1460. Wonderful auction (4/5)
With the increase in exposure, Li Du is also a well-known figure in the California auction industry. Although he started with a warehouse auction in non-mainstream auctions, his record of never losing money is still very shocking, making many collectors interested in him.
As August begins, autumn is not far away. Many auctions will hold the most important auctions of the year during this season. The auction industry giants such as Christie's, Sotheby's and other auction companies regard autumn auctions as the top priority.
Li Du was not interested in such high-end auctions, because it was almost impossible to find a bargain at these auctions. If you can log in to such an auction, any item will be repeatedly identified and the value space has been determined.
But this kind of auction can open up connections, so he got several invitations through Cole Winston.
Originally, he only needed two, and he and Sophie went there, but Cole asked him for four, and they were all in VIP seats, so it was not wasted.
So he called Hans and asked him to take his girlfriend to Los Angeles. He couldn't always stay in a small town, right? He invited Hans to come out and attend the auction together.
Hans really changed his temperament. After he decided to stay in River Valley Town, he really took root there. He usually had no other contact except for making a few phone calls with Li Du.
In addition to Sotheby's invitation to the autumn auction, he also received invitations from some other auctions, one of which was the folk art collection auction. This auction invited Li Du to be a guest, and Li Du happily agreed.
This kind of folk art collection has the most chance to find a bargain. Of course, 90% of the things in it are fakes, but as long as you can seize the 10% chance to find some buried authentic products, you can make a lot of money.
The auction was held in a small theater in West Hollywood. The theme was quite interesting, called "Peeing the private lives of Hollywood's most low-key stars". It was at the end of August, and he happened to be fine during this period, so he decided to go and have a look.
Upon learning about his decision, a group of treasure pickers immediately followed.
"Follow Boss Li to have meat." Dickens laughed.
Li Du took them to participate in the bid-win real estate auction, but they made a lot of money. Each auction made a profit of at least 100,000 yuan. After coming to Los Angeles, they have participated in four auctions, and the more they made a profit of nearly one million!
Of course, their profits have not been fully realized, and some money is kept in the house, but the house has not been sold.
But the houses Li Du guided them to win are all worth the money. As long as they are not greedy and have to pay high prices, they can make a quick move and recover funds very quickly.
Taking the subway, a group of people surrounded Li Du to West Hollywood.
When we entered the subway entrance, a group of teenagers came towards us.
These people are all black people in their teens to fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are still children, but they walk domineeringly and old-fashionedly. Some people are holding baseball sticks, steel pipes and other things in their hands, as if they are going to fight.
Li Du was the first to enter the subway entrance. When a few children saw him, they whistled at him, and then walked towards him with bad intentions.
Immediately, the strong treasure picker and stronger bodyguards appeared behind Li Du.
Seeing this, the teenagers spitted and shrank back.
Li Du glanced at them for no reason and said, "Whose children are they? They are really uneducated."
Ollie smiled and said, "Young people are like this. They like to shout and dress up randomly, thinking that they are heroes. Time will make them mature."
Follow the map and they arrived at the small theater more than an hour later.
There are many theaters in Los Angeles, and the theater that holds folk collections is called "Glywood". I wonder if it has anything to do with Hollywood.
Li Du took out an invitation letter to the security guard. After the security guard verified, he asked him to go to the backstage. Other treasure pickers could enter the venue, but they did not need an invitation letter.
What this kind of auction requires is attention. Just be willing to attend the auction, whether it is here to join in the fun or really want to buy things.
For the organizers, as long as they can participate in the auction, it is best if the people are crowded and cannot sit down, so that they can promote better in the future.
Li Du went to the backstage, where there were auctioneers and other guests invited by the organizers to organize their clothes, and there were also lots to appear.
After reading his invitation letter, a middle-aged black woman came up enthusiastically to shake hands with him: "Welcome, Mr. Li, thank you very much for enjoying the glory to attend our auction."
Li Du said in a low-key manner: "This is my honor."
Looking at the neatly arranged lots, he released the time flying insects, ready to find some valuable things, so that they can take them down.
As a result, when the time and space flying insects came out, they had not found anything, and Li Du first saw a small jar.
He stared at the painted little jar, and then the more he looked at it, the more he felt it was like something, which shouldn't have appeared here: the urn jar!
Until he saw the black and white photos printed on the jar, he finally confirmed his guess.
He pointed to the jar and was shocked, "God, what is the purpose of this thing here? Isn't it going to take it out for auction, right?"
The black woman smiled proudly and said, "Yes, this is one of the gimmicks of our auction."
Li Du hesitated for a moment and said, "I may be a little ignorant, but I want to know that this should be a can of urns, right?"
The black woman said, "Yes, Mr. Lee, you are not ignorant at all. On the contrary, we think you are knowledgeable. This is the urn, but it is not an ordinary urn, and the one who sleeps in it is Mr. Truman Capote."
The name proposed by the other party made Mr. Li very puzzled. He had never heard of this name. He only knew Harry Truman, the famous president in American history.
But the president's surname is Truman, and Mr. Capote's name is Truman, obviously nothing is related to the two.
Li Du was confused. When someone saw it, he smiled and said, "Ha, don't you know Truman Capote? You don't even know him? Then how do you get in touch with art?"
Someone said, "I know this guy is engaged in warehousing and auction work, so you don't need to know any artists, writers, etc. as long as you have the strength."
After hearing the latter's words, some laughter rang out in the background.
Li Du turned his head and looked at the two of them and said, "To be honest, everyone, I really don't know who Truman Capote is, but I know Wang Xizhi, Zhang Xu, Yan Zhenqing, and Wu Daozi, do you know them?"
The two looked at each other and said, "I don't know, who are you talking about?"
Li Du curled his lips and said, "Even the most famous calligraphers and great painters in Chinese history, we don't know about it? When they created artworks, the United States was not yet born."
He was obviously sarcastic about the two. One of them got angry and said, "We are not Chinese, why should we know which calligrapher you are?"
Li Du said: "Then is this Truman Capote Chinese? I am not an American, why should I know this gentleman?"
Chapter completed!