musicians of old

Chapter 52
After DuPont left, Fanning opened the drawer, took out the "Hoffmann Interpretation Handbook" which was thicker than a brick, and put it at hand.

His reading of the ancient Hoffman language is similar to that of ordinary middle school students reading classical Chinese in the previous life, and it is a more jerky extracurricular literature.

With the help of translation reference books, Fan Ning stumbled and studied "Investigation of Belesintzky's Deeds", and his main energy was concentrated on the second volume, learning how to represent and interpret those spiritual colors.

He also used basic mystical literature written in the ancient Hoffman language, such as "Echo Taxonomy", "Janus Inspiration Revelation", "Seven Lights Precepts Translation" in the bookcase, to find information about some of his recent confusion .

"Mysticism is really vast. I don't know how much effort it will take to read it systematically in the future." Fan Ning sighed.

As for other more in-depth documents, it is necessary to learn Turangalian, and Fanning is going to turn to Sheeran for help.

The study time flew by, and it was [-]:[-] in the afternoon. Fan Ning gathered for the appointment and set off for the Prudence Auction House.

The street lights were first turned on, and two private carriages drove forward one after the other.

In the latter, a spacious and comfortable carriage with a luxurious interior, there are two soft red sofas that can be slept on, separated by a wooden table in the middle. Fanning sits and chats with Joan's father, Lord Nessimi.

He looked to be in his early forties, wearing a deep red luxurious velvet coat and a mink soft hat, cleanly shaved, with a fat figure, and a cheerful expression all the time.

During the chat, Fan Ning learned that Joan's family made great contributions to the conquest of the Nileru Kingdom in the second half of the 7th century, and was awarded the title of hereditary viscount by the empire, and managed a county when it was most prosperous.According to Lord Nehemiah's statement, the real power of his family should have been greatly reduced, but he still has a seat in the House of Lords in Uvransail and owns his own small property and land.

"Joan was born in such a wealthy and harmonious family, no wonder she developed such an optimistic personality."

She and Sheeran huddled together in the corner of the carriage, listening to Fanning chatting with her father for a while, and whispering intimately with Sheeran for a while.

Afterwards, Lord Nessimi threw some topics in the field of art to Fanning, including music, public cultural management and investment in fine arts. Fanning took them one by one, and clarified his views with reason and humility.

I saw the two chatting from "the unhealthy trend of serious music critics" to "the disadvantages of the development system of the imperial public art space", and from the investment taste of the aristocrats in recent years, which "tends to be sentimental and evasive" to "contemporary emerging collectors Motives for investment demand"...

"This young man is not only rich in art, but also has impeccable gentleman etiquette, and many of his views are inspiring..." Lord Nessimi felt more and more that it was a very correct choice to entrust Fanning as the art consultant tonight.

A group of people arrived at No. 226 Finlay Street, Pushore District.

The Prudence Auction House occupies a large area, but it only has two floors. Its appearance is not as ostentatious as Fan Ning thought. The building is made of bluestone and covered with vines. At first glance, it looks like a noble private house manor.

The door attendant obviously knew Lord Nehemiah, and he was greeted all the way through the door.

This is where Mr. Anton bought the fragments of the music series?But the protagonist of today's auction is oil painting rather than antiques
Fanning looked at the environment all the way: brown painted wooden walls, bright gas lamps, simple and clean decoration, sparse but just right decorative paintings and posters - he felt that this place was quite similar to a concert hall.

"So do you think that the reason why the traditional aristocratic investment in traditional aristocratic paintings is not due to psychological escape from the pollution and corruption of industrial cities? This is the mainstream view of art critics today." Nisi Lord Mi was still asking Fan Ning beside him.

"My dad said more to Carlone today than he did to me last week." Behind the two of them, Joan held Hiran's hand and curled his lips.

"Caroun said more to Uncle Nessimi today than he did to me last month." Hiran responded to his best friend with a smile and teased him.

"Please. My identity today is an art consultant, okay?" Fan Ning heard the two people complaining behind him, and secretly defended himself in his heart, "I was ready to collect money before I chatted with your father."

He continued to answer Lord Nehemiah's question: "When Mannerism prevailed in the past, they advocated the revival of classics and humanities; when rural genre paintings became popular again in the market, they pursued the pale and slender court style; now a large number of farmers are pouring into industrial cities to work , became sickly and emaciated in the smog, and they began to sing the pastoral again."

"If I was born in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, I would also try to distinguish myself from the industrial gentleman aesthetically." Fanning did not avoid the fact that Joan's father was born as a gentleman in the traditional sense.

"But the industrial gentry is the rising power class of the current authorities." Lord Nessimi questioned, "The proportion of their descendants studying art in the academic school is no less than that of the traditional gentry."

