Chapter 341: It's a big deal
Morgan's mood was much better.
After a moment of stunned pause, Morgan sighed and said, "Although I still can't accept such a stupid act as carving words on a work of art, you are right, I am lucky to have this gun." ”
Gao Yang Ha Lu smiled and said, "It seems that this is another very good collection." ”
"Clemens. Wittgenstein's works are highly sought after in the world of antique gun collecting, and the preciousness of Clemens's works can only be said to be similar to those of Alejandro's, and the number of Clemens' works is too small, and most of them are not in a very good state of preservation, so in terms of performance on the auction market, the price of a perfect Clemens work is not lower than that of Alejandro's work, but there has been no Clemens's work on the market for many years, and I cannot make an accurate estimate. ”
Compared with other works of art, the market price of antique shotguns is very cheap, a famous oil painting can be sold for tens of millions of dollars, but a top-level antique shotgun is only sold for two or three hundred thousand dollars, even if it is a rare antique gun, the transaction price has not exceeded one million dollars.
The price of the antique gun is not high, and Gao Yang is going to give the gun to Morgan, so Gao Yang is neither interested nor can ask Morgan how much the gift he gave is worth.
Gao Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "As long as you like it, it doesn't matter how much it's worth." ”
Morgan let out a long sigh and said, "Like? It was my long-cherished wish and my father's wish to find a copy of Clemens' work, but unfortunately my father could not find a copy of Clemens' work until he died. And it took me many years. Only one Clemens handmade gun, which could not be fired, was also found. And this gun that you find is not only perfectly preserved, not only capable of firing, but also has a proverb engraved on it, do you know the way, only the most satisfactory work of Clemens will carve a proverb on it, so. This gun is also the most precious of Clemens's works. ”
Gao Yang smiled and said: "It turns out that your collection of antique shotguns is still a father-son relationship, congratulations, I believe your father will also be happy for you." ”
With another long sigh, Morgan said with a very emotional expression: "Do you know the way, getting a work that Clemens can shoot is far from a happy thing for me, this is an ideal, this is my father's common wish, so, high." Thank you, thank you, you have fulfilled my long-cherished wish with my father. I don't even know how to thank you. ”
Gao Yang smiled and waved his hand, and said: "With our relationship, there is no need to say thank you for this kind of thing, please, if you hadn't found a military plane to send Distin and them over to save me, then it is likely that I am already a corpse now, you don't know, the situation was really dangerous at that time, if it wasn't for your help, Distin They would not have been able to arrive in time to save me, in fact, I am very grateful to you." ”
Morgan gets a coveted treasure, but he doesn't seem to be particularly happy, but more emotional.
Morgan said in a deep voice: "It's not too difficult for me to find a plane to send people there, but finding a work by Clemens has been looking for me for decades, and you don't know what a work of Clemens means to me." ”
After finishing speaking, Morgan let out another long sigh and said: "It's a long story, my mother is Jewish, she lives in Austria, her family is very good, when she was a child, my grandfather took her to hunt, with a Clemens shotgun, this is my mother's most precious memory, but later, everything changed, my grandfather was sent to a concentration camp, and the family died except for my mother, all died.
Later, my mother immigrated to the United States, met my father and married him, my mother's everything was gone, all I could keep was memories, for my mother, the memories of hunting with her father were very good, so my father wanted to find a Clemens gun, a gun similar to my mother's memory and gave it to my mother, but Clemens's gun was so rare that my father could not find it in his life.
Wanting to find Clemens' work, my father became a collector of antique guns, and his desire and interest were passed on to me. ”
After finishing speaking, Morgan said with a gloomy face: "Gao, thank you very much, you brought me more than just a gun." ”
Gao Yang nodded and said in a deep voice, "I'm very glad that you like my gift." ”
Morgan smiled and said, "You always bring me luck and surprises, a work of Clemens carved with proverbs, it is really too rare, until I got the gun in my hand, I dare not believe that all this is true." ”
Gao Yang said curiously: "That Clemens, what is the origin?" ”
"Clemens. Wittgenstein, an Austrian of Italian origin, was a mixture of Italian and Austrian styles in gun-making and engraving, culminating in the thirty years between 1840 and 1870, and Clemens's work was characterized by his ability to carve a proverb on a work that he was going to give to someone, and that he was extremely satisfied. ”
After finishing speaking, Morgan shrugged his shoulders and said: "The glorious road engraved on this gun is not paved with flowers, but I don't know when this gun is the work of Clemens, and I don't know who Lu Dao gave to, I checked a lot of information, but I didn't find any information about this gun. ”
Gao Yang smiled: "It doesn't matter who he gave it to, anyway, the gun is in your hand."
