Chapter 414: The Missing Giant Diamond
Hearing Li Yi ask, Earl Bob smiled freely,
Of course, nothing is priceless, but its specific value varies from person to person. Just like this thangka, in the eyes of many people, even if you multiply it by five, it is likely that you will not be able to exchange it for your "Nude Maha". But in my mind, its value cannot be measured in this way......"
Can't multiply by five? Li Yi blinked.
Bob's casual analogy made his heart move slightly. He remembered that many books had said that sometimes some of the words that people subconsciously said reflected exactly what he really thought in his heart......
If this judgment is reasonable, isn't it telling him that in Count Bob's heart, the value of the "Nude Maha" is likely to exceed 100 million euros?
Li Yi remembers very clearly that excluding those oil paintings that cannot be put up for auction at all, and it is currently well documented that the auction price exceeds the threshold of 100 million US dollars, there are only 11 paintings in the world.
And these 11 oil paintings, if all their units are converted into euros, then there are only seven that can reach hundreds of millions!
With his knowledge of the Western oil painting market, he knows that although the "Nude Maha" is likely to belong to one of the kinds of oil paintings that will never be put up for auction, this does not mean that if it is auctioned, it will definitely fetch a sky-high price!
In fact, the emergence of any sky-high price often represents a super complex system engineering. Moreover, not every world famous painting has the luck and qualification to enjoy the one-stop service of the system.
Opposite. Many well-known paintings, once they are put up for auction, can easily encounter Waterloo and eventually have to be repossessed by the auctioneer, or by the auction company that has signed a price insurance agreement with the auctioneer.
Li Yi believes that if "Nude Maha" is filmed, it is likely to encounter the latter situation.
Not to mention. The famous painting still has the word missing on the label, and he can't guarantee it at all, if the news is leaked. Will someone come to the door immediately with some documents, and then ask him for it directly, just like what the Huaxia Cultural Relics Recovery Department did before.
In fact, this is what worries him the most. It was also the main reason why he agreed so easily to Earl Bob's attempt to exchange.
Right now. The opportunity has come, so why not test it?
After weighing it, Li Yi thought that Bob should not be deliberately inducing him to make some kind of decision, and the transaction was originally for both parties to weigh their own gains and losses, as long as they felt that they were not losing, they should be able to do it.
These thoughts are complicated to say. In fact, it was only in his flashes of thought.
Li Yi blinked, and suddenly interrupted Earl Bob's introduction.
"This thangka, plus another 80 million euros, Mr. Bob, that "Nude Maha" is yours!"
Bob was visibly stunned for a moment, and then showed an incredulous expression,
"Li, haven't you always been committed to the return of cultural relics? How could it be ......"
Li Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head,
"I'm also human, and when I am human, I need money......"
Li Yi was telling the truth, because after the incident of Lanzhu, he had come to his senses. The return of cultural relics is a thing that must be done, but no one has ever stipulated that you must go back without eating, drinking, or going bankrupt, right? Besides, he doesn't have that obligation!
Before, he accidentally got into the tip of the bull's horn because he was stimulated by those rare treasures, but now that he had figured it out, he felt that the ones he was worried about before were really a little ridiculous.
In fact, at present, is there anything more important to him than accompanying Xiaolu and solving personal problems as soon as possible?
He shook his head imperceptibly, sure enough, only by not attaching to a certain result can he advance and retreat freely, and only then can he deal with it more reasonably, which should be his true intention!
Earl Bob looked at Li Yi's expression and muttered:
"Lee, have you really decided? Don't you want to see those Chinese cultural relics I prepared for you? ”
"Don't watch it, because I'm afraid I won't be able to stand the temptation......"
Li Yi spread his hands and made a rather helpless expression, which caused Earl Bob to laugh,
"Li, you have a real problem for me, I need to think about it before I can answer you."
Li Yi nodded, pointed to the tapestries on the wall and said:
"Can I take a look at them all?"
Count Bob made a gesture of please, then walked over to the side of the sofa and sat down, pondering.
There are many things that can be hung on the wall as decorations, but in the case of tapestries alone, although it seems that the current propaganda should be the most famous for the Persian-style artistic tapestries produced in Iran, it should refer to ordinary goods.
