MTL - Treasure Hunt America-Chapter 47 middleman
Ask for collection, ask for recommendation!
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"Is that really nice?"
It took Jin Muchen a long time to squeeze out a word. After all, the shock that more than two million US dollars can bring cannot be easily resolved.
"Do you want to make a move?"
Rick turned his eyes away from which lamps, looked at Jin Muchen and asked, Jin Muchen nodded.
"Of course, Rick, are you willing to take over? If you want, the price is negotiable."
Although they only met Rick twice, Jin Muchen knew that the old man was a trustworthy person.
But Rick first gave a helpless wry smile, and then shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, I really like these lamp works by Mu Chen, but to be honest, I can't afford them. , because their prices are too high. In fact, the best way is to send these lamps to auction, but in that case, it will take a long time. I wonder if you are in a hurry to use the money?"
"How long is it estimated that it will take to send a photo?"
Jin Muchen didn't know much about the auction business, although he also knew that the headquarters of several well-known companies in the world were in Manhattan, but after all, he had never dealt with them.
"Well, in this case, it depends on the situation. You have to know that the main audience for your lamps is actually the rich in the United States, so if you send it for auction, you can only wait until the year-end auction in New York in November. But after all, every year Year-end auctions are a big event for those auction companies, and usually they choose a theme at the beginning of the year. For example, this year's theme is Chinese elements, so they are preparing to auction in China in the early stage. More experience and resources are spent on antiques, such as publicity, auction planning, etc. Although your three table lamps are good things, they may not invest too much resources because they do not match the theme of this year. , it is very likely that it will be put on the spring auction next year, which will take longer..."
After hearing what Rick said, Jin Muchen realized that this auction company still has so many things.
In this way, he hesitated a little. As Rick said, sending it to the auction company can indeed get a good price, but the key is that this time is a big problem. It's been months, and now is when he needs the money.
The family needs to give some of it, and what about his plan to buy that old mansion in Manhattan?
Seeing that Jin Muchen was a little hesitant, Rick continued: "Of course you can choose not to send the photo, in fact, there is another way, that is to find a collector who likes to collect these lamps, and trade directly. In this way, although it is possible It’s impossible to buy high prices at auctions. But if you take into account the rake of those big auction companies and the taxes to be paid, this is actually not bad, it will save time and the price is actually worse. Not much, the most important thing is to save you a lot of trouble.”
Hearing what Rick said, Jin Muchen thought that this method was very good, and then he asked Rick.
"So Rick, do you know any collectors who like to collect these kinds of lamps?"
Rick smiled: "Don't tell me, I really know a few."
"I told you before that Tiffany's table lamps are actually very popular in the collection market. It used to be limited to such a small collection circle, but later some famous people began to collect such table lamps, Tiffany's Table lamps, in the antique world of America, were very popular. It started with the Beatles guys, then the Led Zeppelin guys, then Barbra Streisand, and David Grid. American celebrities like Finn, they have successively sold or purchased this Tiffany table lamp. Therefore, this Tiffany table lamp has become more and more popular after being hyped by such celebrities in the circle. However, such a celebrity, an antique dealer of my level, is still inaccessible..."
Rick gave Jin Muchen a general introduction to the popularity of this Tiffany table lamp in the American collection circle, but the final change of the topic made Jin Muchen's heart cool.
After all, he is a young man, and he can't hide things in his heart. Rick knew what he was worried about when he saw Jin Muchen's face, so he smiled.
"However, don't worry. Although an antique dealer at my level can't reach those high-end collectors, the people I know can. By the way, are you free today? I mean, Do you have anything else to do next, and if so, we'll continue on another day."
Hearing what Rick said, Jin Muchen's heart felt as if he had been on a roller coaster, and returned to his stomach.
"Of course not, I just have time today."
Jin Muchen pondered over Rick's remarks, and he had already pondered a bit.
In the antique circle of Manhattan, Rick is just a small fish. He is a retailer. If he has anything good to push, he must contact those middlemen, and those middlemen are similar to wholesalers. , or the role of the general agent of the business district, because they can reach those terminal buyers who are willing to pay high prices, and they are the ones who really master the resources.
