Chapter 1298: Luzun and the Fish Tank
"Look at the one over there." Galen said to Han Xuan with great interest: "Last time he bought one for more than 80,000 pounds, everyone else was optimistic about that warehouse, because the thing under the cloth was obviously a set of armor.
I also participated in the bidding, but gave up after 50,000 pounds, but fortunately I saw that they were bidding like crazy and gave up early, and in the end he spent so much money and bought a modern imitation of the knight's armor.
It's the kind that can be found everywhere in the store, it can be sold for up to 10,000 pounds, and no one wants to buy it, so I picked up a bargain, haha! ”
The man not far away, seeing Galen's small movements, probably knew what he was happy about, and snorted coldly, the two were about the same age, and there were some small business disputes, so the relationship was not very good.
Then after looking at Han Xuan with his eyes, with a little surprise, he beckoned a young man, hugged him and muttered something, the young man nodded and walked to the direction of the park.
Seeing this, old Galen smiled even more happily.
The things in the garage are worth a little money, as long as they can be sold smoothly, they won't lose too much, and they may even make a small profit.
Usually everyone bids very rationally, after all, one person earns, the remaining ten people will lose, no one wants to lose too much money, a warehouse, probably only 20,000 or 30,000 pounds.
Last time, because there was a bit of a contradiction, and I felt that I had won nine out of ten, I fried a high price, and finally knew that it was a pit, and the consequences could only be swallowed, otherwise there would be no share of the auction in the future.
If you're lucky, you can make some money here, and you can have a good time, just like gambling on a stone, enjoy the thrill of cutting it, and add some fun to your life, so no one wants to have a fight with Ms. Amanda Shand.
Under the introduction of Old Galen, when he met Baroness Shangde, Han Xuan knew that this lady was actually less than thirty years old, and her appearance was very young.
"I know both of them, and I read the newspaper every morning, Miss Isabelle, Miss Dolores, hello, it's a pleasure to meet you," said Ms. Schande.
Han, I really didn't expect you to come to participate in my little game, and the things placed here will not arouse your interest. ”
"I had nothing to do in the afternoon, so I just went to Mr. Gallen's shop to buy something, and came by to play with him.
You have the pastel deer bottle in the warehouse, can you tell me some information, Ms. Sander? ”
Han Xuan asked with a wicked smile, just joking, and didn't think she would tell herself.
Sure enough, she stared at Han Xuan's eyes and said, "It's true that I put it right, although I want to, but unfortunately I can't tell you, it will break the rules I made, and the garage auction will not be able to continue."
You should also look for it, maybe you are lucky, you will find it the first time you come, otherwise if you take pictures of all these warehouses, you will definitely find the antiques I have hidden.
I don't think you should care about it, after all, you have already acquired so many antiques in Huaxia, right? I've heard from my suppliers about this before......"
Han Xuan saw Mrs. Shangde briefly look away and look to the left, then smiled and said, "You go and find it."
With a thoughtful expression, she felt that she was probably hinting at something, and she smiled back, and continued to look at the warehouse, just now she just glanced at it, and the three warehouses in that direction were possible.
As for the other warehouses, I just looked at them casually, and when I walked to the three doors, I focused on the things that were exposed, mixed with modern crafts and antiques from various countries of low value, and I couldn't see anything at all.
If you buy all three, you should be able to get that pastel deer bottle, but then it won't be interesting, Han Xuan pondered for a while, and felt that it was a good idea to buy two out of three, and there was a 66% infinite probability that he could get it.
After the idea came up, you only need to think about which two rooms to buy, the first room is about the same as the second room, and when you walk to the door of the third room, you see a jar that is exposed, and your eyebrows gradually go up.
What appeared in Han Xuan's sight was a multicolored fish jar with complex paintings, which fell down and was placed on the ground, deliberately revealing the bottom of the "Jiajing Year of the Ming Dynasty".
The old man, who had been ridiculed by Galen before, walked over intentionally or unintentionally, and after following Han Xuan's line of sight at the colorful fish jar, he said firmly: "It must be fake, don't be fooled."
People who didn't understand anything before, but they were deceived by Ms. Shangde like this, and the fraud became more and more powerful, and it looked the same as the real thing.
Hello Han, my name is Ashton Felix, and I believe that the tragic experience that happened to me last time, Galen has already told you. ”
"He didn't speak ill of you, Mr. Felix."
Han Xuan was still looking at the colorful fish jar, although he understood that it was mostly fake, but it always felt like it was real, anyway, he had to pick two warehouses, so he took this one as one of the targets, and one next to it.
"I know, most of them are laughing at me, and there are enough people who are laughing at me these days.
Han, there is a good thing that others put on my consignment, many people have come to see it, but they don't have the strength to buy it, I don't know if you are interested?
In case you don't know, I'm the deputy director of the National Art Gallery in the UK......"
This sentence attracted Han Xuan's attention, turned his head and asked him, "What is it?" ”
"Sunflowers, Van Gogh's Sunflowers."
