"Don't you think there's something missing?"

Looking at the room full of dazzling treasures, Geng Baochang suddenly said: "If according to our design, Mingyuanzhai Museum should be a place to display cultural heritage in an all-round way." Now every time Mr. hunts for treasures, he returns with a full load, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, and miscellaneous, but there is a collection, and so far nothing has been found!"

"Furniture!"

Wen Yiming nodded, this point has long been discovered by himself, since the treasure hunt, the six major items of antiques can basically be obtained, only the category of furniture, so far nothing has been obtained, after all, wood is not easy to preserve, and the shape of the vessel is huge, it is difficult to pass down as a treasure.

"So I have a proposal that part of the funds from the auction should be used to participate in the auction. Geng Baochang said with a smile: "Especially when participating in international auctions, classical furniture, as a hard currency, is widely recognized by collectors all over the world, second only to porcelain. ”

"Every year, Sufubi and Jiashide have to hold regular auctions of classical furniture, among which there are many fine products, and the price is also rising.

"Great idea!"

Before Wen Yiming could speak, Ling Tiancheng said excitedly: "This is a good opportunity to promote the prestige of our country! Don't look at the so-called top collectors in our country who seem to be calling for wind and rain, in fact, they are all in the nest." When it comes to the world, it is still the world of foreigners. ”

Looking at Wen Yiming, his eyes burned and said: "Now that you are the major shareholder of Tiancheng, since you want to make a name, then go out and show your face more." Let foreigners know that we also have big tyrants who are not bad for money!"

Wen Yiming looked at everyone's expectant eyes, and could only nod in agreement, thinking about this kind of thing, only he can do it. Although other entrepreneurs have money, they still have to run projects after all, and they don't have much liquidity.

Only I have cash flow in my hands, and there are no other investment projects, so the effect will be better under the heavy blow. The most important thing is that you can hunt for treasures, it's too easy to get money!

"I asked Tiancheng to prepare for this special auction of Prince Gong's Mansion immediately, and it will be held within half a month, plus the other lots that have been accumulated, the most conservative estimate can exceed two billion!"

Ling Tiancheng looked at Wen Yiming and said enviously: "Even if it is Wang Jiansen and Ma Yun, it is impossible to come up with three billion cash to play the auction, it just so happened that I received a news, this is a good opportunity to fire the first shot." ”

Wen Yiming looked at the news handed by Ling Tiancheng curiously: "New York Sufuby is going to auction Ellsworth's old collection?"

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they came over one after another, Ling Tiancheng introduced: "I also just got the news that Su Fubi has collected the last batch of treasures from Ellsworth, thirty pieces of Ming-style furniture, all of which are high-quality products, and the preview will be auctioned in seven days, and it will be too late." ”

Ling Junsheng nodded and recognized: "It turns out that he is the chief representative of Sotheby's Institute of Education in China, starting from collecting stamps, and gradually progressing to collecting snuff bottles, in 1960, he opened Ellsworth Gaode Gallery to operate the antique business, and gradually became the most authoritative international Asian art and antique dealer, known as the godfather of Asian antiques. ”

Shopkeeper Wu also recalled: "Yes, the most famous of Ellsworth's art collections are the inscriptions and the Ming and Qing dynasty furniture collections, and they are known as the kings of the Ming Dynasty because of their accomplished Ming-style furniture collections. What makes Ellsworth related to China is also the resale of the sixth, seventh, eighth and fourth volumes of the Northern Song Dynasty Tuo in his collection. ”

Wen Yiming nodded, he had heard about this past, in September 1996, An Siyuan came to Beijing with the four volumes of the Northern Song Dynasty Tuo and exhibited it in the Palace Museum. Mr. Qi Gong and domestic experts appraised these four volumes of Dharma and unanimously agreed that they were Song carving and Song Tuo.

The Palace Museum communicated with Ms. Wang Limei in the hope of facilitating the exchange of other cultural relics, but to no avail. At the beginning of April 2003, the Shanghai Museum invited Wang Limei to negotiate the purchase with Ellsworth on behalf of the museum, and the transaction was finally sold for $4.5 million. It was created at a sky-high price at the time, but now it has proved to be a one-of-a-kind product that is sure to make money and is priceless.

