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Chapter 355 353. Surprises one after another (3/5, updated early in the morning)

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    This oil painting is about one meter long and eighty centimeters wide. It is completely preserved and has not been oxidized or broken.

    Billy slowly unfolded the painting paper, and the oil painting revealed its true appearance. The things in the painting were very simple. The upper part depicts a dark gray sky, and the lower part is a large number of winding oak trees and shrubs.

    Seeing this painting, Qin Shiou felt uncomfortable. He couldn't understand what was on the painting, but he could inexplicably feel that the atmosphere was too depressing. The colors of the painting were too bleak, so bleak that it made people feel despair.

    When Billy saw the oil painting for the first time, he took a deep breath. Then he tried hard to control his hands without shaking and flattened the raised corner on the right side of the painting. There was a scrawled signature there. Qin Shiou looked at it.  I didn¡¯t quite understand, so I looked at him and asked, ¡°Whose masterpiece is this?¡±

    "Van Gogh, Vincent William Van Gogh! This is "Sunset at Montmartre"!" Billy shouted nervously.

    Hearing his cry, Qin Shiou couldn't help shouting: "What? Is this a painting by Van Gogh? Is it authentic?"

    Billy pressed the oil painting with linen cloth, closed the argon chamber and sat on a chair. He waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, no, let's take a rest. God, I must be dreaming. I actually found Van Gogh's lost painting?"  The sunset at Montmajour!"

    Relatively speaking, Qin Shiou was calm. He said: "Don't be so excited. I remember that Van Gogh committed suicide in 1890, right? His paintings were not popular at all at that time, and the Titanic sank in 1912, only  After more than twenty years, how could his paintings suddenly be stored as treasures by someone?"

    This information was all obtained when he first found those imitations of "Sunflower". He didn't know much about it. Later he found out that it was a fake, so he didn't know much about Van Gogh's stuff anymore.

    Billy naturally knew much more. He rolled his eyes at Qin Shiou and said angrily: "Do you think that the title of Van Gogh's most unlucky artist is false? Yes, Van Gogh's works have not been popular for a long time.  Not accepted by the world. However, ten years after his death, the world underwent a comprehensive reform at the end of the 19th century. People's thinking underwent unprecedented changes and their ability to accept new things was greatly improved. The value of his paintings was  It¡¯s starting to show.¡±

    After giving Qin Shiou a brief art science guide, Billy got busy. He called the company's oil painting appraisal expert to inquire about Van Gogh's paintings, while Qin Shiou continued to organize the safe.

    He felt that there should be more than one painting in the safe, but as he expected, there was something else in the agglomerated activated carbon in the box, but it was not a work of art, it was also a letter.

    The handwriting of the letter was very illegible and not in English, so Qin Shiou had to wait and show it to Billy.

    After hanging up the phone, Billy looked happy, and he said to Qin Shiou: "It's absolutely true, this is the original "Mongolian Sunset". I just asked someone to check it."

    As he spoke, he introduced the journey after the birth of this painting: "This painting was created by Van Gogh in 1888. He committed suicide two years later. This painting belonged to his brother Theo. In 1901, Theo transferred the painting to  It was sold to Norwegian industrialist Mustard. Mustard's butler later said that he kept the painting for about ten years. In 1911, it was sold to a French nobleman, and there was no news about the painting after that.  "

    ¡°Obviously, the owner of this painting wanted to take it to New York, but it ended up falling to the bottom of the sea!¡± Qin Shiou finally said.

    Billy smiled happily and said: "That's right!"

    After confirming the identity of the painting, the two began to discuss the value of the painting. Young Blake was more authoritative in this regard. Qin Shiou called him and asked: "Man, what if there is an authentic work by Van Gogh?"  , um, it's "Sunset at Montmajour", how much can it sell for?"

    Little Black said professionally: "Sunset at Montmajour? That painting from 1888? It has been evaluated by the auction industry before, and the price is between 40 million US dollars and 48 million US dollars. However, it was sold at Sotheby's in New York on the 4th last month.  At the autumn auction, Van Gogh's last painting "Daisies and Poppies" sold for $61.8 million. By the way, the value of Van Gogh's paintings has increased a lot recentlyetc."

    After talking a lot, Little Blake finally came to his senses and exclaimed on the other end of the phone: "Oh God, you didn't discover "Sunset at Montmajour", did you? This painting has been missing for a century!"

    Knowing that this painting could be sold for 40 to 50 million yuan, Qin Shiou felt happy and said generously: "You are very lucky, man."You can see this lost famous painting above.  Moreover, a large amount of money will be added to your account.  "

    "I will rush to your fishing ground tomorrow. Wait for me and make sure to save this painting." After Little Blake said this, his voice rang on the phone, asking his secretary to order him the fastest painting.  flights to St. John's.

    Qin Shiou put away the phone and told Billy the valuation of Little Blake. The two high-fived and celebrated. Billy said excitedly: "Do you have champagne at home? We have to open the champagne to celebrate!"

    Qin Shiou calmed down and said, "Don't worry, we still have a box, maybe there will be something more valuable in it."

    ¡°What¡¯s even more valuable is the gold pocket watch that is the family symbol of John Jacob Astor IV. I never thought that a violin box would contain such a thing.¡± Billy laughed.

    John Jacob Astor IV was the most famous of the victims of the Titanic. The richest man in the world at the time and the patriarch of the American Astor family, he once hired a regiment to participate in the Spanish-American War and help the United States fight the war.  .  His death caused turmoil in U.S. Treasury bonds at the time, since he was the largest holder.

    The two were chatting and laughing, and Billy opened the last violin case, which was just an ordinary violin, brown and black in color.  Although the case was well sealed, the strings were still rotten and there were some salt deposits on the body.

    Qin Shiou believes that this piano must also have its legendary nature, because the Titanic is a legendary sunken ship, and every item found on the ship has a story.

    But Billy is right, no matter how precious this piano is, it cannot be compared to "Sunset at Montmajour", and it cannot even be compared to Nathan Strauss's family letters.

    Don¡¯t underestimate that letter home. A letter from the Titanic was previously auctioned for 89,000 pounds.

    The owner of the letter was Ethel Hart, an ordinary British housewife who was preparing to immigrate to Canada with her daughter.  And what about this one?  This is a family letter from Strauss. There is no comparability in value between the two parties. Not to mention the energy of the Strauss family, just what this old man did on the sunken ship is worth doubling the value of this family letter. If it is sold,  A million pounds is fine!

    After sealing up the two letters, the violin and Van Gogh's famous painting, the two walked out of the basement talking and laughing. Billy joked: "We have to hire a special police force to protect your basement."

    Qin Shiou said: "Why do we need special police? I have Delta instructors and special forces soldiers here, and most importantly, there are two groups of war geese who want to snatch things from me. Dream on!"

    "War geese? What are those? Those stupid geese you raised?" Billy said with a smile.

    Qin Shiou also laughed. He suddenly discovered that Billy didn't know how powerful Taihu Goose and Lion-head Goose were, so they could play with them.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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