Treasure Hunt all over the World

Half an hour later, Sotheby's personal vault.

The warehouse area is very quiet, only one private vault door is open, showing that there are people here!

Walking into this vault, you can see that Ye Tianzheng is sitting on the ground with his back against the wall, his eyes are shining, with endless excitement, staring at the two storage boxes in front of him.

There was a table in the middle of the vault for human use, but it was abandoned.

Ye Tian was afraid that if he got too excited and accidentally knocked down the antique camera, the loss would be huge, so he chose to sit on the ground to appreciate it, which is undoubtedly the safest way.

You can enjoy those two antique Leicas.

"call--!"

Ye Tian let out a long breath, calmed down his excitement, stretched out his hand and pulled the finishing box containing two antique cameras to his front, and then opened the box.

Two magnificent and luxurious one-shoulder camera bags appeared in front of him, and they immediately caught his attention, even making him ignore the dazzling white light from the camera bags.

This is a limited-edition camera bag specially made for Leica by Schedoni, an Italian high-end leather company. It is a brandy-colored North Italian cow saddle leather handmade bag, which is carefully sewn by hand for 18 hours!

This high-end leather backpack is limited to 100 pieces, and each is printed with a limited number. The starting price is 4,500 US dollars. It is extremely rare, and it is definitely the top luxury in the camera bag!

In addition, these two camera bags have a history of 20 or 30 years and were used by Joel Meyerowitz, which makes them even more valuable and rare!

Although I don’t know much about the auction price of similar celebrity luxury goods, but according to the connotation of these two camera bags, if they go up for auction, a single piece of $100,000 should not be a big problem.

"Luxury! It's an incomparable pretentious weapon!"

Ye Tian admired it sincerely, he could even imagine such a picture.

With this camera bag on my back and an antique Leica camera in my hand, I wandered in romantic Paris, fashionable Milan, and all the picturesque and beautiful cities full of tourists.

Every time I walk by, I will attract countless fiery gazes from around, and every gaze is full of envy, even jealousy!

In addition to envying the antique Leica in their hands, people must also envy this almost equally rare advanced custom camera bag.

That feeling must be great, absolutely enjoyable and intoxicating.

After YY, Ye Tian smiled and withdrew his mind, it was time to enter the next more exciting link.

Appreciate the brightest star in the camera kingdom, the eternal Leica!

Ye Tian carefully took out a camera bag. The white light emitted from this bag was stronger and older, so he chose it first!

Gently putting the camera bag in front of him, he didn't open it immediately, but quickly rubbed his hands on the clothes a few times, feeling completely clean and sweat-free, before reaching out to open this luxurious leather bag.

In the next second, a Leica I(A) with black patent leather and exquisite workmanship immediately came into view.

Although it just lies quietly in the bag, its reputation as the pinnacle of the photography industry for nearly a hundred years is enough to make everyone who knows it crazy about it.

Fortunately, Ye Tian is not an avid photographer, otherwise he would have already started cheering and celebrating!

"As long as you have a Leica, you can do anything"

Fascinated and softly chanting this famous saying in the photography world, Ye Tian carefully picked up the antique camera in front of him and began to study it carefully.

Leica I(A) is the first mass-produced 35mm camera and the ancestor of all 35mm cameras. It was finalized in 1924 and launched in 1925.

Thus, the immortal myth of the camera kingdom officially opened!

Intricate and exquisite workmanship, black paint spray body, nickel-plated external hardware and lens, lettering outlined by wire,

...

Everything reflects the perfect craftsmanship of the Germans. This is a fine craftsmanship that only looks at the effect, regardless of the cost, and pursues the ultimate. It is simply hard to put it down!

While carefully examining the camera components, Ye Tian also looked through the camera as a whole from the inside to the outside.

Although the machine is nearly a hundred years old, it is in excellent condition and intact, with almost no flaws except traces of normal use.

It can be seen that every owner of this camera cherishes it very much, carefully maintains and collects it like a treasure!

Judging from the current overall condition of the camera, as long as it is loaded with film, it will be able to completely restore its former glory immediately and take pictures of all kinds of beautiful picturesque scenery!

"You will belong to me in the future, don't worry! I will never bury your existence value!"

Ye Tian stroked the fuselage and said softly, his movements were as gentle as touching the skin of a beautiful woman, extremely gentle and lingering!

After admiring it for about five or six minutes, he checked all the parts carefully, and tested all the parts that could be tested on the spot. After confirming that there was no problem, he carefully put the baby back into the bag.

Afterwards, Ye Tian stood up and opened a small safe, put the camera bag in and locked it.

From then on, this Leica I(A) and the matching luxury camera bag have become the first two personal collections of this treasure house, rather than temporary passers-by.

The idea of ​​bringing them back to Brooklyn and keeping them at home to play with them all the time only came to mind once, but was completely discarded by Ye Tian.

That's definitely asking for trouble, I can't afford to worry about that!

