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As they get older, those animals are now getting smarter.

In the end, he still refused the lucrative conditions given by Columbia Records, in fact, Han Xuan could have agreed, but out of selfishness, he didn't want these two guys to leave him for too long, and he was often by his side, and he was used to it.

After receiving the phone call, he did not stay in the recording studio, said goodbye to Ramirez, and asked him to go directly to his apartment in the evening, and would say hello to the security guards at the door.

The phone call just now came from the old man, and he said that he had encountered a very rare collectible, so Han Xuan had time to help negotiate with the other party and try to buy it.

The place of sale is the Manhattan antique center that I visited a few years ago, and it is a short time by helicopter.

Follow the familiar route in your memory, find the old building with more than 20 floors across the street, enter from the alley next to it, and take the elevator up to the third floor.

The elevator door was guarded, the monitor camera was changed, and the big man in black just looked at him, smiled and said welcome, and helped open the iron door.

It's the highest-end private antiques trading site in all of Manhattan, and arguably the highest-end in the United States.

The organizers work with a number of auction houses and private collectors, acting as middlemen and helping them to trade in antiques, both legal and illegal.

Rows of cabinets, like jewelry display cases, are filled with fine antiques from various countries, and things that cost less than $300,000 have little chance of being placed in them.

The last time I accompanied the old man here, the old man bought a large bowl of red peony chrysanthemum in the glaze of Ming Hongwu, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong material tire painting enamel color yellow ground floating clouds flying phoenix peony pattern wrapper bottle, Huang Tingjian's "Pillar Inscription", Yuan Qinghua Xiao He Yuexia chased Han Xinmei vase, and spent a total of more than 50 million US dollars.

Nowadays, the price of ordinary antiques in China is not high, but the price of the fine products has always been high.

That's because although the domestic market has not yet developed, but so many overseas Chinese support this market, Japan and South Korea and other places, because the culture is more similar to China, the rich people of these two countries, also like to collect Chinese cultural relics, resulting in the price of fine Chinese antiques in the international market in recent years.

For example, the Suzaku bronze that I saw last time was sold for $650,000, and it has not yet been sold, and now it has risen to a million dollars.

Other things that can't be sold may be sold at a reduced price, but the art is not among those products, anyway, it just occupies the position of a cabinet, and you can always meet people who like it, and this thing has no expiration date, if the owner is not in a hurry to sell, there is no reason to reduce the price of the product.

Han Xuan has taken a fancy to it now, this bronze is very beautifully made, and there are two inscriptions on it, which reads "Wu Ding".

In the late Shang Dynasty, there was a king whose name was Wu Ding, indicating that this may have been something he used at that time, and it was thousands of years old......

After a while, Mr. Alfred, the owner of this place who had met before, arrived, he laughed and shook hands with Han Xuan, and said, "How is it, do you like this thing?"

If you want me, I'll help you waive the fee, take a million dollars, and it's been sitting here for a few years.

You know the rules, I don't accept counteroffers here, but if you buy more, I can give you a discount, or give you a few more. ”

"Hmm.

Wrap this bronze for me, I'll take it with me when I leave, and settle the bill together when the time comes.

My grandfather asked me to come here to see the goods, and he said he didn't know what it was, but could you tell me what it was?"

"Haha! I don't blame me for this, it's that the collector doesn't want to reveal it, so he can only look at the goods in person, and he has to sign a confidentiality agreement, which is really a good thing.

You can take a look at me first, I've already called the seller, and she's coming over with something right now.

There are a lot of new good things, I believe there must be something you like, they are all old customers, the transaction fee, I only charge you one percent, how about it, satisfied with this price, right?

If ordinary people come over, I will charge three percent ...... now."

Han Xuan replied with a smile: "It's very reasonable, no wonder my grandfather likes to buy things from you, then thank you."

There are indeed a lot of fine antiques, but the prices are about the same as at the auction, so let me take a look first. ”

"It's a little more expensive, but I promise they're all genuine, and if you buy a fake from me, you can always come to me.

I've been in business for so many years, and the reason why I'm doing so much is because I have a good reputation and they believe in me. ”

After Alfred, the owner of the antique trading house, finished speaking, he led Han Xuan and them to visit one cabinet after another.

In the space of hundreds of square meters, there are about forty or fifty similar cabinets, and there are oil paintings, calligraphy and paintings on the walls, and the total number of antiques is more than a hundred.

Han Xuan didn't know much about European antiques, and only knew the names of kings or nobles written on the labels.

At this moment, he found that in a transparent glass case, there was actually a set of red women's underwear, both upper and lower.

When he saw the name written on the label, Han Xuan didn't feel strange why it appeared here.

Because they were worn by American actress Marilyn Monroe, and they were specially marked "unwashed", the price was as high as $330,000.

Alfred saw Han Xuan's strange eyes, shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "There are always some people who like these strange things.

In fact, it's still very sought-after, and someone has already bought it for $410,000, and it will come and get it in the next few days. ”

"It's really weird.

How did her underwear survive until now?And how do you know it was worn by Marilyn Monroe?" Han Xuan asked one after another.

"It's the same as the one on an old photo, it's made by Monroe, it's the only one in the world.

And the person who sent the lot used to work as a maid in her house, and the filling and fabric were in line with the underwear from decades ago, so this set must be hers.

As for who wore it in the end, I can't be sure, anyway, it definitely wasn't washed in the end, I think they only have Monroe in their heads, and they don't care about anything else.

I just said that it was not washed, and I did not say that Monroe did not wash it after passing it, and there were still some traces of secretions on it. ”

“…… Sir, you've managed to disgust me. ”

The things used by celebrities are also very popular in the Western collecting world, Han Xuan once met the bag used by Ms. Audrey Hepburn when she was young at auction, and was finally bought for 80,000 US dollars, and even Hermes's bag is not so expensive.

Of course, he had no love for Monroe's underwear and bypassed it to continue visiting....... (To be continued.) )