Chapter 350: Price
"If I'm not mistaken, one of the ten paintings is a work by Van Gogh, two by Raphael, two by Plugged up, two by Rembrandt......" said Mr. Bafaya, slowly but solemnly. Although his tone was not very sure, with his status, how could he say such a thing if he was not completely sure?
Princess Alice was dumbfounded, as a collector of calligraphy and painting artworks, because of the support of the British royal family, especially Prince Philip, Alice is like a fish in water in the process of collecting, and she has always been very self-conscious about the breadth of her collection of calligraphy and paintings. But even so, she was not sure who was higher or lower in the total value of the paintings in her collection compared to Yu Fei's more than a dozen paintings.
You must know that the list of names that Mr. Badaubaya just mentioned, each of them is a great artist, and their works are very popular in the auction market, and they are not far behind Monet! There are so many masterpieces that even many museums can't get them! I really don't know where Yu Fei got it. Whether it's Bafaya or Alice, they don't believe that Yu Fei picked up these sixteen famous paintings from the morning market in Bloommonse! If there were so many boutiques at the Bloomermouth Morning Market, I am afraid that there would be even more people patronizing it. If nothing else, Mr. Bafaya would like to go to the Berlemonse morning market now. If Abbott were still here, I'm afraid he would be ashamed to find a place to get in!
But Yu Fei's surprise is not limited to this -
Bafaya held the last painting and looked excited. Both hands seemed to tremble a little. Yu Fei was a little suspicious that the old man had a precursor to Parkinson's disease.
"And this oneβ" Bafaya glanced at Yu Fei deeply and continued, "It should belong to Picasso." β
"Who?" Yu Fei asked. Bafaya's voice was hoarse, and he didn't hear it clearly.
"Mr. Bafaya. Can you be sure? Is this painting really Picasso's work? Alice heard clearly, but she still asked in disbelief, not even noticing that it was rude to question Bafaya like this.
Picasso? Yu Fei finally heard a familiar name. Yu Fei has not studied much of European art. He entered the industry late, and there was no precipitation, and in the list of names that Buffaya had just said, he had heard of Van Gogh, and now, of course, he had to add Picasso. Compared to the previous ones. Picasso's fame was a little louder than all of them.
Picasso is the founder of modern art and the main representative of Western modernist painting. His 1907 Demoiselle d'Avignon, the first work to be considered cubist-oriented, is a landmark masterpiece of great significance. It marked a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of modern art in the West. The birth of the Cubist movement was triggered. In the following ten years, this painting led to an unprecedented development of French Cubist painting, and even spread to other fields such as ballet, stage design, literature, music, and even had a profound impact on sculpture and architecture in the 20th century. In a poll conducted by a French newspaper in December 1999, he was voted the top of the ten greatest painters of the 20th century with 40% of the vote.
Picasso was a prolific painter. According to statistics. His works total nearly 37,000 pieces, including: 1,885 oil paintings, 7,089 drawings, 20,000 prints, and 6,121 lithographs. However, because there are many collectors of Picasso's words, there are not many people in circulation on the market, and the price is very high. Among the top 10 paintings with the highest prices in the world, Picasso occupies 4 pieces. This is evident from this.
Seeing that Bafaya was so excited. Yu Fei didn't understand, and muttered secretly in his heart. Isn't it just a Picasso? What's all the fuss about?
"So, I suspect more and more now that you really robbed the British Museum." Princess Alice said jokingly.
Yu Fei smiled bitterly: "Isn't it too exaggerated, I just bought these paintings at a painting stall in the morning market of Bloomonse." I'm not afraid to be ashamed to tell you, when I first bought these paintings, I didn't know the origin of these paintings, but I thought these paintings seemed to be a little special, so I picked them out one by one, in order not to let the stall owner notice, I also specially selected four of his paintings, well, the four paintings I just took out. Yu Fei pointed to the four paintings that he had casually put aside.
When he said this, Bafaya and Princess Alice couldn't help but believe it. This Yu Fei's luck is too good! Although collectors like Bafaya do not patronize the morning market in Bermonsee, there are still many collectors with a high level of appraisal who want to buy some treasures in the morning market. They even visit almost every morning market, but after so many years, I have never heard of anyone buying so many fine products at the morning market in Bermondse! Of course, there may be people who buy it and don't make a statement, but Bafaya still thinks that this possibility is too low.
And Yu Fei is different, he found sixteen famous paintings in one stall, and these paintings do not belong to the same painter, and the strength of this stall is too amazing!
What's more, Bafaya and Princess Alice can see that Yu Fei is not modest, he really doesn't know how to draw! A person who doesn't know how to paint has completely relied on his own intuition to select sixteen paintings that have been handed down to the world, and I am afraid that no one will believe it!
"Mr. Yu, all I can say is that you are a genius artist." Bafaya will Fei's special sense of painting is due to his sensitivity to art! If it weren't for such a keen feeling, Yu Fei would not have been able to pick out these famous paintings. In the world of collecting, there are indeed some collectors who rely on intuition! And their instincts are very accurate.
Bafaya thought of the Crystal Chalice again, at Sosby's auction, didn't Yu Fei also buy the Crystal Chalice at a high price of 220,000 pounds without knowing the value of the Crystal Grail, and paid the full amount on the spot to complete the transaction? How could he have made such a decision if he hadn't had a very sharp intuition?
"So, it's expensive for you to buy one of these paintings, right?" Alice asked. Indeed, if these paintings were to be auctioned, they would be easily sold for a few million pounds, even if they could not reach 10 million pounds. Yu Fei won sixteen such paintings in one fell swoop, and it is probably impossible not to pay a super high price. That's why Alice asked.
"It's a little expensive." As far as Fei Na Na is concerned, he is a little difficult to speak, after all, both Bafaya and Alice call these sixteen paintings priceless, and he only spent four hundred pounds to buy them all.
"So, can you tell me the price you offered?" Alice said with an itchy heart. For women, curiosity is in nature.
Helpless, Yu Fei had to stretch out four fingers.
"Forty million pounds?" Alice guessed, "Well, you're making a lot of money this time." You know, if all these paintings were sold, you could get at least Β£150 million! That's the equivalent of a net profit of Β£110 million in the spread! Mr. Bafaya, there is no problem with my valuation, right? β
Alice asked Bafaya again, after all, when it comes to collecting and valuation, Mr. Bafaya is a connoisseur.
Bafaya nodded and said, "There is nothing wrong with your valuation, it's just a little conservative." β
Is a conservative estimate of Β£150 million? Yu Fei really didn't know how to describe his current mood. Of course, he is not happy for money, his current assets exceed 10 billion, and he is already very light on money. He was just shocked at the thrill of picking up the leak.
Whether it's Picasso, or Monet, or Plug ...... The price of their works has risen all the way over the years, and the price estimate of 150 million is indeed low.
"However, I think Her Royal Highness may have guessed a little wrong." Mr. Bafaya said.
"What did I guess wrong?" Alice asked, confused.
Bafaya smiled slightly and said, "I think, Mr. Yu should not buy them for 40 million pounds, right?" β
Although Mr. Bafaya has not been to the Berlemonse morning market, he has some idea of the price level of art there. It is simply impossible to spend a huge sum of Β£40 million there in one morning.
When Bafaya said this, Alice also had a sudden realization, yes, who would buy more than 40 million things there.
"Is it four million?!" Alice was shocked and said, "This is incredible! (To be continued......)