Chapter 826 Continuing the Auction

Warren pointed to one of the statues and said, "This is the statue of Venus, the goddess of love. Look here, what do you see?"

Both Jiang Hao and Garrison looked down at the corner of the pedestal. There was a line of ancient Greek carvings over there. Warren said excitedly: "This signature is Polykritos, one of the most famous ancient Greek sculpture masters, British Museum Several of his sculptures are preserved in the Museum of Art and Athens."

"There are also these two statues, this one is the statue of Victory, this one is the statue of Athena, these three sculptures are all the works of Polykritos."

Warren continued: "You know, there is a statue of Victory in the Louvre, but it is incomplete, no head, only half of the body and a wing, and the Louvre recently offered a reward of 1 million euros for the restoration design. Figure, which means that as long as you come up with the most perfect design, you don’t need to repair it yourself, you can get a bonus of 1 million euros.”

"There is also this statue of the goddess Athena. There are several statues of the goddess Athena in various museums, but most of them are wearing armor and holding spears to show their direction of war, but this one is wearing a garland and wearing clothes. The naked shoulders and jade legs are in a very relaxed and leisurely state, which has never been seen before, but Master Polykritos made Athena in this state so vivid, which is absolutely unique. s work."

"No, no, I was wrong. These three sculptures are all unique, with high artistic value and extremely complete preservation. After more than two thousand years, they have hardly been damaged. This is the most rare."

The price of a famous master's work is countless times higher than that of an anonymous one. Jiang Hao is very happy with this result.

"Mr. Warren, can you give an estimate for these three statues?" Jiang Hao asked.

Warren immediately shook his head and said loudly: "Mr. Jon, they are real national treasures of art, and their value is immeasurable. The three treasures of the Louvre Museum, Venus with Broken Arms, and the Incomplete Statue of Victory , Mona Lisa."

"Your Venus is the work of Polykritos, and its artistic value will definitely not be lower than the 'Broken Arm Venus' of sculptor Alexandros. How much do you think she should be worth?"

"The statue of the Goddess of Victory, the one in the Louvre is seriously incomplete, and yours is complete. It is difficult to verify the author of the statue in the Louvre, but yours is the work of Master Polykritos, and its value is even higher. Above that statue of Victory, how much do you think she should be worth?"

"There is also this statue of Athena, whose value is the same as the previous two statues. How much do you think she should be worth?"

Speaking of this, Warren showed a bit of sadness on his face, his eyes were a little red, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Jon, I really don't want them to be sent to the auction, because it is a blasphemy against them. Priceless. You should keep them well, or rent them out to museums, so that more people can enjoy these perfect masterpieces of art.”

Garrison next to him was taken aback when he heard it, but he immediately realized that this old guy, Warren, was going crazy. He pushed such a good business out, and he immediately gave Thomas a wink.

Thomas immediately understood, stepped forward and pulled Warren away, "Warren, steven's butler has made us black tea, let's go have a drink."

At this moment, Warren also realized that he had lost his composure just now, took a deep breath, smiled at Jiang Hao, turned and went out.

Garrison looked at Jiang Hao nervously, for fear that he would change his mind. If this big business failed, he would probably be sad for a few years.

Looking at the nervous Garrison, Jiang Hao smiled, "Don't worry, these are confirmed to be auctioned, but Garrison, do more publicity, you heard what Warren appraiser said just now, they are truly priceless treasures , so there should be a price that matches them, what do you think.”

"Of course, I agree with your wishes." Garrison said with a smile on his face.

The auction house sent several vehicles to pack the statues in the safest way, and 20 armed escorts escorted them to transport the batch of antiques and statues to the auction house.

Subsequently,

The auction house organized another larger-scale appraisal. This time, not only the auction house's own appraisers, but also invited several well-known appraisers and archaeological experts in the society, which made a huge impact. Finally, these experts came to a consensus conclusion, The identification results of Warren and Thomas are the same.

the next day,

The auction house held a press conference. Garrison sat at the main seat, several well-known experts sat next to him, and more than 30 invited media were in the audience.

"Dear reporters, this auction house has recently exhibited a batch of treasures from the period of Alexander the Great in ancient Greece, including fifteen gold vessels and three classical marble statues. These fifteen gold vessels are all from Alexander the Great. The palace supplies are exquisitely shaped and inlaid with precious gemstones. They are absolutely rare works of art, and the three statues are national treasures, all of which were made by Polykritos, one of the three major sculptors in ancient Greece. , the artistic value and collection value are extremely high, now please watch the big screen."

On the LCD screens on both sides, pictures of exquisite works of art began to flash.

