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"Isn't that great?"

It took Jin Muchen a long time to squeeze out a sentence, after all, the shock that more than two million dollars can bring is not something that can be resolved lightly.

"Do you want to make a move?"

Rick turned his gaze away from the table lamps, looked at Jin Muchen and asked, Jin Muchen nodded.

"Of course, Rick, would you like to take over? The price is negotiable if you want. ”

Although he had only dealt with Rick twice, Jin Muchen knew that this old man was a trustworthy person.

But Rick first smiled helplessly, and then shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, Mu Chen, I really like these table lamp works, but to be honest, I can't afford them, because their price is too high." In fact, the best way is to send these table lamps to auction, but in that case, you will have to wait for a long time, I wonder if you are in a hurry to use the money? ”

"How long do you think it will take?"

Jin Muchen didn't know much about the auction business, although he also knew that the headquarters of several well-known companies in the world were in Manhattan, but he had never dealt with them after all.

"Well, this case, it depends on the situation, you must know that your table lamps, in fact, the main audience is the rich in the United States, so if you send it to auction, you can only wait until the year-end auction in New York in November. But after all, the annual year-end auction is a big event for those auction companies, and they usually choose a theme at the beginning of the year. For example, this year's theme is Chinese elements, so they spent more experience and resources on those Chinese antiques that are ready to be auctioned, such as publicity, making auction plans, and so on. Although your three table lamps are good things, because they don't match this year's theme, they may not invest too many resources, and it is very likely that they will put them for you to put on next year's spring auction, so it will take longer......"

Hearing Rick say this, Jin Muchen realized that there were so many ways in this auction company.

In this way, he was a little hesitant, as Rick said, sending it to the auction company can indeed get a good price, but the point is that this time is a big problem, it is only October, and there are still many months to wait for next year's spring auction, and now is the time when he needs money.

What about the family's need for a part, and his plans to dig up that old mansion in Manhattan?

Seeing that Jin Muchen was a little hesitant, Rick continued: "Of course, you can also choose not to send it to the auction, in fact, there is another way, that is, to find a collector who specializes in collecting these table lamps and trade them directly." Do so, although it may not be possible to buy the high price at auction. But if you take into account that the commissions of those big auction companies and the taxes to be paid, it is actually not bad to do so, it will save time, and the price is actually not much different, and the most important thing is that it can save you a lot of trouble. ”

Hearing Rick say this, Jin Muchen felt that this method was very good, and then he asked Rick.

"So Rick, do you know anyone who likes to collect these kinds of table lamps?"

Rick smiled, "Don't tell me, I really know a few." ”

"I've told you before that Tiffany's desk lamps are actually very popular in the collector's market. In the past, it has been limited to such a small collection circle, but later some famous people began to collect such table lamps, and Tiffany's table lamps became popular in the antique circle in the United States. First it was the Beatles guys, then the Zeppelin guys, and then Barbara. Streisand, and David. American celebrities like Geffen, they all have a transaction record of buying this Tiffany table lamp. So this Tiffany table lamp, after being hyped by so many celebrities in the circle, the collection is becoming more and more popular. But such a celebrity, an antique dealer of my level, can't get in touch with ......"

Rick gave Jin Muchen another general popularization of this Tiffany table lamp, which was popular in the American collecting circle, but in the end, the words changed, which made Jin Muchen's heart cold.

After all, he was a young man, and he couldn't hide something in his heart, and Rick knew what he was worried about as soon as he saw Jin Muchen's face, so he smiled.

"But don't worry, although I can't reach those high-class collectors, I can reach people I know. By the way, are you free today? I mean, do you have anything else to do next, and if so, we'll continue that another day. ”

Hearing Rick say this, Jin Muchen's heart was like riding a roller coaster, and it returned to his stomach.

"Of course not, I just have time today."

Rick's words, Jin Muchen pondered for a while, and he was already a little pondering.

FeelingsIn the antique circle of Manhattan, Rick is just a small fish, he is a retailer, if he wants to push something good, then he has to contact those middlemen, and those middlemen are similar to the role of wholesalers, or general agents of the business district, because they can reach out to those end buyers who are willing to pay a high price, they are the ones who really control the resources.

