area51novel Chapter 231
Chapter 231
presented in front of everyone's eyes is one of the most famous masterpieces of the impressionist master Monet, "Water Lilies" is one of the "Water Lilies"
series of works.
This small-scale Impressionist painting is no more expensive than Velázquez's Venus in the Mirror, but it is more famous.
But anyone who knows a little about Impressionist art knows Monet's "Water Lilies", which is familiar and well-known!
In a way, Monet's Water Lilies represent Impressionist art.
As soon as people see Monet's "Water Lilies", they will instantly think of the famous Impressionist art.
In the history of Western art, Impressionism's status is almost unparalleled, and it is one of the most brilliant artistic pearls!
The discovery of this "Water Lilies" immediately caused a sensation in the live and live broadcast rooms.
Without waiting for Xiao Ran to give an appraisal conclusion, several superstars can't wait to start offering in an attempt to win this impressionist masterpiece!
"$20 million, Sean, sell me this painting of Monet's Water Lilies" "
I love this series so much!" I always wanted to buy it, but I never succeeded!
Julia Roberts said expectantly.
Before the words fell, Selena gave a new offer.
"$25 million, Sean, I want this "Water Lilies" not
only them, but also many fans of the collector's live broadcast room, as well as a few rich second-generation in the ordinary live broadcast room, also rushed to issue acquisition requests.
"Xiao Ran, don't sell "Water Lilies" to these stars, this impressionist oil painting buddy wants it, the price is easy to say!"
"No one in China has collected Monet's "Water Lilies", buddy to be the first person to eat crabs, it depends on whether you are complete?"
Jingcheng Hua Shao said impatiently.
lest it be late, this Monet's "Water Lilies" was snatched away by others.
"Xiao Ran, my boss paid $30 million to buy this "Water Lilies"
A fan in the collector's live broadcast room gave a new offer, and the shot was very generous.
Immediately after, several other guys also gave quotations one after another, one higher than the other.
Listening to these tempting offers, Xiao Ran just smiled and did not respond.
He turned his head to look at Elaine on the side, and then said with a smile:
"I'm very sorry, I don't plan to sell this Monet's "Water Lilies", but I am ready
to collect it myself" "Elaine likes this series of paintings very much, often mentions it to me, and always wants to collect one
" "Now it happens to happen, naturally can't miss ,......it"
The words did not fall, Elaine had thrown herself directly into his arms like a milk swallow.
"Great, darling!"
"I love you, and I love this Monet's "Water Lilies","
she said, and she kissed Xiao Ran on the cheek.
If it weren't for the inconvenience of wearing a mask, it would surely be a passionate French kiss.
"Hey!"
There was a sigh at the same time in the live and live broadcast room, and every voice was full of regret.
Looking at Elaine and Xiao Ran who hugged together, everyone's eyes were also red with envy.
After the hug, Elaine immediately stepped forward and admired the beautiful and poetic "Water Lilies" in fascination.
Julia Roberts, too, immediately rushed forward.
There were also the three appraisal experts, all of whose eyes lit up and were excited.
Xiao Ran was squeezed out, and could only stand on the periphery with David and O'Neill and the others and chat.
"As far as I know, Monet's "Water Lilies" seems to be more famous, it can be said that everyone knows
it" "Velázquez's "Venus in front of the mirror" and Goya's "Rhapsody" are relatively less famous, and not many people know it
" "But why is this more famous "Water Lilies" only worth twenty or thirty million dollars, and those two paintings are worth hundreds of millions of dollars?"
O'Neill asked curiously.
Xiao Ran looked at this big fat man and immediately gave an answer.
"The reason is actually very simple, scarce is expensive! This is the unbreakable truth in the field of antique artifacts and art collection!
"Monet's Water Lilies, with a total of more than 250 paintings, are almost identical in subject matter, all with water lilies and ponds as the theme!"
"Velázquez's "Venus in front
of the Mirror", but there are only two paintings, and they are very different" "Although Goya's "Rhapsody" series also has many paintings, the subject matter is completely different
" "Because of this, the other two paintings are more expensive"
Hearing this, O'Neelton was stunned.
"So it is, things are scarce, I remembered!"
"In the future, when I buy antique art, including investment, I will use this sentence as the criterion!"
