Chapter 658 657. Sell (1/5)

Chapter 658 657. Sell (15)

As Li Du knew, the two oil paintings are authentic, and the appraisal results proved this point. The opinions given by all the experts are very unified, and these are the two lost original paintings of Van Gogh!

After the appraisal was over, they no longer focused on each other, but scrambled to congratulate Li Du:

"Mr. Li, I have to say, you are really a person that we all envy."

"Not only are we envious, there are definitely a lot of big collectors and collection houses in the world who are also envious of you, two genuine paintings of Van Gogh!"

"Mr. Li, are you interested in giving us two paintings at Christie's? If they participate in the next spring auction, I bet they will be stars!"

Christie's Spring Auction and Autumn Auction are the most grand auctions in the world. Every time there will be this year's top bidder, and there will also be record-breaking transaction prices.

But there are still three or four months before the spring auction, Li Du can't wait, he needs to exchange these paintings into money, and then buy the shares of Hai Rui Group.

He smiled congratulations from the experts, while inviting them to lunch.

Before, he asked Hans to book a hotel for him, at the famous Golden Aquitaine Restaurant in Flagstaff City.

The theme of the meal was still these two paintings. When several experts learned that he was eager to sell the two paintings for money, they began to scramble to help him find a buyer.

In the transaction of collectibles, intermediaries are also profitable. Once such famous paintings worth tens of millions are successfully traded, they can get hundreds of thousands or even millions of intermediary fees.

The initiative has changed hands, and now Li Du has become the focus, and the group of people almost want to praise him to the sky.

According to the estimates of the two groups of experts, the more valuable of the two paintings is "Scheveningen Beach". Although this painting was created earlier, it has a larger format and is more ornamental.

Especially those small grains of sand on the canvas, which give the portrait a legendary quality.

The grains of sand did not destroy the canvas, and became a witness of time and history. They accompanied Van Gogh to complete the painting, and they were blown by the sea breeze. For collectors and artists, this kind of scene is too precious.

In the valuation of the two experts, "Scheveningen Beach" is about 30 million U.S. dollars, and "Leaving the Church of Nuenen" is much cheaper, with a value of about 15 million to 20 million U.S. dollars.

The popularity of Van Gogh's oil paintings in the art market is very high, and these two prices are nothing.

Back in 1987, "Iris" sold for $53.9 million, and "Sunflower" sold for $39.5 million that same year.

In 1990, "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" reached a new high, selling to a Japanese collector for $82.5 million; in late 1998, "Self-Portrait Without Beard" sold for another $71.5 million.

Now, a piece of "Daisys and Poppies" has appeared on the market again, and Christie's is conducting a pre-heating promotion for this painting.

Professor Kevin and others work for Christie's, and they are all technical backbones, so they know more information than the outside world. They revealed during the meal that the auction house has full confidence in this painting.

Li Du asked: "How much does the auction house estimate to sell?"

"The goal is 60 million." Professor Kevin said.

Li Du grinned, as if money was no longer money for the art collection market!

Others can also grin at the price of his two paintings, the two paintings together are worth at least 40 million US dollars, for 99.9% of the people in the world, they will not be able to earn this money in their lifetime!

Knowing that he was willing to sell these two paintings, these experts were not in the mood to eat, and they were all using their connections to sell these two paintings.

They know many collectors, collection institutions, and local tyrants. In addition, they have many friends who are engaged in related industries. These are network resources.

As long as customers can be contacted, no matter how many people help them, they can make money, and it's still a lot of money, so why not do it?

Perhaps in the art collection world, money is no longer money, and tens of millions are thrown out casually.

But everyone is not a fool, and money is not printed by a money printing machine, so it is not easy to sell the two paintings, at least it is not a matter that can be resolved in a day or two.

Li Du collected two paintings, settled the accounts with two groups of experts, and then prepared to fly to Las Vegas to deal with the fire opal he got this time.

Over the past twenty days together, he has harvested quite a lot. A safe is full of crystal clear gems, among which there are many treasures.

These gems can be sold for a lot of money, not less than two paintings, which can help him start acquiring equity.

He was eager to acquire equity because Hai Rui Group is in a difficult situation now, and a large number of shareholders are selling their equity at a low price. This is a good opportunity to purchase equity.

It's like buying a house. Now that housing prices are falling, many people's thinking is to buy up and not down, but Li Du is different, he buys down because he believes he can stop the decline.

Li Du has already determined his development direction at this stage. He will dig opals first, and then look for other gems after digging opals. With enough gems, Hai Rui Group will definitely be able to come back to life.

Knowing that he was leaving again, Sophie was very dissatisfied, she took his hand and said, "We are going to be long-distance couples, my dear, what should we do?"

Li Du comforted her and said, "I'll make money first, and when we become financially free, I'll take you with me wherever I go, okay?"

Sophie was a little entangled: "Waiting for financial freedom? In fact, my salary is quite high, and I have a house. How about I sell it? Then we can also be financially free."

Li Duqian said with a smile: "The financial freedom I'm talking about is hundreds of millions of dollars at my disposal."

With the gem harvest and famous paintings, his heart has been wild.

Sophie thought he was joking, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, go and earn your hundreds of millions of dollars, but you must be careful when you go to Las Vegas this time!"

Li Du snapped his fingers, Brother Lang came out from the corner, looked at him questioningly, and said, "Show me the proprietress!"

Brother Wolf was next to Godzilla, and without warning, he kicked Godzilla on the crook of his leg, and his knee swept across the inside of his thigh.

Godzilla gasped, and inevitably bent his legs and lowered his center of gravity. At this moment, Brother Wolf reached out to grab his shoulders, exerted all his muscles, and pulled Godzilla over his shoulders and fell to the ground with a 'boom'!

Li Du was shocked: "God, you are too violent!"

Godzilla is an honest person, and he didn't have any complaints about being treated so roughly. Instead, he helped Brother Wolf and said, "It doesn't hurt."

Brother Wolf explained: "What I showed was Russian wrestling. I used ingenuity to throw people who were bigger and heavier than me to the ground, but the opponent would not be injured, and their weight was reduced to the greatest extent."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand: "Miss Boss, do you want to try?"

Sophie shook her head like a willow branch in the wind: "Uh, I'll forget it, you are indeed a very good bodyguard, I don't worry."