Chapter 1081: The Collection of Eskenazi (Part II)

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In the hands of thousands of private collectors around the world, there are definitely a handful of paintings worth more than 10 million pounds. What's more, this landscape painting by Roysdal is only one of the mid-range paintings in the Eskenazi family's collection!

In terms of value alone, the oil paintings of Caravaggio and Rubens next to them are obviously higher!

Moreover, Liu Dong personally likes the works of these two painters.

Like the two great masters, Liu Dong paints oil paintings, and also likes to emphasize light to express the three-dimensional sense and appeal of his works.

"Mr. Liu likes it, if Mr. Liu likes this Roysdal work, I am willing to exchange it for the oil painting that Mr. Liu got at noon today!"

Looking at the expectation in Eskenazi's eyes, Liu Dong smiled secretly in his heart, he knew that in the face of Leonardo da Vinci's posthumous work, the other party would not give up so easily, and he really threw it out here.

"I'm very sorry, I just got that painting, and I don't plan to sell it in a short time!"

Liu Dong's refusal was expected by Eskenazi, but he did not give up so easily. The reason why Liu Dong was brought to his collection room was to use this room full of treasures to tempt Liu Dong to agree to the exchange!

"Mr. Liu, don't be too busy refusing yet! If you agree to exchange, you can choose three antiques at will in my collection room!" Eskenazi said quickly.

"Pick any three?" After thinking for a while, Liu Dong released his relics yuanguang, looked at the different shades of spiritual light around him, and after a moment of silence, a fine light flashed in his eyes.

"My painting is the posthumous work of Leonardo da Vinci, does Mr. Eskenazi think that the value of three works of art can be equal?" Liu Dong said bluntly.

"You know everything?" said Eskenazi, blurting out with a look of surprise on his face.

Looking at the smile on Liu Dong's face, Eskenazi smiled bitterly: "Actually." I should have understood that you knew the details of that painting, otherwise you wouldn't have refused so resolutely in the store!"

After calming down his thoughts, looking at Liu Dong's smiling and silent appearance, Eskenazi said bluntly: "I wonder how Mr. Liu will transfer that Leonardo da Vinci's posthumous painting to me?"

"Then it depends on what kind of conditions Mr. Eskenazi is willing to offer!"

"Dear ......!" Mei Xue next to her hurriedly pulled Liu Dong's arm.

Although it was only because of Liu Dong's relationship that she began to understand antique collection. It's not even a beginner now, but that doesn't stop Mei Xue from recognizing the value of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings!

There is no doubt that in the history of hundreds of years from the Renaissance to modern times, there are countless famous oil painters from all over the world, and almost none of them surpass Leonardo da Vinci in oil painting, and at most they are only equal to him.

More than 400 years have passed, and now the value of his paintings has reached the peak of almost all painters, and it will take a hundred years for one or two paintings to enter the market. Moreover, the priceless national treasure art should be kept in your own hands if there is no shortage of money. Otherwise, once it flows out, if you want to get it back, it's not just a matter of money!

"It's okay, I know it in my heart!" Liu Dong comforted.

Looking at the calm look on his face, although Mei Xue didn't know what Liu Dong thought about in his heart, but as a girlfriend at this time, she couldn't say more.

After all. She still has to take care of Liu Dong's face in front of people! Moreover, with her understanding of her lover. The other party is never a person who will make himself suffer.

And at this moment, Eskenazi, who was very excited in his heart, hurriedly said: "Mr. Liu, please mention any conditions, whether it is money or antiques, as long as the conditions are suitable, I can meet them!"

The temptation to acquire a posthumous piece of Leonardo da Vinci was for Eskenazi, who was obsessed with collecting. It's hard to refuse!

And seeing the look on his face, the corners of Liu Dong's mouth curved slightly, what he liked most was the feeling that I was a knife warrior and someone else was a fish!

"First of all, I am not short of money. Like Mr. Eskenazi, I love antiques! I wouldn't have traded this Da Vinci if it weren't for the fact that I was going to build my own museum and that I didn't have a lot of fine antiques!"

"I understand that if Mr. Liu wants to, I am willing to exchange all the Chinese art in my collection!" Eskenazi said quickly.

Although his collection contains thousands of works of art from China, most of which are fine, a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece is worth more than $200 million at the very least!

Converted into Huaxia coins, it is nearly 1.7 billion!

And now in the auction house, most of the fine Chinese cultural relics are around the millions, more than 10 million are among the best, and the national treasure level is only 30 or 40 million Chinese coins!

