Because of this accident, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang's original idea of sending these three paintings to Sosby's London autumn auction was much weaker.
Although these three paintings look like Yang Jing bought them from the flea market in the eyes of outsiders, they were suddenly invited into the police station for investigation, which still stimulated Yang Jing a little.
He has been a good baby since he was a child, where has he experienced this kind of thing?
Although Sheriff Holmes was very good to Yang Jing, this incident still stimulated Yang Jing to some extent.
Through this incident, Yang Jing finally understood what his grandfather and father had been saying - be low-key, don't show your wealth!
With the identity of those three sketches, as long as Yang Jing is willing, Sotheby's auction house is absolutely willing to push these three paintings to the London autumn auction site, and now even Sotheby or Christie's will find it difficult to get Picasso's works to be auctioned.
Now Yang Jing has suddenly appeared here with three works by Picasso, even if it is just a sketch, it still has a great effect on improving the fame of their auction.
But it's a pity that after this incident, Yang Jing said that he didn't want to go on the auction anymore, which made Sosby's staff very depressed.
But just because they don't sell doesn't mean they won't sell.
On the morning of the last Saturday in September, under the organization of Professor Wilson, four very grand men with many bodyguards arrived at Professor Wilson's villa on the outskirts of the small town of Egham.
These four people who looked extraordinary were the guests invited by Professor Wilson, and the three Picasso sketches in Yang Jing's hand would be bought by one of the four.
None of these four seem to be very old, and the oldest one is estimated to be in his forties.
But it's a relief to think about it.
After all, this is just a sketch of Picasso, and if Picasso's oil painting appears, I'm afraid it will be some old man.
After the introduction, Yang Jing knew the identities of these four people, and they were really not ordinary people.
The middle-aged man who looked the most imposing was from the Spanish Ortega family, and his name was Mata Ortega Perez.
The one in a black casual suit was François Luton from the French Luton family.
The one in the white casual suit was a second-generation from the United Kingdom, named William Thorton.
And the last person who looked the youngest was also from England and his name was Alex Bout.
After getting to know each other, Yang Jing, the owner of the painting, had nothing to do, and the next thing was mainly Professor Wilson.
The four people invited by Professor Wilson today are bidding for these three sketches.
In this process, Professor Wilson will take on the role of auctioneer, and of course, 2 of the final sale price will be used as Professor Wilson's remuneration, as well as Professor Wilson's payment for providing the venue for this bidding event.
Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang are both foreigners, and in a place like London, if you want to invite someone with enough strength to bid for these three paintings, you will never be able to do it by the two of them.
And this kind of relatively private bidding also needs a good place to hold it, so after Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang discussed, they found Professor Wilson again.
In this country, the only person Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang can trust is Professor Wilson.
Especially Guo Xiaoxiang, he is a graduate student of Professor Wilson, and this old professor is usually very good to fat people.
Of course, it is impossible to get Professor Wilson to help for free.
Foreigners are relatively indifferent to human feelings, but Professor Wilson did not embarrass Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang, and only asked for a remuneration of the transaction price of 2.
From the appraisal of these three paintings to the help of people to find a lawyer, in the end, this bid was also organized by Professor Wilson himself, and the remuneration for only the transaction price of 2 was really not much, so Yang Jing agreed very happily.
And then there's today's bid.
Yang Jing and the fat man consciously went to the next room, and there was a window between the room and the living room, so that Yang Jing and the fat man could see the whole bidding process in that room.
The fat man looked down and fiddled with his phone, while Professor Wilson began to explain the three paintings to the four clients.
This kind of more private bidding, although not as cumbersome as the formal auction procedure, still has to go through the necessary procedures, such as proving the authenticity of the three paintings to the customer, which is also the most concerned thing for the customer.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the result of my appraisal of these three paintings, which I have obtained in conjunction with the experts of the British Museum and the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, and this result is authentic and valid and protected by law, so you don't have to worry about the identity of these three paintings, they are indeed the work of Mr.
Picasso.
In addition, it is still the old rule that bank transfers and cheques are not accepted for this bidding, only cash is accepted" Professor Wilson must have been a regular participant in auctions or similar private auctions, so he was familiar with presiding over such bids.
After explaining the rules and the necessary things as usual, the real bidding begins.
This kind of private bidding is not as strict as a formal auction, usually a few customers who are interested in the work get together, and then the host gives a reserve price, and these customers will privately give the host a psychological price, and finally choose the highest customer among these bids, and finally get the work.
This kind of private bidding is very popular in Europe and the United States, one is that this method can completely avoid taxes as long as it is operated well, and the other reason is that it can protect the privacy of customers, so there are many rich people in Europe who like this way of trading.
After Professor Wilson introduced the three sketches, the next time was the time for the four customers to make quotations.
This process takes time, after all, it involves hundreds of thousands or even millions of pounds, and these deep-pocketed customers need to think carefully.
Because these three paintings were drawings that had never been recorded before, and because they were mid-range works of Picasso's sketches in terms of size and artistry, Professor Wilson offered them a price of £600,000 each.
Of course, these three paintings have to be taken together, you can't just buy one of them, if you want it, you have to buy all three paintings together.
Professor Wilson's price is not very high, and given the size and artistry of the three paintings, the starting price of these three paintings would not have been less than three million pounds.
That's how Picasso's work is worth so much now.
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It's just that you need to pay a handling fee for the auction, and more importantly, if the auction is finally sold, you need to pay heavy taxes!
And this kind of privately held bidding, as long as it is operated well, Yang Jing can completely avoid paying the personal tax of up to 40 to the British government.
Therefore, the starting price of this kind of private bidding is relatively low.