Chapter 1407: Best business
When Ye Tian and the others walked into the bar, a beautiful woman was reciting poetry in French on the stage, her voice was undulated, and she was very engaged in the performance with her rich expressions and body movements!
The guests in the bar all stared at the beauty on the stage and listened to her reading. They were also very engaged and did not notice the guests who had just entered the bar!
Seeing this, Ye Tian and the others stopped one after another, stood at the entrance of the bar, and watched the performance on stage!
Unlike most bars, the performance format of the Cunning Rabbit Bar is very special. The main performances here are songs, humorous performances and poems, which are very petty bourgeois and very artistic!
The hot songs and dances that are common in other bars are not seen here, and even those very popular songs and music are hard to hear here!
Anyone who is familiar with Tutu Bar knows that it is a bar that talks about art and feels art. If you like singing and dancing, and you like to be drunk, you should go to the'Moulin Rouge Ballroom'.
While listening to the poem recitation, Ye Tian also looked at the situation inside the cunning rabbit bar and felt the artistic atmosphere here!
The furnishings inside the cunning rabbit bar are very simple, even a little shabby!
In addition to lighting and sound equipment, as well as a variety of alcohol and beverages, everything else here has maintained its appearance at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century!
The audience in the bar was scattered sitting on long benches or small wooden stools, watching the performance with relish. There was only a table in front of them with wine or drinks on it!
The scene in front of me is very similar to the scene of a domestic factory or school, or a party, but it is a famous art holy place!
The venue of the Cunning Rabbit Bar is very small, even if it is full, there are not many guests. It is not difficult to understand why there are so many people lined up outside the bar, the space is limited!
There are many paintings hanging on the walls around the bar, making it look less like a bar, more like an art salon, and more like a small theater!
In Ye Tian's eyes, all the paintings hanging on the wall of the bar radiated dazzling white light, and each painting had a charming halo, more or less! But there are at least five or six floors!
Obviously, these artworks from different eras have a certain artistic value and a certain market value!
In an instant, Ye Tian had a general understanding of the situation at the Cunning Rabbit Bar, and then he withdrew his gaze and continued to enjoy the performance on the stage.
After the beauties on the stage finished reading the poems and applause sounded, Ye Tian and the others continued to move forward, came to the seats reserved for them by Little Fred, and sat down separately.
"Steven, what would you like to drink? We have homemade fruity brandy here, which is still very good, as well as other drinks and beverages!"
Little Fred smiled and said, recommending drinks to Ye Tian and the others.
As soon as his voice fell, Ye Tian immediately continued:
"I've been famous for your homemade fruity brandy for a long time. Give me a glass. Whatever others want to drink, let them order by themselves.
This is the Cunning Rabbit Bar. It seems a bit out of place to push a cup and change a cup here. We are not here to drink, but to watch the show!
Compared to drinks and wonderful performances, I would like to see your collection of antique art, which is the most precious thing in the Cunning Rabbit Bar! "
"Okay, Steven, you order drinks first, I'll go get those artworks in stock, and you can help me identify them!"
After speaking, Little Fred called a waiter and came over to greet Ye Tian and the others. He walked to the office behind the bar with a very excited expression!
It didn't take long for the drinks and drinks to be served, and everyone immediately drank the drinks while enjoying the show on the stage.
For the sake of safety, Ye Tian had already turned on perspective secretly, staring at every move of the bartender in the bar, as well as the drinks and drinks ordered by everyone, until the drinks were on the table, so that no one would do anything!
About ten minutes later, there were seven or eight more paintings in front of him, and the one on top was a cubist style sketch.
At the first sight of this sketch, Ye Tian made an accurate judgment instantly based on the strength of the white light emitted by it, the number of halo layers, the style of painting and other characteristics it showed.
But he still pretended to be serious about it, then raised his head to look at little Fred, and said in surprise:
"Congratulations, Little Fred, this is a very good cubist style painting. The Cunning Rabbit Bar is indeed a well-known art mecca, it really deserves its reputation!
I can basically be sure that this is a sketch by the cubist master George Braque, which was created roughly in the 1920s, which was the golden age of Braque.
In this cubist sketch, we can see that the artist introduced letters and numbers into the painting, and his skills are very proficient. This is a major feature of Braque's paintings!
What makes me incomprehensible is that Braque had become famous around the 1920s, and he carried the banner of Cubism with Picasso. How could he exchange his paintings for drinks? "
Before Ye Tian's words came to an end, the bar owner Fred had cheered in a low voice.
"Awesome! It turned out to be Braque's sketch, what a huge surprise!"
After a little celebration, the buddy quickly controlled his emotions and said in a low voice with joy:
"It seems that my judgment is correct. I have always suspected that this is Braque's sketch before, but there is no signature on the painting, and Braque is dead, so there is no way to verify it!
Now that you give the same appraisal conclusion, there is no doubt! Thank you, Steven, your vision is so sharp, even more powerful than the legend!
I don't know why Braque used this painting for wine and drinking. For nearly two decades in the early last century, the Cunning Rabbit Bar did not belong to our family.
It was not until 1922 that the Cunning Rabbit Bar was repurchased by my great-grandfather. At that time, this Cubist sketch was in the bar’s warehouse and has been kept until now.
Whether my great-grandfather and grandfather had verified this drawing with Blank, I don’t know, and I didn’t keep relevant records. After Braque died, there would be no way to verify it!
Not to mention the history of this cubist sketch, Steven, can you assess the market value of this sketch, how much is it worth? I would love to find out! "
Ye Tian nodded lightly, then gave the answer.
"No problem, the artistic value of this sketch is extraordinary, but after all, it is just a sketch without the author's signature. As far as the current art market is concerned, it should be worth about 130,000 euros!"
"Wow! One hundred and thirty thousand euros, it's a very moving figure!"
Little Fred cheered in a low voice, dancing with excitement.
Next, Ye Tian helped him identify a few paintings that did not have an author's signature. They were all works of painters who had visited the Cunning Rabbit Bar but were shy in their pockets and used them to exchange drinks!
Among them, there are works by famous painters before they become famous, as well as paintings by unknown painters. The value of the two is naturally different!
Like Braque’s previous sketches, none of these paintings have an author’s signature, and they are relatively old. Little Fred was suspicious, so he took it out for Ye Tian’s appraisal.
After identifying more than a dozen paintings that Fred had taken out one after another, Ye Tian admired the other paintings hanging in the cunning rabbit bar, including several paintings hanging in the back office area!
During this process, Ye Tian habitually turned on the perspective secretly, and thoroughly looked through the cunning rabbit bar ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ without missing any corner.
Under the perspective, several famous paintings hidden in the office safe by Little Fred immediately appeared clearly in Ye Tian's eyes, and he was transparent!
Without exception, these famous paintings are signed by the authors, their origins are clear, and they are of great value. Of course, Fred will not hang them outside!
Although I can't own them, it's not bad to appreciate them. Ye Tian, who has completely lost the possibility of missing them, can only comfort himself!
At about eleven o'clock in the evening, Ye Tian and the others left the Cunning Rabbit Bar and drove to the "Moulin Rouge Ballroom" near the white square at the foot of the Montmartre hill.
But unfortunately, when they arrived at the Moulin Rouge, the most famous dance hall in France was full and no longer accepted new guests!
Seeing this situation, Ye Tian and the others could only leave with regret and return to the Regina Hotel by car!
As for the Moulin Rouge Ballroom and the famous French Cancan, you can only wait for the next time you come to Paris and take the time to enjoy it again!
