Chapter 804 Gifts

Xiao Peng didn't do much in the morning, but in the afternoon he bought a few messy things, and of course, Xiao Peng didn't forget to bring back gifts for others, such as he took a picture of a 'Collard and Collard' brand of small piano for Ya Li.

This is a piano brand like Clement, Mozart, Beethoven and other music masters used for life, authentic German piano, the leader in the field of piano. Xiao Peng photographed this piano as a work of art, a shocking walnut wood product, carved with various patterns, and many sets of numbers on the piano to indicate the age of its production.

This is a piano made circa 1860 with perfect ivory keys and a pattern that is definitely a beautiful exhibit.

However, the piano is faulty and needs to be repaired and then tweaked by a good tuner before it can be used.

The price of this piano is very cheap, only 1,500 euros from Xiao Peng. This is because it looks very good, but it doesn't play properly and needs to be fixed.

And it is precisely this point that the on-site auction is not fierce at all------ Chinese people are more accustomed to collecting, and Westerners attach importance to practicality, and they have to repair it and look at it there when they buy it? And repair this piano? That cost money to buy several pianos! That is not their style! This makes Xiao Peng pick up a bargain.

Jimma's gift is there, Yali's gift is also there, Xiao Peng naturally can't favor one over the other, and Youmei.

The gift to You Mei can be regarded as giving Xiao Peng a headache for a long time, and it feels like You Mei has nothing to like.

But fortunately, Xiao Peng has a good memory, he remembered that in Belgium, You Mei mentioned that she was investigated by the police for riding a motorcycle, and he seemed to like riding a motorcycle very much, and there happened to be several motorcycles at the auction, and Xiao Peng auctioned one of them for her.

But after the shooting, Xiao Peng regretted it, this thing is too fierce, can You Mei control it?

The motorcycle he bought was a heavy motorcycle from the Stars and Stripes, which is very rare in Europe, although the motorcycle brands of the Stars and Stripes 'Harley' and 'Indian Chiefs' are all famous, but in Europe, the motorcycles of the Stars and Stripes are really not popular, and the motorcycles in Europe are better.

Just as sports cars are better in Europe than in Stars and Stripes, so are motorcycles. What well-known motorcycle brands such as Apuria, Benlini, Piaggio, Ducati, BMW, Guz, KTM, etc., are all European, so it is really difficult to see Stars and Stripes motorcycles in Europe.

Xiao Peng's 'Triumph' is an exception, and many domestic motorcycle enthusiasts have never heard of this brand. This is an Eagle Country brand, but it sells quite well in North America, and during World War II, the motorcycle used by the Eagle Army was Triumph Motorcycle.

In 1983, Triumph Motorcycles went bankrupt due to poor management, and later re-launched. It is now the largest motorcycle manufacturing company in the Eagle Country, with more than 750 dealers worldwide. We can see the figure of Triumph motorcycle in countless film and television works, and at the same time, it is also the collection of many celebrities. For example, Beckham and Tom Cruise stars are all fans of Triumph Motorcycles. The movie "Bikers" starring Marlon Brando is almost all Triumph motorcycles

The 'Triumph' motorcycle photographed by Xiao Peng is a Triumph 'Boneville' Thunderbolt produced in 1967.

'Bonneville' is a classic model of Triumph, named after the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, Stars and Stripes. When there is a drought at the end of summer, the ground is as solid as cement, so it has become a paradise for the world to pursue speed, and all kinds of gods and goddesses go back to this natural highway every year to try to create a speed miracle.

The purpose of the name of the Triumph 'Bonneville' series is very clear, that is, to tell the world that this is a car that is known for its speed.

But this '67-year-old Bonneville is a thunderbolt!

The so-called 'Thunderbolt' is a product of the 60s of the last century, and people usually take a normal motorcycle and do away with some original parts to modify it themselves. With the addition of a very long oil casing modified vehicle, the ordinary motorcycle becomes a big guy with a long front wheel! And this modified motorcycle is called a 'thunderbolt'.

Just like this Bonneville modified Thunderbolt, usually the motorcycle has a steering rack angle of 28 degrees, but this car has directly changed to 38 degrees, and the front wheel is at least half a meter longer than the original position! This is a way to highlight the personality of the rider.

