Tony arrived very quickly. Fang Yi probably rushed from Italy to New York on the earliest ticket he could get. He said hello to Fang Yi and rushed to Martin's house...
Fang Yi did not follow Zhang Xu and Li Lin around New York. To be honest, their guides were more experienced than Fang Yike. What was delicious and fun was close to the scope of normal people's understanding. If Fang Yi had come
The most interesting place in New York is the Metropolitan Museum.
So, after separation from Tony, Fang Yi squatted in what he thought was the most fun place in New York. Of course, Fang Yi came to the Metropolitan Museum for free, because Master Fang has a lifetime copying certificate from the Metropolitan Museum. With this thing
Fang Yi can see whatever he wants, even things that have not been put on display and are in the warehouse.
After walking around for a whole day, Fang Yi walked around the museum like a woman going shopping. He didn't feel tired at all. His whole body was like clockwork. But when he returned to the hotel, Fang Yi immediately lay down in his room.
In bed, even if I wanted to eat, I was not interested in going to the hotel restaurant, but ordered room service.
I watched Mr. Waiting walk in with a shiny small dining cart and put the food out in the living room.
Fang Yi quickly clasped his hands, took out a tip from his pocket and put it into the waiting student's hand. Then he sat directly on the chair and started filling his stomach.
Fang Yi had just picked up a prawn tongs in his hand and before he put it to his mouth, Fang Yi heard the doorbell of his room ringing.
"Who!" Fang Yi couldn't help but mumbled, wiped his hands, pushed the chair away and stood up.
When he arrived at the door and opened the door, he saw Tony standing at the door, looking at him with a cheerful face and a silly smile. The expression on his face looked like he had either gone out to pick up his wallet or met a sexy beauty!
"Come in! I'm just getting ready to have dinner. Do you want to join me?" Fang Yi motioned for Tony to come in.
"Well, let me order something too! Let me take a look at the menu first..." Tony said to Fang Yi. Before he finished speaking, he saw the things on Fang Yi's table and couldn't help but
He was stunned for a moment: "You eat so much!".
A large lobster, a piece of beef, and some green vegetables were placed on a small dining table for two people. The whole table was laid out in a grand manner.
"I haven't eaten at noon!" Fang Yi said while looking at Tony. He forgot about the time while looking at the works in the museum, except for eating something in the morning. Fang Yi had not eaten even a drop of rice the whole day, and now he felt like he could swallow a cow.
Tony found the order on the small bar of the hotel, ordered some things, and then sat down at the dining table with Fang Yi. They drank red wine and started eating.
"I'm sure it's authentic. Now we only have infrared and x-ray identification left." Tony forked a piece of broccoli and put it in his mouth. He would eat something vegetarian first or nibble on a shrimp leg as a cushion. As for steak or something
Things with a lot of meat are for Fang Yi.
"Yeah!" Fang Yi continued to chew on his prawn claws. After thinking about it for a moment, he asked, "Then you stayed at Martin's house all day?".
Identification using the naked eye can only take a few dozen minutes at most. Tony has been there for a day. As for infrared and X-rays, they are the final guarantee. Tony said it is authentic, so
It is said that the conclusion has been basically confirmed now. What's more, Fang Yi's appraisal has provided the foundation.
"Before I left, people from the TV station and the newspaper came!..." Tony said to Fang Yi.
This is New York, you can’t hide big news at all, let alone there are blogs now, everyone is a reporter, etc. A Michelangelo work was discovered in New York, that is definitely considered
Big and eye-catching news! And Tony is also an honest man, and he told everything exactly what happened. Now this news also involves Fang Yi, the artist who is currently the most talked about.
After Tony finished speaking, he praised Fang Yi and said: "Yi, you have really good vision and luck, I can't say anything else!". What Fang Yi encountered here was the same thing he had encountered after decades of working in museums.
Many. Fang Yi has had several opportunities like this in just a few years, which really makes Tony envious.
"I don't even see how lucky I am!" Fang Yi bit off the last big piece of meat from the shrimp claws in his hand and threw the shell on the table: "I managed to win two of the largest auction houses in the world in one fell swoop.
I'm so offended! Is this just luck?" Fang Yi asked jokingly to Tony.
The above-mentioned leaker slapped Softby on the face, and now he pointed out the mistakes of the second-in-command in the industry at the door of Christie's, and grabbed his pigtails. Now the only person who is not having a little fun is the filming industry veteran.
Three Phipps.
After listening to Fang Yi's words, Tony smiled without hesitation. If two auction houses refused to shoot Fang Yi's works because of this, it would be an idiotic act. In Tony's opinion, both of them are a little bit different.
It’s a small holiday, but it’s like there’s no holiday at all. It’s better to feel better when everyone is unlucky together than when one person is unlucky alone.
After all, Phipps has only just made its mark in the past few years, and is slightly inferior to the first two in terms of momentum and strength. Although the three companies are getting closer and closer, the trend is quite obvious now, but they will catch up in one or two years.
It is unrealistic to rely on the prestige and reputation accumulated by these two companies over hundreds of years.
"If nothing happens tomorrow, I will go back to Italy," Tony said to Fang Yi: "Whenever you are free, go to our museum and take a look. We also have some unseen works by lesser-known painters!".
