What is presented to everyone is one of the most famous masterpieces of the Impressionist art master Monet, "Water Lilies"
To be more precise, it is one of the works in the "Water Lilies" series.
This small-scale Impressionist oil painting is not more expensive than Velasquez's "Venus in front of the Mirror", but it is more famous.
Anyone who knows something about Impressionist art knows that Monet's "Water Lilies" is familiar to everyone!
To a certain extent, Monet's "Water Lilies" represents Impressionist art.
When people see Monet's "Water Lilies", they will instantly think of the famous Impressionist art.
In the history of Western art, Impressionism has an almost unparalleled status and is one of the brightest artistic pearls!
The discovery of this "Water Lily" immediately caused a sensation at the scene and in the live broadcast room.
Before Xiao Ran could give an appraisal conclusion, several superstars couldn't wait to make bids, trying to win this impressionist masterpiece!
"For $20 million, Sean, sell me this Monet's "Water Lilies""
"I really love this series of works! I have always wanted to buy them before, but never succeeded!"
Julia Roberts said expectantly.
Before she finished speaking, Selena made a new offer.
"$25 million, Sean, I want this "Water Lilies" too"
Not only them, many fans in the Collector's live broadcast room, as well as several rich second generations in ordinary live broadcast rooms, also rushed to make acquisition requests.
"Xiao Ran, please don't sell "Water Lilies" to these celebrities. I want this Impressionist oil painting, and the price is easy to negotiate!"
"No one in China has collected Monet's "Water Lilies" yet. Brother, let me be the first to eat the crab. Let's see if you can do it?"
Jingcheng Hua Shao said impatiently.
I'm afraid that if I start too late, this Monet's "Water Lilies" will be snatched away by others.
"Xiao Ran, my boss offered 30 million US dollars to acquire this "Water Lilies""
A fan in the collector's live broadcast room made a new offer, which was very generous.
Immediately afterwards, several other guys also made offers, each one higher than the last.
Listening to these tempting offers, Xiao Ran just smiled and did not respond.
He turned his head and looked at Elaine beside him, then smiled and said:
"I'm very sorry, I don't intend to sell this Monet's "Water Lilies", but I plan to collect it myself"
“Elaine likes this series of paintings very much and often mentions to me that she has always wanted to collect one.”
"Now that we happened to meet each other, we naturally can't miss it..."
Before he finished speaking, Elaine jumped directly into his arms like a baby swallow in the forest.
"That's great, honey!"
"I love you, and I love this painting of Monet's "Water Lilies""
After saying that, she kissed Xiao Ran on the cheek.
If it weren't for the inconvenience of wearing a mask, this would definitely be a passionate French kiss.
"Why!"
There were sighs at the scene and in the live broadcast room at the same time, and every sound was full of regret.
Seeing Elaine and Xiao Ran hugging each other, everyone was jealous with envy.
After the hug, Elaine immediately stepped forward and admired the beautiful and poetic "Water Lilies" intoxicated.
Julia Roberts and others also rushed forward immediately.
There were also the three appraisal experts, all of whom had their eyes shining with excitement.
Xiao Ran was squeezed out and could only stand on the outside chatting with David, O'Neill and others.
"As far as I know, Monet's "Water Lilies" seems to be more famous. It can be said that no one knows it."
"Velasquez's "Venus in front of the Mirror" and Goya's "Rhapsody" are relatively less famous, and not many people know about them."
"But why is the more famous "Water Lilies" only worth 20 to 30 million US dollars, while those two paintings are worth hundreds of millions of dollars?"
O'Neill asked curiously.
Xiao Ran looked at the big fat man and immediately gave the answer.
"The reason is actually very simple. Things are more valuable when they are rare! This is an unbreakable truth in the field of collecting antiques, cultural relics and art!"
"There are more than 250 "Water Lilies" painted by Monet, and the themes are almost identical, all with water lilies and ponds as the theme!"
"There are only two of Velasquez's "Venus in front of the Mirror", and they are very different."
"Although there are many paintings in Goya's "Rhapsody" series, the themes are completely different."
"Because of this, the other two paintings are more expensive."
Hearing this, O'Neill suddenly understood.
"I see, things are rare and valuable, I remember it!"
"Whenever I buy antiques and artworks in the future, including investment, I will use this sentence as the criterion!"
