Rebirth

"This…"

An Siyuan couldn't help but hesitated. After all, if all of his collections were sold, what would he sell in the future, and he was also surprised by Li Feng's great handwork.

"Bob, I can still do a long-term business with you. I want to entrust you to help me buy art, especially the various Chinese art treasures in the United States. I think this is both for you and me. It’s the best. This is a long-term and effective business."

Li Feng thought of An Siyuan’s reputation and network resources in the Asian art collection industry in the United States, and immediately said again. In fact, on the one hand, Li Feng wants to acquire some Chinese art collections through An Siyuan. After all, in this regard, An Si Yuan's contacts are obviously much broader than Li Feng.

The more important point is that Li Feng is also a decoy. Li Feng's meaning is actually very clear. He wants to buy An Siyuan's current collection, and the offer to help Li Feng buy is a fragrant bait. After all, everyone knows. , To help Li Feng acquire a piece of art, An Siyuan, as an intermediary, was able to get a lot of commission.

Similarly, Li Feng will not suffer a loss. If he can acquire a large number of China's precious cultural relics and artworks through An Siyuan, it would be perfect.

"John, you really have a problem for me, I have to think about it."

"Of course, but Bob, if you want to sell the collections, such as the Huanghuali chair, the four volumes of the Chunhua Pavilion post, and these rare books and rubbings, you must be included in the sale."

At this time, everyone turned to the collection room of calligraphy and calligraphy and rubbings. Li Feng pointed to the Chunhua pavilion which was carefully cherished by An Siyuan, as well as "Small Cases of Jin and Tang Dynasties", Song Tuo's "Huang Ting Jing", "Huiren Ji Wang Sheng Jiao Preface" and "Huaisu Thousand Characters" and other famous posts spoke out.

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I have to say that An Siyuan is definitely a collector of Chinese art, especially these rare books. If you wait for the auction house when the Chinese economy rises in later generations, which is not counted in tens of millions, even like Chunhua Pavilion and Jin Tang Xiaokai's handed down masterpieces will definitely be incredibly expensive.

However, Li Feng is not worried about the price issue. China’s reform and opening up are only a few years old, and the art craze has not officially started. Today’s value is not outrageous. Compared with the price of Western art, these artworks All are seriously underestimated.

For example, in Chunhua Pavilion, in 1995, An Siyuan bought three volumes from the auction house and only spent a total of 280,000 US dollars. The current value is due to the slow recovery of Chinese artworks in the past two years. But even if it is 4 volumes together, the maximum will not exceed 2 million US dollars.

The rest of the inscriptions are even cheaper, and although An Siyuan’s collection is of high value, if his collection is in accordance with China’s art grading standards, in fact, most of his collections are third-level artworks and ordinary artworks. There are very few first-class works of art, and even fewer first-class works of art. As for treasures, which belong to the nature of'national treasures', in Li Feng's opinion, there is no such thing.

As for modern artworks, according to China's rating standards, they are not considered treasures or first-class cultural relics series. Even if they are masterpieces by Zhang Daqian, Shi Lu, Fu Baoshi, Xu Beihong, etc., few pieces can be rated as treasures. , First-class product sequence.

According to the current situation where the value of Asian artworks has not risen, the value of these artworks by An Siyuan is not as exaggerated as imagined.

Most of the quotations in his collections are in fact only a few hundred, thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars, those exceeding 100,000 dollars do not exceed 110, and those exceeding one million dollars are no more than 1%. However, his collection is a bit too much. According to Ansi According to Yuan Yuan, there are roughly 3,000 pieces of art of various sizes in a row in his apartment.

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After spending nearly 2 hours shopping, the group returned to the living room to drink tea again.

"Bob, how are you thinking?" After sitting down, Li Feng asked again.

"Are you sure you want me to help you contact the acquisition of Huaxia's artworks?"

“Of course, we can sign a contract. I heard that your teacher, Mr. Fangyu Wang, has “donated” a large number of artworks from the “Badashanren” in his family to the museum after his death last year. Very interested." Li Feng replied with a smile.

"John, Mr. Wang's collection is based on his last wish. All the descendants of the Wang family donated it to the Freer Art Museum in Washington, DC. It is not easy to buy it."

"Really, but as far as I know, the ownership of these artworks is still in the hands of the Wang family, right? I think Mr. Tang Liuqian has the most say in this regard."

"I…?"

Tang Liuqian, who was on the side, didn't expect to turn to himself, suddenly wondering.

"I heard that Mr. Tang also'donated' the river bank drawings of Dong Yuan during the Five Dynasties and Southern Tang Dynasty to the Metropolitan Museum, but as far as I know, the ownership of the river bank drawings is still in the hands of Mr. Tang, isn't it?

Mr. Tang, I am very interested in the river bank map. If you are willing to sell it, I can accept it and promise you a satisfactory price."

"John, Metropolis will not sell river bank pictures." Hearing Li Feng's words, before Tang Liuqian could reply, Mu Wen, the head of Metropolis Asia, couldn't help but say.

"Yeah, John, it's best to put the riverbank map in the museum for the public to see."

"That's a pity, there is no way, but who makes Mr. Tang not short of money now. As far as I know, the descendants of the Wang family are ordinary people. I think they will like my dollars. Unfortunately, there is still a lack of a suitable one. Intermediate, I think Bob, you will be the most suitable person."

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Sure enough, following Li Feng's words, An Siyuan and others stopped discussing whether they could be sold. The problem is obvious. Although it is said to be a'donation', the ownership is still in their own hands. Yes, the key is whether they can be persuaded to sell voluntarily.

This is one of the reasons why many European and American museums often receive so many collections and donations. Many people donate a large amount of art to the museum. In fact, not all of them are donated completely. The ownership of most art is still in the hands of the donor.

For example, An Siyuan donated nearly 500 art collections to the Metropolitan Museum in the 1980s. Among them, the most recent Chinese art works, especially the modern calligraphy and painting works.

From Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Shi Lu, Fu Baoshi, Xu Beihong, etc., Chinese modern and modern celebrity paintings and calligraphy are among the donations of An Siyuan. Similarly, according to Li Feng’s investigation, the ownership of a large part of the collection is still In An Siyuan's hands, to put it bluntly, now it's just showing it out for appreciation.

"John, let's do this, I will choose to keep a part of it myself, and then we start trading, how about?"

After all, An Siyuan is still an antique dealer. Although it is not bad for money, it is far from the wealth of those super-rich. Faced with a large business like Li Feng, it makes no sense not to do it. In the end An Siyuan still agreed.

"Of course, I will leave Jana here to organize it with you, and I will wait for your good news."

"OK, so be it, happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

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Now that the purpose of the transaction has been achieved, after a little chat with An Siyuan again, Zhou Jiana and several antique art appreciation experts who were subsequently called are left, waiting for the final news, if the same kind of art block trade is news It is estimated that it will shock the art market in New York.