So, Charlie went over and hugged him to comfort him: "Don't be like this, brother, actually this is a good opportunity. You need money, don't you? The Jazz also left you a more important territory. If you want to develop the territory, you need money, so, Why not sell the hymns?”
Adams agreed and said: "I understand your thinking, Wang, but obviously you need money for more important things, so selling hymns is the best choice at the moment."
“When your territory develops, you can buy back the things you sold before,” added auction director Greg.
After showing enough entanglement and psychological struggle, Lao Wang reluctantly handed the hymn to Gregor, then covered his face and lay on the table: he was afraid that he would laugh in excitement.
Greg led two experts to start a careful inspection. They spent a full two hours. In addition to studying the paper, handwriting, and ink, they even inspected each page.
Finally, Greg nodded to Adams, and Adams walked over. After the two exchanged a few words in a low voice, the latter's expression became serious.
Wang Bo's heart was also lifted, but don't suddenly tell him that this is a fake, he can't bear the blow.
Only 1,700 sets of the first edition of "Gulf Hymns" were released, but many imitation versions later appeared. These versions were not intended to be sold as fake ones, but were copied by the believers themselves because the paper in Luoyang was expensive.
It is precisely because of the large number of reprints that the original "Hymn of the Bay" was lost in large numbers. Otherwise, most of the 1,700 books are in major libraries, and there will always be a few hundred copies preserved.
Most of the 11 remaining books of hymns in the world are kept in institutions such as the Library of Congress in New York and the Harvard University Library. Among them, there are two copies in the Old South Church in Boston, USA, and one copy each in the Library of Congress, Yale University and Brown University.
After Adams and Greg finished chatting, he shook hands with Wang Bo, shook his wrist vigorously and said in a more serious tone: "Congratulations, Wang, you have the 12th book of "Gulf Hymns" in your hand. As far as we know, this is also the 12th book after 1947. , God bless this book again in the world!”
Wang Bo pursed his lips and said: "Thank you for your congratulations, but I know this is the original version of the hymn, because my godfather's family are devout Christians. They are old nobles, and the hymns they collect must be the first edition. Originally, I was confident about this.”
Charlie lamented on the sidelines that the old Jazz was too stubborn and closed-minded. If he had played online or paid more attention to the outside world, why would he have been so financially embarrassed in his later years
But then he thought, with the old Sir's stubbornness and pride that he would rather borrow a loan shark than sell the red box, maybe he wouldn't sell it even if he knew he had the hymn in his hand.
The two sides praised the Roberts family for a while, and finally came to the topic. Adams asked: "Wang, my man, do you have any thoughts about this hymn?"
He had a lot of ideas, but he kept a calm mind and said, "I'm very confused right now and I don't have any ideas. What about you?"
Adams said: "I have two suggestions. One is that you sell the hymn to us, and we are willing to buy it at twice the starting price; the second is that you may entrust us to auction it, because one month later, our group There’s a spring auction coming up in New York, so it’s a great opportunity.”
Wang Bo refused to adopt the first suggestion. Adams gave twice the starting price. The last time this book appeared at auction, the starting price was US$6 million, and the final price was US$14.16 million.
If Adams's suggestion was followed, it would be US$12 million, which would make Lao Wang feel like he was at a huge disadvantage.
The second suggestion is good. He is not in a hurry to use money. Besides, he has some money in hand, so both parties can cooperate.
However, the stakes were so high that nearly 20 million New Zealand dollars in valuables were involved, and such cooperation required the presence of a lawyer.
Wang Bo's most trusted lawyer was Mueller, but he obviously couldn't make it, so a video conference was held, and Mueller participated in the meeting through a camera.
The final result is that he entrusted the hymn to Christie's for the New York spring auction, but the price must be higher than 12 million US dollars. If not, Wang Bo will withdraw the authorization and only need to pay Christie's 50,000 New Zealand dollars in publicity fees.
As for if it is auctioned for more than 12 million U.S. dollars, Christie's will charge a commission of 7.6%—normally 9.8%. Muller negotiated with Adams carefully and finally reduced the commission. 2.2 percentage points.
Christie's needs this sale because their biggest competitor, Sotheby's, just sold a book like this and they want to fight back!
Witnessed by both parties, the book was sent to Christie's New Zealand region's safe at the ANZ headquarters. From then on, Wang Bo no longer had to take care of it. If there was something wrong with the book, Christie's would sell it for 14.17 million. compensation.
Lunch was Adams's treat, and several people had a feast at the Green Olive Hotel.
During the dinner, Adams and Greg gave Wang Bo some knowledge about the auction industry, hidden rules, etc. They were very interested in Wang Bo because Lao Wang shamelessly claimed that his godfather also left him some other things. s things.
Regarding this kind of news, Adams would definitely rather believe it or not, so before parting, the two parties exchanged all the contact information they could get in touch with, and then parted reluctantly.
After lunch, the helicopter roared towards Sunset Town.
Wang Bo did not expect to gain so much from this trip to Wellington. If everything goes well, he will be a multi-millionaire in a month!
Suddenly becoming a rich man, Wang Bo was in a good mood. After returning to Sunset Town, he cooked several delicious dishes to celebrate that day. As a result, both Charlie and the cowboy drank very much, and Lao Wang got drunk while drinking. Under the table.
Lying on the bed in a daze, Lao Wang opened the sand tray out of habit. When he found that the drawing tray turned light green, he chose to use it. The drawing tray turned, and the pointer stopped at the heart of the territory, and then a 'pasture' Heart' appears.
He was already confused at that moment. After seeing Heart of the Ranch, he couldn't think straight and fell asleep.
After getting up in the morning, Lao Wang stretched out comfortably, and then he remembered the heart of the ranch that he had won last night.
He was startled and quickly opened the sand table. Fortunately, the heart of the pasture did not disappear. A palm-sized piece of grass appeared above the sand table, and there were neat green grass growing on the grass, and the leaves were swaying in the wind.
There is no doubt that this is the heart of the ranch, like a neat and beautiful small grassland, which looks extremely pleasing to the eye.
Lao Wang thought for a while and chose to install the heart of the ranch on the grassland in the south of the territory.