"Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, who is this?" asked Li Feng, puzzled.

opened the invitation card and looked at the name of the owner of the invitation, Li Feng was confused, he was really lonely and unheard of, and he had never heard of this name.

"John, the New York collector is also an antique dealer and a Huaxia Tong, his apartment on the edge of Manhattan's Central Park is known as the 'Asian Art Museum', and he himself has many titles, such as 'the emperor of Chinese Ming Dynasty art, the godfather of Chinese antiques', etc., he is well-known in the collecting world, and he also has a unique Chinese name - Ellsworth. ”

Seeing Li Feng's puzzled expression, Zhou Jiana couldn't help but smile and explain, with Zhou Jiana's simple explanation, it attracted Li Feng's interest in this Yankee named An Siyuan, Li Feng really didn't expect that there were such people in the United States who were so obsessed with Chinese antique artworks.

"Jana, you say he's an antique dealer?"

Li Feng thought of Zhou Jiana's introduction to An Siyuan, saying that he was an antique dealer and collector, so he realized what and asked with a smile.

"Yes, although Ellsworth is a well-known collector, he is first and foremost an antique dealer, and he famously said that there is no non-sale item for antique art, and even if there is, it has not yet reached the price. ”

"yes, then... Does he have a lot of collections?"

"John, Ellsworth has a good relationship with my father, and I have known him since I was a child, and his home has more than 1,000 antiques and works of art from all over the world, and the exact number of which is probably known only to him, comparable to a small museum.

As for its value, according to the estimates of some financial magazines, art companies, auction houses and other professional institutions, the overall estimate will not be less than 50 million US dollars, mainly because his artworks are all works of art from all over Asia, including China, India and other places, which leads to its low commercial value. ”

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After listening to Zhou Jiana's introduction to this foreigner named An Siyuan, Li Feng couldn't help but be interested, and I have to say that Li Feng, who was an ordinary person in his previous life, was very unfamiliar with An Siyuan and so on, but unfortunately, Li Feng is not a person in the collecting industry, if he is a collector, he will understand who An Siyuan is.

In Europe and the United States, there are also collectors and antique dealers who specialize in collecting Chinese cultural relics, and there are many collectors with famous surnames in later generations, among which the Italian antique dealers - Josep Eskenaerts and Ellsworth are the most famous.

It is said that after his death, his antiques were auctioned by Fu Subi for 7 days, and the transaction price exceeded 140 million US dollars, and finally became the charitable fund of his Ellsworth Charity Foundation.

An Siyuan is a childless and daughterless person, his charitable foundation is really a pure charitable fund, people may also want to leave a name after death, people like An Siyuan is no exception, I hope that future generations can remember themselves, so he set up a personal named foundation.

As for Josep, the famous Chinese pots in later generations, such as the Yuan blue and white jar - Guigu down the mountain, etc., are all sky-high prices that he auctioned, and ordinary people may not have heard of Josep's name, but the Yuan blue and white big pot - Guigu down the mountain, almost everyone in China is familiar with it.

The Josep family is engaged in the antique business, and is a world-famous family of antique dealers, so it can be said that Josep represents the entire family behind him. Naturally, no one knows how many cultural relics and artworks from all over the world have been collected by his family, but they have been operating antiques for generations.

"Jana, you've been hanging around auction houses and collectors all over the world this year, what else is there besides these gains?"

Li Feng found that his collection room was almost full, obviously, Zhou Jiana didn't know that the harvest of artworks was far more than that, and he couldn't help but ask curiously.

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"Hey, hey... , you come here to take a look, this is my harvest in the two major auction houses of Xiangjiang Christie's and Fusubi, all of which are treasures of the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty.

There are Qing Yongzheng pastel wall branch bat peach pattern plate (15.5 million Hong Kong dollars), Qing Qianlong enamel color yellow ground open light carmine landscape pattern bowl (22 million Hong Kong dollars), Qing Qianlong enamel color flower pheasant inscription poem gall bottle (10 million Hong Kong dollars), Qing Qianlong pastel nine peach pattern Tianqiu bottle (9 million Hong Kong dollars).

