For those famous sculpture artists, their sculptures are of course very valuable, but because they are generally huge, they are not easy to collect, and many of those works are in public, even if they can be collected, they cannot be collected. Therefore, there is a special category in the art market, which is to trade the design models www.biquge.info of those sculpting artists.

In most cases, the value of the design model made by a well-known sculptor should be comparable to the value of the actual sculpture, but there are some special ones, and the price is even far more than the value of the actual sculpture!

Moreover, this range includes not only the final model, but even the model that failed in the design process has a certain collector's value, and this value is not necessarily low!

"Boss, how do you sell this model?"

Li Yi asked Gu Feng to call the boss over, pointed to the design model and asked about the price.

"Sir, this is an ornament in our store, and it is generally not sold."

The boss looked at Li Yi and then at the model, thinking that this guy was really out of the ordinary, and only paid attention to some strange things.

"Hehe, generally not selling means that it can actually be sold. Alright, boss, you can make an offer, I'm going back tomorrow, and I don't have time to run around looking for the exact same model as this one. Besides, it's easy for you to sell this to me, and then you want to buy one, isn't it? ”

"yes, well, £500. However, sir, I have a question that I am curious about, did you finally buy that painting just now? How much did it cost? ”

Li Yi knew he was going to ask this question when he looked at him, but there was nothing to hide.

"£150,000, I like that one better."

"Oh, it's good to like it, the value of the artwork in everyone's mind is different, like this model?"

"Yes! Thank you. ”

Li Yi took out 500 pounds and handed it to the boss, picked up the model and turned around to leave, but suddenly stopped and asked:

"Boss, can I inquire? What is the current market value of Turner's paintings? Of course, I'm talking about the real thing, you know. ”

"Oh, in general, Turner's watercolors will be more valuable, and oil paintings depend on what they are drawing."

"What are you drawing?"

Yes, Turner wasn't just a brilliant watercolour painter, he was also a great landscape painter. You know, just like your Chinese landscape paintings, landscape painting is also an independent discipline in our West, so its expression is not limited to watercolor painting, oil painting. ”

"For Turner, he was first a great landscape painter and then a brilliant watercolorist. Turner's greatest contribution was that his work truly freed British landscape painting from the influence of Dutch, French or Italian painting, and thus embarked on its own path to independence. Do you understand when I say that? ”

Li Yi nodded, remembering that the painting just now was indeed a landscape painting, so he asked again:

"Well, Turner's oil painting landscape ......"

"Hehe, how do you say that? In fact, it's hard for me to give a concrete estimate of Turner's work. Because there are so few of his works on the market, collectors who own his works regard them as treasures, and it is almost impossible to sell them. ”

"Oh? Too little? ”

Li Yi remembers that it seems to be said in the information that Turner alone has thousands of watercolor paintings, is he referring to Picasso?

Yes, but in fact, we all know that Turner was a very prolific painter, and his total number of works even exceeded 30,000! But why do I say that his work is rarely seen on the market? This stems largely from a 1856 verdict. ”

In 1856, almost five years after Turner's death, a judgment of the Court of Covingarden disposed of his property. The judgment provided that works found in Turner's studio that were believed to have been painted by Turner's own hands were to be received by the state as a "Turner legacy". This includes nearly 300 oil paintings and about 30,000 drawings and watercolors. In other words, the vast majority of Turner's work was acquired as state-owned ......"

"Huh? And this kind of thing? ”

Li Yi didn't react a little, your sister, even if Turner's paintings were not worth much at that time, but, more than 30,000 paintings, more than 30,000 paintings, said that they would be nationalized? Do you know that you are darker than socialist ****?!