"Okay, I'll make a few calls now."
Rick said and picked up the phone on the desk, just as he dialed the number, Jin Muchen here looked at him and said.
"Thank you, Rick, I'll give you ten percent if the deal is successful today."
Rick is not Uncle Fang, he is just Uncle Fang's friend. Uncle Fang helps him buy things because of the relationship between the two.
But if you want Rick to do it for nothing, that's not possible. Although he is a good friend of Uncle Fang, friends are friends and business is business.
It has been a long time since she and Fang Bo learned about antiques, so of course Jin Muchen also knows the rules of the antique business in the United States.
For some antiques that are put on consignment in antique shops, after the transaction is successful, the shopkeeper will generally give a 15% commission. If the shopkeeper is the middleman, if the transaction is successful, the commission will generally be 5%, up to 100%. Eighth, of course, it depends on the transaction price.
Generally, the higher the transaction price, the higher the commission will be given. After all, the middleman must contribute a lot, so it should be given more.
However, Jin Muchen directly gave 10% this time, which is far beyond the general market.
The reason why he will give Rick such a high commission is that he sees that Rick is not bad and wants to maintain a long-term business relationship with him, and of course, it is through Rick's mouth that he knows the approximate value of these lamps. The price, of course, he hopes that after the mid-end wholesaler comes, Rick can help himself to increase the price of these lamps.
Although it can't be sent to the auction, the price can't be too different from the auction price, or else it won't be a loss.
Rick quickly finished the call, then looked at Jin Muchen with a smile and said: "Lillian will be here soon, she has an art gallery in Manhattan, she has a lot of clients, and she likes to collect Tiffany lamps. Over the years There are no less than thirty Tiffany lamps sold by her, so you can rest assured that she is a knowledgeable person."
In the United States, low-end antique stores are usually called antique stores, because the things inside are very complicated, but high-end antique stores are often called galleries or art galleries.
Because most of the products sold in it are oil paintings of famous artists, and the owners of those galleries or art galleries use oil paintings to reach those high-end customers, and then sell them other antiques and miscellaneous items.
Hearing that this Lilian has an art gallery, Jin Muchen thinks that this woman should have a lot of background.
Sure enough, after waiting in Rick's store for only half an hour, a woman pushed the door and walked in. The woman was well-maintained, probably in her fifties, with red hair and blue eyes, and a snow-white complexion.
She was wearing a one-step dress with a work suit, a snow-white silver fox fur coat on her upper body, and a pair of Prada hats on her feet. Although she was not young, this dress immediately made this woman look like a woman. Extravagant, the typical image of the noble ladies and ladies in the upper class of Manhattan. UU reading www. uukanshu.com
"Damn traffic, sorry Rick, I'm late!"
As soon as the woman entered the door, she began to complain about the traffic in Manhattan. It is now around 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It is true that the traffic in Manhattan at this time is not as bad as the first congestion in the country, but it is not much worse.
"It's okay, Lillian, you know my rules here, it usually closes after eight o'clock in the evening."
Rick walked up and exchanged a few words with Lilian, but he didn't mean to introduce Lilian to Jin Muchen, and Jin Muchen also hid aside very interestingly, pretending to be a helper in the store.
This is the rule in the circle. Lillian is the resource of Rick. Before people don't want to introduce you, you'd better not talk nonsense in the past.
"It's so cold, what should I drink, Lillian? Coffee or hot chocolate?"
"Forget it, I'm in a hurry, Rick, let's get straight to the point, what about the stuff?"
Lilian didn't greet Rick. Rick took her directly to his desk and took the lamps from under the desk.
"Although look at it, a friend put it on me for consignment. You'd better get the result today. If it doesn't work, I will contact someone tomorrow."
Now that you have become a middleman, you have to do things well, not to mention that this is a transaction worth millions, and the percent commission is definitely a lot.
"Oh! No! Rick, you can't do this to me, this is a good thing, haha, don't worry, if things are right, there will be results tonight."
