Soul Painter

Before arriving at Christie's New York auction center.

Lawrence synced several pieces of information to Gaofan again.

First of all, the newly-appointed ruler of Siam, Prince Siam, arrived in New York six hours ago for a state visit. Her official itinerary announced by the beautiful country includes this Christie's winter auction.

"She still dares to come~" Gao Fan knew about Jiuangang's assassination of Qinfan. He thought that according to the current situation, Qinfan would not come to New York. After all, if you just want to participate in the auction, you can connect by phone or Internet. , the same can be done.

"This shows that she attaches great importance to it." Lawrence's tone was obviously excited, because from any point of view, the profan came for "Buddha".

"In addition, since the Second World War, no head of state has been assassinated in another country. She must be safe. Why didn't she dare to come?" Lawrence asked Gaofan.

"That's right." Gao Fan realized that Lawrence was right. As the head of a country, Qin Fan's itinerary in the beautiful country will be strictly protected, and the investigator organization and the government organization have always lived in harmony. Therefore, Qin Fan is in New York. During the safety, it seems that there is no need to worry?

Besides, it's not Gao Fan's turn to worry.

He just needs to sell the painting.

"The second news is that Mr. Luc Villiers initiated a private acquisition offer, and the offer for "Buddha" is $500 million, which is a very good price." Lawrence added, "I originally wanted to find You discuss it, but you can't knock on your door, and Lu Zhi also said that he can't agree."

"Dad, you have to be strong!" Lu Zhi in the back seat had already changed Anna's clothes, and now he lowered the shutters between the front seat and the back row, and said to Gao Fan, "Is it great to be rich? If it is photographed by Nine Angels When you get to that painting, you'd rather destroy it than sell it to those stinky old men, right?"

"Yes! I ruined it!" Gao Fan nodded heavily, determined not to sell it.

Lawrence glanced at the two of them and wondered if your brains are sick. If you don't want to sell to someone, why not hold an auction and directly contact the buyer you want?

"Tomorrow's auction is "The Ring" and "Veteran". If the total price of these two paintings reaches 300 million US dollars, "Buddha" will be auctioned the day after tomorrow. Therefore, if you regret it now, it will be too late, but it will become a joke. Now, the media will think you're a coward," Lawrence said.

"You can't be cowardly." Gao Fan pondered, "Well, senior brother, you should discuss it with Christie's, don't make it so complicated, three paintings are packaged together for auction, the starting price... Well, Luc Villiers is not Bid $500 million? The starting price is set at $800 million, so mad at this old man."

"Bag sale, or 800 million?!" Lawrence stepped on the brakes, the Lincoln sedan stopped by the side of the road, he stared at Gao Fan, "Little Junior Brother, we have signed an agreement with Christie's..."

"If Christie's is unwilling to change the auction format, they will pay them liquidated damages. Isn't there a bunch of small auction houses looking for you, and they will do the auction instead." Gao Fan said, "The 20% commission, 160 million US dollars, they Do not want?"

want to.

Definitely want to.

Christie’s Art Auctions charge buyers a 20% commission, which means that for every $100 million the buyer pays the seller, they need to pay another $20 million to Christie’s. Of course, when the transaction amount exceeds 100 million, the commission There will be huge discounts, but also amazing.

"Christie's will agree, but they will also be crazy." Lawrence sighed helplessly, and restarted the car.

At the same time, Lawrence communicated with the president of Christie's North America through a Bluetooth headset, and soon Gao Fan heard intense questioning on the phone, while Lawrence's tone was very calm. After the communication, Lawrence won. After all, Mr. Agent holds the initiative.

"Christie's people are going to go crazy," Lawrence repeated after hanging up, "they need to reprint auction brochures, communicate with thousands of buyers, make press announcements, reorder auctions...but these are small things, why do you Do you have to package the three works for sale?" Lawrence was puzzled.

Gu </span> "Be direct and see the results immediately. If the time is too long, I'm afraid they will blow up New York..." Gao Fan said in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Lawrence didn't understand.

Gao Fan did not explain any further.

…

Gao Fan, Anna and their agent, Mr. Gao, came to the auction site of Christie's together.

This caught the attention of reporters.

They took a lot of pictures.

Before the first auction of "21st Century Modern Art", that is, the auction with Anna's works, Gao Fan and Anna had a friendly and cordial exchange with several collectors and art consultants who came to the scene .

Collectors and art consultants, it is obvious that they are in pursuit of Gao Vin, no matter how much they slander Gao Vin in private, but when they meet the youngest and most outstanding master of this century, their attitude Still very respectful, this is respect for the art itself.

An hour later, the auction officially started.

In this sale, the more notable auction works include Camille Pissarro's 1982 "The Garden and Chicken Coop of Leiden Octave Mirbeau", and Picasso's "Armchair" "The Woman on Top", and a painting of "Pink Bottle of Xiaoye Chrysanthemum" by Sanyu, a modern domestic painter.

In the end, Pissarro's works sold for $13 million, Picasso's paintings sold for $18.65 million, and Sanyu's representative works finally stopped at $8.75 million, and the remaining seven works were sold for no more than 5 million. Dollar.

"Recently, the oil painting market is not very prosperous..." Gao Fan quietly said to Lawrence.

"This is the normal market situation. Your worth is too high, and Anna's worth is also rising. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com It is rare to see a living person being worth more than a dead person in ten years." Lawrence replied .

Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Leonardo da Vinci are well-known names in the market, and not every work can be sold for tens of millions of dollars or even over 100 million dollars. Tens of millions of dollars are the norm, so Lawrence reminded Don't think the market is pricing you $50 million too little, Gao Fan, it's over-spec.

Soon, it was time for the auction of Anna's works.

The theme of the creation is "Landscape of Harvard", which is the third work that Anna has officially put on the market. The first two themes are "Landscape of MIT" and "Landscape of Brandeis". is infinitely symmetrical.

The starting price was US$14.5 million. After nearly 30 bids, it was quickly raised to US$19 million, which was higher than the auction price of Picasso. Of course, Anna's work is larger in size and has higher artistic value. But at $19 million, no one continued to make an offer, which made Gaofan feel a little aggrieved for Anna.

He raised the placard and made a gesture at the same time.

"Mr. No. 98 bid $20 million!" the auctioneer shouted, but after the male auctioneer shouted, he was stunned for a moment. He knew Gao Fan.

"What are you doing!" Lawrence whispered.

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