Chapter 1197

Chapter 1197 1197. Are you messing with me (15)

11.5 million dollars!

Such a book appeared in Christie's New York auction in 2010 and sold for a sky-high price of 11.5 million!

There are too many museums in the United States, and they all need a treasure of the town hall. Needless to say, this "Birds of the Americas" has this weight, so the museums were the main contenders for this book at that time.

Originally, the starting price of "Birds of the Americas" was US$2.2 million, but after a round of bidding, the price soared, and finally broke through the US$10 million mark.

Li Du looked at the picture on the news, it was a girl with elegant temperament opening the big book, but judging from the picture, the quality of the book was not as good as the one in his hand.

This book is well protected, from the cover to the pages inside, there is a thin layer of oil wax, and it is stored in a hollow wooden board, not even a bit of dust!

The eyes of the treasure hunters became hot, and someone exclaimed, "Ah, this guy is really lucky, he is lucky! He is such a lucky bastard!"

"Lucky? I don't think so. Do you know who he is? The new treasure picker in the southwest region, China Li." The treasure picker who knew Li Du said proudly, as if this incident made him feel honored.

Li Du is more famous in Arizona, California is also a little famous, and few people know it in the Northeast.

Someone beside him was a little confused, and said, "Is this book so expensive? Tens of millions of dollars? God, it's just a book!"

Someone gave him popular science and said: "Ha, is this still expensive? Do you know when this book was published? 1838! Do you know what the price was at that time? 182 pounds and 14 shillings!"

"In terms of conversion, the selling price of this book at that time was more than one thousand dollars. Man, it was more than one thousand dollars in 1838. At that time, with this money, you could buy a large farm in Philadelphia!" Another person Introduced.

Li Du didn't know about this, but he didn't expect the book to be so expensive at that time.

Even though it was so expensive, this book sold 120 copies quickly after it was published that year. Audubon was already very famous at that time, and his published works were very popular.

Li Du was flipping through the book, which showed various birds, which were exquisitely drawn. It could be seen that Audubon was not only an excellent naturalist, but also an excellent painter.

He gave the book to Brother Wolf to protect it specially.

Brother Wolf carefully tucked it under his arm. This is more than ten million dollars!

Li Du called Hans and asked, "Hey, where are you?"

The voice from the phone was very noisy: "Ah, I, ah, I'm busy, buddy, what's the matter? It's a bit messy here, too busy with work..."

"Fake, bitch, are you drinking flower wine?" Li Du told the truth.

Hans said unconvinced: "Don't pour dirty water on me!"

"I heard the voice of the woman over there. Do you think I don't know what they do with the women who speak in that voice?" Li Du retorted.

Hans said: "You heard a fart, you heard it wrong."

Li Du said: "I would like to remind you, be honest, don't mess around in foreign countries, be careful not to offend people who shouldn't be offended, and let people chop off your broken gun."

Hans smiled meanly and said, "Who told you I'm still abroad?"

Li Du was startled and said, "You have returned to China? Did you return to China for Christmas?"

Hans said in a pompous manner: "You don't have to worry about it, what's the matter? I'll hang up if it's okay."

Li Du said: "Of course there is something. Let me tell you, stop messing around. No one can save you if you get AIDS. Even if you can't get AIDS, you will get other sexually transmitted diseases, such as Rotten Haw..."

"Stop, stop, Boss Fu has been criss-crossing the flowers for many years, of course he knows how to protect himself. Anyway, I'm very busy here, so I'll do it first..."

"I'm in Philadelphia, come here quickly. I got a book called "Birds of the Americas."

After speaking, Li Du hung up the phone and turned off the phone.

After a while, Brother Wolf's phone rang, and Hans said loudly, "Give me the address! Otherwise, how would I know where to find you?!"

Brother Wolf said: "The boss didn't say that I can tell you, so I can't talk."

When Hans ran back to the United States, he didn't come back to find himself first, but went to have fun. Li Du was very dissatisfied with this, and he decided to put some eye drops on the bastard.

In order to cover this book, he photographed a lot of warehouses, and it took a lot of effort to clean them up.

Godzilla and the others were busy moving things outside when two police cars drove over suddenly.

Several policemen got out of the car, and Director Saqi led the way like a traitor, found Li Du, pointed at him and said, "That's him!"

A policeman said to Li Du: "Hello, sir, we have received a report that someone said that you sneaked into the museum with people last night and destroyed the building of the museum. Please cooperate with our investigation."

Li Du smiled calmly: "No problem, but I want to know, is there any evidence for this report?"

The police looked at Director Saatchi, who pointed to the bricks, concrete blocks and floor fragments that fell from the exhibition room, and said confidently: "It was definitely smashed by someone, and the museum is well protected. , I can't possibly become like this!"

Some policemen went in to take a look carefully. They put on white gloves and picked up the broken concrete blocks. After pinching them with their hands, they all shook their heads.

"This is the result of natural aging." An old policeman in his fifties said, he took off his gloves and took a piece of concrete, squeezed it with his hands, and it shattered.

Director Saatchi was anxious, and said: "How is it possible, we inspect the quality of the house every year, and we have never found any problems..."

"This is a fact, doctor." The policeman insisted, "You have to respect the facts. This cannot be evidence. Is there any other evidence? For example, is there any monitoring?"

Director Saatchi was dumbfounded, shook his head and said, "No, surveillance is useless..."

Li Du pointed to a camera and said, "Why is it useless? You see, the infrared light of this camera is still on. The monitoring can be used. Let's take a look at the monitoring."

Director Saatchi shook his head impatiently, and said: "It's useless, don't read it, damn it, I have no evidence."

Li Du smiled slightly, but insisted: "No, I must watch it, I must wash off the dirty water that someone splashed on it."

The police also said: "Check the surveillance, the museum is not powered off, and the surveillance cameras should be automatically saved."

Director Saqi's expression changed, and he said, "No need to look at it, I have dispelled my doubts about this treasure picker, maybe there is something wrong with the aging of the building."

Li Du continued to insist: "No, I have to check the surveillance, I don't want to suffer unwarranted injustice."

The admiration and goodwill he had for the old curator last night has disappeared now. The other party keeps making troubles, so you think he is easy to provoke, right? Very good, then he, Old Li, will show off his skills.