Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 84: The King of Cameras (please recommend and collect)
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Half an hour later, Sotheby's personal vault.
The warehouse area is very quiet. Only one private vault door is open, indicating that there are people here!
When you walk into this vault, you can see Ye Tianzheng sitting on the ground with his back against the wall, his eyes shining with endless excitement, staring at the two storage boxes in front of him.
There was a table in the middle of the vault for human use, but it was abandoned.
Ye Tian was afraid that if he got too excited and accidentally knocked down the antique camera, the loss would be great, so he chose to sit on the ground and admire it, which was undoubtedly the safest way.
You can enjoy those two antique Leica.
"Hoo——!"
Ye Tian took a long breath, calmed down his excitement, reached out and pulled the box containing two antique cameras in front of him, and then opened the box.
Two magnificent and luxurious shoulder camera bags appeared in front of him, and they caught his eye instantly, even making him ignore the dazzling white light coming from the camera bags.
This is a limited edition camera bag specially customized for Leica by the Italian high-end leather company Schedoni. It is a brandy-colored North Italian saddle leather handmade leather bag. It took 18 hours to be carefully sewn by hand!
This high-end leather backpack is limited to 100 pieces, each with a limited number printed on it. The starting price is US$4,500. It is extremely rare and is definitely the top luxury item in a camera bag!
In addition, these two camera bags have a history of 20 or 30 years, and were used by Joel Meyerowitz, which makes them even more valuable and rare items!
Although I don’t know much about the auction prices of similar celebrity luxury goods, based on the connotation of these two camera bags, if they go up for auction, each piece of 100,000 US dollars should not be a big problem.
"What a luxury! It's an unparalleled tool for showing off!"
Ye Tian admired sincerely, he could even imagine such a scene.
With this camera bag on my back and an antique Leica camera in my hand, I wandered around romantic Paris, fashionable Milan, and all the beautiful cities with picturesque scenery and crowds of tourists.
Every time I walk by, I will attract countless fiery gazes from around me, and every gaze is filled with envy and even jealousy!
In addition to envying the antique Leica in their hands, people must also envy this almost equally rare advanced custom camera leather bag.
That feeling must be great, and it will definitely make people enjoy it and be intoxicated.
After YY, Ye Tian recovered his mind with a smile, and it was time to enter the next more exciting stage.
Appreciate the most dazzling star in the camera kingdom, the eternal Leica!
Ye Tian carefully took out a camera bag. The white light emitted from this bag was stronger and it was older, so he chose it first!
Gently placing the camera bag in front of him, he did not open it immediately. Instead, he quickly rubbed his hands on his clothes a few times. He felt completely clean and sweat-free, and then he reached out to open this luxurious item. leather bag.
The next second, a Leica I(A) with black patent leather and exquisite workmanship came into view.
Although it is just lying quietly in the bag, its prestigious position at the top of the photography industry for nearly a hundred years is enough to make everyone who knows it crazy.
Fortunately, Ye Tian is not an avid photographer, otherwise he would have already started cheering and celebrating!
"As long as you have a Leica, you can do anything"
Muttering this famous saying in the photography industry while ecstatically, Ye Tian carefully picked up the antique camera in front of him and began to study it carefully.
The Leica I(A) was the first mass-produced 35mm rectifying camera and the ancestor of all 35mm cameras. It was finalized in 1924 and introduced to the market in 1925.
Thus, the immortal myth of the camera kingdom officially begins!
Complex and exquisite craftsmanship, black paint-coated body, nickel-plated external hardware and lenses, fonts outlined with metal threads,...
Everything reflects the German people's perfect craftsmanship requirements. This is a masterpiece that only looks at the effect, regardless of the cost, and pursues the ultimate. It is simply hard to put it down!
While carefully examining the camera components, Ye Tian also looked through the camera from the inside out.
Although this machine is nearly a hundred years old, it is in excellent preservation condition and intact, with almost no flaws except for traces of normal use.
It can be seen that every owner of this camera cherishes it extremely and carefully maintains and collects it like a treasure!
Judging from the current overall condition of the camera, as long as the film is loaded, it can be completely restored to its former glory and take pictures of all kinds of beautiful and picturesque scenery!
"You will belong to me from now on, don't worry! I will never bury the value of your existence!"
Ye Tian stroked the fuselage and said softly, his movements as gentle as stroking the skin of a beautiful woman, extremely gentle and touching!
After admiring it for about five or six minutes, he carefully inspected all the parts and everything that could be tested on site. After confirming that there were no problems, he carefully put the treasure back into the bag.
Afterwards, Ye Tian stood up and opened a small safe, put the camera bag in and locked it.
From then on, this Leica I (A) and the matching luxury camera bag became the first two personal collections in this treasure house, rather than just a temporary passerby.
The idea of bringing them back to Brooklyn and keeping them at home to play with all the time only came to mind once, and was completely thrown away by Ye Tian.
That is definitely asking for trouble, you can’t afford to worry about that!
