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Western antiques are not like our Chinese antiques. There are thousands of miscellaneous items. In addition to top-level porcelain, there are also calligraphy and painting, as well as various jewels and jade, as well as the four treasures of the study, and the royal collection and other miscellaneous items.

Their antiques are mainly divided into several categories. The first group is oil paintings, then antique furniture, then antique jewelry, then sculptures, and then some miscellaneous items such as coins and clocks.

Among all the categories, the most widely accepted is oil painting, and it can even be said that oil painting is the crown of Western antiques.

The reason why I say this is because oil painting, compared with other types of Western antiques, has a very effective value evaluation standard or system.

Famous works, rare works, works with special artistic value and historical value, etc., these are all valid value evaluation criteria for judging whether an oil painting is precious.

You can find such characteristics in many oil paintings, and those world-class famous paintings even have many characteristics in one.

And such evaluation standards are too strict for other Western antiques. Except for those top antique furniture, or jewelry, or clocks and coins, many more ordinary Western antiques do not have such Features.

This is the main reason why these Western antiques are not as popular as oil paintings in the market.

For example, the Roman sculptures that Jin Muchen had seen before, except that they were ancient Roman works with very special historical value, others were works by famous artists. Scarce works, special artistic value, and even who the sculpture is carved, you can't find out.

Therefore, the value of such sculptures cannot be compared with the oil paintings collected here.

And those things. It is too big and inconvenient to carry, which is also the main reason why Jin Muchen abandoned them and went straight to these oil paintings.

Compared with other Western antiques, the oil paintings here are rare hard currency.

Go down from the west building. Jin Muchen went straight to the Monet's works exhibition hall on the first floor on the east side. This is the second largest collection of Monet's paintings in the world outside of France, which houses about forty original works of Monet.

Needless to say, Monet's fame is no less than Picasso's famous European Impressionist oil painting master, many of his works. In particular, the "Water Lilies" series, which he is best at, can fetch a high price of tens of millions of dollars if he gets a random pair on the market.

Therefore, his works are not to be missed. You must know that the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston conducted a small survey some time ago, that is, in their museum, the works of Western Impressionist painters are the most popular.

Among the top ten works, Monet's work alone was selected for four, including a "Water Lily" painted by him in 1907. There are also four copies of his "Bolivar Saint Denis in Winter" and so on.

The total price of these works, Jin Muchen estimated, would be hundreds of millions of dollars.

Think of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for the past 100 years. Unscrupulously looted so many treasures from our China, Jin Muchen wondered, why should they let them bleed out?

There is a special exhibition hall for Monet's works on the east side of the first floor. When Jin Muchen came to visit the place a few days ago, he visited it several times. It is not so much an exhibition hall. In fact, it is more like a cave.

The arched door looks like an arched corridor inside. There are no windows, and more than forty works by Monet. It hangs on the walls at both ends of this corridor. Against the background of the beige wallpaper, it is quite stylish.

But after today, these famous paintings by Monet will say goodbye to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston forever. Thinking of this, it is a revenge for the museum, and Jin Muchen's heart is full of emotions.

After doing this vote, you may be the most famous art thief in the history of the world, right?

Thinking of this name, Jin Muchen couldn't help feeling a little amused. He accelerated his speed, passed through the hall in the middle, and came to the Western oil painting exhibition area on the first floor of the East Building.

However, when he arrived at the Monet Oil Painting Exhibition Hall, which he had visited a few days ago, he was dumbfounded, because this cave-like corridor was actually locked.

That's right, at the entrance of the exhibition hall, there is an extra heavy iron gate coming out. This Nima, what is going on?

When I came here a few days ago, did I not notice that this exhibition hall has an iron gate?

Reaching out to touch the heavy iron door, Jin Muchen pushed it tentatively, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​breaking in by violence.

This iron door, at least ten centimeters thick, is electronically controlled. It is usually hidden in the mezzanine in the middle of the wall. When the museum is closed at night, special staff will lock the two iron doors.

And it seems that this iron door should be specially connected to the electronic alarm system. If you forcefully break in, it is likely to provoke the police and security.

Crap, it seems that the people from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts are not too stupid. Do you still know the value of these Monet's works? That's why they installed a special protection system here.

