Chapter 686: MJ's Oil Painting
But with the oil painting in front of him, Jin Muchen can conclude with just one eye that the longest time for this painting is only a few decades.
The reason why he was able to determine the time of this oil painting so accurately was not that his knowledge of Western oil painting had improved significantly, but simply because this painting could be determined by anyone with normal daily knowledge.
And the reason why this is the case is entirely because this painting is a portrait painting, and the person who appears in this oil painting is the black American international superstar who died just two years ago and once swept the world, Michael. Jackson!
Michael in oil painting. Jackson, wearing a red velvet top and a pair of jeans underneath, sat naturally in a chair with his hands stacked on top of his hands and a book pressed underneath.
The other background in the painting is Michael Jackson's famous Neverland.
Just look at this time Michael. Jackson's face, as well as his hairstyle, I know that this painting is not too old, and it must be an oil painting specially painted for him after he became famous.
Think about it, if he was still a nobody, what painter would be willing to spend that time and energy to paint a portrait of him?
Besides, with the development of camera technology now, who wants to paint such a time-consuming and laborious self-portrait of themselves?
You know, being a model for an oil painter and sitting there motionless for hours in formal clothes is not a good job.
So this painting, it looks like it must be Michael. Jackson's self-portrait, and his own self-portrait as a model. Such a painting. According to the current market conditions. It shouldn't be low.
This painting is not well-known in the market, and not many people have heard of this painting, and the author of this painting is not very famous, otherwise this painting must have been publicized all over the world.
But even so, the painting is very collectible, after all, Michael. Jackson is dead, and an epoch-making artist like him. The longer he dies, the more valuable the things associated with him become, that's for sure.
What's more, Jesse had also seen this painting before, which strengthened Jin Muchen's determination to win this oil painting.
However, although you have made up your mind, you can't show it on the surface, and the more you want to get something, the more you can't let the seller know what you're thinking, and this rule is almost universally used in antique markets around the world.
Jin Muchen pretended to be careless and flipped through the contents of this and that cardboard box.
There were about 10 sets of silver cutlery in this box. The styles are very simple, and they are all produced in England in the 18th century. But it shouldn't be particularly valuable.
The only two decent items are an eighteenth-century globe in good condition, but one is a road lighter, and the other is a Dupont lighter in 18-karat gold encrusted with emeralds.
"Where do these things come from?"
Now that he has decided to buy it, Jin Muchen certainly wants to have a deep understanding of the story behind this thing.
Tanaka and Oda have nothing to hide, not to mention that this Jin Muchen is a distinguished guest of the Shenmu and their Jichun Society, so it is not easy to fool in this regard.
"These things belong to one of our former customers, and that guy is called Saeki Utsu, who used to be a video game developer. In the early years, he was an importer and exporter, and he had a good relationship with our president, but later changed his career to a video game developer. However, in recent years, the market has not been very good, and after he turned to a video game developer, he launched several unsuccessful video games one after another, lost his family money, owed a lot of debt to the bank, and finally found our boss to borrow money in order to keep his company running. It's a pity that his luck is so bad that after borrowing money, he still hasn't been able to revitalize his business. A few days ago, his game company collapsed, and this guy ended up with too much money to repay, and finally chose to end himself at home with a rope. These things were taken out of his house. ”
Xiao Tian Qirang explained to Jin Muchen very carefully, and said it very clearly, for fear that Jin Muchen would misunderstand that the contents of this box were obtained by them through illegal means.
And Tanaka Ricardo, who was standing next to him, kept checking and filling in his gaps, beating the side drum: "Yes, when we learned that this guy committed suicide, we hurried to his house, and it turned out that we were still done." When this guy used to be rich, he had a lot of good things to collect, such as those eighteenth-century breech guns or something, and they hung a whole wall, but those things were seized by the guys from Mitsubishi Bank, and the title deeds of their real estate were also taken away by the guys from Sumitomo Bank. We had no choice but to take out all the things in this guy's kitchen, but even then, we lost a lot. The contents of this cardboard box are all found in their kitchen! ”
Looking at the appearance of the two guys, it didn't look like they were lying, since the unlucky guy was dead, then Jin Muchen was not afraid that these things would bring him a lawsuit, so he waved his hand.