Speaking of fine tapestries, historically, many countries, including China, have produced a large number of tapestries.
Specific to Europe, its tapestry craft should have originated in the 11th century, and in the following hundreds of years, because of the beauty and luxury of this craft, the royal family and some great nobles have spared no effort to promote.
During the Renaissance, artists such as Raphael and Rubens designed tapestry drawings, and France established large-scale royal tapestry factories in many places.
In modern times, even including Picasso, Matisse and other masters, many artists have participated in the design of tapestry drawings, and almost all of these are precious masterpieces!
Li Yi found that what Bob was currently hanging on the wall should be something like this, so he wanted to take a closer look.
With Earl Bob's permission, he began to scrutinize these delicate and luxurious handicrafts one by one.
As a result, he saw a familiar picture in these tapestries.
This tapestry, made of plain weave of wool and linen thread, depicts many symbols related to King Louis XIV of France, such as irises, the sun, and a crown with the letter "L", which is believed to have been produced in the 17th century in the French royal tapestry factory.
And the reason why Li Yi felt that the picture of this tapestry was familiar, because he had seen a similar tapestry on the data. And that tapestry, which is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the United States, is a rare piece of tapestry.
Placing his hand on the tapestry, Li Yi activated the spirit card. Soon, a cool air that was not very cold but a lot of it poured into his body, and at the same time, the spirit identification card also gave an appraisal conclusion.
However, Li Yi did not pay attention to that conclusion, because he found something even more interesting, that is, there was a small secret grid hidden on the wall behind this tapestry!
This secret grid is very shallow, with a depth of only eleven or two centimeters at most, and the height and width are not large, neither more than 15 centimeters, but it should have been dug directly out of an ordinary partition wall.
This kind of secret grid is very hidden, if he can't see through, if he uses the traditional kind of knocking on the wall to judge it, it is estimated that even if he knocks on the entire wall one by one, he may not be able to find it.
There was only one thing in Migli, and that was a fist-sized jewelry box, and in this jewelry box, there was only one piece of jewelry.
But it was this piece of jewelry, but it almost didn't make Li Yi stare out his eyes. Because, this jewel is so scary!
The jewel, which was lying quietly on a soft white flannel cloth in the box, was a large yellow diamond. And this diamond, just by visual inspection, Li Yi can be sure that its weight is definitely more than 220 carats!
It's actually a superb yellow diamond weighing more than 220 carats! How much is this pedal worth?
However, no matter how valuable this diamond was, it could not shock him so much. What really surprised him was that he actually knew this diamond and knew its origin!
This is a world-famous diamond that has been labeled missing in the official record!
After careful examination again, Li Yi determined that this diamond should definitely be the one that is ranked among the top ten famous diamonds in the world, and the seventh place in the auction, named De Beers, a yellow diamond weighing 234.6 carats!
He remembers the origin of the diamond very clearly, and it was first found in a necklace called "Pasiala" designed by Cartier in 1928.
This necklace was a gift from the British royal family at that time to the Maharaja of Pachara in India, Bupindasin. In Li Yi's view, it is purely a piece of jewelry piled up by many jewels. Naked is the ultimate luxury used to show off wealth and luxury!
Because, on this necklace made of 5 white gold necklaces, there are 2,930 diamonds alone!
In addition to these diamonds, the outer layer of the necklace is also set with numerous Burmese rubies and some other kinds of gemstones, and in the center of the necklace, it is the seventh most famous diamond in the world, De Beers!
However, in 1948, this necklace, which was luxurious to the extreme, suddenly disappeared mysteriously!
Fifty years later, a Cartier employee was lucky enough to reclaim the necklace in London. But while the necklace remains, the most striking gems on it are missing, including numerous Burmese rubies and the De Beers diamond.
No one knows where the gems went, and this matter has been an unsolved case for so many years.
But what did he see now? He saw that this world-famous diamond, which was famous because of its large particles and even more famous because of the missing unsolved case, would be secretly collected by Earl Bob!
PS: Report the results, yesterday's three watches, not only did the average order not rise, but I still waited for the recommendation to even keep it, or simply continue to open the anti-theft! Chapter 2 Noon (To be continued.) )