Chapter 399: Picasso's Still Life Sketch
What Lan Zhu showed Li Yi was a photo of a room. Because it was a photocopy, the photo was not very clear, especially the table he highlighted, because it was placed in the corner, so not only the shape was not very complete, but the color was also more distorted.
However, with the eyes and feelings of a professional appraiser, Li Yi still recognized it at a glance, he had seen this table, and he also took advantage of his current owner!
"I've seen the original photograph and according to what they provided, the table should be rosewood from India, and it's ......"
"And those decorative nails in its drawers are real pure gold."
Li Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, didn't let Lan Zhu wait, and directly said the answer,
"This afternoon, I saw a desk that was almost identical to this one at the Milan Canal Antique Market, and I thought it should be ......"
"You saw it! And then what? ”
Lan Zhu showed a shocked expression.
"And then? And then because it's so big, I don't know where it came from, of course...... Missed it. ”
"And can you still find it now?"
Li Yi nodded and smiled bitterly,
"If you want to find it, of course you can find it...... Forget it, I'll go to the police station again after we get that Moses done tomorrow. ”
Moses is the owner of the Alberio brand, an ancient Italian aristocratic family with a glorious history, but now it has declined, and its family members are only Frank. Moses was alone, and Lanzhu had already made an appointment with him. I'll go over early tomorrow morning to sign the contract.
Hearing that Li Yi actually mentioned the police station, Lan Zhu frowned in confusion, what's going on?
Li Yi smiled bitterly and told the afternoon's events. Lan Zhu shook his head a little crying and laughing, 3 traffic accidents, traffic paralysis on two streets, just for a crystal necklace? It's only a few thousand euros, do you want to work so hard?!
At this time, Li Yi also thought of another question,
"Old Lan. If I have a chance to meet Prince William, can you help me inquire about his mother? Well, or someone he knows, has he ever owned a set of topaz jewelry......"
Li Yi suspected that the set of topaz jewelry might be with the desk. Someone got it out of the royal family. It's just that it shouldn't be Diana's relic. Otherwise, as a former princess, her things, the spirit card should have some hints.
At the same time, on the outskirts of Milan, a luxurious mansion.
"Oh Maiga, young lady, you're finally back, sir, he's looking for you everywhere......"
Behind the gate of the courtyard. A middle-aged woman dressed as a servant saw the girl who had just returned from listlessness at a glance, and first covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice. Then he looked left and right, leaned over and whispered:
"The third lady came back and inadvertently asked about your ......"
"And then? And then the vixen sued me? Oh Shet, I'm going to find her! ”
"Ah, miss, don't, don't, that Mr. Albert is there!"
"Oh, my poor prince, who is still pursuing our Miss Martie? Perhaps, for the sake of his sincerity, I should help him......"
The servant did not answer, but glanced at her, then lowered her head and saluted Earl Bob, who had just appeared on the steps.
"Your Excellency, Fourth Miss, she ......"
Bob is very tall and handsome, and although he is nearly 60 years old, he is very well maintained, and he looks like he is only in his thirties at most.
He first waved his hand at the servant, and then looked deeply at his rebellious little daughter,
"Triss, I think we should have a good talk."
Hearing this, Triss glanced at her father defiantly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth,
"Well, Lord Bob, I was just going to talk to you! It's just that...... Shall we talk about my dead mother or your vixen now? Or should you talk about your responsibilities as a father or about the countries you have visited to comfort the poor orphans......"
Bob frowned, and silently turned to push the door open, while Triss followed him from a distance with a nonchalant look on her face, humming a strange tune out of tune.
The next day, Li Yi and Lan Zhu appeared together in a small town called Modena, which owns the Alberio brand, and the only remaining member of the Moses family, once a wealthy Italian family, now lives in this town.
A very ordinary country house, drunk early in the morning, full of alcohol, with a decadent look on his face. Moses quickly signed his name on the deed of transfer, and then gave Inzaghi an ancient but very well-preserved bronze badge.
"All the materials are in the basement, you can find them yourself, remember, transfer the money to me within three days, as for those things, you can take as many as you want, even if they are empty, it doesn't matter, anyway, they don't belong to me anymore."
