Chapter 633: The tip of the needle is on the wheat awn (2)
Chapter 633: The point of a needle versus the awn of wheat (2)
Precious Chinese cultural relics appear in foreign museums. They all have their own historical background. Most of them were donated by the descendants of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces. The number is really quite large.
The Guimet Museum in Paris, France alone has more than 20,000 pieces of Chinese art, including jades from the Neolithic Age, bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, horse ornaments and carriages, bronze mirrors, ancient coins and lacquerware, etc.
In the field of sculpture, in addition to some large works showing Buddhist art, the Guimei Museum also has masterpieces from the Han and Tang dynasties. In the field of decoration, it presents a complete historical picture, with more than 10,000 pieces of ceramics, rough porcelain
, celadon, hard porcelain, reflect the technological innovation in the history of porcelain.
In addition, the Jimei Museum also has more than a thousand paintings from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that, except for some porcelain, almost every piece of work there can be rated as first-class when brought to China.
cultural relics.
As the saying goes, the rarer things are more valuable, but since there are so many artworks from China, foreigners don’t pay much attention to them.
For example, some Chinese Qing Dynasty court paintings and ceramics donated to the Guimet Museum by the French general Frey were stored in the museum's warehouse and have never been exhibited.
China has a long history of five thousand years and civilization. Due to well-known reasons, more than 60% of its precious cultural relics have been lost overseas. This is an extremely huge number, and the total number is calculated in millions.
But foreign works of art are different. In foreign countries, it may take decades or even hundreds of years before a talented artist appears, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Picasso, etc.
Although the first two are music masters, they are also inseparable from the category of art. For example, Beethoven's handwritten staffs were once sold for sky-high prices. Similarly, the violin used by Mozart is also the target of many artists.
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But everyone should know that Mozart only used three or five violins, and Beethoven wrote even fewer original lyrics and music. Even though Picasso was a prolific painter who created more than 60,000 works in his lifetime, but after
Calculated based on the number of *** people in the world, it is really not that huge a number.
As the only person in the history of art who saw his works collected by the Louvre while he was still alive, Picasso's fame can be imagined. While he was still alive, tens of thousands of his works had been collected by others.
It is in the bag and rarely circulates in the market.
Therefore, in the international art auction market, it is easy to find some Chinese works of art. You can often see them. However, it is extremely difficult to find works by Picasso, Van Gogh and others. There are often auctions where their works exist.
It can attract big *** experts from all over the world.
This is not to say that Chinese antiques are not as good as foreign works of art, it is just a quantity, and there is also a cognitive problem among foreign politicians, because the influence of artists such as Picasso and Van Gogh is global, and almost everyone
Their reputation can be heard everywhere.
Since China was closed to the outside world in its early years, the style of calligraphy and painting was mostly abstract and freehand, which was not appreciated and accepted by foreigners. Therefore, the influence of some great calligraphers and painters in the past dynasties on a global scale was obviously not as good as that of Leonardo da Vinci and others.
Picasso et al.
However, everyone has their own preferences for radishes and vegetables. In Zhuang Rui's eyes, those things left by his ancestors are naturally better, so Zhuang Rui had the idea in his mind to use these works of Picasso to exchange for the Chinese lost abroad.
cultural relics.
"Brother Huangfu, what do you think of my idea?"
Zhuang Rui told Huangfu Yun exactly what he was thinking, because he himself did not have many connections in the foreign pornographic circles, and Huangfu Yun had often hung out at major auctions in recent years, and he also knew many comparisons.
Representatives of political experts and museums with rich background.
Huangfu Yun obviously hadn't fully digested what Zhuang Rui said. He sat there and thought for a long time before he said, "Brother, do you really want to give up those Picasso works? You know, that is the collection that everyone dreams of.
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"Dream?"
Zhuang Rui curled his lips disdainfully and said: "Whoever brings me a bronze that is as good as a fixed lightsaber, I will give him all thirty-two sketches in exchange. My brother is not good at that. They are all sketches of naked old ladies.
, the flesh has drooped down, what’s there to see..."
"Can't you put it mildly? That's all art..."
Qin Xuanbing, who was sitting next to her, couldn't listen anymore and pinched Zhuang Rui angrily. As this woman gets older, her skin will always become saggy. Qin Xuanbing doesn't want to hear such comments appear to her in the future.
"Hehe, wife, you are old, she is also my darling..."
After coming abroad, Zhuang Rui felt very relaxed. Perhaps due to the influence of the romantic city of Paris, he became much bolder in speaking. Qin Xuan's face turned red when he heard this.
