These three animal heads, which had appeared at auction a few years ago and were bought by the same collector, were not difficult to find. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If Han Xuan went to the auction house to check the information, he would have been able to buy them from the collector at a low price.

Finding the other beast heads that have not been seen for more than two hundred years is a trouble.

So Han Xuan asked Noah to buy these three beast heads, give him some sweetness to taste, and let him try to help find the lost ones.

"Recently, I asked many peers, collectors, and museums to find some clues.

What is already well known is that the Pinault family in France has a collection of rabbit and rat heads in twelve sculptures.

I once took it out for exhibition in a special exhibition of sculpture works in the 60s, and left a photo, which is this one.

There is a businessman on the island who contacted Christie's a few years ago and wanted to auction the dragon sculpture.

According to the description of the material and appearance, it should be the dragon's head, but the auction house estimated that it was only four or five million Taiwan dollars, and it was not sold in the end.

He was registered at Christie's and left his address, and I'll be going on a trip to France and the island to find a way to bring them back to you.

Another pig head, which appeared at auction in New York in 1987, was purchased by someone who lived near the Upper East Side of New York, and if all went well, it could be bought in a few days.

The rest of the ...... Sorry, I haven't found the news yet.

They were taken away by the Anglo-French forces in 1860, and more than 100 years have passed since then, and it is likely that they have been lost.

I'd ask the British and French families who fought in the war, and they had huge collections with tens of thousands of pieces in them, and they probably didn't know what they were, or maybe the sculptures were there. ”

Han Xuan looked through the information given by Noah, and in an old black and white photo, a man in a suit had two brown mustaches upturned on the side of his mouth.

That's not the point, the point is next to him, revealing the full rabbit head and half of the rat head.

After a few months of finding out this, Noah must have spent a lot of money, handed him the check signed in advance, and continued: "Buy all of them, I will have eight, and the remaining four will be found slowly, not in a hurry."

This promise is permanent, and as long as things exist, they will always appear.

Now, I have another business I want to give you, I wonder if you are interested in taking it?"

"In our business, there is no reason to have too much business.

Say, what do you want me to do?"

Noah was very relieved of Han Xuan, and just saw that the number and amount on the check were correct, so he put it in his wallet and stuffed it into the pocket of his windbreaker.

Pick up the pen and sign the transaction contract.

The content stipulates that if there is a problem with the goods, Han Xuan can find him to claim compensation, and if there is a problem with the source of the goods, the responsibility belongs to Noah.

As for how he can avoid the high tax on collectibles transactions, that's none of Han Xuan's business.

"Did you know I have a Chieftain's Treasure Museum in California?"

"Well, it's valuable, congratulations on finding this treasure, you're so lucky. ”

"Thank you, although my grandfather and grandfather donated their collection to my museum, the collection is still not rich enough, and tourists always complain that they can finish it in more than ten minutes.

So I'm going to rebuild a pavilion there, and I need a lot of different types of collections to fill it.

So I decided to invest $200 million, or even more, to buy antiques, whether they are Eastern or Western, as long as they are fine antiques, I want them. ”

With the development of the economy, the appreciation of collectibles is the general trend.

After the wealth reaches a certain amount, it is necessary to diversify the investment to diversify the risk, stocks, funds, real estate, collections, gold and jewelry are the first choice for investment.

Several European families that have survived for centuries have survived and will continue to survive by selling their colonial looted collections.

Han Xuan wanted to take advantage of the money in his account to accumulate a batch of fixed assets in advance, in case the time period of uncertain prophets in the future passed, and made wrong decisions that led to the decline of the family business, and future generations would not be obscure to everyone.

Noah was frightened by this number, he had seen a single piece of top collectibles worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but spent $200 million at a time, buying antiques in large quantities?

In his memory, he had never heard of such a thing, so he coughed dryly and said: "It is too troublesome to acquire piece by piece, I suggest that you buy directly from a private museum to fill the collection, or buy it in large quantities from a collector."

I've heard that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently suffered a financial crisis, and the government has plans to sell a batch of its stock collection, including more than 700 pieces of Chinese porcelain, which is exactly what you wanted.

I can take over this business and charge you only 2% of the intermediary fee, what do you think?"

What can be sold by the museum is probably not a top-level collection, not even high-end, at most some low-end collections.

Han Xuan couldn't look down on it, he wanted high-quality collections with great appreciation potential and easy to sell at auction, so he said again: "There is no problem in terms of cost, just do what you said."

I didn't explain it clearly, but I plan to only display rare high-end collectibles in that museum in the future, you know?

30% of that money was invested in Western antiques, and 70% was invested in Chinese antiques, which was probably distributed in this way first.

Don't be afraid of the high price, the higher the better, in addition to buying from private hands, museums and auctions can also try to get in touch.

Ask me before you buy, I will add if the money is not enough, if you don't know about Chinese antiques, go to Huaxia and invite some experts to come over.

Remember to buy in the United States and Europe, there are too many fake things in Huaxia, and there are no ...... After-sales guarantee. ”

It suddenly became clear to Noah that if he bought Western oil paintings, he would probably only be able to buy two or three pieces for $200 million, and it would be too few to hang at home, let alone fill a museum.

But nowadays, the price of Chinese antiques is not high, such as Xiao He Yuexia chasing Han Xinyuan's blue and white plum vase, Huang Tingjian's "Pillar Inscription" and other well-known boutiques at home and abroad, after all, there are only a few, and 140 million US dollars can buy a lot of very good things.

"I understand, after going to Treasure Island, I went to China by the way, and found some people who understand Chinese antiques to help select and identify.

After the list is made, I will show you what you want me to buy, I will buy it, right?"

Noah wants to say that it is not cost-effective to buy antiques in China, and the antiques bought by Mr. Han in the 80s have only appreciated a little bit after counting inflation.

In comparison, Western antiques appreciate much faster, so why is it not good to invest so much money......

But the customer is God, and he listens to what Han Xuan says.

The total amount is the same, anyway, your own commission is indispensable, and at most you spend more energy.

"That's right. ”

Han Xuan saw that Shen Yutong was not wearing gloves, so he was about to put the beast head into the box, slapped her on the arm, and threw the white gloves to her.

"Put it on your trotters. ”

I finally saved some face for her, and I didn't say it in English.

Secretary Shen is so angry!

But when she heard Han Xuan's next sentence, she immediately smiled, and she smiled beautifully.

I only heard Han Xuan say: "Mr. Noah, I know that there is a French restaurant with food that tastes very good, let's go to dinner together, I invite you." ”

"Oh, Yutong, you and Dawson went to Wall Street and helped me get the information collected by the branch.

He is colorblind and can't see traffic lights clearly and needs to be reminded. ”

Shen Yutong saw that the French meal was flying, and his inner world was like this at the moment: %?#?%!!!

I really want to cry...... (To be continued.) )