Chapter 21: The Appraiser Arrives
(It's a new week, ask for recommendation tickets, ask for collections)
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In a small forest in the West University, a boy with a very sunny smile took out a crystal ball from his pocket and gave it to a tall, bumpy girl......
He said softly to her, "Xiaoyue, be my girlfriend, okay?" ”
Thinking of the past scenes, Xiaoyue cried more and more sadly.
"Bang~Bang~!"
There was a knock on the door, followed by a human: "Yueyue? What's wrong, you seem to be crying again? ”
"Dad, I'm fine, I'm just missing my mom a little!"
"Yueyue, miss Mom, let's go see her tomorrow, don't cry, Dad is sad!"
"I'm fine, Dad, go to sleep!"
Looking at the black-and-white photos hanging on the wall, Xiaoyue's tears grew more and more, and she sobbed silently......
Tang Yi didn't know when he fell asleep, and early the next morning, Thomas hurriedly knocked on his door.
"Boss, there's a helicopter outside, and it's said that it's an appraiser from Sotheby's!"
Tang Yi was stunned at first when he heard this, he didn't expect the appraiser to come so quickly, and he even came by helicopter, "What about them?" ”
Thomas said, "In the downstairs living room, Uncle Lance accompanies them"!
"Let's go, go downstairs!"
Master Tang Yi beckoned, and it was too late to wash, just about to go out, he suddenly remembered that he didn't take anything, and went back to the room to take more than ten pieces of jewelry and jade downstairs together.
Thomas saw Tang Yi holding a jade in his hand, two gemstone rings on his fingers, several necklaces around his neck, a gemstone necklace, a pearl necklace, and even two bracelets on his wrists.
Thinking of the appraiser at Sotheby's auction house, he suddenly understood, "Boss, are you going to auction the earl's estate?" ”
"Hmm!"
Tang Yi didn't explain too much, he simply got off the donkey down the slope, anyway, the statement he prepared was also about the earl's relics, and it was impossible to say that he took it out of the lightning strike wood.
"With so many jewels, the Count is really rich!"
Thomas looked at the brilliant jewels, admired again and again, and secretly said in his heart, why don't he have an ancestor like the earl?
In his opinion, Tang Yi was most likely the illegitimate son of the earl who had left outside, or Tang Yi's ancestors were descendants of the earl's family, otherwise why would the earl give this island to Tang Yi, it was impossible.
Now Tang Yi has a little more British blood in Thomas's eyes, but it's a pity that ...... People are a little ugly.
His idea, if Tang Yi himself knew, it was estimated that he could chop him into eight pieces and feed him with cigars, not to mention whether Lao Tzu had the bloodline of the earl line, at least ...... I'm not ugly, sir, am I?
Tang Yi had not yet reached the living room holding the jewelry and the imperial green jadeite rough, but when he went downstairs, there was a sound of footsteps, and the two Sotheby's appraisers had already stood up and reached the front of the stairs.
When they looked up and saw the Imperial Green Jade in Tang Yi's arms, both of them exclaimed one after another.
"Sean, do you see? Quick, tell me it's not a dream! ”
"David, this is not a dream, even in a dream, I have never seen it!"
"Are you standing here staring at it from afar?" Tang Yi came to the two of them and said with a smile.
When he saw the expressions of the two, Tang Yi had basically determined that the jadeite in his arms was definitely imperial green jadeite, and ordinary jadeite would not let these two appraisers from Sotheby's auction house show such an obsessive look.
"Sorry, Mr. Tang, it's rude!"
The two who were awakened by Tang Yi's words apologized again and again, and one of them, a middle-aged man with a beard, took the lead in introducing himself: "Mr. Tang, I am David Sean, the chief jewelry appraiser of Sotheby's auction house in Sydney!" Nice to meet you! ”
"Mr. Tang, I'm Arera David, a jewelry appraiser at Sotheby's auction house headquarters, and I apologize for meeting you for the first time, please forgive me!"
Another blonde white man also introduced himself to Tang Yi.
"Hello! Welcome to Paradise Island, my name is Tang Yi, of course, you can call me Tang, or Mr. Tang, the two of you have been fortunate all the way, sit down and rest your feet first! ”
Tang Yi put the jade on the coffee table in the living room, and then said to Lance: "Uncle Lance, in addition to dark beer, I think we can prepare some roe salad rolls to entertain your guests, what do you say?" ”
Lance smiled and said, "As you wish!" ”
Secretly praised Lance in his heart, Tang Yi turned his head, only to find that the two appraisers had already squatted on the coffee table and put on white gloves, took out a magnifying glass, and smacked their lips one by one: "The best, the best imperial green jade among the glass species, David, we have made a fortune this time!" ”
"Sean, you're wrong, it's not us who got rich, it's Mr. Tang who got rich!" The blonde white man Davy said dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Shaun, the bearded man, the chief appraiser of Sotheby's auction house in Sydney, looked at the jewelry on Tang Yi's body that had not yet been taken off, and his eyes burned, "Mr. Tang, first of all, congratulations, this piece of jadeite can be worth at least 20 million, if we are given enough time to operate, it is possible to increase by another 10 million or 20 million!" As for your jewelry, can you give us an appraisal? ”
"Of course, I'm here to identify them!"
