Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Sky-High Statue

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Although he had already denied the deal in his heart, Li Yi still decided to go up and touch it, it would be a fool not to breathe in the cool air!

I walked carefully to the ink painting and looked at it carefully for a while, but the level of appreciation was really limited, but I just felt that it looked really good, but I couldn't judge how much it was worth. ⊙

He slowly squatted down, slowly put his hand on the scroll of the painting, touched it lightly, and then put it away. The breath is cold, not much better than glass, but the time is very short.

Unfortunately, cool air cannot be used as a basis for value judgments. Li Yi shook his head, and was about to refuse, when he suddenly remembered that he didn't understand, but there was a predator hiding behind him, that was the lord who even refused the Louvre, he must know the level of this Cui Ruzhuo!

After pondering for a while, Li Yi signaled that he wanted to go out to make a phone call, and then was led by Liu Xibo to another empty room.

"Cui Ruzhuo's work? How big is it? ”

"It's more than 30 centimeters wide and only 10 meters long, and it's a group of eight."

On the phone, Hu Zhiyuan sighed lightly and said:

"Is it his "Lotus Wind in the Prosperous Age"?"

I went, this product was really amazing, I didn't say anything, and the master actually guessed which work it was!

"If it's sure it's genuine, six million dollars is not expensive, you can buy it if you don't lack money, put it for a year or two, it's hard to say more, it's no problem to make one or two million."

Li Yi hung up the phone, thought about it, and called Hu Jinquan who was far away in Yanjing. Because of Wang Shizhen's manuscript, the two also talked on the phone several times, but this time Li Yi didn't say much, and directly told the second Hu Lao about the situation.

"The market price should be between 30 million and 40 million, just buy it if you don't lack money, that painting is Lao Cui's masterpiece."

Six or seven million dollars, thirty or forty million soft sister coins, the judgment of the two bigwigs is basically the same, that is to say, Bob is at least very real on this, did not lie to him, and even gave him a discount.

It's a pity that no one understands Franz!

Li Yi pondered for a long time and couldn't make up his mind, and suddenly, the door moved slightly, and Liu Xibo walked in.

"Mr. Li, I hope you can close this deal. Because Cui Ruzhuo's paintings have been very hot in the past two years, and if you hand over this "Lotus Wind in the Prosperous Age" to me for auction, I am confident that it will operate to more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars! ”

I'll go! Li Yi was shocked, although the Hong Kong dollar is not as valuable as the soft sister coin, but it is not much worse, this old guy opened his mouth and doubled the valuation of the master! Is he really on my side? But why?

"Because Bob was going to take the painting to Christie's for auction because he didn't believe I could auction it for more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, it was as simple as that, and I needed a chance to prove myself right."

Li Yi patted his forehead, if it is really like Liu Xibo said, this painting can be auctioned for more than 100 million, then the sum of the two is not much different from his expectations for "Untitled", and compared with the auction of "Untitled", this plan is much safer.

Because even if not so many people say that his "Untitled" will not be able to auction the price of the first painting, Li Yi also feels that it is impossible to auction that price, and there is a very big possibility, that is, Liu Xibo's estimate of 15 million US dollars is an unattainable ceiling.

"Okay, deal!"

After some thought, Li Yi returned to the VIP room and shook Bob's thin hands.

Li Xiong was silent during the whole transaction, and when he saw the deal reached, he walked up with a smile and wrote a transfer check of 13 million US dollars and 1.5 million US dollars, and handed it to the financial staff called by Liu Xibo, and then sat back in place silently, waiting for the verification results.

After signing his name on the contract, he pointed to the big box that Li Yi put on the coffee table and asked:

"Mr. Li, is this an antique of yours? If it's convenient, can you give us an appreciation? ”

Li Yi nodded, he was originally brought over to let Liu Xibo help with the valuation, and now there are two more foreigner appraisers, and it is estimated that the estimation should be more accurate.

The box opened, Li Yi didn't speak, he wanted to see their eyesight, if they couldn't recognize it, what kind of price would they estimate.

Sure enough, seeing that this big guy turned out to be just a clock, including Liu Xibo, several people lost interest, but Li Xiong didn't know what he found, suddenly his eyes lit up, he walked up and looked at it carefully for a while, and he had to come to the white gloves and touch a few handfuls, and finally sat back, and motioned to the foreigner sitting next to him to go up and have a look.

The foreigner was an old man in his sixties, and he could tell from his expression that he was a little disapproving. But the boss told him to watch it even if he didn't look at it. Unexpectedly, when I saw it, I let out a light "huh", and then my brows were raised, and it became bigger and bigger.

This immediately attracted the attention of the other two appraisers, and Liu Xibo and another old man walked up almost at the same time, squatting next to the appraiser, and looked at the statue together.

After a while, several people began to communicate in a whisper, Li Yi didn't understand a word, but he could hear two words, that is, France and Mayor!

can mix to today's status, these guys are really masters with real talents! Now, Li Yi's sense of crisis is even more strict, and he is nothing without the spirit card! However, what if the spirit card is really missing?

He swore that he would not be the brilliant fireworks of that moment, he would be the star that lasted forever!

The three top appraisers discussed for a while, and finally agreed on their opinions, and Liu Xibo came again.

"The bronze statue of the French sculptor Mayor, this table clock is also a product of the early 20th century in France, but the statue is not the original, it was glued later. Mr. Li, if you can hand over this collection to us for auction, I guarantee that we will be able to help you get a satisfactory price. ”

At this time, Li Xiong slowly stood up, he first handed Li Yi a business card, and then spread out his slap,

"Five million, dollars."

Bob glanced at Li Xiong in surprise, turned around and asked his appraiser a few more words, then took out his phone and began to fiddle.

Five million dollars? Li Yi was a little surprised by this price, but even if it was high, he was not ready to sell it, this was his apprenticeship!

Li Xiong saw that Liu Xibo seemed to be talking again, so he turned around and discussed with the appraiser, and stretched out a finger,

"Ten million!"

Doubled the second offer? Li Yi was startled, it seems that this statue is also amazing! But in this way, you can't sell it, even if it's not for Master! Who knows how much it can be worth? Didn't you see Liu Xibo looking like he wanted to speak and stopped?

Seeing Li Yi refuse again, Li Xiong sighed, spread his hands, and turned around with Bob in a dashing manner.

"Oh God, it's good you didn't promise him! Lee, you know what? This statue of yours is very, very, very precious! ”

After using three verys in a row, he didn't say how much it was worth, and Li Yi expressed contempt.

"Most of the heirloom works of those master sculptors are large-scale sculptures, and there are almost no elves like this! You can check on the Internet that one of Modigliani's sculptures has just been auctioned for a sky-high price of 70 million US dollars, but in terms of sculpture attainment, it is obvious that Mayor is higher! ”

I'll it! Li Yi almost fainted, he thought that it would be a few million higher than Li Xiong's offer at most, but he didn't expect it to soar to 70 million this time! Or dollars!

"However, the value of a work is sometimes not completely linked to the level of the creator, Modigliani died early, so there are very few works handed down, so although he is better at painting, he ......"

Li Yi almost ran out of breath to get through, your uncle! How much is it worth?