Chapter 1623 Baton
This reminded Zhou Zhi of the later online jokes about teaching foreigners to learn Chinese: Foreigners, you have to remember that one, five and ten is right, two, five and ten is still right, and two and five 80,000 is still correct; also, taking an elevator is actually standing in an elevator, and sashimi is actually a dead fish slice. Waiting for the red light is actually waiting for the green light...
But before Zhou Zhi could think too much, Leah on the side had already exclaimed: "JohannBaptistStrau!"
"What?!" Zhou Zhi I know this is a person's name, but I don't know who it is.
"Johann Strauss Jr." The name Leah itself is a Jewish name, so it is not surprising that the old Leah can speak German.
After translating into English, Zhou Zhi finally knew who it was: "Hey, it turns out to be John Strauss Jr....Wait! Johann Strauss Jr.?!"
John Strauss He is a famous Austrian composer, conductor, violinist and pianist. His father, Johann Strauss Sr., was a self-taught musician who established a musical dynasty in Vienna, composed waltzes, galops, polkas and quartets, and published more than 250 works.
Little Johann is even more exaggerated. The number of his works is as high as 479, 150 of which are waltzes. Works such as "The Blue Danube" helped Strauss establish his status as the "Waltz King". and gave him a place in music history that surpassed his father's productivity and popularity.
Johann Strauss has the same name as his father, and both are famous for their waltzes. For the sake of distinction, people add the words "老" and "小" in front of their names.
In addition to composing, his conducting skills are also very high. At the beginning of his career, during the revolution in Vienna, he was the captain of the National Military Band and conducted the "La Marseillaise" and the revolutionary march he composed himself. and Revolutionary Waltz. Later, he served as the music conductor of the court dance and the leader of the court dance band of the Austro-Hungarian royal family and the royal family. Basically, he has reached the pinnacle of the command position.
Johann Strauss Jr. died in Vienna in 1899. I don’t know why, but decades later, his baton became a collection of Leopold Stokowski.
After the baton was discovered, the scene that was bustling just now suddenly became quiet.
Johann Strauss Jr. had a nickname, called "Musical Napoleon". When his funeral was held, hundreds of bells in the city of Vienna roared sadly, and more than 100,000 Viennese people spontaneously took to the streets to pay tribute. He was buried, and his status was obvious.
Another way of saying it may be easier to understand. Johann Strauss Jr. is like Li Bai in the Western music world. Li Bai is called the Immortal of Poetry in China, and Johann Strauss Jr. is the "Sage of Music." , his baton is equivalent to the reappearance of the pen that Li Bai used to write poetry in the world. No wonder everyone was shocked and speechless for a moment.
"If George wants to auction, I can be your agent." Leah finally cleared her throat: "I am the director of the New York Collectors Association, and I can give you priority in arranging the auction. Shoot.”
"On behalf of the client and guarantor, the big auction requires two recommenders, and I can be one." Red Hat Bonnie also suddenly spoke.
“Isn’t it too hasty?” Zhou Zhi smiled and said: “Just by the small gilt characters on the baton, I am sure it belongs to Johann Strauss Jr., isn’t it not too rigorous? What if I find a baton? Can an old shirt from that time with the score of "The Blue Danube" written on it be passed off as a fake? Understand this allusion.
There is an interesting story about the creation of "The Blue Danube". One day Johann Strauss Jr. came home and changed out of a dirty shirt. His wife discovered that the sleeves of the shirt were covered with musical notation. Knowing that this was recorded when her husband had an inspiration, she put the shirt aside.
When she came back a few minutes later, the wife wanted to give it to her husband, but found that the shirt was missing.
It turned out that the washerwoman had taken it away along with other dirty clothes the moment she left. She didn't know where the washerwoman lived, so she searched everywhere in her car for a long time, but she couldn't find her whereabouts. In her moment of despair, an old woman from the hotel led her to the washerwoman's hut. At this moment the washerwoman was about to throw the shirt into a bucket filled with soapy water.
She rushed over, grabbed the washerwoman's arm, snatched the dirty clothes, and saved the precious music score on the sleeve.
And this score is none other than Johann Strauss's immortal masterpiece - "The Blue Danube" Waltz.
“It’s right to be more rigorous. If George has this intention, there will definitely be an expert group to conduct appraisal before we put it up for auction.” Leah said: “We also need to sign an entrustment agreement with the help of a lawyer. Establish commission ratios, etc..."
"Thank you both for your enthusiasm." Zhou Zhi nodded to Leah and Bonnie: "But I don't want to sell these things yet. After all, this is my first harvest as CurlyCoat."
"If If I need to go to the auction, I also have my own fixed relationship. You can’t leave them alone with something like this, otherwise you won’t be able to be friends in the future.”
Leah wanted to persuade her again, but Old John suddenly remembered what Zhou Zhi had left in his store in the past two days. Delivery address, I couldn’t help but be shocked, and quickly faked a cough to remind Leah not to continue to pester.
Old Leah is also a human spirit. She received Old John’s hint in time and admired Zhou Zhi very much. Warm congratulations.
It has been a while since the airport customs auction house opened such a good item. As a member of the organization, Red Hat Bonnie left everyone standing in front of the opened folding desk suitcase. The suitcases were placed on the desk. Zhou Zhi got the wine, baton, ink bottle and pen, and Zhou Zhi held the shirt and tuxedo collection box in his hand. Everyone gathered in the center and took a group photo together.
The next thing you need to do is go through customs clearance procedures, pay taxes, and have the customs seal it with a seal. Only then can it become an item legally owned by an individual and can be freely traded or put up for auction.
Fortunately, this tax is paid based on the auction price, so it doesn’t cost Zhou Zhi a few dollars.
While Zhou Zhi was busy completing the procedures, Leah quietly pulled Old John aside and asked in a low voice: "What did you mean by stopping me just now? If George agrees, I am sure to get ten Ten thousand U.S. dollars in commission."
In other words, Leah has already valued the treasures Zhou Zhi opened at millions of dollars.
Old John shook his head slightly: "George has been buying porcelain in my store for the past two days. I just suddenly realized that he left me the delivery address."
"What do you mean?"
"He just said that he has his own relationship, which reminds me of the delivery address he left, which is 62 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Apartments."
< br>"Mancton apartment?!" This time it was Leah's turn to be shocked: "No way? George? With him?"
"Listen It is said that in order to repay Robert for donating oriental reliefs to China, he helped restore two extremely precious oriental artworks in a Manhattan apartment."
"Yes, I heard that it was a young man from China... ..." Leah immediately reacted: "Could it be that that young man is George?"