CHAPTER XX
"Good stuff." For a long time, Shen Bingde breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Although this volume of "Northern Song Dynasty Protector Documents" is a normal official document, it is better because the seals are complete and distinctive, and it is unbelievably well preserved. As he spoke, he looked at the right side of the document and said, "It's just that the collection of seals until the Republic of China is the end, and it's a little imperfect." ”
Huang Xuan laughed secretly in his heart, of course it is well preserved, since this document was collected, although it has changed hands several times, but every generation has collectors to accept and carefully maintain, as for the end of the Republic of China, if there is a later era, it is Huang Xuan himself who is frightened.
Seeing that Huang Xuan smiled and said nothing, Liu Ziqing took over and said, "Old Shen, what is the approximate valuation?" ”
"I have to think about this again, but 1.5 million is no problem." Shen Bingde said conservatively.
The so-called expert appraisal is actually not possible in a word, especially for professional institutions such as auction houses, every sentence represents your level, and therefore, they are more cautious, especially the appraisal part, but also to constantly compare and measure, different periods of people psychology is naturally different, the evaluation of the same artwork is also different. It would be nice to take the works of modern Fauvist painters to the Renaissance without being thrown away, not to mention that the same treasures may be sold for different prices in different institutions, which makes the valuation more and more difficult and widespread.
Huang Xuan nodded slightly, Lorraine's valuation is between 2.2 million and 3.2 million, although Shen Bingde underestimated nearly 700,000, but this is inevitable, according to people's normal thinking, if the final transaction price is higher than the estimate, the appraiser will not be blamed, but more likely to thank the auctioneer, but if it is overestimated, then the result is unpredictable.
Liu Ziqing took the box in Shen Bingde's hand, the document consisted of ten pieces of white linen paper, written for the Northern Song Dynasty Ming Dao 2nd year to Huangyou 6th year (1033-1054), he read it over and over again, smiled and said: "Or Mr. Huang has a rich collection, are you going to sell it privately or auction this time?" ”
"2.8 million If someone is willing to buy it, sell it directly to him, if not, auction it." Huang Xuan took a middle price, although he was still short of money on hand, but this was the fruit of labor, and if he sold it too low, he would be sorry for himself.
Liu Ziqing nodded a little excitedly and promised: "Mr. Huang, don't worry, I will be fully prepared." ”
"That's good." Huang Xuan peeked at Shen Bingde, and saw that he still looked like he was not shocked by honor and disgrace, but he also put his mind at ease, after all, he didn't trust the other party's valuation very much, but when he saw that his city government was excellent, he smiled and said: "My own things always want to be sold at a higher price, which will trouble Mr. Liu, but if you have to wait until the auction transaction, Mr. Liu will not get the commission." ”
"This is natural." Liu Ziqing said that he understands that Huang Xuan's commission for him is 5%, while the commission of the auction house is usually 12%, so the private sale is still a large amount, but for him, although the private sale has a lot of extra money, it is also necessary to send it to the auction house, it is always his credit, and there is still a commission.
Huang Xuan didn't know that the cat here was tired, so he carefully put away the paperwork, and then thought about it and said: "I still have nearly ten ancient books there, and I also want to sell them in the near future, I hope Mr. Liu will help keep an eye on the buyers." ”
"This ......" Liu Ziqing was about to say goodbye, but he said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Huang, although I believe in you, but there are rules in the industry, and it is difficult for us to say anything if we don't see anything." ”
Huang Xuan didn't expect that he originally thought that he only needed to take a copy for the other party to test, so he thought for a while and said: "It's troublesome to take it out now, I'll give you your name first, if someone is willing to buy it, it's naturally the best, if not, it's okay to send it to the auction house in one go." ”
If there are millions of dollars in hand to buy oil, it is estimated that he can fool Lorraine for a while, and there is no need to worry about the remaining ones, he said pretending to write the title of the book, and opened his mouth slightly to call Lorraine: "What are the names of those books, how to write those words?" ”
After a while, Huang Xuanshu handed it over to Liu Ziqing, and attached an estimate to the back, saying: "In addition to this document, there is also a hand-drawn map of the whole island of Taiwan presented to Qianlong in 1748, except for these two, the others are ancient books, I hope you can help me sell it at a good price." ”
Liu Ziqing took it with a guarantee, and was instantly knocked down by the number above, only to see that the first line on the paper read: Cheng Yanqiuzang's "Jade Frost Opera Banknote", 5 million. Next, everything is 2 million, Liu Ziqing took a deep breath, these add up to a total of 30 million, not to mention the commission to get a soft hand, even if it is sent to the company for auction, the commission plus performance is enough to share countless bonuses.
In this way, he didn't dare to take care of it, and hesitated: "Mr. Huang, to be honest, these collections of yours are enough to open a special auction for you, if you are sure to sell, I think it is better to give Lao Shen an appraisal." ”
"Throw me a show?" Huang Xuan said with some interest.
"And, of course, a few other auction items." Liu Ziqing was worried that what he said was too tactful, but Huang Xuan misunderstood, so he simply said directly: "However, it may take more than a month to prepare before the auction, and you have to send these collectibles to the company for appraisal, of course, the company will sign an agreement with you and pay you a deposit." ”
Huang Xuan knew that he was thinking simply, he took a sip of coffee and asked, "Then can I move this mortgage?" ”
"Theoretically, there should be a bank." Liu Ziqing saw that Huang Xuan was a little moved, and said: "However, if Mr. Huang's funds are tight, the company can lend you a sum of money for a short period of time after appraising ancient books, but it can always not exceed 10%."
That is more than 2 million, Huang Xuan secretly calculated to himself, nodded and said: "That's fine, if you can lend me 10% and reduce the commission to 8%, I can consider it." ”
"That's fine, I'll be able to promise you now." Liu Ziqing immediately patted his chest, Huang Xuan's requirements are not harsh, not to mention that with such ten rare books as a foundation, the company can open a special session of rare books, and put together the recent similar lots, there is no harm in it, he can agree to Huang Xuan now.
Huang Xuan didn't want to think about it much, anyway, having money at present is equivalent to giving Lorraine oil, he told Lorraine, and decided: "Those two will wait for me here for a while, I'll go get the book and go to the company together." ”
"Okay, Mr. Huang can also bring it if he has his own lawyer." Liu Ziqing said that he cleaned up the box on the table for Huang Xuan, Huang Xuan smiled, isn't Lorraine the best lawyer?
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