I was able to beat the Italian antiques dealer Josep Eskenac, and it cost me a lot. ”

"Oh... , This is the real product of the official kiln of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty, let me take a look.... Seeing Zhou Jiana introducing a few pieces of Chinese porcelain, Li Feng couldn't help but muttered to himself curiously.

After all, with the rise of the collection hotspot in China in later generations, whether it is the media or TV, you can always see and hear the news about the collection of artworks, and the official kilns of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty are always one of the representatives of Chinese porcelain.

At this time, Li Feng's grandparents were very happy, especially for the collection of these Chinese art treasures, and they echoed Li Feng and Zhou Jiana, saying that they would have the opportunity to collect more in the future.

"John, don't you know, because I and Josep in the two major auction houses in Xiangjiang because of the competition of Chinese porcelain, the auction price is high, this year in the auction houses around the world, the overall rise of Chinese art rose by 20-30%, among which Chinese porcelain is the most. ”

"Is this bowl bought for 22 million Hong Kong dollars?" Wang Siqing asked suspiciously, standing in front of a large bowl that looked like a red landscape painting and yellow isolation.

Obviously, Wang Siqing was wondering that such a porcelain bowl was worth nearly 3 million US dollars, and he may still be thinking in his heart, where can this thing be worth 3 million.

"Yes, this is the official kiln of the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, in fact, because this year I and some art collectors in the major auction houses to sweep the Chinese porcelain artworks, resulting in a lot of price increases, let's say this big bowl, so far someone has bid to 30 million Hong Kong dollars to buy. ”

Seeing that Wang Siqing was puzzled, Zhou Jiana interjected with a smile.

"In other words, the price of this bowl has risen now, and if it is sold, it will make millions or nearly tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars?"

"Hehe... And indeed it is. ”

“…”

After listening to Zhou Jiana's explanation on the side, except for Li Feng's accident, the rest of the people were speechless for a while, this money is too easy to make, just buy it this year, and by the end of the year, the price will increase by nearly one million US dollars, no wonder they all say that the richer the money, the easier it is to make money.

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"Xiao Feng, you bought these works of art for collection, right?"

After taking a turn in the collection room, it was already 1 hour later, which opened the eyes of Li Feng and everyone, Li Feng Li Feng's grandfather suddenly asked with a suspicious face.

"Yes, grandfather, do you think there is no such thing in a big family, the rich are keen on collecting, in fact, this is also a way to transfer wealth and increase the family heritage.

You see, the total cost of the artworks in this secret room is more than 150 million dollars, but now, these artworks are definitely worth more than 300 million dollars, especially this Leonardo da Vinci Savior painting, which is simply worth more than $300 million. Li Feng smiled at everyone.

"Yes, but Xiao Feng, I want to ask you, do you have any other ideas for these Chinese artworks?"

"Hmm... Grandpa, what do you want to say...?"

"I think you can collect these Chinese artworks into your homes in Huaxia, firstly, these artworks can be regarded as returning to Huaxia, and secondly, in fact, returning to Huaxia will also be helpful to your future career in Huaxia. ”

"Hehe... In this way, grandfather, this is actually already in my plan, and when I finish the courtyard in the capital of China, I will put a lot of these Chinese artworks except for a few, and fortunately, most of the Chinese artworks are not allowed to leave the country. ”

"Well, it's best if you have such an idea, you also have half of the Chinese blood, and now you are not bad for money, so you can make some contribution to the return of Chinese art. ”

The old man said that he was also a veteran intellectual in China, and he had this thought, so he specially reminded Li Feng.

"Don't worry, grandpa, I know it. Li Feng responded with a smile.

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As a Chinese person in his previous life, although he was not engaged in antique artworks, every time he saw and heard the news of Chinese artworks in European and American auction houses in his previous life, he was always accompanied by various depressions in the domestic media, especially the most famous 12 zodiac signs.

If he can do something within his ability, Li Feng doesn't mind, and when China rises in all aspects in the future, Li Feng can still get a good reputation for himself by doing this little thing, so why not do it.