After locking the small safe, Ye Tian quickly sat back on the ground and focused on another camera bag.

Soon, the camera bag was also opened, and another extremely beautiful Leica camera appeared in front of my eyes.

This is the Leica II (D) produced in 1932, Leica's first 35mm camera with rangefinder and rangefinder.

Its appearance represents the birth of a dual viewfinder camera!

At the same time, it has a more special meaning.

This is the first camera to officially engrave the words 'Leica' and 'Ernst-Leitz--DRP' on the camera body, before the font on the camera was 'Ernst. WETZLER), and the letters 'DRP (German Patent)'

It is for this reason that this camera is so valuable that it is rare to meet!

Next, it was another careful inspection, research and admiration, as well as experience the ecstasy of harvesting treasures!

And this kind of ecstasy will continue, there are hundreds of master-level photographs in the storage box next to it, waiting for Ye Tian to appreciate them one by one!

I believe that each piece is an unparalleled masterpiece of art, which will definitely make people linger and ecstatic!

...

Ye Tian stayed in the personal vault for a full two hours. It was not until his stomach protested seriously that he remembered that he hadn't had lunch yet, and that he still had an appointment in the afternoon.

Time to leave!

Ye Tian stood up immediately, and began to tidy up the master-level photography works all over the floor.

He first packed a few carefully selected photographs into the bag, and these will be taken to the Hauscher \u0026 Wirth gallery for appraisal and evaluation to determine their market price.

He then repacked the remaining works into envelopes and locked them in a small vacant safe.

Ye Tian decided to keep the two Leica cameras as his personal collection, and use them to experience and learn the art of photography.

Of course, it does not rule out using them to show your noble taste on appropriate occasions!

As for these photographs, except for a dozen or so that he particularly likes and will be used to decorate the new house in the future, he plans to sell the rest.

Let them meet a wider public, bring beauty to everyone, and bring big dollars to yourself at the same time.

When appreciating these photographs, Ye Tian took photos of each of them with his mobile phone, and he can show them to the appraisal experts of the 'Hauser \u0026 Voss' gallery later.

After leaving Sotheby's, Ye Tian walked to Chinatown first.

After enjoying an exquisite meal in Shanghai, he went back to Sotheby's to pick up his car, and then went straight to the 'Hauser \u0026 Wirth' gallery.

At two o'clock sharp, Ye Tian went to the appointment on time.

"Good afternoon, Steven, and welcome again to the Hauscher \u0026 Wirth gallery"

As soon as she entered the reception room, Catherine immediately greeted her and gave Ye Tian a warm hug.

"Good afternoon, Catherine! You are getting more and more beautiful and sexier, and you look amazing!"

Ye Tian greeted with a smile, and at the same time sent a series of beautiful compliments.

"Hahaha, you are such a gentleman, your mouth is too sweet!"

"These are all sincere words from the heart, and every sentence is true!"

"Thank you for your praise, congratulations on finding the treasure again, you are the luckiest treasure hunter I have ever seen!"

"Hahaha, maybe it's my turn to get lucky recently!"

After joking and exchanging a few words, Catherine began to introduce the other three people in the reception room.

The three people in the room are all middle-aged men. Two of them are dressed more casually, with a slovenly appearance and an artistic atmosphere. The other wears a suit and leather shoes, meticulously dressed like an elite in the workplace.

"Steven, after I received your call, I started to make arrangements. This is Dennis, an expert in photographic art appraisal from the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

This is Justin, our gallery's photographic art appraisal expert, and this is Mr. Harold, Joel Meyerowitz's art dealer in New York"

Ye Tian stepped forward to shake hands with these three people, and said a few polite words.

The two appraisal experts here are perfectly normal, but the appearance of Joel Meyerowitz's agent made Ye Tian a little surprised, which seemed unnecessary!

After introducing each other, everyone sat down at the conference table.

Immediately afterwards, Catherine explained the reason for Harold's arrival.

"Steven, our gallery has held Joel's photography exhibitions several times, and we have maintained a very good cooperative relationship with him. After receiving your call in the morning, we immediately contacted Joel.

He confirmed the existence of the warehouse in Hell's Kitchen, including these photographs, but there was something in the warehouse that Joel wanted to buy back, so Harold appeared here.

Joel didn't say it was the collection. As for the repurchase, after the appraisal is over, Joel hopes to have a video call with you to discuss the deal. What do you think? "

"Of course no problem. I am very much looking forward to it, and it is a great honor to talk to a master photographer like Joel. The door of collection repurchase is open"

This is a good thing, Ye Tian naturally wouldn't object.

He has no worries about the repurchase of collections.

No matter who these products belonged to before, but now they only belong to me, reasonable and legal! There is no doubt!

Even if the king of heaven wants these collections, he has to exchange them with real money! Joel is naturally no exception!

"Alright then, Steven, let's start appraising the photographs!"

Catherine said excitedly.