“…… That one? ”
"No, no, no, it's hanging in the National Gallery, I can't sell it to you, it's another one, the one that Christie sold in 1987......"
In April 1888, at the age of thirty-five, Van Gogh came to Arles from Paris to find his sunshine, his wheat fields, and his sunflowers in the small town of southern France.
During this period, a large number of works depicting sunflowers were created, and it is believed that there were eleven pairs in total, but the exact number is still up for debate.
Now there are only six paintings, five of which are in several museums, and the most famous one hangs in the National Gallery of Britain, so Han Xuan asked if it was the one, and only one was in a private collection, and it sold for $39.85 million ten years ago.
As the world's most well-known oil painting series, about half of the world's people know it, which is the pinnacle of art, and the one Ashton Felix wants to sell is more famous than Han Xuan's secret collection of "Blooming Apricot Blossoms", which cannot be compared with "Starry Night".
Anya's eyes lit up when she heard this painting, and then she remembered that she had no money to buy it, and her expression was a little depressed, the peak that oil painters can reach is probably Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso and others, she naturally likes Van Gogh.
I can't buy the masterpiece of "Sunflowers", and this one in the same series is also very good, especially when Han Xuan plans to spend his life building a museum comparable to the Louvre, the more heavyweight collections, the better, if someone buys it, I don't know how many years it will take to enter the market again.
There were still doubts about Ashton Felix's identity, but first he saw that the painting was not in the way, and said to him: "Okay, if you like it, I will buy it."
There's a start to the auction over there, so let's talk about it later, sir......"
……
The auction format is simple and unconventional.
The price starts at 18,000 pounds, and then increases by 500 pounds each time, and does not even add 1,000 at a time, which is extremely cautious, for fear of paying too much.
The first nine garages sold for 26,000 pounds at the highest, and the others hovered around 24,000.
The old shopkeeper of Galen has already bought a warehouse, and is waiting for it to be opened when it is over, and it is only allowed to open it when it is all over, otherwise the treasure will be found in the front, and the things in the back will not be able to be photographed.
There were only about forty people in total, and it wasn't intense at all, and by the tenth room, the atmosphere was a bit strange, because there were several cardboard boxes in this warehouse, which reminded them of the last time the Japanese samurai armor appeared.
As soon as Ms. Schande began to speak, a bearded middle-aged man shouted in English with a British accent: "Twenty-five thousand pounds!" ”
The price was raised by seven thousand at a time, and if it was the warehouse in front, maybe no one would bid, but this one was a bit special, and his voice was quickly drowned out, pushing it all the way up to twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
Han Xuan didn't bid before, and most of the people present already knew his identity and thought they were just here to play.
When he said 30,000 pounds lightly, no one spoke for a while, and he bought it smoothly, and no one added it.
When the auction of the two rooms selected by Han Xuan began, not many people competed with him, one cost 25,000 pounds, and the other room also felt that it was real because of the colorful fish cans, and tried to bid to 29,000, seeing that Han Xuan was still bidding, he had no choice but to give up.
There's no way, everyone present is not worth more than one thousandth, how can this compare......
Mrs. Shangde couldn't see the expression on her face, and Han Xuan didn't know if she bought it right or not, and when all the filming was done and the money was paid, the people who bought the warehouse were in a hurry to drill into it.
Lift the cloth, open the box to look for it, listen to the movement around you, as long as no one is excited and screaming, there is still hope for yourself.
"Ahh
A shout was heard, and many people ran out, and the audience gathered at the door of the warehouse that Old Galen had bought, and asked him, "Found it!?" ”
“…… No, I scrambled a plate, and it was worth hundreds. ”
“……”
Han Xuan went in to look for it, and Anya and Isabelli muttered about the deer, and they also picked a warehouse for each of them, enjoying the fun of finding the treasure.
Soon, Anya came running with a jar and said to him excitedly: "Deer deer deer! Han! That's it, right? There are many deer on it! ”
In Chinese, it should be called Pastel Bailuzun, just like the old shopkeeper of Galen said, sure enough, a Chinese young man came and said that he wanted to buy it, and wanted to make a pair of gifts for the old man to celebrate his birthday.
It's not too precious, but it's hard to find it if you want to buy it for a while, Han Xuan's adult beauty was sold to him, and after the other party thanked him, he handed him a bearer check written in advance, which said "110000".
Hold the colorful fish jar, turn over and over again, I don't think there is anything wrong, hand it to the old galen to read, the other party's eyes are strange and say it is true, and after several other knowledgeable old men read it, they all said that there was nothing wrong.
Ms. Shande was surprised to hear the news, she didn't know that the jar had been taken from a supplier.
The people around suddenly sighed, the richer the richer, the more they don't give other people a way to live, this jar is more precious than the pastel Bailuzun, at least worth 150,000 pounds, and it is possible to auction 200,000 pounds.
This time, Han Xuan didn't sell it, he kept it and took it home as an ornament, and he couldn't take other things away, so he auctioned it on the spot, and packaged and sold other things in the three warehouses, and people bid a lot more carefully, and finally sold it for 57,000 pounds, all in cash......