 2 hours shopping, the group returned to the living room to drink tea.

"Bob, how are you thinking about it?" After sitting down, Li Feng asked again.

"Are you sure you want me to help you contact you to acquire Huaxia's art?"

"Of course, we can sign a contract, I heard that your teacher, Mr. Wang Fangyu, 'donated' a large number of 'Bada Shanren' artworks from his family to the museum after his death last year, and I am very interested in this batch of artworks from their family. Li Feng replied with a smile.

"John, Mr. Wang's collection According to his last wishes, the descendants of the Wang family have donated it to the Freer Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., and it is not easy to buy it. ”

"Yes, but as far as I know, the ownership of these artworks is still in the hands of the Wang family, isn't it, I think Mr. Tang Liuqian has the most say in this. ”

"I...?"

Tang Liuqian, who was on the side, didn't expect to turn to himself, and suddenly wondered.

"I heard that Mr. Tang also 'donated' the riverbank map of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Dong Yuan to the Metropolitan Museum, but it seems that as far as I know, the ownership of the riverbank map is still in Mr. Tang's hands, isn't it?

Mr. Tang, I am very interested in the creek bank map, if you are willing to sell, I can accept it and guarantee to give you a satisfactory price. ”

"John, the Met won't be selling creek bank maps. Hearing Li Feng's words, without waiting for Tang Liuqian to reply, He Muwen, the head of the Metropolitan Asia Department on the side, couldn't help but speak up.

"Yes, John, it's better to have the creek bank in the museum for the public to see. ”

"That's a pity, there's no way, but who makes Mr. Tang not short of money now, as far as I know, the descendants of the Wang family are ordinary people, I think they should like my dollars, but unfortunately there is still a lack of a suitable middleman, I think Bob, you will be the most suitable person." ”

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Sure enough, as Li Feng's words fell, An Siyuan and others did not discuss the question of whether they could sell it, the problem was obvious, although it was said to be a 'donation', but the ownership was still in their own hands, and it was natural to sell if they wanted to, the key was whether they could be persuaded to sell voluntarily.

This is one of the reasons why many museums in Europe and the United States are often able to receive many collection donations, many people donate a large number of artworks to museums, in fact, not all of them are completely donated, and the ownership of most artworks is still in the hands of donors.

For example, in the 80s, Ellsworth donated nearly 500 works of art to the Metropolitan Museum, among which the most modern and modern Chinese artworks, especially modern and contemporary calligraphy and paintings.

From Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Shi Lu, Fu Baoshi, Xu Beihong, etc., the paintings and calligraphy of celebrities in modern and modern China are among the donations of Ellsworth.

"John, in this case, I'll choose to keep some of it myself, and then we can start trading, how about it?"

After all, An Siyuan is still an antique dealer after all, although he is not bad for money, but compared to the wealth of those super-rich people, it is far from the wealth, in the face of Li Feng's large-scale business, there is no reason not to do it, and finally An Siyuan agreed.

"Of course, I'll leave Jiana here to sort it out with you, and I'll wait for your good news. ”

"OK, then so be it, happy cooperation!"

"Happy working together!"

“…”

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Now that the purpose of the transaction has been reached, after chatting with An Siyuan again, Zhou Jiana and several antique art appreciation experts who were called later were left behind, waiting for the final news, if the news of such a large art transaction came out, it is estimated that it will shake the art trading market in New York.