"Come on, why don't you two flirt and flirt somewhere else..."
Huangfu Yun rolled his eyes impatiently. Isn't this bullying his brother for not having a woman? However, Huangfu Yun's heart was really aroused by Zhuang Rui. If he didn't want to use the five girls to satisfy his lust at night, it seemed that he would have to go to the bar again.
Zhenguowei has gone.
"Brother Huangfu, do you think this thing I'm talking about can be done? If not, I will take all those manuscripts back to the country. Who would bother begging these foreigners..."
When Zhuang Rui saw that Huangfu Yun was impatient, he quickly changed the subject. No matter what he did, he had to consider the feelings of a single older man.
"It is not impossible to exchange collections with private individuals and museums abroad, but there is a prerequisite, that is, your sketches must be authentic..."
As Huangfu Yun was talking, he suddenly became excited, and then said: "If it is true, brother, then this deal will be done. If we don't beat the foreigner to pieces and smoke, it won't be considered complete.
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Zhuang Rui was actually bartering, and his exchanges with domestic collectors were similar, but they had risen to an international level. Huangfu Yun's understanding of the value of Picasso's works was much higher than Zhuang Rui's.
Since Picasso's death, there has only been an occasional auction of Picasso's works every three to five years. If all of Zhuang Rui's paintings are true, they will definitely set off huge waves in the international auction market.
"Oh? Brother Huangfu, how do you control the speed in between?"
Zhuang Rui also understands that the Picasso paintings he owns are definitely rare items and cannot be exchanged for Chinese cultural relics at the same value. However, Zhuang Rui does not understand the international auction market. He is afraid that if the price is too high, it will scare those people.
Ran away.
Huangfu Yun said with a smile: "If there are more than thirty sketches and paintings, if they are all by Picasso, hey, do you want to exchange just one fixed light sword? It's not enough to show them. At least 10 of them must be brought. Please help us."
Change……"
"Damn, this is too cruel, isn't it? Will they change it?"
Zhuang Rui was startled by Huangfu Yun's words. These antiques all have prices. National treasures such as the fixed lightsaber are also very expensive in the international auction market. Although Picasso's works are rarely on the auction market,
There are still rumors circulating among the people about transactions that are obviously at a loss. Would anyone do it?
"Yes, someone must change it!"
Huangfu Yun nodded affirmatively and said: "Auction houses will not change. What they focus on is maximizing profits. However, some private individuals who pursue Picasso's works, as well as museums with Chinese art collections, will definitely be willing to change.
of.
For those people, the market value of the collection is not the most important thing. What they value is the reputation of the work. In the hearts of some big collectors, maybe 100 Chinese antiques are not as good as one Picasso work..."
Zhuang Rui was not angry after hearing Huangfu Yun's words, because he knew that Huangfu Yun was telling the truth. In the past few years, the price of Chinese antiques in the international market was not high, that is, in recent years, it has been sold by some international speculators and
The price raised by the auction house.
However, in the minds of many European and American artists, the value of Chinese antiques is still far from being compared with the works of Van Gogh, Picasso and others. This can be seen from the 10 most expensive paintings ever sold, four of which
There are works by Picasso, but there is no ancient Chinese painting.
"Brother Huangfu, I'm going to London in a few days, you have to hurry up..."
Zhuang Rui thought for a while and told Huangfu that it didn't matter whether Zhuang Rui participated in this special auction of Chinese art in Paris, but his time was really tight, and the matters assigned by his mother-in-law must be done well.
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"Brother, don't worry, we will definitely make those foreigners bleed this time..."
Huangfu Yun was excited just thinking about it, and then said: "Come on, I won't eat this meal either. I'll go find someone first. By the way, brother, you have to make sure that that thing is real, otherwise I won't be able to live in this circle abroad in the future."
I can’t survive here anymore…”
There are indeed many people who have come from all over the world to participate in this Paris auction in the past few days, including some billionaire-level collectors. They are all Huangfu Yun's sales targets, and Huangfu Yun also knows that these people
There are more or less precious cultural relics from China in my home.
After Huangfu Yun left, Zhuang Rui immediately called Peng Fei, because after hearing Huangfu Yun's words, Zhuang Rui also felt a little anxious in his heart. If those sketches were stolen,
I'm about to burst into tears, so it would be more appropriate to let that guy Peng Fei keep it.
"Brother Zhuang, where are you? In the hotel room? Well, get ready. I will bring a British friend to your place. He will be there soon..."
Zhuang Rui had just returned to the hotel room when he received a call from Huangfu Yun.
