5 is not sauerkraut

It is not easy for newcomers to write, so kneel and beg everyone to collect more, so that Yangyang has the motivation to persevere.

After arriving home, Chen Nan looked around the courtyard to see if there was anyone before standing by the wall of the courtyard and the room. Close your eyes. The mind enters the land.

At this time, I saw a hole slowly appear in the dirt floor of the wall, and a jar lid slowly emerged from the hole, and then, the jar slowly emerged, and after more than half of it, Chen Nan felt that his wish was gone. Chen Nan opened his eyes, so he had to take a shovel to slowly shovel the land, take out the jar, and then fill the pit and step on it.

Carry the jar into the house, light the lights, lock the door, close the window, and close the curtains.

Chen Nan sat on the stool, looking at the jar wrapped with a rope in front of him, and he couldn't tell the year of the jar, "Don't be the old jar sauerkraut!" Don't be ashes! It must be gold if it's so strong! ”

Slowly untie the rope that is about to rot, open the lid, move under the lamp, and look inside, it's okay, it's not sauerkraut, it's not bone ashes, it seems to be some painting and paper, take out the painting and take a look, uh! I don't understand, what a painting. It doesn't seem to be like a domestic painting, but like a foreign abstract painting, and I don't know what to paint.

The rest of the paper was taken out and it was sketches, which seemed to be manuscripts. It should also be foreign! Because China didn't have to draw before.

Whose thing does this belong to? It must have been buried by the owner of the house! The eldest sister-in-law said that she bought it in the village, and the original owner should be the one named Lao Liu, since the original owner of this house is no longer there and has no children, then Chen Nan has no guilt.

After taking inventory, there was a pair of oil paintings, which depicted a woman, and two abstract paintings, both of which were similar, and more than 30 pieces of manuscript paper.

Now it's time to determine whose painting it is, and whether it's worth the money, what to do? Do you want to take it for identification? Find a place to identify. Since it is a foreign painting, it is better to find a foreign appraisal! But how can I contact myself!

Chen Nan put his things away first, and prepared to call Zhao Wei and Liu Mang tomorrow.

The next day, Chen Nan asked the store manager for two days off after arriving at the store, and then called the eldest and fourth to have lunch.

On the table, Chen Nandao said, "Boss and fourth, I saw a few paintings in the antique street yesterday, they are oil paintings and abstract paintings, and some manuscripts, that person doesn't look like a liar, but no one knows him, no one buys it." I thought it was a bit like the real thing, and then I bought it for 500 yuan, and I was like asking if you have any way to identify it."

Lao Dao "I said the third child, when are you engaged in antiques, that thing is played by rich people, let's go to work hard!" I don't know where I can identify foreign paintings."

The fourth child then said, "I know a little bit, I heard that there is a Sotheby's auction house, it seems that it can be identified." ”

Chen Nan hurriedly said: "Then do you know where it is?" ”

The fourth replied, "There are offices in Shanghai and Xiangjiang, and I also heard about it when I was chatting with tourists." ”

Old Avenue "You don't really want to go!" So what about your job? ”

Chen Nan was silent, thought for a few minutes, and drank the wine. He said, "I want to try it, take a few days off first, and if it's fake, I'll come back and go to work seriously." ”

Zhao Wei said, "Since you have decided, let's try it!" I'll go to the seed store and tell me, do you have enough money for the road? "The fourth child also said that he would accompany me.

Chen Nan was a little moved and said, "Enough, you still have to watch the store at home, the fourth." Forget it! I'm such an adult, I won't buy myself."

In the afternoon, I went back to pack the paintings and luggage, rested for a good night, and went to the train station early the next day to buy tickets.

After staying on the train for a few days and changing trains a few times before arriving at Shanghai, Chen Nan didn't know what his fate would be.

Today it's February 28, and it's just morning when I arrive, so I found a small hotel next to the station and put my luggage down.

I took the painting, bought this map on the side of the road, and searched for a long time to find the place, only to find out that the Sotheby's auction house was so luxurious, and I inquired with the security guard and entered through a small door on the side.

There is an old man and a young man with glasses behind the counter, and the old man asks, "Hello, do you want to identify items?" Whether it's domestic or foreign"

Chen Nandao "It should be from abroad, how is this charged?" ”

"1500 preliminary appraisal of a general small item, do you want to appraise?" At this time, the young man came over and said, "I am in charge of the preliminary identification of foreign items, and my surname is Zhang." ”

Chen Nan only has 2,500 yuan left now, and he can only identify the same, what should I do, just take a pair!

Chen Nan casually took out a painting from his bag and said, "My surname is Chen, so I will identify this painting." ”

The young man put on white gloves, took Chen Nan and signed the contract, and then asked Chen Nan to put the painting on the table. Slowly opened the painting, it was the oil painting, and after identifying it for a long time, his face became more and more strange, and then he studied the inscription in the corner of the painting for a long time. Then he said, "Mr. Chen, please wait a moment. Then I made a phone call.

Soon three old foreign men and a middle-aged foreign man came out of it.

As soon as the middle-aged man came out, he walked up to Chen Nan and said in proficient Chinese, "Hello Mr. Chen, I am (Abigail) Abigail, and I am the deputy manager of Sotheby's Huaxia District. ”

Chen Nan was confused, and he didn't understand what was going on, "Well, hello, what is this?" ”

Abigail said, "Please wait, this is just to confirm the details of the painting." ”

Chen Nan smiled unrecognizably at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, seeing that they were so nervous, it must be very valuable.

The three foreigners studied for more than an hour, checked the books several times, and finally talked to Abigail for a long time.

Abigail turned around and said, "Mr. Chen, this painting of yours is genuine, Picasso's 1932 "Woman in the Red Armchair" Picasso, a Spaniard who has had extraordinary artistic talent since childhood. His father was an art teacher, and he had received strict painting training at the Academy of Fine Arts, and had a solid modeling ability. ”

Chen Nan asked, "Then how much can this painting sell for?" ”

Abigail said, "According to the market price, it is 6 million US dollars, if the auction can be higher, it may reach 10 million, Mr. Chen can put it in the bank for auction, and the auction house only charges a certain handling fee. ”

Chen Nandao: "Can the appraisal fee be paid after the auction?" ”

Abigail: "Okay sir, I appreciate you choosing this line" Chen Nan took out the painting and manuscript paper in his bag.

After inspection, one of the abstract paintings was Renoir's, as for who Renoir was, Chen Nan didn't know, anyway, he knew that the paintings were very valuable, almost 5 million US dollars, and the other was imitated by others, and those manuscripts were not worthless by famous artists.

Abigail said, "Mr. Chen, we can promote your collection specifically and be sure to sell your paintings for the desired price." ”

Chen Nan was already stunned with excitement, and then reacted and asked, "When will it be?" "You know, it's going to take time, as soon as August," Abigail replied

Chen Nan looked at the remaining 2,500 yuan on his body and said, "How long can it be at the earliest" Abigail thought for a while and said, "There is a big auction in New York on March 15, but you must know that even if you start promoting it now, you will lose a lot of money." ”

Chen Nandao: "It's March 15!" ”