When Tang Yi heard the figure of 20 million, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, it seemed that he still overestimated the price of jadeite, even if it was imperial green jadeite.
It seems that the five million imperial green jade ring sent by Yan Hong and his sister's most supplicant is not as simple as he thought.
It takes a lot more time to identify jewelry than simple jadeite, and after Lance finished the fish roe salad rolls, he waited for more than half an hour before the two appraisers put away the tools with admiration.
Irella David, an appraiser from Sotheby's headquarters, obviously has more right to speak, and after the appraisal was completed, Sean rummaged through the briefcase, and David said to Tang Yi with a smile: "Mr. Tang, first of all, I have to ask you one more thing!" ”
Hearing David's solemn tone, Tang Yi became a little solemn: "You say? ”
David stared at Tang Yi and said word by word, "Are you sure you want to auction this piece of Imperial Green Jadeite?" From the point of view of the auction house, I am eager to get the auction rights of it, but if the auction house is aside, I do not recommend that you sell it, its value actually lies in the collection"!
"Collection?"
Tang Yi was stunned, and secretly wondered in his heart what David's words meant.
I'm short of money now, so if I don't sell it...... Thinking of this, Tang Yi secretly said stupidly, how could he forget the oil paintings and sketches?
David is right, the value of this imperial green jadeite actually lies in the collection, if it can be preserved, it will naturally be better.
After all, that's all I have!
In the future, I will take it to make a bracelet, ring or pendant or something, and give it to my parents, maybe it can be used as an heirloom!
Thinking of this, Tang Yi has already begun to retreat in his heart, or keep the collection?
If you buy it outside, you may not be able to find the best glass imperial green jadeite.
Tang Yi immediately made a decision, got up and stretched out his hand to David, and said with a smile: "David, I have to say, you are a very worthy friend, thank you for the reminder, I don't think I can't sell this piece of jadeite, but I can't let you come for nothing, right?" Otherwise, Brother Sean wouldn't have agreed! ”
Tang Yi glanced at Sean who was talking next to him, this guy probably wondered why David asked this kind of question, and directly asked Tang Yi to sign the contract.
In fact, it is not completely unreasonable for David to be able to do things at the headquarters now, since he entered the industry, he has never cheated customers, nor will he do anything for the sake of performance, but will often give some kind reminders.
Because of these kind reminders, he has made a lot of friends, almost all of these friends are collectors, as long as there are good objects in hand, they will call him as soon as possible, so it is difficult to think about bad performance.
Before he came, he had investigated Tang Yi's background and knew that this was the island that Count Bell gave to Tang Yi, although it was rumored that Count Bell had donated all the real estate and funds outside the island, but who could guarantee that he didn't save some treasures on the island?
Otherwise, Tang Yi, an ordinary young man from China, where did he get the jewelry hundreds of years ago?
It is clear that these are the legacies of the Count!
There are already more than a dozen pieces of jewelry here, and who can guarantee that he doesn't have more?
Moreover, who can guarantee that Tang Yi will not have more top-quality jadeite in his hands?
In order to establish a friendship with Tang Yi in the future, David kindly reminded Tang Yi.
When Tang Yi said that he was going to collect jadeite by himself, although he was a little disappointed, his mood did not fluctuate much, and when he heard Tang Yi say that there were still good things, he immediately became excited.
What is it?
This is the reward after the kind reminder, with your own performance, you can still make friends with Tang Yi, why not?
David said eagerly, "Don, do you have any other jewelry that needs to be appraised?" I'll be ready to get started! ”
"Oh, David, maybe you're going to be disappointed!"
Tang Yi shrugged his shoulders, "It's more than thirty paintings, including thirty-three sketches and one oil painting, but I don't know if it's true or not, so I need you to identify it, if it's true, I don't mind handing them all over to you, of course, including these jewels, I'll keep the jade for myself!" ”
"Paintings and drawings?"
David's excitement immediately dropped a lot, but he was not rude, and smiled: "Maybe I can help you see, although my appraisal level is not as good as those experts who are professional in oil painting and sketching!" May I ask, who signed these paintings? ”
"Vincent Willem van Gogh!"
Tang Yi said that he had reached the top of the stairs, and then went upstairs, leaving David and Sean in place.
The Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Willemvan Gogh (Vincent Willemvan Gogh) is famous for mixing with people in the auction circle, and even Tang Yi has heard of the old hat in the small town.