Take this car as an example, what odometer, tachometer, turn signal and so on have been removed by the modified people, and the people who ride such a car don't care about the mileage at all, they only care about the feeling of going all the way on the road!

The car was expensive, and in the end Xiao Peng spent 170,000 euros to get it, far exceeding its market value. This is because the car has an extraordinary provenance------ a scorpion is painted on the mailbox, and there is also a signature: Rudolph Zink.

Those who are familiar with rock and roll will know this name, which is the founding guitarist and band soul of the Germanic heavy metal band, known as the legendary and textbook band 'Scorpion'. !

The Scorpions toured the world in the late '70s and early '80s, and many of their fans followed their station wagons in cars or motorcycles around the world, and then they had a dedicated team of bands, and now the famous biker club 'Scorpio Motorcycle Club' in the Stars and Stripes was born.

And the one on the scene was one of the motorcycles that followed the tour of the 'Scorpion Band' at that time, Switzerland was next to Germain, so the influence of the Scorpion Band was also huge. The auction of this car was fiercely competitive, and in the end, Xiao Peng won the victory------ you know, the market price of the ordinary 67-year Triumph Bonneville on the market is not more than 5,000 euros, which must be a sky-high price!

Xiao Peng didn't believe it, and You Mei was not satisfied with this gift.

However, the auction record set by the auction record really has nothing to do with Xiao Peng! What set today's auction record was a small card, a 1916 Stars and Stripes baseball star Babe Ruth's rookie star card, which sold for a high price of 920,000 euros!

The so-called star card is a very favorite collectible in the West, first born around 1880, is a gift to buy cigarettes, at that time to buy a pack of cigarettes will give a small card with a picture of the star, because the response is good, so candy and toy manufacturers have also begun to learn to launch the star card.

The front of the card is the player's portrait and name, and the back will identify the player's height, weight and career data. Card sales are also divided into three types: general card, special card and limited card, of which the latter two cards are different in content and texture from ordinary cards.

Now the star card is in Western countries, especially in the Stars and Stripes, it is like a hard currency for investment like stocks! For a simple example, the NBA star Curry's star card, that used to be worthless! But with the rise of Curry to become 'Curry', his star card is already hard to find, if you add autographs, or jersey slices, the player card is even more valuable.

At present, the most expensive NBA star card is the signed rookie card of the little emperor James, which was sold for a sky-high price of $318,500. However, compared to the star cards of other athletes, this price is too low.

Now there is a website called PCC, which is an auction site specializing in card trading, they score star cards, from 0 to 10 to evaluate the status of a card, the most expensive card is a 1952 Yankees baseball star Mitch Manto's star card, worth more than 10 million dollars, only three in the world.

Hockey cards aren't weak, with a 1909 Honas Wagner card now costing almost $5 million.

Xiao Peng didn't know anything about these things, so he naturally had no interest, but the enthusiasm of the bidders could be regarded as startling Xiao Peng!

As soon as the auction ended, Xiao Peng rented a truck and loaded the mess he had auctioned, which he planned to transport to Dai Bolon's house first, and let a few girls see it before making plans.

However, when Xiao Peng left the auction house, he encountered a lot of trouble. Many people know that there are Chinese tyrants here, and they come to Xiao Peng with their own things, including things that were not sold at the auction house because they did not meet the expected price, and things that were marked in the tent at the back, etc.

There are many things that make Xiao Peng speechless, for example, someone took a hot air balloon to sell, and the hot air balloon was not sold at auction, because the seller accepted the price of 27,000 US dollars, and the highest price on the scene was 21,000 US dollars. So he chose not to sell it, and now he stopped Xiao Peng, hoping that Xiao Peng would buy it.

For Xiao Peng, what do you want a hot air balloon for? He just came from Belgium, Belgium is full of hot air balloons, he has had enough, okay! And this thing is okay to play once in a while, really let Xiao Peng play every day? Then it might as well kill him!

However, Xiao Peng also bought a lot of fun things, such as the dagger made by the Hudson's Bay Trading Company.

This Hudson's Bay Trading Company was the first company to do business in North America, and one of the first companies in the world, well, the company where white people had just set foot on the North American continent to do business with the Indians. For a long time, it represented the history of North America, and they once owned almost all of North America!

This dagger is very Indian-style, the handle is made of the bear's jawbone, although it is only forty centimeters long, but it looks very fierce, men, don't you like these cold weapons?