Chapter 0633 – Needle to Needle (II)

China’s precious cultural relics appear in foreign museums, that have their historical background, most of them were donated by the descendants of the Eight-Power Allied Forces back then, to say the least, the number is really quite a lot.

Just the Guimet Museum in Paris, France, there are more than 20,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts, including Neolithic jade, bronze vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and their horse-decorated carriages, bronze mirrors, ancient coins and lacquer ware.

In the field of sculpture, the Jimei Museum has a collection from the Han and Tang dynasties in addition to some large pieces showing Buddhist art. In the field of decoration, it presents a complete historical overview, reflecting the technological innovations in the history of porcelain through more than 10,000 pieces of ceramics, coarse porcelain, celadon and hard porcelain.

In addition, the Jimei Museum also has a collection of more than a thousand paintings from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, so it can be said that, in addition to some porcelains, every piece of work there, when you get it to the country, almost all of them can be assessed as a first-class cultural relics.

As the saying goes, things are more expensive than they are rare, and this is not very important to foreigners when there are more artworks from China.

Like the French General Frey, donated to the Jimi Museum of some of the Chinese Qing Dynasty court paintings and ceramics, is collected in the museum’s warehouse, has never been exhibited.

China has a long history and civilization of 5,000 years, due to well-known reasons, probably more than 60% of the precious cultural relics, are lost overseas, which is an extremely large number, the total number of millions to calculate.

But foreign artwork is different, in foreign countries, there may be decades or even centuries, there will be a genius artist, like Mozart, Beethoven, Van Gogh and Picasso and so on.

Although the first two are music masters, but also can not be separated from the scope of art, such as Beethoven, his handwritten sheet music, once auctioned off a sky-high price, similarly, Mozart used the violin, is also the goal of many collectors.

However, we should know that the violin used by Mozart is only three or five, Beethoven’s composition of the words and music of the real handwriting is even less, even if Picasso is a high-yield painters, a lifetime of more than 60,000 works to create, but to the world of the number of collectors of the base to calculate, that is not really counted as how large a number.

As the only one in the history of art who saw his works being collected by Louvre when he was alive, Picasso’s fame can be imagined, and when he was alive, those tens of thousands of works had been pocketed and seldom circulated in the market.

Therefore, in the international art auction market, it is easy to find out some Chinese artworks, which can be seen from time to time, but it is extremely difficult to meet the works of Picasso Van Gogh and so on, and the auctions that often have the existence of their works can attract the big collectors from all over the world.

This is not to say that Chinese antiques are inferior to foreign works of art, just a number of foreign collectors, there is also the problem of cognition, because Picasso and Van Gogh and other artists, the influence of the global, almost where there are people, can be heard of their fame.

And China due to the early years of self-defense, and the style of painting and calligraphy is mostly abstract writing, and not for foreigners can appreciate and accept, so some of the great painters and calligraphers through the ages, the influence of the world, obviously not as good as Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso and so on.

However, turnip green vegetables have their own favorites, in Zhuang Rui’s eyes, naturally, it is still good for those contraptions left behind by the ancestors, so Zhuang Rui’s heart just raised such an idea, using these works of Picasso to exchange for Chinese cultural relics lost abroad.

“Brother Huangfu, what do you think of my idea?”

Zhuang Rui told Huangfu Yun the complete idea in his heart, because he himself is in the foreign collection circle, and does not have any connections, while Huangfu Yun often hang around in the major auctions over the years, but also know a lot of more profound collectors and museum representatives.

Huangfu Yun obviously has not completely digested what Zhuang Rui said, sat there thinking for a long time, before he opened his mouth and said: “Older brother, you really want to give up those Picasso’s works? You know, that’s a collection that everyone can only dream of!”

“Dream of?”

Zhuang Rui disdainfully skimmed his mouth and said, “Whoever takes a bronze weapon of the same level as the stereoscopic sword, I’ll exchange all thirty-two sketches to him, my buddy isn’t good at that, they’re all sketches of undressed old ladies, the flesh is all drooping, what’s so good to see.”

“Can’t you say it politely? That’s all art.”

Sitting next to Qin Xuan Bing can’t listen to it, no good gas forcefully pinched Zhuang Rui a bit, this woman is old, the skin will always become loose, Qin Xuan Bing do not want to hear such comments later appear in their own body.

“Hey, daughter-in-law you are old, that is also my heart and soul!”

After coming to foreign countries, Zhuang Rui mood is very relaxed, may be affected by Paris this romantic city, speak have become bold a lot, listen to Qin Xuan Bing blush.

