Phillips, the auction house founded in 1796, is also a century old shop, but it has only a few hundred years of history, far behind Sotheby and Christie. Originally, it had no comparable qualification.
In Europe and the United States, it is estimated that it can only be regarded as a second rate top auction house. However, everything was different in 1999. In November 1999, the owner of the famous luxury brand "ouch hello" bought the auction house at a cost of 70 million pounds and merged it into the name of ouch Hello, the world''s largest luxury group.
Then it took advantage of the scandal of the first two auction houses and invested a lot of money in Phillips. He didn''t focus on the antiques. He knew that even if there was another competition, he couldn''t compete with those two.
So his main business projects are Impressionist oil paintings, as well as contemporary art and furniture.
This is Jiang Hai''s main goal! After making a phone call in the evening and contacting him to meet him at his office the next day, Jiang Hai was relieved that everything had to wait for tomorrow.
Early the next morning, he came to Phillips'' office with a backpack on his back.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" When he entered the office, a front desk asked him.
"Oh, hello. I made an appointment by phone yesterday. My name is Jiang." Nodded to the girl at the front desk.
"Mr. Jiang? Your appointment time is 9:00 a.m. it''s almost done. I''ll take you to the third reception room and wait a moment. I''ll call manager Zhang down. " Hearing Jiang Hai''s words, the girl first nodded with a smile, then led Jiang Hai to a VIP Hall, where she added a cup of tea to Jiang Hai, and then left. Soon, a man in a suit came in from the outside. He looked about 40 years old, but he was very capable. When he saw Jiang Hai, he laughed first.
"Mr. Jiang? My name is Zhang. What can I do for you? " First, he shook hands with Jiang Hai. The middle-aged man asked with a smile.
"Well, I have a batch of gemstones. I want you to help me identify them." When he shook hands with this man, Jiang Hai also explained his visit. He was not surprised to hear that he was identifying things.
After all, they come here either for appraisal or for auction. Even if they come for auction, they will be appraised before the auction. Jiang Hai''s view seems to be normal to him.
"Of course, it''s OK, but it''s not easy for our auction house to operate. We need to charge a certain fee for identification." And Jiang Hai were sitting on both sides of the coffee table, manager Zhang said with a smile.
"I know that. I don''t know what the charging standard is." He nodded gently. Jiang Hai had already inquired about it before he came. Naturally, the auction house had to charge fees. In fact, what they mainly earned was this money. As for the auction, it was the way of not opening for three years and eating for three years.
"There are basically two kinds of appraisal fees in our auction house. One is to charge one percent of the handling fee according to the appraisal items as the appraisal fee. If it''s some collectibles worth thousands or tens of thousands, you can choose this way. The other is a fixed appraisal fee, which is 2000 yuan in the East and West." Looking at Jiang Hai, the account manager said with a smile.
"Well, I''ll choose to fix it." After thinking about it, although Jiang Hai didn''t know the value of these things on him, if there was a treasure with a price of more than 200000, the second one would be worth more than the first one. He had confidence in his gems. Seeing that Jiang Hai had chosen them, manager Zhang didn''t say much, so he went out and invited two people in.
One of them is a middle-aged man who seems to be a great master, and the other is a young man who is supposed to be an apprentice. He came to learn knowledge and deliver things. After they came in, they gave a brief introduction. Jiang Hai also took out the stone he got from the cave.
In the cave, he got 213 unbreakable stones, all of which proved that he didn''t have enough money. We can only see whether the stones are worth money. If it''s really not good, we can only sell a batch of them for re identification.
Now he is reluctant to plant flowers with snake scales. I think these stones can always be worth the money.
Two people ready the instrument, Jiang Hai also took out some stones on the tea table, looking at the two people began to identify.
"It''s natural crystal. It''s not worth money. It''s about 3500 yuan for such a big piece." But soon, the man finished seeing the first "gem". Hearing this man''s words, Jiang Hai sighed. He also knew that the crystal might have been valuable in the past, but since it could be made artificially, the price of natural crystal has not been high. If it wasn''t for his good purity, it might not even be worth three thousand five.
