Chapter 622: Sheep from Holland
In the meeting room, the transaction continues,
Ye Tian's voice reached everyone's ears, his tone was very firm, with an unquestionable taste.
"Mr. Bertrand, I'm very sorry, I can't agree to your request, let's do the transaction according to the contract, so that it can save a lot of trouble, so as not to toss!
Qi Baishi's "Ink Shrimp", Li Kuchan's "Sunny Snow Picture", and Zhang Daqian's "Lady Picture", these three masterpieces from modern Chinese art masters must be included in this deal!
If we cannot accept this condition, our transaction may have to be defeated. If so, I can only take my share of the five stolen top art works!
I have to get one of Picasso's "The Pigeon and the Pea" and Matisse's "Pastoral". Among the other three top famous paintings, I only need Modigliani's "The Woman Holding a Fan".
In other words, among the five stolen top art works, I will take two of them, and the remaining three still belong to the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. You are not at a loss! "
After speaking, he smiled and looked at the Frenchman opposite, with a very relaxed expression.
But he was very sure in his heart that the French would never accept this deal.
You know, the five top paintings stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris were estimated to be as high as $635 million when they were stolen in 2010!
But this is not a true reflection of the market value, but the lowest estimate given by the museum.
Of course, they will not report the true value of these top art works. It will only stimulate the art thieves to be even more crazy! Apart from that, there are no other benefits!
If calculated on the basis of real market value, in 2010, these five top art works were worth 800 million US dollars! Even higher!
After several years of surging prices of top art works, in the current market, the prices of these five top art works may have more than doubled, and they are worth more than one billion US dollars.
Among these five top famous paintings, Picasso's "The Pigeon and the Pea" and Matisse's "Pastoral" are the most valuable. They are one of the masterpieces of the two top art masters, with extraordinary artistic value!
In the history of western modern art, these two famous paintings are also famous and top works of art. Their status is very important, and they are the objects of countless people's enthusiasm and crazy pursuit!
If sent to auction, these two famous paintings are definitely the top lot, and it is not impossible to create a new auction record!
Of course, the possibility of this top-level artwork appearing at auction is very low, who can afford it?
Even if another famous painting, Modigliani's painting "The Woman Holding a Fan", can be sold at a sky-high price of 150 to 200 million U.S. dollars.
The reason why the estimate is so accurate is that Sotheby's just recently sold a Modigliani work, "The Fruit Girl Lying on the Side," with a hammer price of up to 170 million US dollars.
That famous painting, like this "The Woman Holding a Fan", was a work of Modigliani's peak period. The artistic level is no different, and the size is basically the same.
And the creation time of the two paintings is very close, even the model is the same woman, Modigliani's lover!
Therefore, their market value is destined to be the same!
The other two top paintings are "The Olive Tree Near Estac" by the French cubist master George Braque, and "Still Life and Chandelier" by the mechanical cubist master Fernand Leger!
The market value of these two famous paintings is slightly lower, but that is also relatively speaking. In the current art market, they are worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars!
Compared with the masterpieces of these Western art masters, the market value of the works of three Chinese painting masters including Qi Baishi is not so high!
The combined market value of their three paintings is probably not as good as one of Modigliani's paintings!
Of course, this is just a comparison of market value, and artistic value is another matter. The thing is too subjective and it depends entirely on personal preference!
Ye Tian just likes these three top artworks from China and thinks that they are far superior to those of foreign devils, especially the so-called Cubism! Also includes Fauvism!
But in the eyes of the French people on the opposite side, the views must be completely opposite!
In their view, these Chinese works of art cannot be compared with the masterpieces of several Western art masters, and their respective market values are the best proof.
Therefore, they would never accept Ye Tian's proposal and let him take away two of the top art works!
Without any hesitation, Bertrand, director of the Paris Museum of Modern Art, immediately made a decision.
"That's impossible! Steven, I must bring all these five top artworks back to Paris, otherwise we will not be able to explain to all the citizens of Paris, nor to all the French people!
In this way, we can only trade in accordance with the previous contract. We have to pay for these three top modern Chinese artworks. This is really a painful decision!
We have to pay a huge amount of repurchase money, wow! It hurts my heart to think of this, Steven, I can say with certainty that you are the most greedy guy I have ever seen! "
Seeing the bitter smiles on the faces of several Frenchmen, Ye Tian couldn't be more refreshed in his heart!
