Chapter 65: The Quadrangle
The whole version of "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country Are Red" is a bit scary, Shen Long didn't take it out easily, first tested it with these image seals, and only after making sure that this auction house was quite reliable did he rest assured, and decided to still hand these over to them to operate.
"Of course, we accept the auction of cultural relics, artworks, real estate, and luxury cars here, what kind of stamps do you want to entrust? I'll put you in touch with an appraiser. Manager Li just earned a lot of commission, and he was happy in his heart, so he replied immediately.
"The Mountains and Rivers of the Country Are Red." Shen Long said seven words softly.
Listen to the ears of Manager Li is like thunder, any auction house wants to develop must have a weighty lot, so as to attract powerful customers, and establish a good relationship with them, and stamps as a collection of hot spots, has always had a large number of enthusiasts, "the national mountains and rivers are red" is the top collection of stamps, if this stamp is true, their auction house this time can be a big limelight.
"Do you really have "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country Are Red"? Single, Straight Diptych, Horizontal Diptych or Quartet? What is the condition? Did you bring it this time? Manager Li asked in a row.
He said that are the professional terminology of stamp collection, a single as the name suggests is one, straight diptych, horizontal diptych is two stamps connected together, just the difference between the upper and lower connection or the left and right connection, the quadripartite is four connected together.
"The Mountains and Rivers of the Country are Red" is extremely rare, and the number of times it appears in the auction is not much, I remember that in 96 there was a set of straight doublets that sold for 300,000, in 97 there was a set of quadripartite auctions that sold more than 700,000, and in 12 years a pair of auctions sold 7.3 million, and the price of "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country is Red" has risen over the years!" Manager Li sighed.
Of course, the field of stamp collection is not without more valuable stamps than "the country's mountains and rivers are red", the Qing Dynasty's dragon stamps and printed one-yuan stamps are more precious, but these Manager Li don't even dare to think about it.
"Yes, let's make an appointment tomorrow, you bring the appraiser, and we'll talk about it when we see something." Shen Long smiled and didn't answer directly, he was afraid that he would scare Manager Li when he said it.
I went back and took out a full page of stamps, found a five-star hotel and opened a room, woke up and reported the hotel address and room number to Manager Li, and it didn't take long for Manager Li to arrive with two appraisers.
After signing the confidentiality agreement, Shen Long took out the stamps, Manager Li and the two appraisers gasped at the same time, although they all knew that the appraisal was "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country Are Red", but they never expected that it would be a full page, a full fifty chapters of rare stamps in the world in front of them, the visual impact is too great.
Manager Li subconsciously looked at the door, what about the security guard? Where are the security guards, how can they come out with things and not invite a reliable security company? I feel mysterious when I look at this.
"Please help you two palms your eyes." Shen Long was very satisfied with their reactions, and the feeling that he had not experienced in the mission world was now finally experienced.
"Okay, wait a minute." The two appraisers took several deep breaths, and when their mood calmed down, they took out their gloves and put them on, and took out a magnifying glass to firmly look at the whole page of stamps from the details of paper, color, etc., and carefully looked at them one by one, not even letting go of the connected perforations and the surrounding edge paper, lest they miss any detail.
"This thing has only been seen once, and that was at the China Stamp Fair in '97, which was called a national treasure by philatelic enthusiasts, but I didn't expect that I would have the privilege of witnessing it with my own eyes." Feeling that the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing, Manager Li talked to Shen Long, and after he went back yesterday, he made special efforts to collect information in this regard.
After chatting for a while, the appraisal results of the two appraisers also came out, and this edition was undoubtedly genuine, and they immediately issued an appraisal with legal effect, and signed their names on it with trembling hands.
They didn't do it for free, they always charged a pro-rata fee based on the value of the lot, and no matter how you calculate it, it was a career-setting business that would have enough money for them to eat comfortably for years.
The same is true for Manager Li, he now has only one thought in his mind, no matter what method is used, he must let Shen Long hand over this version of "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country are Red" to their auction house to operate.
"Mr. Shen, with this version of "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country Are Red", it is already worth preparing a special auction for you, I don't know if you want to put it at the auction, or do you want to trade privately like yesterday?" Manager Li asked.
"How much is this thing worth?" Shen Long asked.
"In 97, people estimated that it was 10 million, and now 20 years have passed, and the price of "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country is Red" has increased more than tenfold; Of course, this is only my preliminary estimate, and if it is put at auction, it is not surprising what kind of price will be sold if you meet someone you really like. "This rare collection will definitely cause a sensation in the entire stamp collecting community as soon as it spreads.
"Yesterday you said that your auction house also acts as an agent for real estate auctions, right?" Shen Long changed his words and talked about something else.
"Yes, but we don't care about ordinary houses, we only auction those houses that are really valuable, such as high-end villas, old houses with historical value, courtyard houses, etc., Mr. Shen wants to buy a house?" Manager Li has a little bottom in his heart, and it is good if the customer has needs.
"Yes, it's not a matter of renting someone else's house to open a shop, you first help me contact me privately, see if the one who wants this stamp has it himself or can find a suitable courtyard, I will exchange it with him, as for the price difference, I will talk about it when the time comes; The courtyard house I want......" Shen Long said his needs for the house.
"No problem, just wait for my news, the day after tomorrow at the latest...... No, I'll get back to you tomorrow. "This edition of stamps is worth hundreds of millions, and those who can afford it are people with strong energy, so it is not difficult for these people to get a courtyard out.
To say that there are really a lot of local tyrants in the capital, the next morning as soon as Shen Long finished exercising, Manager Li called and took him to see the house, this courtyard is located near Shichahai, well, it is the place where Zhong Yuemin skated and patted his mother-in-law.
Two before and after, with its own garage, one into a small courtyard can continue to open a shop, two into the courtyard is a little larger, convenient for Shen Long to exercise, the construction area is nearly six hundred square meters, two yards have to have two or three hundred square meters.
"What do you think? According to today's market price, this house costs more than 200,000 square meters, and the entire courtyard house is 100 million 34. Manager Li asked.
"Well, it looks pretty good, what do you mean?" Shen Long liked this house very much.