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Chapter 778 Hoarding Antiques

These three beast heads appeared at auction a few years ago and were bought by the same collector. It is not difficult to find them.

If Han Xuan went to the auction house to check the information, he would have bought them from the collector at a low price.

It is a problem to find other beast heads that have never been exposed for more than two hundred years.

So Han Xuan asked Noah to buy these three beast heads, give him some sweet things, and ask him to work hard to find the lost ones.

"I recently asked many colleagues and collectors, museums, and found some clues.

It is clear that the French Pinault family has a collection of rabbit heads and rat heads from twelve sculptures.

I once took out the exhibition of sculpture works in the 1960s and left a photo, which is this one.

There is a businessman on the other side of Baodao. He contacted Christie's Auction a few years ago and wanted to auction the dragon-shaped sculpture.

According to the material and appearance description, it should be the dragon head, but the auction house estimated that it was only NT$4 to 5 million, and it was not sold in the end.

He registered at Christie's at that time and left his address. I will go to France and the treasure island next to find a way to bring them back to you.

Another pig head appeared at an auction in New York in 1987. The person who bought it lives near the Upper East Side of New York. If it goes well, you can buy it in the next few days.

Sorry, I haven't found the news yet.

In 1860, the British and French forces took them away, and more than a hundred years have passed since then, and they are likely to have been lost.

I will ask several families in Britain and France that participated in the war. They had huge collection rooms and tens of thousands of collections were placed inside. It is very likely that they didn’t know what they were, and maybe the sculptures were there."

Han Xuan looked through the information given by Noah. In an old black and white photo, a man in a suit had two brown beards on his lips.

This is not the point, the point is that the rabbit head and half of the rat head are exposed next to him.

After finding these in a few months, Noah must have spent a lot of money. He handed him the check signed in advance and continued, "I bought all those, and I will have eight pieces. I will find the remaining four pieces slowly, so don't worry.

This promise is permanently valid and will always appear as long as things still exist.

Now, I have another business I want to hand over to you, I wonder if you are interested in taking it?"

"Without doing our business, there is no reason why we think there is too much business.

Tell me, what do you want me to do?”

Noah was very relieved about Han Xuan. He only looked at the correct amount of the check, so he put it in his wallet and stuffed it into his windbreaker pocket.

Pick up the pen and sign the transaction contract.

The content stipulates that if there is any problem with the goods, Han Xuan can ask him for compensation. If there is any problem with the source of the goods, the responsibility will be attributed to Noah.

As for how he exempted the high tax on collectibles, it was not up to Han Xuan.

"Did you know I have a Chiefs Treasure Museum in California?"

"Well, the things inside are very valuable. Congratulations on finding this treasure, you're so lucky."

"Thank you, although my grandfather and grandfather donated their collections to my museum, the collections are still not rich enough, and tourists always complain that they can finish it in more than ten minutes.

So I was going to be there, rebuilding a pavilion, and it needed a lot of types of collections to fill it.

Therefore, I decided to invest 200 million US dollars, or even more funds to acquire antiques, whether it is Eastern or Western, as long as it is a fine antique, I want it."

Gold in troubled times and collections in prosperous times. With the development of the economy, the appreciation of collectibles is the general trend.

After the wealth reaches a certain amount, diversified investment is needed to diversify risks. Stocks, funds, real estate, collections, gold and jewelry are the first choice for investment.

Several European families that have lasted for hundreds of years now survive and continue to survive by selling their collections plundered during the colonial period.

Han Xuan wanted to take advantage of the money in his account and accumulate a batch of fixed assets in advance. If the time period for future prospects passes, making wrong decisions lead to the decline of the family business and future generations will not be lost in the public.

Noah was frightened by this number. He had seen a top collectible with a single piece of over 100 million US dollars, but he spent 200 million US dollars at a time to purchase antiques in large quantities?

In his memory, he had never heard of such things, and he coughed and said, "It's too troublesome to buy one by one. I suggest you buy private museum filled collections directly, or buy them in large quantities from collectors.

I heard that the Metropolitan Museum has encountered a financial crisis recently, and the government has plans to sell a batch of stock collections, including more than 700 pieces of Chinese porcelain, which just meet your requirements.

I can take over this business and only charge you 2% of the agency fee. What do you think?"

Those that can be sold by museums will probably not be a top collection, and they are not even high-end ones. At most, they are mid- and low-end collections.

Han Xuan looked down on him. He wanted high-quality collections that had great appreciation potential and were easy to sell at auction, so he said again: "There is no problem with the cost, just follow what you said.

I didn't explain clearly. I planned to display only rare high-end collections in that museum in the future. Do you understand?

30% of the funds were invested in Western antiques and 70% of them were invested in Chinese antiques. This is probably the first distribution.

Don’t be afraid of the high price. The higher the price, the better the thing. In addition to buying it from private hands, you can also try to contact museums and auctions.

Before buying, ask me first, if the money is not enough, I will add it. If you don’t understand Chinese antiques, go to China to invite some experts.

Remember to buy it in the United States and Europe. There are too many fake things in China, and there is no after-sales guarantee."

Noah suddenly realized that if he bought Western oil paintings, he would probably only buy two or three pieces of them for $200 million. It would be too little to hang them at home, let alone fill a museum.

But nowadays, the price of Chinese antiques is not high. For example, Xiao He's Yuexiao Chasing Han Xinyuan's Blue and White Plum Vase, Huang Tingjian's "The Pillar of the Pulse" and other famous fine products are only a few. After all, they can buy a lot of good things for 140 million US dollars.

"I understand. After going to Baodao, I will take the opportunity to travel to China and find some people who understand Chinese antiques to help select and appraise them.

After the list is listed, I will show you first. I will buy whatever you ask me to buy. Is that right?"

Noah really wants to say that buying antiques from China is not cost-effective. The antiques that Mr. Han bought in the 1980s have only appreciated a little since the inflation rate.

In comparison, Western antiques appreciate much faster, so what's wrong with investing so much money

But the customer is God, and Han Xuan will listen to whatever Han Xuan said.

The total amount is the same. Anyway, your own commission is indispensable, so you can spend more energy at most.

"That's right."

Seeing that Shen Yutong was not wearing gloves, Han Xuan was about to put the beast's head into the box, slapped her in the arm, and threw the white gloves at her.
Chapter completed!
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