"Hahaha"
Xiao Ran and David both laughed and nodded.
After a while, this painting of Monet's "Water Lilies" has been identified.
Appraisal experts from the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art were thrilled to give their conclusions.
"There is no doubt that Sean, this is one of the outstanding masterpieces of Monet, the founder of Impressionism
, "Water Lilies" "And it is a fine work of the "Water Lilies" series, created around 1916, and the batch of "Water Lilies" collected by the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris is a contemporaneous work
" "This "Water Lilies" has no problems in terms of painting style, painting skills, or the author's signature, etc., and the inheritance is very clear
" "I just checked it on the Internet with my mobile phone, Before the eighties of the last century, this "Water Lilies" has been collected in a family foundation in Switzerland
" "I don't know when, this "Water Lilies" actually fell into the hands of Pablo, and then appeared here"
Hearing this, Xiao Ran and David immediately looked at each other and smiled.
They instantly understood why this Water Lily had fallen into Pablo's hands, and why the Swiss family foundation had transferred this top work of art.
Apart from money laundering, what can be the reason?
Not only this "Water Lilies", but also other top antique artifacts and artworks collected by Pablo, it is estimated that this is how it came about!
You know, at his peak, Pablo could net more than $60 million a day.
How to launder these huge amounts of drug money once gave the king of drugs an incomparable headache.
Privately buying all kinds of top antique artifacts and artworks at a high price, and then collecting them, is undoubtedly a very good choice.
Of course, among the antique artworks in his collection, it is not ruled out that some of them were snatched!
But Pablo could never have imagined that these top-level antique artifacts and works of art that he had painstakingly obtained would end up cheapening Xiao Ran for nothing!
After getting a certain conclusion, everyone's eyes looking at this "Water Lilies" suddenly became even more hot.
Elaine, fearing that this top artwork would be damaged in the sun, quickly took the oil painting into the villa and placed it on a small easel.
After this painting of Monet's "Water Lilies", three more valuable masterpieces have appeared one after another.
The first of these is the work of another Impressionist master, Renoir, "Lunch by the Seine".
The second painting is from the neoclassical master Ingres, the master's best "Bath Girl".
The last one is a surrealist painting, "Landscape of Catalonia", by the surrealist master Juan Miró!
The appearance of these three top artworks directly detonated the scene, and also detonated two live broadcast rooms.
Xiao Ran's quotation for these three top artworks almost shocked everyone's jaws, causing a burst of almost crazy exclamations.
That painting of Renoir's "Lunch by the Seine", his price was 120 million dollars.
The neoclassical master Ingres' "The Bath Girl", he gave a higher offer, reaching 140 million dollars.
Surrealist master Juan Miró's "Landscape of Catalonia", the price is slightly lower, but it also reaches $60 million!
Such an offer made all the superstars on the scene gasp and be stunned!
While shocked, they secretly calculated their respective net worth.
As a result, he was dismayed to find that all the net worth he had earned so hard for so many years was enough to buy a few paintings, even very reluctantly!
Only at this time, they had a real understanding of Xiao Ran's amazing strength.
They realized that compared to Xiao Ran, their net worth was not worth mentioning at all!
In the two live broadcast rooms, the appearance of these top artworks also caused a storm.
Especially those fans in the collector's live broadcast room, rushing to quote one by one, hoping that they can't win all these top artworks!
Xiao Ran told them, don't be impatient, and then bid openly in the live broadcast room later, the highest price wins!
After cleaning up and appraising these top artworks and allowing everyone to admire them for a while, Elaine and Fang Yufei moved these oil paintings into the villa.
By five o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Ran was ready to hold a small exhibition in the villa to display these top artworks.
This is not just an exhibition, but also a small auction.
In this small auction, he will dispose of some of the antique artifacts and works of art, as well as a lot of gold and silver treasures, saving him a long night!
The remaining antique artifacts and artworks, as well as gold and silver treasures, are either collected by themselves or sold later!
As he spoke, Xiao Ran had come to a heavy crate and prepared to open it.
At this moment, another mobile phone suddenly rang.
He could only stop the movement of his hand, took out his mobile phone and glanced at it.
The call came from Counselor He!
The moment he saw Lai Xian, Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and a smile flashed in his eyes.