In 2000, after discovering that a white marble painted relief samurai stone carving of the tomb of the fifth dynasty of kings in Hong Kong and Macao was a stolen cultural relic, Ellsworth took the initiative to contact the government and immediately donated it back to China free of charge.

In 2002, a Western Zhou bronze was returned to his father, and like the samurai relief, it is now in the National Museum.

In the 90s of the 20th century, Ellsworth set up a foundation on Hong Kong Island to rescue the ancient houses of the Hui School, and took the lead in donating money, and most of the domestic collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York were donated by him.

In 1985, a batch of 260 pieces of modern and contemporary calligraphy was donated to the Freer Museum of Art, and part of it was donated to the Yale University Museum as a thank you to her mentor Alice. He was one of the five advisors to the Art Donation Review Committee of the State Administration of Revenue, the other four of whom are directors of major museums.

For An Siyuan, Wen Yiming is very respectful, he and Lu Qinzhai are both active figures in Western art, but Lu Qinzhai is a traitor, a Chinese who used the war to smuggle cultural relics of the motherland to make money, and deserved retribution in his old age.

As an American, Ellsworth devoted his life to promoting traditional culture and letting the West know the East, especially furniture, and he was the first to organize and publish books. Even the old man Wang Shixiang has been influenced and inspired by him, and is the biggest contributor to the Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture to the world.

At the age of 85, Ellsfar accidentally fell into his New York residence and made an antiquity, so all the private collections left behind were auctioned, and in 2014, he sold 6 auctions in seven consecutive days, and all the collections fetched more than 200 million yuan, which attracted everyone's attention.

For example, a pair of Huanghuali circle chairs used by the Ming Dynasty court were auctioned for more than 9 million US dollars, with each chair exceeding 30 million yuan!

Hearing a Ming and not saying a word, he immediately asked Heifeng to arrange the itinerary, An Siyuan's old collection, thirty pieces of Ming Dynasty furniture, not only the exhibition hall of Prince Gong's Mansion, but also many places can be used, a hundred pieces is not too much.

A few old men went back to rest, and Ling Tiancheng sat down with Wen Yiming and chatted: "Tiancheng is now like a rainbow, and for the first time, Zhang Daqian fired the first shot, which attracted widespread attention. This time, there is a collection of Prince Gong's Mansion, which absolutely shocked the audience. ”

"I know your ambitions, in the future, to let traditional culture go to the world, I also have ambitions, I want to build Tiancheng into the world's top auction house, one day can surpass Sufubi and Jiashide, become the world's first!"

Wen Yiming laughed, he liked Ling Tiancheng's straightforwardness the most, it was a good thing to be ambitious, so that he could have infinite motivation. It's a time of peace, and there will be no war, so you can only get art through the rules of the market.

Don't look at the treasure hunting is very enjoyable now, you can find a lot of national treasures every time, but in terms of the number of lost overseas, it is not even a dime!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, for example, has a collection of more than 200,000 domestic cultural relics and at least tens of thousands of national treasures. According to his own efficiency, he can't compare to others after 30 years of work.

Not to mention the British Museum, as well as the island country, which is the hardest hit area. Even if you work on your own, you won't be able to get one percent back.

There is no way in the early stage, only to accumulate fame and capital through treasure hunting, and then through market operation is the king, how to make a lot of money?

This is also the fundamental reason why we want to support Tiancheng auction, strictly speaking, Wen Yiming is not a collector, after all, incense is fundamental, and there is a kind of responsibility to bear for cultural relics.

Since God has given him a special talent, he has to do more practical things, not to mention that treasure hunting can also improve the incense path, killing two birds with one stone, why not.

Tiancheng is the most important antique monetization channel, everyone knows the roots, and they are the largest shareholders and the best partners. It's still the old saying, when Tiancheng stands on top of the world, he Wen Yiming is also a top rich man who stands out from the crowd.