Soon, Li Yi saw the basement of his house, and as a result, several people stood at the entrance of the basement and looked at each other, Nima, it doesn't matter if it is emptied, he dares to ask them to help him clear the garbage!
Indeed, the basement of Frank's house was like a large garbage heap, and all sorts of dusty junks were almost piled up into a small mountain, almost blocking the entrance, and there was no place to stay!
Seeing that it was such a scene, even Lan Zhu, who had always been calm, couldn't help but scratch his scalp, he glanced at Li Yi and Inzaghi, who were also full of confusion, and shook his head helplessly, Okay, let's go to the town and hire two odd jobs.
For 1,500 euros, they hired three odd jobs, and then the three of them tossed for more than an hour to finally sort out a passage in the basement. Li Yi frowned and went down for a turn, then returned to the courtyard and began to inspect the things that had been brought up.
There are a lot of things, but most of them are in tatters, Li Yi took a general look, and found that there were almost thousands of beer cans and beer bottles of all kinds, and he couldn't help but shake his head, this Nima is really speechless, this kind of person, why isn't he lazy to death?
Most of the other things that can still be used are all kinds of drawings and materials, Lanzhu and Inzaghi are squatting on the side to check and check, they need to open and check and classify them one by one, in this transaction, these things should be really valuable.
Li Yi leaned over and checked it with the spirit identification card, and after finding that it was indeed just some ordinary drawings and materials, he turned around and came to another pile of rags.
This pile of rags was all some damaged furniture and some wood scraps, and Li Yi recognized at least five varieties of mahogany from it just by looking at it. He frowned, and pulled out a thigh-thick black and purple wooden mound from the mass of rags.
This is a small leaf red sandalwood from India, almost 30 centimeters in diameter is almost the limit of this kind of wood, and now, this superb wood about half a meter long is treated as garbage by that guy, not only thrown in the basement to be left to rot in the dust, but now it is also given away......
He shook his head, handed the wood to Hongchen who was standing aside, and put it away, such a treasure, if you can find a few more pieces, this transaction is equivalent to being completely free.
"Hey, everyone, I still have some good things left by my ancestors at home, are you interested?"
Just as Li Yi was about to circle around the pile of rags two more times, Frank. Moses suddenly appeared at the door of the house, and what he shouted immediately attracted Li Yi's attention.
The good thing Frank said was a few oil paintings in frames, compared with the materials in the basement, it can be seen that he kept these things very carefully, but in Li Yi's opinion, even if these paintings are all added up, they are not as valuable as the piece of rosewood he found just now.
Seeing that Li Yi was obviously not very interested, Frank scratched his gray messy hair and frowned:
"I also have a few sketches that Picasso made for our collection of furniture, are you interested?"
Li Yi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, Picasso's sketch? Of course this one is interested, but how could he possibly sketch your furniture?
"I don't know much about this, but I think he thinks our furniture design is really good, hahahaha!"
Soon, Frank took down a picture clip from the second floor,
"There are six paintings in total, it's a complete series, it's his work from 1952, if you're interested, just make a price."
Li Yi opened the painting folder and saw the signature of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing in the lower right corner of the first sketch at a glance, which seemed to be very artistic, but unfortunately, he didn't know it......
This is a still life sketch, judging from the picture, the shape of the table as a reference object at that time should be more complicated, but the painter only used a few dozen strokes to express its noble and complex style vividly and vividly through the contrast of light and shadow.
From this point of view, it really looks like a masterpiece.
In the second, the table is still depicted, but the focus is on a glass goblet and an apple on a plate.
Li Yi first looked at the inscription in the lower right corner, and it was still the same name, but the level of this painting was ...... He shook his head, as if he was out of par.
Soon, after reading the six sketches one by one, Li Yi already had a rough judgment in his heart, the person who drew these six sketches may indeed be a master, but it is definitely impossible to be Picasso!
The reason for this judgment is not that he knows Picasso's style, but because, if Picasso is only at this level, he is not worthy of his huge fame at all!
Immediately afterwards, Li Yi opened the spirit card, and then, he shook his head with a smile, Nima, this is really Picasso's work!
PS: Chapter 2 is late, a little Kavin, sorry. (To be continued.) )