“Come on ah! You two flirting for a change of ground ah!”

Huangfu Yun impatiently rolled his eyes, this is not bullying buddies without women? However, Huangfu Yun’s heart of fire really was Zhuang Rui picked up, if you do not want to use the five girls to solve the fire of desire at night, it seems to drill the bar again to revitalize the national prestige to go.

“Brother Huangfu, do you think what I said can be done? If it doesn’t work, I’ll bring all those manuscripts back to the country, who would rush to beg these foreigners!”

Zhuang Rui saw Huangfu Yun impatient, hastily diverted the topic, how they have to consider the feelings of single older male youth!

“Want to exchange collections with these private individuals and museums abroad, it’s not impossible, but there is a prerequisite, that is, those sketches of yours, must be true.”

Huangfu Yun said, the whole person suddenly excited up, then said: “If it is true, brother, then this deal will have to do, we do not knock the foreigners seven smoke, that are not finished.”

Zhuang Rui this is actually considered bartering, and the exchange between domestic collectors is similar, just rising to the international level, Huangfu Yun’s cognition of the value of Picasso’s works is much higher than Zhuang Rui.

Since the death of Picasso, every three to five years, only occasionally get to see the auction of Picasso’s works, if all of those paintings of Zhuang Rui are true words, will certainly set off a huge wave in the international auction market.

“Oh? Brother Huangfu, how to grasp the degree in between?”

Zhuang Rui also understands that the Picasso’s paintings that he owns are definitely a curiosity, and definitely can’t be exchanged for Chinese cultural relics at the same value, just that Zhuang Rui doesn’t understand the international auction market, and he’s afraid that if the price is opened harshly, it will scare those people away.

Huangfu Yun smiled and said: “More than thirty sketches, if all of them are really Picasso, hey, a stereoscopic sword want to exchange? It’s more or less the same to show them, at least 10 of them must be brought and begged for before we can exchange them.”

“Shit, this is too ruthless, right? Will they change it?”

Zhuang Rui was stunned by Huangfu Yun’s words, these antiques have a price, national treasures like the Fixed Light Sword are also extremely expensive in the international auction market, although Picasso’s works are rarely on the auction market, there are still folklore circulating, a deal that is obviously at a loss, will anyone do it?

“Yes, there must be someone to trade!”

Huangfu Yun nodded affirmatively and said, “Auction houses won’t switch, they are concerned with maximizing their profits, but some private individuals who are after Picasso’s works, and those museums that have Chinese artworks in their collections, will definitely be willing to switch. For those people, the market value of the collection is not the most important thing, what they value is the fame of the work, in the heart of some big collectors, maybe 100 pieces of Chinese antiques can’t compare to one Picasso’s work.”

Zhuang Rui didn’t get angry after hearing Huangfu Yun’s words, because he knew that Huangfu Yun was telling the truth, in the previous years, the price of Chinese antiques in the international market was not high, that is, in recent years, the price was raised up by some international speculators and auction houses.

But in the minds of many collectors in Europe and America, the value of Chinese antiques is still far from comparing with the works of Van Gogh Picasso and others, as can be seen from the 10 most expensive paintings ever auctioned, of which there are four Picasso’s works, but there is not a single Chinese antique painting.

“Brother Huangfu, I’m going to London in a few days, so you should hurry up!”

Zhuang Rui thought about it, or explained Huangfu Yun a sentence, for this Paris Chinese art special auction, Zhuang Rui participate or not participate is not so-called, but his time is really more urgent, the mother-in-law accounted for things must be done.

“Older brother, you can rest assured! This time, I’m sure to make those foreigners bleed heavily.”

Huangfu Yun think about are excited, then said: “Well, this meal I also do not eat, I first go to find people, right, old brother, that thing you can guarantee that it is true ah, or else I will not be able to mix in this circle in foreign countries.”

These days from all over the world to participate in this Paris auction, there are really quite a lot of people, including some billionaire level of big collectors, they are Huangfu Yun’s sales target, and Huangfu Yun also know, these people’s home, more or less have some precious relics from China.

Wait until Huangfu cloud left, Zhuang Rui immediately give Peng Fei made a phone call, because after hearing the words of Huangfu cloud, Zhuang Rui heart also has some seven on eight down with the feeling of loss, in case those sketches were stolen words, self can be want to cry, or let Peng Fei that boy to keep more appropriate.

“Elder brother Zhuang, where are you? In the hotel room? That’s good, get ready, I’ll bring a British friend to your place, I’ll be right there.”

Zhuang Rui had just returned to his hotel room when he received a call from Huangfu Yun.