"It's not a distinction between persons, but a distinction between concepts." Fan Ning immediately emphasized this point, "The key is to grasp the right to define 'elegant art and profound appreciation'. Didn't you find that no matter how great the aesthetic differences between them are, Both declare themselves 'royal aesthetic taste'."

"Artistic taste is a kind of cultural capital."

Lord Nehemiah smiled and said, "Caroun, you are really interesting. Did you come up with this point of view?"

"It's my father, Vincent."

"So do you have any directional suggestions? Are you more inclined to suggest that I collect the original style, or the romantic pastoral style that is popular recently?"

Fan Ning thought for a while: "I'm not very optimistic about the authenticism of contemporary painters' paintings; Romantic works need to be analyzed in detail, and I will remind you in due course; finally, I suggest that you pay more attention to the new 'suggestive flow' style works, which have a suitable price , can be decisively won."

"Oh?" Lord Nessimi was surprised, "You are so optimistic about the 'hint flow' style?"

"Of course." Fanning's tone was confident.

He is very clear that the "hint flow" style that has appeared in this world in recent years is very close to the germination of impressionism in his previous life!Some works are quite close to the painting styles of Monet, Pissarro, Renoir and others in the early days of Impressionism.

In the previous life, no one cared about this kind of works at first, and was excluded by the traditional academic school, but the market price rose to the point that human beings could not even understand it!

And the current "suggestion flow" style is in the period when it is being squeezed out by several imperial art academies in the empire.

Only in some small galleries, auction houses or private art museums have the opportunity to show.

If Fanning can pay off his debts and have some spare cash on hand, he will definitely invest in a few bargains!

Lord Nisimi jokingly said: "In the past ten years, the market value of 'Hint Stream' works has indeed increased slightly, but gentlemen generally feel that investing in them is not as good as doing financial management in the bank..." But seeing Fanning so confident , plus the previous chat was quite speculative, and they laughed again: "But I believe in your vision, and I will pick a few pictures later."

Fanning smiled lightly: "The difference between investors and collectors is reflected in the fact that one is only looking for banknotes, while the other is looking for painting geniuses of his own era and witnessing the history of art in person."

He added with a wink: "Of course, the latter often ends up with more money."

In the venue, several people were arranged to sit in the luxurious private room on the second floor. The light here is slightly darker, and there are partitions that can be adjusted by themselves, so as to fully protect the privacy of distinguished guests.

Joan took the hot towel from her father's attendant housekeeper, wiped her hands and began to sweep the pastries and special snacks on the table, and kept telling Caron and Sheeran to be polite.

Lord Nehemiah swirled the amber liquid in his wine glass, closing his eyes and taking a sip from time to time.

The auction officially started at 5:2 p.m. After a period of time, under the instruction of Fan Ning, Lord Nessimi tried to participate in the auction for 80 times, including 180 works of contemporary painters in romantic style, which were sold at [-] pounds and [-] pounds Price to start with.

Lord Nessimi was surprised to find that Fanning not only had a sharp eye and accurate analysis, but also offered a very quick, accurate and ruthless bid proposal, and was very decisive in giving up.

It not only avoids the unnecessary "you promote me" with competitors, but also saves your own funds to the greatest extent.

"Caron, how did you do it?"

"The analysis of content and techniques is one aspect, and many variables in the art market also need to be considered, such as the reputation of relevant art critics, the average price of similar works, the breadth of the market for artists... There is also its own flow space, we You have to estimate the proportion of the artist's willingness to sell to the supply of similar creations in the market...this requires some industry experience."

Fanning chewed lightly a fried fish ball.

"This guy should reopen his family's Turner Art Museum and become an art critic or collector. Hell, it's a waste of money for him to devote himself to the music business." Lord Nessimi admired and secretly regretted .

"Father, I'll go outside for a while." Joan stood up and acted like a baby to her father with a soft voice.

"Where are you going, Joan?" Sheeran asked.

"I'll come back as soon as I can breathe. You are with my father and Carlone."

"Go, baby, there are many new gadgets everywhere in the auction house, be careful not to break things." Lord Nessimi doted on and waved casually, probably because he was used to his daughter like this.

"Okay~"

"Joan can't sit still, and I don't know how she practiced her flute and violin." Fanning watched Joan's back and left, secretly smiling.

I still leaned leisurely on the sofa, eating fried fish balls one by one.

Chewing and chewing, he suddenly stopped in his mouth.

"No, isn't this...?"

He took out his pocket watch and opened it, and the time pointed to seven forty-five in the evening!
"impossible???"

Fanning closed the pocket watch with a "snap", his face full of disbelief.

"Joan, you? . . . "

The underground meeting of the wise that the gray-clothed man who was killed by himself said was exactly eight o'clock in the evening in the warehouse next door!

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