Unexpectedly, after pondering for several days, the first goal of Western oil painting was unexpectedly so successful!

However, Jin Muchen quickly adjusted his frustration. You must know that there are twenty or thirty exhibition halls on the first floor on the east side, but not every exhibition hall has such an electronic iron gate like this Monet special hall.

Monet's works are not available, but there are many works by other European oil painting masters.

For example, Van Gogh's "Orwell's House" created in 1890, which was rated as the most popular Impressionist painting by those American art lovers, hangs on the wall of the exhibition room next to the Monet Museum.

Jin Muchen came to the front of the painting. Before starting, he looked at the back of the painting. Sure enough, just like the Chinese Pavilion in the Oriental Department, there was no triggering alarm system connected to the back of the painting frame.

It seems that the Boston Museum of Art is really too proud, thinking that no one dares to break ground on Tai Sui.

Since everyone has cooperated like this, if Jin Muchen is being polite, it would be too hypocritical. The oil paintings with a small area are taken directly, wrapped, and then stuffed into the travel bag at the back.

After taking this one, continue to search.

Edgar. Degas' Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, Mary. "In the Box" by Cassatt, "Girl Picking Flowers in the Meadow" by Renoir, Camille. "Two Peasant Women in the Meadow" by Bilosa, Gustave. Caillebotte's "Fruit Exhibition", the ten most popular Impressionist oil paintings selected by contemporary Americans in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, except for Monet's four, all were included in Jin Muchen's pocket.

The oil painting collection here is counted in hundreds of thousands. Jin Muchen has also made up for his knowledge about Western oil painting before, but after all, Western oil painting has been developed for hundreds of years. That's it.

And even if he knows that Impressionist paintings are the most popular right now, there are tens of thousands of Impressionist paintings alone, and there are no more than 10,000 paintings by famous artists.

Of course he couldn't take away all these ten thousand famous Impressionist paintings, he could only choose the most essential ones to take away, but how could he know that those paintings were the most outstanding of these paintings?

This is also thanks to the vote of the American people, otherwise Jin Muchen would be really blind.

Of the ten most popular Impressionist oil paintings, he took six of them. Although he did not have Monet's four paintings, he was already satisfied.

But this is not enough. You must know that the oil paintings on display in this art gallery are not only valuable for these Impressionist paintings, but also for the works of many other style masters, which are also very valuable.

Such as the French famous Paul. The self-portrait "Madame Cezanne sitting in a red armchair" painted by Cezanne to his wife, the unit price of this painting is no less than 100 million, or US dollars, how could Jin Muchen miss it?

You must know that before he came here, he learned in detail through the Internet and magazines. The most valuable Western oil paintings in this art museum, this Cezanne work, was among them. Although he could not enter the top ten, he was also among the top. .

For example, with Van Gogh, Rembrandt, and Yang, who is also known as the Three Musketeers of Dutch painters. The painting "Concert" by Vermeer was introduced in a magazine by Jin Muchen.

It was bought at an auction by a certain financier behind the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It was still in the late 1990s. At that time, the painting sold for a sky-high price: 250 million. US dollars!

At that time, when Jin Muchen saw this amount, he wondered if he was wrong.

How much is a painting worth $250 million in the late 1990s ~www.wuxiaspot.com~?

Jin Muchen doesn't know much about the estimation of the oil painting value appreciation system, but he thinks that the painting is now worth at least 300 million US dollars.

To be honest, when I used to play with Chinese antiques, I felt that fine porcelains that cost tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of RMB, were already very valuable. But in fact, when they were put on the international market, they were nothing compared to the oil paintings of the kings of antiques from foreigners. That's it.

This oil painting, of course, Jin Muchen was also rude. He took it off the wall, wrapped it up, and put it into the travel bag at the back.

The next piece of work he was going to pick up, according to the magazine, was worth more than the price of the "Concert" that he had won before.

Because this painting is an extremely rare self-portrait of Rembrandt, this buddy is a Dutch painter as famous as Van Gogh and Vermeer.

Compared with Van Gogh, his life experience is a little better, but not too much. He was relatively ordinary when he was alive, and even more miserable in his later years. To be famous! (To be continued)