Chapter 285 Are you willing to put this painting up for auction?
"Uncle Tang, please take a seat. You must have known before that this painting is an authentic work by Li Xiong, right?"
As Shen Yu spoke, he asked Uncle Tang to sit back on the sofa and poured him a cup of hot tea again.
Chen Xiaoyu was called by Lanya to greet business. At this time, there were only Shen Yu and Tang Bo in the room. Shen Yu also told Tang Bo about his appraisal results in detail. This "Zhong Kui Picture" should be from the Northern Song Dynasty. Authentic works of the great painter Li Xiongzhi.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Tang waved his hand, "It only took five days to get this painting into my hands. Today is also the first time I have someone appraise it. How did I know who it was before?
"I asked you if it was an authentic painting by Huang Quan, but I came across it by chance while searching for information, and you said this painting was a Song Dynasty painting, so I had this idea temporarily."
"That's it." Shen Yu looked like he suddenly realized it, but in his heart, Shen Yu absolutely didn't believe it.
Are you kidding?
There are probably many foreign experts who know about ancient Chinese art, but there are definitely not a few. Shen Yu would never believe that Tang Bo's brother would not find someone to appraise this painting.
Moreover, this painting obviously shows signs of being re-framed, and it should not be more than ten years old.
Also, Shen Yu would not have discovered Li Xiong's seal unless the other party told him. However, as soon as Shen Yu said that this painting was a Song painting, Tang Bo immediately asked if it was an authentic work by Huang Quan. This is completely unreasonable.
Analyzing the above details together, this at least shows that Uncle Tang and his brother must have known that this was a Song Dynasty painting.
Of course, Shen Yu would not say these words to his face. Everyone in the antique shop has their own hidden secrets. If people don't want to tell them, there must be reasons why they don't want to tell them. If you ask questions, you are asking for trouble.
Tang Bo drank the tea in the cup and suddenly placed the red sandalwood box containing the fragments of the firewood kiln in front of Shen Yu.
"Uncle Tang, what are you???"
Shen Yu was completely confused by Tang Bo's unconventional temper.
I was just talking to him about the price of porcelain tiles. He wanted Shen Yu to see the paintings first.
Now the two of them were talking about the painting, and the old man took out the porcelain pieces again.
Uncle Tang explained with a smile, "Xiao Shen, even if this "Zhong Kui Picture" is not an authentic work by Huang Quan, I am satisfied that it is by Li Xiong. Now we can talk about this porcelain piece."< /p>
Shen Yu was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface he looked calm and relaxed, even the hand holding the tea did not tremble at all, "Well, I wonder what your psychological price is, Uncle Tang?"
"Three hundred thousand." Uncle Tang called out a price that surprised Shen Yu.
It’s not that it’s expensive, it’s that it’s too cheap!
This price also illustrates a problem, that is, Tang Bo is not sure whether the porcelain piece is a residual porcelain from a firewood kiln.
If he is sure that the broken porcelain is from the firewood kiln, he will definitely not just ask for a six-digit price, but at least it will be in the millions.
In other words, at least a seven-digit price will be shouted.
Therefore, the price of 300,000 can still be reduced.
"Three hundred thousand!" Shen Yu made a long sound on the last "ah" word.
Uncle Tang is also an old man. Seeing Shen Yu's appearance, he knew that Shen Yu was not very satisfied with the price of 300,000 yuan.
He gently tapped his sandalwood box with his right hand and said in a very solemn tone: "Xiao Shen, this broken porcelain of mine, even if it is not a firewood kiln, it is a Ru kiln, and it has the layer of Old Song Dynasty." Relationship, I think 300,000 yuan is not expensive, right?
"Well, Xiao Shen, don't bargain. This sandalwood box of mine is also an old item from the Qing Dynasty. I dare not say if there are more. Thirty-five thousand is still affordable, and three hundred thousand with porcelain pieces and wooden box I gave it to you together."
When Uncle Tang said the words "Old Song", Shen Yu's heart suddenly moved, and then his right hand subconsciously touched the "Yongle Tongbao" five emperors' coin hanging around his neck.
