About half an hour later.
Xiao Ran and the others have reached the first floor and entered the small vault located deep in the antique store.
The set of Liling porcelain and "Portrait of Miss Bogani No. 4" that were originally placed in the study room upstairs were brought down.
They were placed in two small portable safes, and Xiao Ran and David each carried one.
After finishing here, Xiao Ran plans to send them directly to Goldman Sachs Bank and store them in a rented personal vault.
Although that doesn't guarantee absolute safety, it's still better than leaving it in the store.
After entering the vault, Xiao Ran went straight to the abstract expressionist painting, stopped and admired it.
Seeing this scene, Davis, whose face was filled with sadness, suddenly became more bitter.
He instantly understood that this abstract expressionist oil painting was another priceless top-notch work of art that he had ignored.
Originally he thought it was a work by a student of Pollock, the master of abstract expressionism.
The unlucky guy didn't sign the painting, and he was already dead, leaving not even a few words about the painting.
Now it seems that there is obviously something wrong with the previous identification, and it is very wrong.
This abstract expressionist painting is anything but simple; it could very well be a masterpiece, maybe even a work by Pollock.
Thinking that this oil painting might be the work of Pollock, Davis suddenly felt lifeless and was so sad that he almost died!
You know, any one of Pollock's paintings can be sold for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars.
Even those abstract expressionist paintings are incomprehensible, and some even say they look like shit.
However, in the American art and collecting circles, they are regarded as treasures, and countless collectors are feverishly chasing such paintings.
At this time, almost all fans in the live broadcast room were full of questions.
"I'll go! What kind of broken painting is this? Isn't it just a tangled mess of lines and blocks of color?"
"If this can be considered a work of art, I would have become the world's top artist when I was three years old!"
The iron-blooded loyal soul said jokingly.
Before he finished speaking, the live broadcast room was bursting with laughter, and many guys were echoing.
When the laughter subsided, the lover in the sky continued:
"No way, this is the art of the Yankees, and the Yankees still flock to it!"
"As far as I know, a painting like this was sold a few years ago, and the transaction price seems to have exceeded US$300 million."
"I saw that painting online, and I couldn't understand what it was about. It was just a bunch of confusing lines and color blocks."
Hearing this, the live broadcast room suddenly exclaimed.
"I'll go! Use $300 million to buy a rag with a child's graffiti?"
"With such a huge sum of money, why not do anything else? Are there any problems with Americans' brains?"
At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly smiled and said:
"The Abstract Expressionist painting that was sold for over $300 million is the representative work of the Abstract Expressionist master Willem de Kooning, "Exchange."
"The person who took the picture was the founder of a hedge fund in Chicago. He also spent $200 million to buy an abstract expressionist painting by Pollock."
“In the American art market, the works of abstract expressionist masters are extremely popular, especially the works of two American painting giants, Willem de Kooning and Pollock.”
"The Abstract Expressionist painting in front of me is the work of Willem de Kooning, the soul of Abstract Expressionism. It is worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars..."
Not surprisingly, the live broadcast room exploded instantly.
"Holy shit! Didn't you hallucinate?"
"This thing that looks like a rag is actually a masterpiece and worth hundreds of millions of dollars? Is the world crazy?"
The demon demon exclaimed crazily.
"I don't know if the world is crazy, but I know that Xiao Ran is making crazy money!"
"This thing is simply robbery. I really doubt that the original antique shop owner will die in pain!"
Yinsha's Bai Jinyu said with emotion, that's called envy.
Xiao Ran smiled proudly, but did not respond immediately.
He turned to look at Davis, who was beside him, and David and Chandler, who had equally shocked faces.
Although these three guys could not understand Chinese, they heard the names of Willem de Kooning and Pollock that Xiao Ran mentioned just now.
They instantly understood that this abstract expressionist painting without the signature of the artist must be the work of one of these two abstract expressionist masters.
In other words, this is likely to be a top-notch piece of art worth over hundreds of millions of dollars.
The reason why it is said to be worth hundreds of millions is simply because of the names Willem de Kooning and Pollock.
In the American art market, these two names are golden signs, extremely dazzling!
Thinking that he was sitting on a treasure mountain without realizing it, and that he had missed out on top-notch antiques and works of art worth one to two billion US dollars, Davis wanted to die.
If I had discovered these priceless top-notch antiques and works of art earlier, how could I have ended up in this miserable situation now, needing to sell my house and land to pay off my debts!
The little loan owed to the bank is nothing, just throw it away casually!
For a moment, Davis felt like his heart was on edge, and the pain was unbearable.
However, he still had one last glimmer of luck.
He forced himself to calm down his painful emotions, and then asked with a trembling cry:
"Sean, I just heard you mention the names of two masters, Willem de Kooning and Pollock."
"Could this abstract expressionist painting be their work? How did you come to this identification conclusion?"
"There is no author's signature on this painting. How can you judge at a glance that it is a masterpiece?"
Not only Davis, but also David and Chandler are full of question marks.
The same goes for the guys in the live broadcast room. Everyone is confused and doesn't know why.
Don’t give up until you reach the Yellow River, don’t shed tears until you see the coffin!
Xiao Ran looked at Davis sympathetically, then at David and Chandler.
He didn't explain anything, but casually opened his backpack and took out a pair of 3D glasses.
I just bought these 3D glasses two days ago. They are glasses for watching 3D movies. They are nothing short of ordinary.
"Davis, put on these 3D glasses and look at the lower right corner of the painting."
"Look carefully, I believe you will find a huge surprise!"
With that said, he handed the glasses to Davis.
"ah!"
Davis exclaimed and quickly took the glasses and put them on.
Then, he hurriedly looked at the lower right corner of the abstract expressionist painting.
At first his expression was normal, but in an instant he was stunned, his eyes were so wide that they almost flew out!
Seeing his performance, Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle, but he was also a little worried.
He was really worried that Davis wouldn't be able to withstand this huge blow and would die here, which would be troublesome.
David and Chandler, who were standing aside, also saw Davis' performance and were extremely curious.
"Oh my God! It's actually a work by Willem de Kooning. It's really a priceless piece of top-notch art!"
"But why did this bastard sign his name in this way? It's so fucking deceptive. Who can find out!"
As he said this, Davis burst into tears and started crying in grievance.
Immediately afterwards, the guy's legs weakened and he collapsed on the ground.
Chandler on the side saw this and immediately prepared to extend his hand to help.
Xiao Ran shook his head and stopped him.
"It's better to let Davis sit on the ground for a while. He won't be able to stand up."
Hearing this, Chandler could only stop.
Then, David asked curiously:
"Sean, what is going on? Can you explain it to me?"
"What's going on with these 3D glasses? Is this the only way to see the author's signature?"
Xiao Ran nodded and then explained:
"This abstract expressionist painting is the work of Willem de Kooning, the soul of abstract expressionism, and it is very special."
“Willem de Kooning used a very special method to hide the author’s signature in the lower right corner of the painting.”
"To be more precise, he designed his signature into a 3D graphic, hiding it in those messy lines and color blocks."
"Ah! Can you sign like this? I've never heard of it."
David immediately exclaimed.
Xiao Ran nodded slightly, and then continued to explain.
"If you observe it with the naked eye, it is extremely difficult to spot this signature, but if you wear 3D stereoscopic glasses, it is not that difficult."
"But Willem de Kooning did not have 3D glasses when he created this painting. This is a very genius design that has been hidden from almost everyone."
"I discovered this deeply hidden signature by chance, and then bought a pair of 3D glasses to observe it."
With that said, he knelt down, took off the 3D glasses from Davis's face, and handed them to David, who looked dull.