"It seems that I''m too optimistic." He murmured in his heart. At the same time, he put away the similar products on the table. Since they are all crystals, there is no need to identify them.
The appraisers over there don''t care. After all, there are too many kinds of gems and there are too many laymen. There''s no need to dig such money.Jiang Hai had no choice but to identify more than ten pieces of natural crystals in a row. Fortunately, the price of these crystals was no less than 2000, so he earned back the identification fee.
"Why?" But just as Jiang Hai was about to be numb, suddenly the appraiser here gave a sigh and looked at the gem in his hand. This time, he played with it for more than ten minutes before he looked up at Jiang Hai.
"You''re lucky. This is not a natural crystal, but a natural sapphire. It''s about 10 carats in size and worth 1.2 million." Hear the words of appraiser, Jiang Hai Leng for a while, this time appraisal fee came out.
After thinking about it for a while, he put the ones that had been confirmed into his bag, and the ones that were not sure, a total of 132 yuan, were taken out and piled next to him. Looking at the workload, the appraiser couldn''t help laughing, but he didn''t say anything, because his work is like this, and what he earned is the Commission in this respect.
He gave him a commission of 1500 yuan for 2000 yuan of a gem. Jiang Hai was also giving him more money.
Maybe it''s because of this sapphire that the appraisers are more careful when they look at it. However, crystal is crystal. If they look carefully, they can''t be regarded as gems. Among the remaining gems of Jiang Hai, there are 121 pieces, all of which are natural crystals.
Basically, the big ones are all natural crystals, and the rest are gemstones, which are relatively small.
In the twinkling of an eye, the appraiser had seen 130 pieces. Except for two, only nine were precious stones.
The most valuable piece is a 12.37 carat ruby, valued at 2.3 million.
There are also two smaller rubies, which together can sell for about 500000 yuan.
The remaining three emeralds add up to about 1.6 million.
Two sapphires, together, are worth 400000, only 1.6 million when compared with those originally identified.
The remaining three stones, two sea blue and one gold green, are 50 carats in size, which is about 10 grams.
In other words, the total value of these stones is seven million soft coins.
Although there is a big gap with the tens of millions and hundreds of millions in Jiang Hai''s imagination, seven million is not bad.
At the same time, I comforted myself in my heart that this trip was worth it. The appraiser over there has identified almost everything.
Among the last two pieces identified, one is a natural crystal, which is worth thousands of yuan. But when looking at the last piece, the appraiser''s eyes suddenly turned green
Looking at this stone, he has been looking at it for almost half an hour. After half an hour, he looks at his assistant and tells him what machine to take.
Soon, the young man came back with a lot of machines in his hand, and then the appraiser began to test one by one.
About an hour and a half later, the appraiser took the gem and sat there without saying a word.
"Well, what''s the problem?" Seeing the appraiser''s appearance, Jiang Hai asked strangely.
"There''s no problem, but if there''s no accident, Mr. Jiang, maybe you''ll send it." Looking at the pink hexagonal gem in hand, which is about the size of four thumb fingernails, the appraiser''s eyes are shining.
"Yes? Well, I did make a small hair. After all, those gems are worth more than 7 million. " Self mocking smile for a while, in a sense, he is really hair.
"No, there is this gem. The value of your gems just now is similar to that of the stones on the roadside." Hearing Jiang Hai''s words, the appraiser''s eyes began to shine, and said excitedly to Jiang Hai.
"As for your stone, I can tell you 99.99% that it should be a powder diamond. The craftsmanship of four C is the ultimate, with a net weight of 31.6 carats. Do you know the transaction price of this kind of diamond? The price per carat is 380000 dollars! " The appraiser, at this time, seemed unwilling to let the diamond disappear from his eyes for a second, and said seriously.
"Three hundred and eighty thousand dollars, a carat? That 31.6 is 12 million, beautiful Dao? " Hearing the appraiser''s words, Jiang Hai''s brain seemed to be suddenly hammered, a little confused, but the appraiser didn''t seem to be ready to let him go.
"No, more than that, your pink diamond is a complete pink diamond, 31.6 carats of complete pink diamond, the price, at least 20 times
"Hiss I seem to be a little confused. Wait, don''t talk to me, I want to be quiet... "
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