It can be said that without the "Jianfeng Louzhu" seal given to him by Uncle Song, there would be no old Taoist priest coming to his Lantingju shop.
Without the three Kaiyuan Tongbao, Songyuan Tongbao and Yongle Tongbao Five Emperors' Money given to him by the old Taoist priest, Shen Yu felt that he might have died while at Jiang'an Villa.
"Hey, I don't know where the old Taoist priest is now. If we can meet again, I must thank him very much."
Thinking of the old Taoist priest, Shen Yu suddenly became distracted.
Shen Yu suddenly woke up and said, "Okay, let's go with the price you mentioned, Uncle Tang. Also, I want to ask you, do you want to keep this painting of Li Xiong's "Zhong Kui" for yourself, or do you want to sell it?"
Shen Yu had no idea at all about Tang Bo's painting.
Because Uncle Tang is so secretive, if you want to use some counterfeit to sway him, and then buy the painting at a very low price, it is simply impossible.
Of course, even if Shen Yu is beaten to death, Shen Yu will not do such a despicable thing.
Shen Yu asked Pei Yuqin. Gaogu's autumn auction was about to start in two days. Shen Yu had already sent over his "Ink Bamboo and Stone Painting" by Wang Mengduan the day before yesterday.
However, Gaogu still lacks calligraphy and painting for the market this time. If Tang Bo's "Zhongkui Picture" by Li Xiong is willing to be auctioned, then the tickets for Gaogu's autumn auction will probably be sold at a sky-high price.
Some people will ask why Shen Yu didn’t ask Mr. Li and Li Hanlin about this?
In fact, as Li Hanlin got older, he rarely spent high prices on his favorite antiques except for some precious ancient books.
Uncle Tang was stunned when Shen Yu asked, "Xiao Shen, do you want to buy my painting?"
Shen Yu smiled and said, "No, my shop can give you hundreds of thousands, or even millions, but I don't dare to think of paintings worth tens of millions.
"To be honest, I have a friend of the opposite sex who is the president of a large auction house. Their auction house's autumn auction is about to begin. If you are willing, I very much hope that you can entrust the painting to this friend of mine. The auction house comes to auction.
"And when signing the entrustment agreement, we can give you a guaranteed price that you think is reasonable, whether it is 10 million or 20 million, the price is negotiable.
"If the auction fails, the auction house will buy your painting at the contract price, so you won't suffer any loss."
Of course, Shen Yu said it politely. With his current wealth, he could have spent even 20 or 30 million, not to mention tens of millions.
But Shen Yu would not buy ancient paintings at market prices, and he already had two Song paintings.
Uncle Tang suddenly laughed when he heard Shen Yu's words, "Xiao Shen, you are not talking about Gaogu Auction House, are you?"
Shen Yu nodded and admitted generously: "Yes, it is Gao Gu."
Uncle Tang looked a little weird at this time, "I heard that the female CEO in Gaogu is not easy to get along with. You are actually friends with her?"
Shen Yu smiled and said, "Sister Qin is a very nice person, she can be cold-hearted sometimes."
"Okay, for Xiao Shen's sake, I can talk to her and you can contact her after our deal is completed."
The transaction process was very simple. There was a ready-made transfer agreement in Shen Yu's store. After both parties signed their names, the money was quickly transferred to Uncle Tang's account, and the wood kiln porcelain piece and the red sandalwood box were also entered into Shen Yu's store. of customized safes.
Uncle Tang kept his word and waited quietly in the store after receiving the money.
Shen Yu quickly picked up the phone and dialed Pei Yuqin.
The call was quickly connected, and Pei Yuqin's rather surprised voice came from the receiver, "Qinan, why do you have time to call me?"
"Sister Qin is like this. I have a customer here to authenticate the calligraphy and painting. It is an authentic painting of "Zhong Kui" by Li Xiong of the Northern Song Dynasty. This old man is willing to sell this painting. So I recommended you Gaogu to him..."
Shen Yu explained everything clearly in just one minute.
"Okay, I'll be there soon. I'll definitely feel it in twenty minutes. No, I'll definitely be in your store in fifteen minutes. Qinan, you must help me keep this old man." Pei Yuqin quickly hung up after saying that. Phone.