Garrison said with a smile: "Tomorrow, these works of art will be exhibited in the exhibition hall of the Charlotte Auction House for a period of two months, and the public auction of these works of art will be held two months later."

As soon as this news came out, it immediately aroused the great interest of those big collectors and major museums in various countries. In the West, oil paintings and sculptures are the most mainstream works of art. Two of the three treasures of the Louvre Museum are sculptures. If other museums collect them, they can definitely be their own treasures.

Immediately after the exhibition began, countless collectors and museum managers came to investigate and watch, and then went back to study how to acquire these precious works of art.

The auction was handed over to Garrison, but Jiang Hao took it easy and continued to live a leisurely life as a university teacher.

For the weekly occult class, Jiang Hao walked into the large classroom with a file folder. To Jiang Hao's surprise, there were a lot more students today than last time.

Jiang Hao’s teaching work has not been interrupted except that he will ask for leave during the expedition. At the beginning, his courses only had more than 30 elective students, but Jiang Hao’s teaching is very unique. Mysterious things are the most attractive, and later attracted some When the auditors come to attend the lectures, they will increase their knowledge, so the number of students has increased all the way.

The number of students increased from 30 to 40 and 50, and the number reached 80 in the last class. Jiang Hao glanced at it today and found that there were more students than in the previous class, about a hundred people.

Putting the handout on the desk, Jiang Hao said with a smile: "There seem to be a lot more people today. It seems that my class is becoming more and more popular. I am very happy. I am going to talk about the mystery of the East in today's class." Learn a small branch of it, fortune-telling."

"I want to ask, how much knowledge do you know about fortune-telling, you can list one or two." Jiang Hao asked.

Suddenly a student said:

"Tarot cards."

"constellation."

"Astrology."

"Prophecy."

At this moment, Miranda stood up and said, "Teacher, I know that in the East there are Zhouyi, face reading, palm reading, bone touching, time and horoscope calculation, zodiac fortune telling, lottery and so on."

Jiang Hao was a little surprised, looked at Miranda and asked, "It's really rare that you know so much about fortune-telling in the East."

Miranda smiled, and looked at Jiang Hao with bright eyes, "Teacher, I have been studying occultism very hard recently, and I have read a lot of books, especially the knowledge of oriental occultism, which is really very important. Bo, I only understand a little bit."

Jiang Hao smiled and nodded, "It's hard to come by."

Miranda smiled sweetly and sat back down again.

Jiang Hao returned to the center of the podium and said, "What you said just now is correct. In the West, there are Tarot cards, horoscopes, astrology, and prophecy. In Britain, there are also tea dregs for fortune-telling, divination by spreading salt, and even divination by water rats, right?"

Many students below laughed softly.

"Oriental fortune-telling is also very complicated, but most of them come from Zhouyi, and can be divided into face reading, palmistry, groping bones, time and horoscope calculations, money hexagrams, zodiac fortune-telling, plum blossoms, lottery and other methods."

"Then what is fortune-telling? If you give a definition, I think it should be the act of guessing the fate of life through some method."

"Fortune-telling can be found in both the East and the West, but there is a big difference, but the essence is the same, that is, fortune-telling. Today we will talk about fortune-telling in the East."

"How many fortune-telling methods are there in the East?"

Jiang Hao spread his hands, and said with a hint of helplessness on his face: "Too many, just say that there are countless species in China, but I know no less than dozens of species, and there are many branches and branches, and many of them are only in China. It is spread in one place, and it is not known to people.”

"Just like the Tarot cards, there are also many algorithms, such as the hexagram divination method, the holy triangle divination method, the diamond divination method, and so on."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hao smiled and said: "If I just dictate on the podium, it may be difficult for you to understand and remember, maybe letting you experience it will deepen the impact, so I want to ask, is there any No one came up on stage to experiment with various methods of fortune-telling."

Interactive teaching can be said to be the most attractive part of Jiang Hao's occultism. From the three experiments he made in the first class, almost every teaching has an experience link. Most students are attracted by this kind of personal experience. The teaching method attracts more and more talents to attend the lectures.

As soon as Jiang Hao finished speaking, many people raised their hands immediately, among which the highest one was Miranda. This girl not only raised her hands high, but also her chest was high.

Jiang Hao swept across the students with a smile, and his eyes stopped intentionally or unintentionally at the position in the last row of the teacher. There was a middle-aged white man sitting there, looking at Jiang Hao with great interest. The two exchanged a short glance. The other party also smiled at Jiang Hao.

But Jiang Hao has already recognized the middle-aged man.

Constantine.