Chapter 18 Confirms the Auction (please read it!)
"Good eyesight."
This teacher Liu is worthy of being an appraiser at Christie's. He saw it as soon as Li Le took out the things.
Li Le put down the blue and white porcelain vase, and took out the purple clay pot and inkstone.
Teacher Liu quickly took out a magnifying glass, put on gloves, picked up the vase and looked at it carefully.
Li Le didn't speak either. It would be better not to disturb the appraiser at this time.
After looking at it for almost four or five minutes, Teacher Liu put the vase down and said, "This is indeed a blue and white porcelain vase. Unfortunately, it is not Yuan blue and white, but it is still a fine piece."
After speaking, he looked at Li Le and asked, "Are you really planning to sell it?"
Li Le nodded and said, "Yes! It's useless for me to keep this thing."
"Okay! I don't know if you plan to sell it to our auction house or if you plan to auction it?"
Auction houses not only conduct auctions, but sometimes also collect items.
If you are in a hurry to use money and cannot wait for the auction, then the auction house will spend the money to collect it.
Li Le is not in a hurry for money! It will definitely not be sold directly. You must know that there is a lot of difference in the middle.
"Can I ask, when will the auction take place?"
"This Sunday."
"Sunday!" Li Le scratched his head.
Because he can't make it through Sunday, he has to travel back to the 50th year again on Sunday.
"I can't come, can I still auction it?"
"Of course." Teacher Liu nodded and said.
"Then let's auction it. Take a look at these two pieces. Can they be auctioned together?" Li Le pushed the purple clay pot and inkstone towards Teacher Liu.
Teacher Liu looked at the purple clay teapot and the inkstone carefully and said, "These two are not bad and can be auctioned."
"How to determine the price?" Li Le did not take out the two paintings first.
He wanted to see what the price set by Teacher Liu was.
To be honest, whether it is a purple clay pot, an inkstone, or even a blue and white porcelain vase, Li Le uses it to ask for directions.
The really good things are the two paintings he is carrying.
"The starting price for this blue and white porcelain vase can be set at five million, and for the purple clay teapot, it can be set at two million. As for this inkstone, it can only be set at one million. What do you think?"
To be honest, the price is already quite high. You must know that this is just the starting price, not the final price.
"Okay!" Li Le nodded, and then said: "I have two more paintings here. You can also take a look."
After speaking, Li Le took off the painting he was carrying and put it on the table.
The painting was still wrapped, and it was wrapped tightly. Teacher Liu carefully opened the wrapping.
Then he opened the first painting. As soon as he finished opening it, Teacher Liu took a deep breath and said, "Is this Xu Beihong's Galloping Horse?"
"That's right!" Li Le nodded.
"Hiss!" Teacher Liu took a breath of air again and said, "It's really rare for it to be so well preserved."
Li Le touched his nose and didn't answer the question, and didn't know how to answer it.
"This is too precious. How about I invite two more people to come over and watch it together?"
I guess I’m not sure! That's right, there are specialties in the art industry, maybe this teacher Liu is not very proficient in painting.
"sure."
After hearing Li Le's agreement, Teacher Liu quickly said to the young man who brought Li Le over: "Go and call Teacher Wu and Teacher Du over."
"Okay, I'll go right away." After saying that, the young man ran out.
Only four or five minutes! Two people came in from outside, aged between fifty and sixty years old.
These two should be the Teacher Wu and Teacher Du mentioned by Teacher Liu. "Old Liu, what's going on? You called us two over!" One of them asked as he came in.
"Old Wu, come and take a look at this."
The two people came to the table and were stunned when they saw the picture of galloping horses on the table. One of them even rubbed his eyes, probably thinking he had seen it wrong.
"Picture of a galloping horse?" After saying this, he grabbed the magnifying glass from Teacher Liu's hand and looked at it carefully.
"Okay, great. It is indeed Xu Beihong's painting of galloping horses, and it is so well-preserved. It's really amazing."
"Lao Du, is there anything wrong with this painting?" Teacher Liu asked.
"No problem, absolutely no problem."
When Teacher Du said this, Teacher Liu breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it is genuine, it will be fine. After it is confirmed that it will be auctioned, it will be well publicized when the time comes, so that the rich people who collect it will not flock to it.
"It's rare to see such a well-preserved one!" Teacher Du said with emotion.
"You guys, take a look at this picture again." Li Le pushed Qi Baishi's cow herding picture over.
The three teachers opened it carefully. As soon as they opened it, the three teachers were stunned.
"What's wrong?" Li Le asked doubtfully.
"This is Li Keran's painting." Teacher Du said.
"What is this? Li Keran's painting, isn't this Qi Baishi's picture of herding cattle?" Li Le asked in surprise and confusion.
"Little brother, you are right. This picture of cattle herding can also be said to be the work of Qi Baishi." Teacher Du pointed to the words on it and said.
"Ke Yuyan, Ke Ran brother Hua, little brother Bai Shi." After reading the words, Li Le was stunned.
This painting was really not painted by Qi Baishi, but the words on it were written by Qi Baishi. What Li Le didn't understand was why this painting was called Qi Baishi Herding Cows.
"Is this painting still valuable?" Li Le asked what he was most concerned about.
"It's valuable, of course it's valuable. If this painting is auctioned, the auction price will definitely not be less than 100 million."
"What the hell, 100 million?" Li Le was completely stunned.
"Yes, I wonder if little brother wants to auction?" Teacher Wu next to him asked.
"Auction, of course auction, why should I keep it?" Li Le shook his head and said.
"Okay, our auction house will vigorously promote these two paintings, and we will definitely let these two paintings show their value."
"Well! It's up to you to decide. It will be auctioned by you anyway." Li Le said nonchalantly.
"Also, our auction house will charge a commission of 5%. I need to tell you about this in advance." Teacher Liu said.
"I know."
The next step was to sign the contract. After the contract was signed, Li Le kept these five things.
He couldn't attend the auction, but it didn't matter because he knew the value of these two paintings.
It is estimated that there will be a situation where you and I are fighting for it. After all, this is the imperial capital and there are many rich people.
After leaving the auction house, Li Le took out his cell phone and called home.
"Hey! Who is it?"
"Mom, it's me."
"It's Xiaole! Have you changed your mobile phone number?" Li's mother asked.
"No, I lost my phone. This is Fei Ge's secondary card."
"Lost your phone? Are you out of money? I'll ask your dad to transfer some to you later."
Hearing Li Le say that his cell phone was lost, Li's mother panicked.
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(End of this chapter)