Fang Yi looked at the expression on Tony's face and felt a little embarrassed: "Let's take a look at this year's October exhibition in Paris. After the exhibition, I will take a few days to go to your place!". Tony has invited him many times, including in person.
Three times, let alone on the phone, Fang Yi was too embarrassed to just push him away, so he had to leave the matter until after the October 2018 exhibition in Paris, and take a trip to Italy for a walk.
"When will you return to Los Angeles?" Tony nodded and asked Fang Yi casually.
"I'm going to accompany my friend to the photo shoot the day after tomorrow! Two friends are more interested in shooting something this time!" Fang Yi said.
After listening to this, Tony thought for a moment and then asked: ""Sketch of Rare Birds"?". The most famous item in Sotheby's catalog this time was probably this one. Tony thought he had just met the two
My Chinese friends went there because of this piece of work.
"What picture?" Fang Yi was a little confused. Because Fang Yi didn't study Chinese painting. He didn't know that this picture was the work of the unlucky Emperor Song Huizong Zhao Ji.
Tony is not Chinese, so he already knows this painting well, and Fang Yi is not going to understand the name of this work in English! The two of them talked and argued for five or six minutes, but they still couldn't figure it out.
"Forget it, you have to go to the scene anyway, so you can go and see it then!" Tony looked confused, so he simply let Fang Yi go and see it by himself.
"That's all we have to do!" Fang Yi nodded and said. But Tony knew that there was such a painting, so Fang Yi decided to search the auction catalog after he finished eating.
"Aren't your two friends here for this painting?" Tony asked Fang Yi.
This question was easy for Fang Yi to answer. Say yes, that's wrong, say no. What if Tony asked him casually, how would he answer? If he lied, the result would come out the day after tomorrow.
"Of course it's something that has been photographed!" Fang Yi said and then changed the subject: "When you talked about that Chinese painting, I became interested!".
"Are you good at appraising Chinese paintings?" Tony changed the question as expected.
Fang Yi said sheepishly: "I don't understand at all!".
Tony seemed a little unbelievable when he heard this: "Don't understand at all?".
Looking at Fang Yi, he nodded and then said: "Why don't you understand Chinese painting?".
Fang Yi shrugged: "I'm not studying Chinese painting!".
I thought to myself: I want to learn too, and I really want to make myself so good that others will mention that I can learn Chinese and Western skills, etc., but the things in my mind are not interested in Chinese painting. I can't really know that there is a tiger in the mountain.
Let's go to Tiger Mountain. If we do this, those with normal brains who go to Tiger Mountain must have killed tigers to get their skins, and those with abnormal brains will die.
Hearing that Fang Yi wanted to buy a painting, Tony said for some reason: "Then I'll go back after the photo session! I'll look at this painting with you!".
The two of them were chatting while eating like this. Fortunately, Tony just casually asked Zhang Xu and Li Lin what paintings they wanted to buy. He didn't really want to find out, and besides, it was very rude.
But early the next morning, the headlines of several New York newspapers came out: A suspected work by Michelangelo was found in New York! This is reliable.
Astonishingly, Michelangelo's works, estimated to be worth more than $100 million, were found in New York residents' homes!
Another thing is to show off Fang Yi: Yifang discovered Michelangelo's original work in New York.
The titles are all kinds of, but they only mention one thing, that is, a family in New York got a pie from the sky again. Of course, Michelangelo's works cannot be said to be pies, but rather steaks.
New York newspapers not only had a photo of Martin's family with the painting, but also Martin's gratitude to Fang Yi. Looking at the camera, Martin highly praised Fang Yi's gentlemanly spirit.
How can you not be greedy when it comes to Michelangelo's original paintings, or when others take the initiative to give the paintings to you? Such quality is really rare. Listening to what Martin said, not only the newspapers, many New Yorkers also felt that Fang Yi was a person
Not a gentleman! His ideological consciousness is very high. He is simply the American version of Lei Feng!
I had no idea that when the transaction price of this work came out, Fang Yi thought about it when he was bored, and he felt a little entangled in his heart.
Martin was very happy, and the New York newspaper was also very happy. Those who lived in New York and had ancient paintings at home also raised hopes. Although they had been appraised several times and others said they were worthless, Fang Yi was not saying that they were worthless! Suddenly,
I thought about taking my own paintings to Fang Yi for appraisal. But when I heard that if I sent Fang Yi to see the paintings, there would be no charge for the authentic ones, but 200,000 for the fake ones, I immediately shook off most of my heads.
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Even Sophoby was very happy. He could finally hide aside and have a little fun talking about his opponent while he was bruised and swollen.
Although there is now a good chance of winning the lawsuit between Sofoby and the person who sent the painting in court, sometimes winning is not the best result. Sofoby wants to save his reputation by getting private. Reputation is sometimes not the best thing.
It can be measured in terms of money. As far as this matter is concerned, Sophoby and the person who sent the painting are still at odds!
The one who is a little embarrassed now is Christen. As soon as he sent Fang Yili out of his own door, someone found out that he had made such a big mistake. The general manager of Christen felt really uncomfortable. The manager saw the newspaper
The day after, I comforted myself from time to time: After all, we didn’t shoot it! (To be continued...)