Seeing Li Yi's stunned expression, the boss smiled and shrugged his shoulders,

Although Turner was famous during his lifetime, his work was not well regarded at the time, and the real artistic value of his work was recognized almost 100 years later, in the 60s of the last century. Therefore, we should actually be grateful that his works have been acquired by the state, because there are only more than 30 of his works in private collections that can be verified to be intact. ”

The boss stared at Li Yi's expression tightly, with a hint of banter in his smile,

"So, young man, if the painting you just bought is Turner's original, it might be very, very valuable. However, this is too unlikely, and I think it should be a very old imitation. ”

"That's ...... so"

At this time, Li Yi finally figured out why Turner was such a famous painter, and the boss didn't recognize his works in front of the boss, it turned out that he didn't think those Japanese would have such good luck at all! I don't think he'll ever come across a Turner painting that hasn't been included in a museum!

"Let me give you a little reference, 2014, it should be 14 years, right? Turner's "View of Rome from the Mount Aventine" fetched a whopping £30 million, a record for a British artist before the 20th century. And the painting you just painted is a little bigger than this one. ”

"In 2014?"

Li Yi remembers that at that time, the exchange rate between the pound and the dollar should have been more than 1 to 1.6, unlike now it has fallen to a little more than 1 to 1.2. In other words, the value of the painting he missed this time should be around $40 million......

Although he knew that the boss was willing to explain to him in such detail why he was doing this, Li Yi felt that this guy was still more knowledgeable, so he would simply not bother the two masters!

"By the way, boss, there is one more thing I want to ask about Anthony. The question of Gormley's sculptures, what is the current market value of the design models of his sculptures? ”

The boss looked at Li Yi, then at the model he was holding, and instantly understood what he meant, and couldn't help but be happy again. Yo, do you really think you're a god? What happens when you get it?

However, he is willing to give this arrogant guy a basic education, so that he can see where he is really lacking.

"Normally, very few of the models of famous sculptors make it to the market, especially those that are older, either lost or collected by museums. However, for people like Anthony. For living sculptors like Gormley, their design models should generally be kept in their own hands, and the type of sculpture, popularity, etc., so the value is very difficult to judge. ”

Li Yi knew that he was telling the truth, and he was also very curious about how this model could appear in this place. If it's lost, Anthony. Gormley should have made a statement or reported the crime. So, did he give it away? And that person didn't understand the true value of this model, so he sold it casually?

The boss saw that Li Yi was frowning and didn't speak, obviously still dreaming, so he decided to add fuel to his fire.

"It's hard to tell the price, but I can give you an estimate of the model you have. If it really is Anthony. Gormley's work, I'm willing to buy it for £5 million! ”

"Poof!"

Li Yi almost didn't spray directly, in his opinion, the price of this model is only a few hundred thousand dollars, because the young man just said that the real thing of this sculpture is only 1.34 million US dollars.

Moreover, the $1.34 million included 200 tons of materials and the cost of making it super complicated. But what about this one? How much can it cost? If you don't think about creativity, how much does it cost £50? Or £100?

Well, in fact, if you don't consider creativity and fame, almost all works of art are not too valuable, but this gap is a little too big, right?

Li Yi thought that the boss was fooling him, or was laughing at him and mocking him for daydreaming.

"Well, worth £5 million...... Boss, your joke isn't funny at all. ”

"No, no, I'm not kidding. In fact, even 5 million should be a little low, really, if you are really interested, you can go to Sotheby's or Christie's, they have branches in London. ”

"Well, then thank you, thank you so much, for wasting so much of your time......"

Li Yi solemnly thanked the "good boss" and walked out of the gallery with the model, which was likely to be worth more than 5 million pounds. It doesn't matter how much it is worth, it's a real guy anyway, and it can just be put on display in a museum when the time comes!

However, this is another big man, and it will be troublesome to take it around and break it.

"Gu Feng, I'll go around alone for a while, and you can send this thing back to the hotel."

"Well, I'll go back as soon as I go, Brother Yi, you should be careful alone."

Li Yi waved his hand indifferently, in broad daylight, with so many people, what else could there be any surprise? Besides, it's not that he hasn't practiced, and he can't deal with more, so there should be no problem with three or five. (To be continued.) )