Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1682: Italian national treasure
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This is the fourth day after arriving in Florence. The sun is shining and the weather is very good.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Ye Tian and the others were sitting in the living room of the presidential suite, drinking coffee and admiring the scenery of the old city of Florence through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. It was very comfortable.
As usual, yesterday's operation to sweep the Florence antique art market went very smoothly, and it can be said to be a fruitful return!
In this ancient city known as the capital of art, Ye Tian discovered many valuable and neglected antique artworks, many of which were top quality.
Faced with such an opportunity, he naturally cannot miss it. This is one of the main purposes of his coming to Florence.
At an almost negligible price, and through various techniques and means, he successfully acquired many valuable antiques and art, and frantically plundered the antique art market in Florence.
As for the antiques and artworks of relatively average value, Bowie followed behind and took them all into his pocket.
Even though some antique shop owners and gallery owners were very cautious, in order to avoid being robbed by Ye Tian crazily, they all asked for high prices, and even made it clear that they would not do his business.
However, they still could not avoid the tragic fate of being robbed.
What do these antique dealers and gallery owners want to know? Before coming to Florence, Ye Tian had prepared backup plans to deal with them and deal with this situation.
His backup was none other than Bowie, who had a London accent.
For a whole day, Ye Tian and the others visited almost all the famous and large antique shops and galleries of all sizes in the old town of Florence.
Everywhere they passed was like being swept by a hurricane, leaving victims everywhere. All valuable and neglected antiques and artworks were swept away by them, leaving not a single hair left.
However, those antique shop owners and gallery owners who were crazily looted were ignorant and had no idea what they had lost.
At dusk, when the raid was about to end, at the request of a gallery owner, Ye Tiancai explained in public a classical oil painting he had just purchased.
It is an outstanding painting by Titian, the top art master of the late Renaissance and the most famous painter of the Venetian School, known as the "Sun among the Stars".
Moreover, it is a painting from Titian's later years, which is almost impossible to encounter in the art market. The artistic value is extremely high, and the market value is naturally extraordinary.
After explaining the classical oil painting by Titian, he gave an estimate on the spot. The painting is worth no less than 180 million euros. If it goes up for auction, it will definitely fetch a higher price.
The moment he gave the valuation, the gallery owner almost fainted on the spot, his heart burst and died.
Then they left the famous gallery and drove back to the Villa Medici Hotel.
Before the convoy returned to the hotel, the news that Ye Tian had discovered and looted an outstanding painting by Titian in his later years spread like the wind throughout Florence, causing a huge sensation.
Even many insiders in the field of antique art collection in other Italian cities and even other parts of the world soon received the news, and everyone was shocked and dumbfounded.
After the news spread, the antique shop owners and gallery owners who had been patronized by Ye Tian before suddenly realized that they must have been robbed crazily by that **** Steven.
However, until this moment, they still don't understand what the value of the things that **** Steven bought from his store is, and how much is it worth?
As the night passed, the sensational effect caused by the appearance of Titian's late painting did not subside, but intensified.
Early this morning, two groups of people appeared in front of the Villa Medici Hotel.
A group came to petition, mainly students from the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, as well as some professional and amateur painters. They begged Ye Tian to keep the Titian painting in Florence.
In their opinion, it is a rare and top-notch piece of art, a spiritual wealth belonging to the city of Florence, and should stay here.
The other group of people is mainly composed of large and small antique dealers, as well as some ordinary citizens of Florence, and a few tourists who claim to be righteous, but in fact they are full and have nothing to do!
They came to protest against Ye Tian's crazy behavior of looting the Florence antique art market, and asked him to return the antique artworks he looted yesterday.
Whether it was a petition or a protest, Ye Tian didn't bother to pay attention to it and simply ignored the noise at the door of the hotel.
As he spoke, it was almost nine-thirty in the morning, and Cole's voice suddenly came from the earphones.
"Steven, those Italian cultural relics gendarmes are here, led by that guy Giovanni. In addition, Mario and the others from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence are also here.
There is also the director of the Uffizi Gallery and two top art appraisal experts. These guys have come together and are already in the hotel lobby. They want to see you! "
After hearing the report, Ye Tian did not respond immediately. Instead, he raised his hand and looked at the time, then said with a smile:
"These guys must have heard the news. They are obviously here for Titian's painting in his later years. With the way Italians behave, we can't even think of leaving Italy with this painting.
There is no doubt that as long as the Italian gendarmes see this oil painting and determine that it is a work by Titian in his later years, they will definitely put this painting on the list of art works restricted from leaving the country as soon as possible.
There is still some time, so it doesn’t hurt to meet those guys. We are going to visit the Uffizi Gallery today. It would be inappropriate to exclude the director of the Uffizi Gallery.
Let them come up. I will wait for them in the suite. People from Sotheby’s auction house will also arrive here later, so we can conduct appraisals together and build publicity for future public auctions."
"Understood, Steven, I'll send someone to bring them up right now"
Cole responded in a deep voice and immediately took action.
A few minutes later, Cole led a group of Italians into the presidential suite.
These guys are all familiar faces, and some have dealt with them before, such as the cultural relics gendarmes, Mario from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, and a few others.
As for the director of the Uffizi Gallery and the two top art appraisal experts, although they have never met before, they have seen their photos and heard of their names.
Without exception, these guys are all well-known top professionals in the field of antique art collection, and each of them is extraordinary.
After greeting each other and briefly greeting each other, Giovanni said with a wry smile:
“It seems that we shouldn’t have allowed you to enter Italy at all. Just like Paris, London, Nice and other cities, Florence also failed to escape the murderous hands and was looted like crazy by you!
In addition to the previous Botticelli painting and yesterday's work from Titian's later years, I wonder what other top-notch antiques you have discovered. Can you tell us about them? "
Hearing this, everyone at the scene immediately looked at Ye Tian. Everyone's eyes were full of expectation and envy, and their eyes almost turned red.
Ye Tian nodded slightly, then smiled triumphantly and said:
“Florence deserves to be the capital of art and the birthplace of the Renaissance. There are so many good things. It is no exaggeration to say that this city is full of treasures.
In addition to the two top works of art, I also found a copy of Machiavelli's "The Prince". It was the first edition in 1513, but it was a bit damaged..."
Before he finished speaking, the scene was already in a state of complete excitement. The Italians all held their heads and exclaimed, their expressions and tone of voice were exaggerated to the extreme.
"Oh my god! Machiavelli's "The Prince" was first published in 1513. Did I hear you correctly? There are only two copies of the first edition of "The Prince" in Italy."
"If it is really the first edition of "The Prince", then there is no doubt that it must be a national treasure of Italy, with great research value and extremely precious!"