Morgan touched the line of gold on the butt of the gun, and said with a depressed face: "I know an expert who has studied Clemens's work very well, he should be able to tell the origin of this gun, and he can also repair this gun, because there are some problems with the source of this gun, I was not going to ask him for advice, but now, I have to ask him to help me repair this gun and remove this line of gold letters." ”
Gao Yang Ha smiled and said, "The gun is given to you, the trouble is yours, if you really can't stand that line, just fix it and can't see it." ”
Morgan nodded, and said helplessly: "I'm not afraid of trouble, compared to the possible trouble, this line of words is even more unacceptable to me, so I must solve this line of words immediately." ”
After saying that, Morgan took out the phone, and he was not willing to wait any longer.
After the phone was connected, Morgan said into the phone in a deep voice: "Hello, Mr. Lewis, I'm Morgan, I have a copy of Clemens's work now, can you help me fix it under the premise of absolute secrecy?" ”
After a while, after Mo got the answer he wanted, Morgan chuckled: "Thank you very much, I will go to see you as soon as possible, in addition, I would like to ask, my gun is engraved with a Latin proverb, the road of glory is not paved with flowers, do you know the origin of this gun?" ”
After finishing speaking, after listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, Morgan's face immediately became extremely exciting, shocked, incredible, ecstatic, and a trace of sadness, Morgan's face changed many expressions in a row, but in the final analysis, it was a sentence, surprise, extreme surprise.
After putting down the phone in a daze, Morgan looked at Gao Yang with a dull expression.
Gao Yang didn't know what was going on, and just as he was about to ask Morgan what had happened, he saw Morgan suddenly raise the shotgun in his hand, and then shouted: "Ah! Yes! I am the luckiest person in this world, God, thank God, Gao, I love you, I love you to death, I love you to death! ”
Gao Yang was taken aback again, and the three bodyguards brought by Morgan were also taken aback, they were standing more than ten meters away from Morgan and Gao Yang, and at this time they also turned their heads and looked at Morgan in surprise, until they heard what Morgan shouted, they looked at Gao Yang with a strange look, and then twisted their heads to the side.
Gao Yang and Morgan have known each other for a long time, he has never seen Morgan have a gaffe, whether it is a dangerous moment when his life is threatened, or when he sees his only son Bob being rescued, or when he gets a beloved gift, whenever Gao Yang and Morgan meet, he can only see Morgan with a breezy face, and now Morgan, who is yelling and excited to the extreme, is like a different person.
After yelling, Morgan said to Gao Yang urgently: "Fake, Gao, tell me, what you want, what you want!" If I don't repay you, God will punish me! ”
The foaming Morgan sprayed Gao Yang's spit, and after Gao Yang wiped his face, he said cautiously: "Morgan, you are fine, right?" What happened? ”
Morgan was as happy as a child, and after smiling and wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he said loudly: "This gun, is it Franz, the founder of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?" Joseph I ordered it with Clemens in 1856, Franz? Joseph I ordered two guns at that time to hunt with him later, and the proverb on this gun is that the road of glory is not paved with flowers, by Franz? Joseph I used it himself, and the other gun was carved with love is the essence of life, is it Franz? Joseph I to his wife Elizabeth? Ameri? Eugenie's gift, Elizabeth? Ameri? Eugenie may not be familiar with the name, but there is another name you must know, she is Sissi, who became the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. ”
Gao Yang was startled and said, "Is that the princess Sissi of the movie Princess Sissi?" ”
Gao Yang's words were a little sick, but Morgan still understood, nodded his head, and said, "That's right, it's that Princess Sissi." ”
After finishing speaking, Morgan said with tears in his eyes: "Gao, the wheel of fate has turned, what excites me is not who has used this gun, but the meaning that this gun represents, do you know the proverb engraved on the gun used by my grandfather and mother: Love is the essence of life." (To be continued......)
PS: My neck still hurts.,Although I'll start the next chapter right away.,But I still don't know when the road will be sent.,Now I have to write a chapter for three or four hours......
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