"Hahaha"
Xiao Ran and David both laughed and nodded.
After a while, this Monet's "Water Lilies" has been identified.
An appraisal expert from the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art excitedly gave his appraisal conclusion.
"There is no doubt, Sean, this is one of the outstanding masterpieces of Monet, the founder of Impressionism, "Water Lilies""
"And it is a masterpiece of the "Water Lilies" series. It was created around 1916 and is the same period as the "Water Lilies" collected by the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris."
"There is nothing wrong with this "Water Lilies" in terms of painting style, painting techniques, author's signature, etc. The line of inheritance is very clear."
"I just checked online on my mobile phone. Before the 1980s, this "Water Lilies" was collected in a family foundation in Switzerland."
"I don't know when, this "Water Lilies" actually fell into the hands of Pablo, and then appeared here again."
Hearing this, Xiao Ran and David immediately looked at each other and smiled.
They instantly understood why this "Water Lilies" fell into Pablo's hands, and why the Swiss family foundation transferred this top-notch work of art.
What else could be the reason besides money laundering?
Not only this "Water Lilies", but other top antique cultural relics and works of art collected by Pablo probably came from this!
You know, at his peak, Pablo could make a net profit of more than 60 million US dollars in one day.
How to launder these huge amounts of drug money once gave the drug king a huge headache.
It is undoubtedly a very good choice to buy various top antique cultural relics and works of art privately at high prices and then collect them.
Of course, it is not ruled out that some of the antique artworks he collected were stolen!
But Pablo never imagined that these top antiques, cultural relics and works of art that he had worked so hard to obtain would end up being cheap for Xiao Ran!
After getting the definite conclusion, everyone's eyes suddenly became more passionate when they looked at this "Water Lily".
Elaine was afraid that this top-notch work of art would be damaged in the sun, so she quickly entered the villa with the oil painting and placed it on a small easel.
After Monet's "Water Lilies", three more priceless masterpieces appeared one after another.
The first of them is a work by Renoir, another Impressionist art master, "Luncheon by the Seine".
The second oil painting is from the neoclassical master Ingres, and is the "Bather Girl" that this master is best at.
The last one is a surrealist painting, "Catalan Landscape", by the surrealist art master Juan Miró!
The appearance of these three top-notch works of art directly detonated the scene and also detonated the two live broadcast rooms.
Xiao Ran's price for these three top-notch works of art almost shocked everyone's jaws, eliciting waves of almost crazy exclamations.
He quoted $120 million for Renoir's "Luncheon on the Seine."
He quoted a higher price of $140 million for "The Bathing Girl" by neoclassical master Ingres.
Surrealist master Juan Miró's "Catalan Landscape" had a slightly lower price, but it still reached US$60 million!
Such an offer made all the superstars present take a breath and be stunned!
While shocked, they secretly calculated their respective net worths.
As a result, I discovered to my dismay that all the wealth I had earned through hard work over the years was only enough to buy a few paintings, even barely!
It was only then that they had a true understanding of Xiao Ran's astonishing strength.
They realized that compared with Xiao Ran, their little net worth was nothing!
In the two live broadcast rooms, the appearance of these top-notch artworks also caused a storm.
Especially the fans in the collector’s live broadcast room are scrambling to make bids one by one, hoping to win all these top-notch works of art!
Xiao Ran told them to stay calm and bid publicly in the live broadcast room later. The one with the highest price will win!
After cleaning and appraising these top-notch artworks and allowing everyone to enjoy them for a while, Elaine and Fang Yufei moved the oil paintings into the villa.
By five o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Ran was going to hold a small exhibition in the villa to display these top-notch works of art.
This is not only an exhibition, but also a small auction.
In this small auction, he will dispose of some of the antiques, cultural relics and works of art, as well as a large amount of gold and silver treasures, so as to avoid long nights and dreams!
The remaining antique cultural relics, artworks, and gold and silver treasures can either be collected by yourself or sold slowly in the future!
While talking, Xiao Ran came to a heavy crate and was about to open it.
At this moment, another cell phone suddenly rang.
He could only stop what he was doing, took out his phone and took a look at it.
The call was from Counselor He!
The moment he saw Laixian, Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then a smile flashed in his eyes.
