Chapter 151: Sotheby's
"Roar!"
Seeing the return of his master, Tunyun was like a kitten, arching beside Li Ge and coquettish.
"Don't make a fuss!"
Li Ge was caught off guard, and was almost thrown to the ground by Swallowing Cloud, it was really too big for Swallowing Cloud, who could stand it if he suddenly pounced.
"Break the antique, be careful I smoke you!"
This time, from the mermaid world, Li Ge not only brought back hundreds of catties of gold, but also brought back more than a dozen top collectibles.
Among the more than a dozen top collections, there are blue and white porcelain, Gabriel diamonds, Tang Bohu famous paintings, Tang Dynasty jade seals, etc., each collection is worth hundreds of millions.
Li Ge is going to take these collectibles to Sotheby's, one of the world's famous auction houses, for auction.
Host: Lige
Rank: Black Iron Member (8/10)
Lifespan: 35/10307
Constitution: Flawless body
Realm: Early 2nd Order
Exercises: Seven reincarnations of life and death Xuangang method, through the heavens and the earth demon skills
Martial arts: Fighting and shooting, god step, dragon snatcher, sleepy god finger
Spiritual Root: Broken World Tree Seed
Li Ge took out his mobile phone and clicked on the attribute template, the attribute template has not changed much, the upgrade experience has increased a little, only two points of experience are needed to upgrade, and then the bronze world can be opened.
Secondly, Li Ge has been in the mermaid world for nearly three years, consumed three years of longevity, and has one more realm data, and the rest is basically unchanged.
"B-rated evaluation?"
Li Ge opened the task template again, and although it was only a B-level evaluation, Li Ge was already very satisfied.
After the last exchange for the S-level evaluation, Li Ge now has one A, B, and C evaluation left.
In the three years of the mermaid world, Li Ge has discovered another trick, that is, to consume a self-selected opportunity to go to the mission world he has experienced again.
But it's just the quest world, not the trial world, otherwise Li Ge would have consumed a chance to go to the Tomb World of his choice.
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After waking up the next day, Li Ge drove to the Sotheby's auction house branch.
As early as last night, Li Ge and Sotheby's agreed to meet at noon today.
When I arrived at Sotheby's, I explained my intention to the receptionist at the front desk, and the receptionist made a phone call, and after a while, a Caucasian woman with brown hair came out.
"You are Mr. Li, welcome to Sotheby's, I am the head of Sotheby's, you can just call me Alice."
Alice was very polite and enthusiastically walked over and stretched out her hand.
"My name is Lige!"
Li Ge reached out and shook the other's hand.
"This is not a place to talk, Mr. Li, please come with me."
Led by Alice, the two walked into a private room, followed by three old foreign men in suits and leather shoes.
"These are Professor Frank, Professor Javier, and Mr. Brundy, and the three of them will be in charge of appraising your lot this time."
Alice introduced Liger.
"Hello, Mr. Li."
The three old foreign men smiled kindly at Li Ge, the reason why Sotheby's auction house attached so much importance to Li Ge was because Li Ge sent them pictures of a dozen collectibles last night.
"Everything is in the box!"
Li Ge nodded, opened the box in his hand, and saw that there were some picture scrolls, diamonds, blue and white porcelain, and jade seals in the box...... and so on.
The corners of the mouths of everyone present, including Alice, twitched.
Such a precious item is put in a box like this, and there is not even a shockproof pad, isn't it afraid of damage?
"Mr. Li, please wait a moment......"
Alice invited Li Ge to sit on the sofa next to him and chat with Li Ge, so as not to make Li Ge feel bored.
"Mr. Li, what do you want to drink?"
Alice asked.
"Tea!"
Compared to coffee or something, Li Ge still likes to drink tea.
"Two cups of tea, then!"
Then the two drank tea and chatted.
About an hour later, the old man named Javier came over.
"Miss Alice, we've done the identification, and now I'll report back to you."
Javier took a piece of paper and handed it to Alice.
"After our inspection, sixteen items were genuine, and the diamond among them has been determined to be the missing Gabriel diamond......"
Javier said in an excited tone.
"Mr. Li, this is our estimated price, can you take a look at what's wrong?"
Alice handed the paper to Liger.
"No problem!"
Li Ge took a look and nodded with satisfaction, the estimated price of the sixteen collectibles, totaling about 400 million US dollars, was about the same as the estimated price in Li Ge's heart.
"Mr. Li, I don't know if you are going to sell these items to our auction house, or if you are going to put them in our auction house for auction, if you put them in our auction house for auction, our auction house will charge a commission of five percent......"
Alice is actually very sincere, and the buyer's commission charged by Sotheby's auction house is generally based on the transaction price.
For example, 25% will be charged for the transaction price within $100,000, 20% for the price between $100,000 and $2 million, and 12% for the portion exceeding $2 million.
Now that Alice has directly reduced the ratio to 5%, how can Li Ge not be satisfied.
Of course, Alice is not stupid, even if it is only a 5% commission rate, Sotheby's auction house is also very profitable.
Not to mention the increase in reputation, you must know that the sixteen collectibles that Li Ge took out are all treasures.
"Naturally, it's an auction!"
Although there is no risk associated with selling directly to Sotheby's and you can get the money immediately, it will undoubtedly make a lot less money.
"First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Li for his trust in our auction house, which will have a big auction in New York three months later, and Mr. Li's collection will be able to be auctioned there when the time comes......"
Alice said.
"Yes!"
Li Ge naturally has no opinion, three months is three months, anyway, he is not in a hurry to use the money for the time being.
As one of the oldest auction houses in the world, Sotheby's has long been a leading company in the auction industry, and after hundreds of years of development, the company's various businesses have already reached the point of perfection, and various professional auctions and special sales have strict regulations to maximize profits.
The reason why Alice asked for the auction in three months was not only because there happened to be a big auction in three months, but also because they needed some time to build momentum!
You must know that the things that Li Ge took out are all treasures, such as the missing Gabriel diamond, or Tang Bohu's famous painting, or the jade seal of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty, which can definitely attract a large number of rich people.
"Well, I wish us a happy cooperation!"
Seeing that Li Ge agreed, Alice breathed a sigh of relief.
"Happy working together!"
Rieg smiled and held out his hand and shook Alice's hand.