Chapter 317: The Atokaf
"You're saying there's a small auction house that has a few Atocaf for auction?"
Wu Tianyuan received a call from Ross, saying that a small and unknown auction house in New York had received news that several gold bars salvaged from the Atokaf had been put up for auction. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Okay, you find someone to take a picture for me, and then send it to me as soon as possible!"
Wu Tianyuan hung up the phone, he had already instructed Rose to pay attention to all kinds of information and collections about the treasure, and buy it for him to use in the treasure hunt once it appeared. In the past three months, I have been building Tianyuan Hall, and I am also a little nervous, and I miss the excitement of treasure hunting.
"Okay, keep the treasure hunt, especially the sea, there are countless treasures waiting for me to discover."
Wu Tianyuan officially summoned people, and now Iron Blood has sent forty elites as bodyguards, because they are going to the high seas to salvage, they are all equipped with heavy weapons. Wang Jun also applied for the assistance of the navy, accompanied by small combat warships on the treasure hunt.
In 1622, a Spanish ship loaded with the magnificent treasures of the New World was caught in a storm off the coast of Florida in the United States, and sank to the bottom of the sea along with at least eight other ships, surviving only five of the 265 crew members on board.
Next month, the wreck will unveil a stunning New York auction of the precious treasures such as the exquisite golden chalice, the jade-encrusted cross and the precious gold bar, which is known as the world's third largest treasure of the famous Atocalf, which is widely watched by collectors and art lovers around the world.
On July 20, 1985, after more than 15 years of hard work, Merfescher finally found the wreck of the most famous escort ship of the Spanish fleet, Mrs. Atoka, and found a treasure worth $450 million, including various ancient coins and treasures.
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the discovery, last year's Guernsey auction house in New York held a grand special auction of nearly 40 pieces of the wreck of the Lady Atoka and other relics salvaged by Fisher-Price on the bottom of the sea, and finally sold for a total of $3 million.
In an interview with AFP, Fisher's daughter, Taffe, said the lots were treasured by her parents. Treasure hunting under the sea is a bittersweet test, and now is the time for more people to share in the fun and insights. In addition, many of Fisher-Price's undersea salvage treasures have been donated to major museums in the United States for public appreciation and appreciation.
"Speaking of that Mei'er, she is also a legend in the salvage circle!" "Mel defines himself as a treasure hunter, and in 1955 he founded a company called Treasure Saver to search for Spanish shipwrecks in the waters around Southern California. ”
In his 20-year salvage career, Fisher has salvaged 6 famous Spanish shipwrecks, becoming a celebrity in the circle and earning a lot of money. Before he knew it, he was old enough to retire, but he was reluctant to leave the salvage ship, as he had vowed to find the legendary Lady Atoka, who had the most treasure.
So the family gave up on the normal operation of the company for this ideal, and Fisher's wife, son and daughter accompanied his father into the water to find his dream at the bottom of the sea. Their search is meticulous, and if they see anything that is not stone, they use a metal detector to detect it.
On July 20, 1985, Fisher and his family found the Lady Atoka and the tons of gold on board, but that joy was dulled by 30 years of hardship. Fisher thought that God would let him find the Lady Atoka, but it was just a test of his patience.
Wu Tianyuan admired his spirit of grinding the iron pestle into a needle, but he didn't need to work so hard and trouble, he could directly lock the specific location and start salvage.
"Huh? These are the Golden Cross and the Holy Grail? ”
The first batch of treasure chests came out of the water, and Wu Tianyuan studied with great interest more than a dozen crosses and three chalices, made of pure gold, and the crosses were also inlaid with many gems.
"It's been a long time since I've contacted Andrew, but this time I found out again!"
Every month, our cardinal has to call Wu Tianyuan to ask if he has found any treasures, and several times he has won the trust of the pope because of his good relationship with Wu Tianyuan, especially the black history of the last French king, which caused the entire Holy See to shake and made Andrew famous.
"And gold? These are left to Polar Bear and William to handle. ”
In a few days, a total of more than 30 treasure chests were salvaged, most of which were gold bars, as well as a small amount of jewelry and religious items.
"Dear Wu, you have finally returned to the treasure hunting circle!"
Andrew sighed with a look on his face: "I heard that you have been imitating Chinese porcelain recently? also created his own hall name, I really thought that our treasure hunt master quit the rivers and lakes? ”
"Don't worry, my old friend, it's just that I'm tired of running, just take a break!" Wu Tianyuan said with a smile: "Isn't this a new harvest, there are many holy relics on the sunken ship of Atokaf." ”
Andrew looked at it with satisfaction, nodded and said: "The 16th century was the most powerful time for Spain, it can be said that it was robbed of the entire South America and Oceania, and many holy relics disappeared on the way back, and this batch is a small part of them. ”
He was also very interested in seeing the latest antique porcelain of Tianyuantang, especially celadon and Dingyao white porcelain, and said very fondly: "It seems that you are not only amazing in treasure hunting, but also first-class in antique porcelain." On behalf of the Holy See, I would like to cooperate with you to buy some celadon and white porcelain tea sets every month. ”
"No problem, but there weren't too many in the first few months, and the products produced by Tianyuan Hall are all high-quality products, and they must also be in line with the noble status of the Holy See, right?"
"It doesn't matter, you decide for yourself, we want as much as we want!" Andrew smiled, "We can also give back to believers as a holy grace and help you make a name for yourself." ”
Wu Tianyuan is very satisfied, Andrew is really timely rain, and the Holy See came forward to help build the Tianyuantang brand, which is really like a tiger with wings. Even the Vatican Holy See uses the Tianyuan Hall? Who else in the world dares to make irresponsible remarks!
Sending Andrew Wu Tianyuan away and going to the newly built art center for a turn, it is really big and luxurious! 150,000 square meters of open space, three top-notch museums, and two high-grade galleries are astounding.
Hu Jianmin smiled: "How is it? Not bad, right? Lao Wang and Xu and I have put in a lot of hard work, and the drawings alone have been changed more than a dozen times, and we have taken turns to supervise the work, and we have the current results. ”
"Cow! This is the most atmospheric art center in China, no worse than foreign public museums! ”
Wu Tianyuan took a turn around the Western Pavilion, the Ancient Civilization Pavilion, and the Self-Retention Pavilion of the members of the Tianyuan Society, each with a different style, both hardware and software are first-class configurations, and he is very satisfied.
"Hey, there's a lot of pressure, two museums, more than 50,000 square meters, a headache!"
Not only did Wu Tianyuan have a headache, but even Lao Ren was helpless for a while, and it was easy to work hard to create a Tianyuan Museum, and now there are three more at once! I'm also drunk. (To be continued.) )