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Although Rick's words were not very polite, Lillian was not angry, especially after seeing the three lamps on the table.

She has a couple of clients who really like it.

And her gallery has been able to develop to this day because of this Tiffany table lamp.

Speaking of which she really has some relationship with Tiffany's desk lamp, it was more than 20 years ago, when she was still working in a large financial institution in Manhattan, but from 9 to 5 in the morning, she could make more than 200,000 dollars a year, so it had to be a good market, who made her the bottom of that company?

The fixed annual salary is only tens of thousands of dollars every year, and the rest is to watch the sky and eat, and wait for the company's year-end dividends.

At that time, she was not living a good life, she had just divorced, and she had to raise her two children independently, in order to provide the best education for her two children, she was heartbroken.

It all started when her father died of illness, when her father ran a small antique shop, and his only wish was for her to pass on the shop.

So she gritted her teeth and took her father's shift, but she spent half a year sitting on the empty side, until one day a customer fell in love with a Tiffany desk lamp that her father had received in the early years, and her business was on the right track after that.

It was also the experience of successfully selling the Tiffany table lamp, which made her specialize in the origin and history of the Tiffany table lamp in the future, as well as the preferences and characteristics of collectors for table lamps.

Later, she just caught up with Tiffany's stained glass art, and in the revival of the antique market, she was a smart woman, and she was not greedy for everything, but specialized in Tiffany's table lamps, and as a result, in just a few decades, there were dozens of Tiffany table lamps that she collected and sold.

This experience earned her the title of Tiffany Lamp Expert, and she developed her father's small antique shop into one of the most famous art galleries in Manhattan today.

Nowadays, almost all players in the United States who like to collect Tiffany table lamps know that if you want to collect a Tiffany table lamp in good condition, then you better go to Lilian. Nekanski, because she is the only No.1 in this circle.

"Well, let me take a good look at your treasures......"

Lillian muttered to herself as she pulled out a tortoiseshell magnifying glass from her pearl-encrusted pouch and circled around the lamps.

"Oh! My God! That's a good thing, Rick, where did you get that? Can you find tortoiseshell peacock lanterns? It's amazing......"

The first thing I saw was the tortoiseshell peacock lamp, which was recorded, but there were four, one of which was in the National Museum of Art, and two were collected by large collectors, and the fourth lamp, which had disappeared without a trace, actually appeared here, which made Lilian, a self-proclaimed Tiffany table lamp expert, how could she not be excited?

You must know that she has studied the Tiffany table lamp for so many years, and she has seen it with her own eyes a few times, one time at the National Gallery of Art in the United States, and the other time at the home of a collector in the circle.

Now that a fourth can be seen in Rick's little antique shop, Lillian is so excited that she can't even hold out the reserve of a noblewoman.

"Rick, do you have any cigarettes? Give me one, I need to regain my state of mind. I'm so excited......"

Even Jin Muchen didn't expect that Lilian would be so excited after seeing this light, and even a little excited to the point of losing her temper.

Rick smiled slightly, took out a pack of cigarettes from a drawer, and lit one for Lilian.

At this time, Lilian's spirit was all on this tortoiseshell peacock lamp, and as for the other two lights, she was not in the mood to look at them at all.

"Make a price, Rick, I want this lamp."

Without much hesitation, Lillian went straight to the point, and there was a crisp and neat air in her words, and it was her crispness that allowed her to break through in Manhattan.

As an expert who has studied Tiffany table lamps all his life, if he does not have a decent collection of Tiffany table lamps in his own hands, then how can he say the past.

In the past 20 years, she has sold a lot of Tiffany table lamps, but none of them can make her fall in love at first sight like today's one!

This lamp can be said to be the pinnacle of all Tiffany table lamps, and it is definitely the best of the best.

It was the first time she had such a strong sense of possessiveness at the sight of a table lamp, and it felt like she had seen the lover of her dreams for the first time decades ago.

No matter how much it cost, she had to leave the lamp back, put it on her bedside, and let it accompany her day and night.

"One million eight million!"

Rick was not polite, and directly quoted the price, when the quotation was made, his face was expressionless, and Jin Muchen, who was standing not far behind them and had been pretending to be cleaning, was a little dumbfounded.