"Okay, I'll take all the things in this box, you can make a price!"
He said it very arrogantly, and Oda and Tanaka glanced at each other, both of them could not suppress the ecstasy in their hearts, Made, it has been two days since this exhibition was set up, and there are not many things that have been sold.
If you can't sell these rags at the end of the month, you won't know how to explain it to the boss at that time.
"It's 20,000 dollars. Forehead. No. Fifteen thousand dollars."
When Oda quoted, he initially wanted to use the yen, but when he thought about it later, the value of the yen had not been stable in recent days, and the government seemed to be clamoring for another adjustment of economic policy, so he simply quoted it in dollars.
Originally, he wanted to quote $20,000, but when he looked up and saw Shenmu standing opposite, he glared at him fiercely, and when the price came to his mouth, he immediately adjusted it to $15,000.
After all, you still have to eat rice on the territory of other people's Jichun Society, and the face of Jichun Society still has to be given, and the things in this box are not very valuable anyway.
The set of utensils they also found someone to identify, it is not a famous work, it can only be regarded as an ordinary antique, and the oil painting is the ordinary restaurant oil painting hanging in the general Western family restaurant, a box of things, that is, the globe and the Dupen lighter are still worth a little money, but if you sell second-hand goods, these things together are 10,000 US dollars.
The offer of fifteen thousand was already a bit bold, and after the price was quoted, Xiao Tian stood there with apprehension, waiting for Jin Muchen to give him the price back.
Unexpectedly, Jin Muchen didn't have a head at all, so he nodded directly and agreed: "Then so be it, fifteen thousand is fifteen thousand." ”
Jin Muchen opened his mouth and agreed, Shenmu could only blush, and transferred the account to the two guys, in his opinion, these rags, what are they worth fifteen thousand dollars, that is, they can't even get five thousand dollars of rags.
Hum! You two will wait for me, and let me meet you when you come back, and you will definitely want you to look good.
And at this time, Jin Muchen smiled and patted Shenmu's shoulder, his smile was very meaningful, Shenmu was originally very angry, but seeing his smile like this, he suddenly couldn't help but be confused in his heart, Jim San is a shrewd person, would he be willing to be slaughtered for these rags?
After taking these things, Jin Muchen was very satisfied, and he didn't want to continue shopping in this market, the biggest gain today was not these things, but meeting Jesse.
It happened to be noon, so Jin Muchen asked Shenmu to drive him and Jesse, as well as a few other subordinates, to the best Japanese restaurant in the neighborhood and have a beautiful meal.
Sushi made of top-quality tuna, as well as sashimi, and expensive scared wagyu beef, Jin Muchen didn't look at the price at all, and directly let the store serve it casually, with top sake, and French red wine, but the tongues of these Japanese brothers who usually can't afford to eat these good things are about to spit out of their mouths.
In fact, Jin Muchen doesn't particularly like things like sushi or sashimi, that is, general.
But Jesse likes this kind of food very much, and as for those Japanese brothers who have only heard of such top-notch cuisine, but definitely don't dare to eat it out of their own pockets, this is a great gift.
Such a high-end restaurant, such a high-end cuisine, according to their appetite, even if they are half full, can cost them a month's salary.
Now Boss Jim is so generous, let them throw off their arms and eat, and after eating, they will pack a few points for each of them to take home and taste for their families, such a boss, but let them be directly grateful to Dade.
You must know that they have been following Watanabe for so long, but their Watanabe boss has never been so kind to them.
In the hearts of several Japanese brothers, full of loyalty, Jin Muchen asked them to drive him back to the hotel.
When I arrived at the hotel, I directly asked the hotel to open a top-notch luxury suite upstairs for myself, and then took Jesse upstairs with him, Belinda hadn't woken up yet, just so he could have time to have a good chat with Jesse.
After entering the room, the things were put aside first, and Jin Muchen began to chat with Jesse, and this chat was that the earth shook and the sky collapsed. (To be continued.) )