"Alright, I'll go make a few phone calls."

Rick said and picked up the telephone on the desktop, and at the same time as he dialed the number, Jin Muchen here looked at him and said.

"Thank you, Rick, and I'll give you ten percent if I can trade it today."

Rick is not Uncle Fang, he is just Uncle Fang's friend, Uncle Fang helps him buy things, and that is because of the love between the two.

But if you want Rick to do it for nothing, it can't be done, although he is a good friend of Uncle Fang, but friends are friends, and business is business.

He has been learning about antiques with Fang Bo for a while, so of course Jin Muchen also knows the rules in the antique business circle in the United States.

Some antiques consigned in antique shops, after the transaction is successful, the owner will generally be given a 15% commission, if the owner is the middleman, if the transaction is successful, the general commission will be given 5%, to 8%, of course, it depends on the price of the transaction.

Generally, the higher the transaction price, the higher the commission will be, after all, the middleman must have to make a lot of efforts, so it is also appropriate to give more.

But Jin Muchen directly gave 10% this time, which is far beyond the general market.

And the reason why he gave Rick such a high commission was that he saw that Rick was not bad and wanted to maintain a long-term business relationship with him, and secondly, of course, it was through Rick's mouth that he knew the approximate price of these table lamps, and of course he hoped that after the mid-range wholesaler came, Rick could help him work hard and raise the price of these table lamps.

Although it can't be sent to auction, the price can't be too different from the auction, otherwise you won't lose money.

Rick quickly finished the call, then looked at Jin Muchen with a smile and said, "Lilian will come over soon, she has an art gallery in Manhattan, she has a lot of customers, and she has a special hobby of collecting Tiffany table lamps." Over the years, she has sold no less than 30 Tiffany lamps, so you can rest assured, she is a knowledgeable person. ”

In the United States, the name of the low-end antique store will be called an antique store, because the things inside are very miscellaneous, but the high-end antique store is often called a gallery or an art gallery.

Most of the products sold are oil paintings by famous artists, and the owners of those galleries or galleries use guò oil paintings to reach those high-end customers, and then sell them other antique miscellaneous.

Hearing that this Lilian has an art gallery, Jin Muchen feels that this woman should have a lot of background.

Sure enough, after waiting in Rick's shop for only half an hour, a woman pushed the door and walked in, this woman was very well maintained, about fifty years old, red-haired and blue-eyed, and had a snow-white complexion.

Wearing a one-piece one-step skirt in a work suit, a snow-white silver fox fur coat on the upper body, and a pair of Prada's haters on her feet, although she is not young, but this dress immediately makes this woman look extravagant, typical of the image of a noble lady in Manhattan high society.

"Damn traffic, sorry, Rick, I'm late!"

As soon as the woman entered the door, she began to complain about the traffic in Manhattan, and now it is about five o'clock in the afternoon, and it is true that the traffic in Manhattan at this time is not much worse than the first traffic jam in the country.

"It's okay, Lillian, you know my rules, the doors usually don't close until after eight o'clock at night."

Rick walked up and exchanged a few words with Lilian, but he didn't introduce Lilian to Jin Muchen, and Jin Muchen also hid aside, pretending to be a helper in the store.

This is the rule of the circle, Lillian is a resource for Rick, and you better not talk to you until people don't want to introduce you.

"It's so cold, what to drink and Lillian? Coffee or hot chocolate? ”

"Forget it, I'm in a hurry, Rick, let's get straight to the point, what's the matter?"

Lillian didn't talk to Rick, who led her straight to his desk and brought the lamps up from under the table.

"Just look, a friend put it on my place, you'd better have the result today, if it doesn't work, I'll have to contact someone else tomorrow."

Since you have become a middleman, you have to get things done, not to mention that this is a million-dollar transaction, and the commission is definitely a lot.

"Oh! No! Rick, you can't do that to me, it's a good thing, haha, don't worry, if it's right, there will definitely be a result tonight. ”