In the past, he had only seen Uncle Fang's black belly that was now fried and sold, but he didn't expect that this kind-eyed Rick was actually blacker than Uncle Fang.

He himself said that this tortoiseshell peacock lantern, even if it is auctioned, it can be shot for 1.4 million to 1.5 million yuan, but when he faced Lilian, he asked for 1.8 million yuan.

This clearly shows that people are determined to get this lamp, so they sit on the ground and start the price!

No wonder people say that antique dealers are the blackest guys among all businessmen, and they are clearly the ones who are best at taking advantage of others, and it is difficult to buy a good temperament when they have money, and then they don't care about the rules of the market, and they sit on the ground and raise prices.

"One million and six thousand, okay, it's going to be done immediately!"

Rick's offer was crisp, and Lillian's counteroffer was just as crisp, and it gave an almost, impossible counter-offer.

It was actually 100,000 yuan higher than Rick's estimated auction price, and Rick had no reason to refuse.

“deal！ Deal! ”

Lillian didn't even blink an eyelid at all, spending $1.6 million was not much different for her than spending $160, not to mention being able to buy such a rare favorite!

She pressed half of her cigarette directly into the ashtray and shook it with Rick, by which time she had regained her composure.

"Alright, let's take a look at the other two lights."

At this time, she completely restored the true colors of the strong woman who came in before, picked up a magnifying glass again, and looked carefully at the other two table lamps.

This time, she first looked at the peony lamp, and she looked very carefully, because as a connoisseur, she knew that this kind of table lamp was one of the most popular Tiffany table lamps on the market.

And the style of this is very special, there are actually four colors of stained glass, purple, yellow, and blue as the background color, with the gorgeous red peony flower as the main color, just look at the color and composition, this lamp is very beautiful.

Looking at the quality of the lampshade glass, the brightness of the lampshade color, almost as preserved as the one just produced, a table lamp that is more than 100 years old is actually preserved so perfectly, it seems that its original collector must have spent a lot of thought on maintenance.

Looking at the ingenious imitation of the Eiffel Tower's base shape and beautiful brass color, this is definitely a rare and high-quality lamp.

If it weren't for the tortoiseshell peacock lamp that she had received before, she would have wanted to keep this lamp for herself, and as long as this lamp was taken out, it would definitely be highly sought after, because for all collectors who like to collect Tiffany table lamps, the elements they like can't be more complete on this lamp.

Next, there is the dragonfly table lamp, this lamp is a little dwarfed by the previous two, both in terms of shape and quality, it is very ordinary.

Tiffany & Co. is now the most widely circulated on the market is the dragonfly lamp, and those dragonfly lamps have different designs and shapes, which are much more beautiful than this one, but the most critical peculiarity of this lamp is that it is the originator of all dragonfly lamps.

Almost all the ideas of the dragonfly table lamp in later generations came from it, so this gives our table lamp a special meaning.

So the price of this lamp is definitely not low!

Lilian finished identifying the remaining two table lamps, and this time she didn't rush to bargain with Rick, but used her mobile phone to take a number of photos of the two table lamps carefully, and then sent them out.

After waiting for a while, her cell phone rang, and then she got up and left the table, went to the entrance of the store, and carefully talked to the person on the other side of the phone, discussing something.

Soon she hung up the phone, and then immediately another call came in, and then there was a steady stream of calls, and she made no less than twenty calls at once, and this one was a full hour.

Rick pulled Jin Muchen to hide away, he knew that it was Lilian who was contacting her customers and asking them about their purchase intentions.

Selling now is not a problem, almost everyone will.

After waiting for almost an hour, Lillian put down the phone and came to Rick with a smile on her face.

"Alright, Rick, now let's talk about the price!"

"Okay, I'll make a price first, this peony lantern is 700,000, and this dragonfly lantern is 600,000!"

Listening to Rick's offer, Jin Muchen hid in the distance and shrunk his neck, this guy is really dark enough, the price he told himself before was not like this.

But this time, Lilian showed her strong woman demeanor.

"Two lamps are packed, a total of 800,000!"

Her answer is still crisp and neat, but this time it is more cold, rational and strong, the woman who was upset by her heart is gone, and the strong woman mode is officially back!