At the end of the day, it is Western culture that dominates the world. The price of art of the same level in China is far lower than in the West.

In addition, Eskenazi himself belongs to the West, and of course he has more feelings for oil painting than for Oriental art. If he really exchanged all the Chinese artworks here for Leonardo da Vinci's posthumous works, he would naturally be willing to do it!

Of course, the value of Chinese art here in Eskenazi alone must add up to more than $200 million. Not to mention anything else, Liu Dong found nearly 36 paintings and calligraphy in the Tang and Song dynasties alone, and there are no less than 100 precious antiques such as pre-Qin bronzes worth more than 10 million and royal porcelain of previous dynasties!

However, the equivalent is the same, and Liu Dong, who is now in a dominant position, cannot give up the opportunity to kill people so easily! Especially when he has no deep friendship with Eskenazi and is completely a relationship of interest.

"Mr. Eskenazi's conditions are indeed tempting, but it's not enough!" Liu Dong shook his head.

"Isn't enough? Liu, do you know how much these Chinese artworks are worth? Even if they are on the market, they are worth more than 200 million pounds together! If they are auctioned, they will at least go up by a quarter, or even more!"

"No, no, dear Mr. Eskenazi, as a veteran collector, you should understand that the value of an antique is not merely measured by money! It will also strengthen Mr. Eskenazi's position in the world of collecting and connoisseurship. This is something that thousands of Chinese antiques can't bring!" Liu Dong said with a smile.

Liu Dong's words pierced the heart of Dennis Eskenazi.

Indeed, no amount of Chinese antiques can compare to the impact of a Leonardo da Vinci painting.

But this does not mean that Dennis Eskenazi has to accept all of Liu Dong's conditions without a bottom line!

Noticing the change in the expression on the other party's face, Liu Dong had a smile on his face even better, and he hurriedly took advantage of the victory to attack, "Of course, as a friend, I don't want to embarrass Mr. Eskenazi too much! In addition to all the Chinese antiques here, you only need to let me choose any three items from your collection!"

"Pick any three?"

Thinking of the conditions he had proposed to Liu Dong when he first came in, Eskena smiled bitterly.

However, looking at the indifferent smile on the face of the young man in front of him, as well as the determined eyes, Eskenazi knew that he would definitely not be able to do it without some blood this time!

"I can agree to your terms, but the contents of the innermost display shelf are not included!"

Following the direction of the other party's finger, Liu Dong also saw the innermost display shelf.

There are not many things on the steel display shelves with a width of more than 5 meters and a depth of nearly 80 centimeters, but almost every piece of it is shining with a rich aura under the light of the relics.

Apparently they are the best parts of the Eskenazi collection!

In fact, it is true that although there are not many items on the final shelf, there are two oil paintings by Botticelli, the last painter of the Florentine school of the early Renaissance, which the Eskenazi family painstakingly collected for nearly a hundred years, and a bronze figure of Gurberti, one of the most famous bronze sculptors of the early Italian Renaissance!

Stone statues of gods from ancient Greek temples, although mutilated, are still extremely beautiful.

It can be said that any antique on this iron frame is very representative, and the minimum value is more than 50 million US dollars, and it is a national treasure with no price.

No wonder Dennis Eskenazi is so nervous!

Fortunately, although Liu Dong is greedy for these things, the things he wants are not on this iron frame. So in the face of Dennis Eskenazi's request, Liu Dong was silent for a while and nodded.

If it weren't for the fear of agreeing too quickly and arousing the suspicion of the other party, Liu Dong would definitely agree as soon as possible!

"For the sake of my friendship with Mr. Eskenazi, I can grant this request, but ......!"

Dennis Eskenazi's heart, which had just been put down, was lifted up by the last two words of Liu Dong's words.

After seeing the nervous expression on the other party's face, Liu Dong smiled: "However, this time I came to the UK for the first time, came to London, and now I am still staying in a hotel." My deal with Mr. Eskenazi was not a one-day deal, so I hope you will help me buy a villa in London. When the time comes, I'll have a place for so many antiques, right?"

It just so happened that when he discussed with Mei Xue before, Liu Dong was ready to buy a house here. And this antique transaction, involving a lot of precious boutiques, whether it is trading with Eskenazi or passing the inspection of British customs, is not something that can be done in a short period of time, so Yu public and private, having his own villa, has become the most important thing for Liu Dong to solve.

But choosing a suitable house is a bit difficult for Liu Dong, who is not familiar with the place, but it is a trivial matter for Dennis Eskenazi, who belongs to the land snake. (To be continued.) )

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