Chapter 1795 Bargaining
"The elbow will comfort people." Mr. Qi said with a smile.
"He is not comforting others." Mr. Wang understood Zhou Zhi's thoughts: "He is comforting himself."
"The origin of these paintings..." Ma Chengyuan asked gently road.
Zhou Zhi felt a little embarrassed and looked at Mr. Wang.
"Coming from overseas, with clear channels, it is purchased for domestic private collectors." Mr. Wang said very frankly. This is also the rule in the domestic collection industry. The underdeveloped Internet has its own advantages. As long as the source is legitimate, there is no moral kidnapping. The donor country will always say: "But we need to keep the collectors secret."
I see that there are still people who are embarrassed. Yu, Mr. Qi said: "But there is one thing that can reassure you. , since these four paintings have entered the country, they must be subject to the management of the domestic legal system, and there is no chance of them flowing out.”
This is indeed the case, and this is why the country is gradually beginning to regulate and attach importance to the exchange of cultural relics. One of the manifestations of management is the system of easy entry and strict exit.
In the future, in addition to clarifying the overseas inflow, all procedures are complete, the documents are complete, and the private collection of cultural relics purchased overseas can be confirmed to have the opportunity to go out of the country, many other domestic cultural relics can only be exported after the third generation of the Qing Dynasty. Communication at the auction is allowed.
To use the famous slogan of protecting animals, this is called "no buying and selling, no killing". Although this approach has greatly affected the enthusiasm for the entry of cultural relics, it also kills the market. , severely cracked down on the hype and loss of cultural relics.
Of course, this is a decision that will only be made after more than ten years when the country has enough strength to no longer be short of such a small amount of money. At this stage, it is not possible to completely ban the outflow. Previously, some regulations were made for jade and bronze ware, and they are still in the early stages of development. Crossing the river with stones to test the depth of the water.
Until last year, after China’s classification definitions of tangible cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage were adopted by UNESCO, the country made similar regulations for national-level cultural relics.
Although three of the paintings of the Four Paintings of the Six Dynasties belong to the Song Dynasty, they are basically the only copies in the country. Of course, they are of the first level. Therefore, as long as these paintings enter the country, they will never be exported again. Not going.
What Mr. Qi means is that although these four paintings are still in the hands of private collectors, they have returned after all, and they can only be circulated in the pot in the future. Compared with the previous losses overseas, they are already a fluke. What a blessing.
Recently, there has been a lot of joy in the field of cultural preservation. We cannot expect that every national treasure will have a perfect ending like Pan Fang Lei.
"Being able to reach this point is already worthy of respect." Chen Shizhong said: "By doing this, collectors have at least given up hundreds of millions of profits. Is that about the same?"
"About the same." Luo Qianhe has been active for a long time At the trading place, he said: "The four paintings are all Song Dynasty copies and originals. They need to be sold on Hong Kong Island." Or if it is auctioned in Europe and the United States, it is very possible that each piece can fetch tens of millions of dollars.”
“Now that I have returned to China, in the future, it will only be circulated in the domestic market. The most expensive ancient painting in China is currently auctioned. The price is hardly worth tens of millions of dollars, but there are only a few modern and contemporary paintings.”
< br>"So when these four paintings returned to China, their value changed from a minimum of 40 million US dollars to a maximum of 40 million yuan." Chen Shizhong shook his head repeatedly: "This is not just giving up hundreds of millions, this is directly giving up more than 200 million yuan. Ah!” “Yes, now everyone pays attention to economic benefits and invests in art. The purpose is also to preserve value." Mr. Wang said: "The usual practice in the industry is to store the auction items only in places such as Hong Kong Island, bonded areas, and overseas art shops, so that the next time they are sold, they will be the same. Appreciation expectations.”
"So this collector was able to allow four paintings to pass the border and enter the country. Mr. Qi and I are extremely impressed." After saying that, he winked at the elbow again: "Isn't that right, elbow?"
"Uh. ..." The old man is very clear about the origins of the four paintings. This is deliberately taking advantage of Zhou. When it came time to start shabu-shabu, Zhou Zhi could only hesitate: "Is it possible that the collector picked up a big leak overseas, only to discover its value when he came back, and then couldn't get out..."
"This It's absolutely impossible." Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhi's statement was rejected by Xu. Bonda rejected it: "Can it be an ordinary person who can find an ancient painting on your head to restore? Such a person can make mistakes? Anyway, I don't believe it."
"Yes, even if it is. Mistaking the painting, it is not difficult to identify the inscriptions and postscripts of Cai Xiangmifu and Gao Shiqi " Chen Shizhong said: "No matter what the status of the first two calligraphy works is by Gao Shiqi, it is impossible for this collector to not know it. "
The most famous calligraphy works of Mi Fu. This is the story of Rong Baozhai earning 1,500 yuan from "Tiaoxi Tie".
But that was fifteen hundred dollars in 1963! A time when a movie lasts three minutes, breakfast lasts five minutes, rice costs ten pounds, and a house of 200 square meters can buy five houses!
As for Cai Xiang's calligraphy, only "Self-written Test Paper" was circulated before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Zhu Wenjun bought it for 5,000 yuan, and later transferred it to the great collector Zhang Boju, who later donated it. It was given to the Forbidden City and is now one of the treasures of the Forbidden City's calligraphy and painting collection.
In today's Hong Kong, Taiwan, and island countries, each of these two calligraphy paintings alone is estimated to be worth around one million US dollars.
After this discussion, everyone finally understood the significance of the four paintings returning to China. Even if they are collected in the hands of a private collector, it is a great thing. And that collector, if not I have the intention of collecting it permanently and will not bring it to the country.
This is already extremely difficult.
"Then how long will it take to complete these paintings?" Ma Chengyuan asked another important question: "The discovery of the earliest surviving paintings by famous artists cannot be kept secret, right?"
"Yes. , it will definitely be exhibited to the outside world after it is announced, and at the same time Write about the discovery process, appraisal opinions, restoration plans, and produce high-definition albums..."
"If it is exhibited, it will definitely be a touring exhibition. We can’t argue with the Forbidden City and the National Museum, but the third exhibition location falls to us. Isn't it too much?" Ma Chengyuan said immediately.
“Would it be more appropriate to display the works of the Six Dynasties and Four Dynasties in our Jinling Museum first?” Even though it was proposed by an old-timer in the cultural preservation field, Zhou Zhanlin of the Jinling Museum felt that he should fight for it and immediately raised objections. Opinion: “The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Zhuxi is a great place!”
“I think we should start with our Zhejiang Provincial Museum Better." Huang Wenguang of the Zhejiang Provincial Museum also pointed out: "Chinese literati painting began with the Four Painting Schools of the Six Dynasties, but the best successors were the Wumen School and the Yangzhou School. Our museum has the largest collection. If the exhibition is located here, we can dig out everything in our hometown and hold a big exhibition of literati paintings!”
The big guys talked to each other and started bargaining like buying vegetables at the wet market.