As soon as Bertrand finished speaking, he immediately laughed and said:
"Hahaha, Mr. Bertrand, your choice is the most wise! The top artworks you recovered this time should be far more than these five famous paintings? There must be more!
As far as I know, there are several top art works from the Paris Museum of Modern Art in the diary that records the records of the stolen goods, each of which is very valuable! "
Upon hearing this, Joey and another FBI art crime team agent nodded and agreed with Ye Tian's words.
The opinions are agreed, and the next transaction will naturally go smoothly!
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More than an hour passed.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the banquet hall is still full of voices and lively.
With the opening and closing of the conference room doors, there are fewer and fewer museums and collectors who have not completed the transaction. This private trade fair destined to shock the entire field of antique art collection is not far from over!
A representative of another museum walked into the conference room.
This is a group of guests from the Netherlands, the head and subordinates of the Dutch Konso Modern Art Center, and two Dutch detectives investigating art crimes.
When they came in, they didn't bring any Chinese antique works of art in their hands, and they were all empty-handed.
It's not that they don't want to bring it, but the Kangsuo Modern Art Center doesn't have much Chinese art at all.
Ye Tian couldn't even look at the few Chinese modern artworks they only had!
Therefore, if they want to take away all the four top famous paintings that were ransacked in 2012, they can only use money.
Seeing them coming in, Ye Tian immediately stood up, smiled and nodded, behaving very decently.
And in his heart, he said to himself:
"The fat sheep is here! If you don't kill you severely, who can you be worthy of?"
Several Dutch people took their seats one after another, and after a few polite greetings, they immediately entered the subject.
"Steven, let's start the transaction. Everything is in accordance with the previously signed contract. Of course, before then we must verify the four stolen artworks to determine their authenticity!"
Sure enough! Buddies like this!
Ye Tian smiled and nodded, raised his hand and gestured to the four top-class paintings on the easel at the end of the conference table just moved into the conference room.
"Please, gentlemen, although I don't think there is any need for an appraisal at all!"
In the next moment, two well-known art appraisal experts from Holland got up and walked towards the four top artworks.
They identified the first oil painting, which was Gauguin's famous painting in 1898, "The Girl in Front of the Window", which was also a top famous painting that Ye Tian liked very much!
The appraisal results are self-evident, and every painting is undoubtedly authentic.
The next thing is simple. Both parties review the contract, sign each other, and then the bank transfer is complete.
A few minutes later, these Dutch people left the meeting room, holding four top famous paintings with a painful expression on their faces!
There was cheers in the meeting room again, and everyone was extremely excited!
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It was past ten o'clock in the evening in a blink of an eye.
The transaction came to an end, and only three or four museums and an art dealer remained.
The banquet hall is still very lively, everyone is excited and energetic!
Even those old men who are very old are the same, one by one, like a chicken blood~www.wuxiaspot.com~ full of vitality!
This is a private trade fair that has never been seen before in the field of antique art collection, and everyone is naturally very excited!
At this time, the people at the scene were chatting or admiring the top antique works of art in the banquet hall, all lingering and intoxicated.
Compared with before, the layout of the banquet hall has undergone tremendous changes.
Those museum curators or collectors who completed the transaction put their own antique artworks in one place and sent special personnel to guard them! Very vigilant!
Because of their approach, almost every corner of the banquet hall is placed with top antique artworks. The scene looks rather messy, but it is also quite spectacular!
Fortunately, this is a banquet hall that can accommodate more than a thousand people. The area is large enough to allow them to expand.
And those antique artworks that have not yet been traded, and antique artworks of no owner are still placed in place, guarded by Raymond and other employees of the Brave Fearless Exploration Company, very safe!
As for the Chinese antique artworks that Ye Tian obtained through the transaction, they have already been put into many portable safes and painting tubes, and a hill has been piled up in the meeting room!
These babies are under the noses of Ye Tian and Matisse, and they are naturally very safe!
The meeting room door opened again, and Jason walked out of it and walked straight to the british gang standing in the middle of the hall!
Coming closer, Jason said to one of the silver-haired old British men:
"Mr. Bryan, please come with me, it's your British Museum!"
"Hey! It's finally our turn. If I don't trade again, I'm afraid I will fall asleep!"
Brian joked, and then followed Jason to the makeshift meeting room.
Behind them, the rest of the British Museum followed!