After locking the small safe, Ye Tian quickly sat back on the ground and turned his attention to another camera bag.
Soon, the camera bag was also opened, and another extremely beautiful Leica camera appeared in front of me.
This is the Leica II (D) produced in 1932, Leica's first rangefinder and rangefinder 35mm camera.
Its appearance represents the birth of dual viewfinder cameras!
At the same time, it also has a more special meaning.
This is the first camera to have the words 'Leica' and 'Ernst-Leitz-Wetzlar-DRP' officially engraved on the body. Previously, the font on the camera was 'Ernst-Leitz-Wetzlar' ( ERNST-LEITZ-WETZLER), and the letters 'DRP (German Patent)'
It is for this reason that this camera is extremely valuable and rare!
The next step is to carefully inspect, study and admire, and to experience the ecstasy of harvesting treasures!
And this ecstasy will definitely continue. There are hundreds of master-class photography works in the storage box next to it, waiting for Ye Tian to appreciate them one by one!
I believe that each one is an unparalleled artistic masterpiece, which will definitely make people linger and be ecstatic!
……
Ye Tian stayed in his personal vault for a full two hours. It wasn't until his stomach made a serious protest that he remembered that he hadn't had lunch yet and had an appointment with someone in the afternoon.
It's time to leave!
Ye Tian immediately stood up and began to clean up the master-class photography works spread all over the floor.
He first put several carefully selected photography works into his bag, which would later be taken to Haus & Wirth Gallery for appraisal and evaluation to determine their market price.
Later, he put the remaining works back into the envelope and locked them in a small, empty safe.
Ye Tian decided to keep both Leica cameras as his own personal collection, and use them to experience and learn the art of photography.
Of course, you can’t rule out using them on appropriate occasions to show your noble taste!
As for these photography works, except for a dozen that he particularly likes and plans to use to decorate his new house in the future, he is ready to sell the rest.
Let them meet more of the public, bring beauty to everyone, and also bring a lot of dollars to themselves.
While admiring these photographic works, Ye Tian took photos of each one with his mobile phone, which he could later show to the appraisal experts at Haus & Wirth Gallery.
After leaving Sotheby's, Ye Tianxian walked to Chinatown.
After enjoying an exquisite Shanghai gourmet meal, he returned to Sotheby's to pick up the car, and then went straight to the Haus & Wirth gallery.
At two o'clock sharp, Ye Tian went to the appointment on time.
"Good afternoon, Steven, and welcome to the Haus & Wirth gallery again"
As soon as she entered the reception room, Catherine immediately greeted Ye Tian and gave Ye Tian a warm hug.
"Good afternoon, Catherine! You are becoming more and more beautiful and sexy, radiant!"
Ye Tian smiled and said hello, and at the same time sent a series of beautiful compliments.
"Hahaha, you are such a gentleman, your mouth is so sweet!"
"These are all true words from the bottom of my heart, every word is true!"
"Thank you for your compliments. Congratulations on finding treasure again. You are the luckiest treasure hunter I have ever seen!"
"Hahaha, maybe it's my turn to be lucky recently!"
After a few pleasantries and pleasantries, Catherine began to introduce the other three people in the reception room.
The three people in the room are all middle-aged men. Two of them are dressed casually and casually, with an artistic flair. The other one is in a suit and leather shoes, meticulous and looks like a professional elite.
"Steven, I started making arrangements after I received your call. This is Dennis, an expert in photography art appraisal at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
This is Justin, our gallery’s photography art appraisal expert, and this is Mr. Harold, Joel Meyerowitz’s art dealer in New York”
Ye Tian stepped forward and shook hands with the three of them, saying a few polite words.
It was normal for the two appraisal experts to be here, but the appearance of Joel Meyerowitz's agent made Ye Tian slightly surprised. It seemed unnecessary!
After introducing each other, everyone immediately sat down at the conference table.
Immediately afterwards, Catherine explained the reason for Harold's arrival.
"Steven, our gallery has hosted several photography exhibitions of Joel's and has maintained a very good cooperative relationship with him. After receiving your call in the morning, we immediately contacted Joel.
He confirmed the existence of the Hell's Kitchen warehouse, including these photography works, but there was something in the warehouse that Joel wanted to buy back, so Harold appeared here.
Joel didn't say which collection it was. As for the repurchase, after the appraisal is over, Joel hopes to have a video call with you to discuss the deal. What do you think? "
"Of course there is no problem. I am very much looking forward to it and am honored to have a call with a photography master like Joel. The door to the collection repurchase is open"
This is a good thing, and Ye Tian will naturally not object.
He has no worries at all about the repurchase of collections.
No matter who these products belonged to before, but now they only belong to me, legally and legally! No doubt about it!
Even if I, the King of Heaven, want these collections, I have to exchange them for real gold and silver! Of course, Joel is no exception!
"Okay, Steven, let's start appraising the photography!"
Catherine said excitedly.