The next day, in Stuttgart, Germany, Neckar Street, the headquarters of Nago Auction House. The front desk lady saw someone coming in and greeted him in German habitually: "Good morning, do you have an appointment?"

Xiao Yifei couldn't handle such complicated German, so he could only ask: "Do you know English?"

Fortunately, this is Germany rather than France, so the front desk immediately asked in English.

"There is an appointment, and I and Marx from the Coin and Stamp Department are about 10 o'clock."

"Okay, I'll notify him right away."

Nagel, Germany, is not as famous as Sosby and Christie's in Asia, but this auction company, founded in 1922, is one of the four largest auction companies in Germany. Its business is mainly concentrated in Europe and is also one of the famous old-fashioned art auction companies in Europe.

Because his headquarters is in Stuttgart, he was chosen by Xiao Yifei. Xiao Yifei finally decided to exchange it for "pocket money" as gold coins. Xiao Yifei thought that the most likely thing to forge the origin, and the least likely to make mistakes was gold coins. So he took some photos of gold coins yesterday and sent it to the coin stamp department of Nagao Auction House.

After a while, a burly man with a height of 2 meters walked out of the elevator and saw that Xiao Yifei was the only one in the waiting area. He knew that he was Xiao who had an appointment with him and walked over enthusiastically.

"Xiao, good morning."

"Good morning, Marx."

"Let's go upstairs."

The two of them came to a small conference room, and the secretary brought them coffee.

Marx began to speak: "Xiao, do you say you have gold coins and want us to auction?"

"Yes, the gold and silver coins left by my ancestors have several foreign gold coins in it. I took advantage of this business trip to Europe, and I brought them here."

"I looked at the photos you sent me. Our company is very interested. Can you show me the real thing now?"

Xiao Yifei took out 15 gold coins from his pocket, and all of them were put in a small self-sealed bag.

Marx first observed the gold coins one by one through the plastic bag. He looked at the 12 small "Napoleon" gold coins and put them aside. He looked at the other three large gold coins for a long time, nodded, and said to Xiao Yifei: "Xiao, I think these gold coins are good. Let the appraisers of our company check it before they can draw a final conclusion. If you are willing to put these gold coins in our company auction, then our appraisal is free. If you are unwilling to auction us, you will have to pay a 50 euros appraisal fee for each gold coins."

"As long as your reserve price and handling fee are reasonable, I will definitely place it in your auction. Otherwise, I will go to Cologne to find Christie's."

"Thank you for your trust in us, Nagao, then I'll go and hire an appraiser."

After a while, Marx led two people in.

"Xiao, this is Ben, this is Colin. The two of them are experts in the identification of gold and silver coins in our company. Their conclusions are very authoritative, and European collectors recognize their identification conclusions."

"Ben, Colin, good morning, so I'll bother you."

"No, thank you for trusting our company. Then let's start."

Ben and Colin took out a magnifying glass and carefully observed the gold coins. Like Marx, they quickly let go of the little Napoleon gold coins. They spent a lot of time, looking over and over again, weighing them carefully, and from time to time, the two of them even discussed a few words in a low voice. After reaching the conclusion, the two wrote a few words on a piece of paper.

When they identified the last one, the two people's discussions became louder. Marx listened for a while and joined in a few sentences.

"Xiao, that's right. This gold coin is different from the previous ones. It is a British gold coin called Edward III big gold coin, nicknamed the Double Leopard gold coin. It is the first batch of big gold coins circulating in England after centuries of silver coins were used in England. There are only 3 existing ones, so they are of great value. I need to know the details of your discovery of the gold coin, after all, this is too sensitive."

Xiao Yifei didn't know that the gold coins he took out were so precious, so he asked, "How precious are they?"

Marx was depressed, but he could only answer Xiao Yifei's question first: "Let me tell you this, the third one was auctioned by Spinker in 2006, with a base price of 150,000 pounds. The Global Coin Fund spent 460,000 pounds to buy it. Your other gold coins are very ordinary, and the most expensive one is only more than 20,000 euros. But this one is too valuable, so our company needs to understand the source of the gold coins and hope you understand."

Xiao Yifei nodded. Those few were counted as 30,000 euros, plus this one was 460,000 pounds, that would be 500,000 euros, which was so powerful.

"Then if I tell you the source, your company won't reveal it, right?"

Marx could only return to Xiao Yifei again: "We have strict confidentiality measures to ensure that it will not be disclosed to buyers and the media."

Xiao Yifei thought for a while: "Okay, I believe you. These gold coins were dug out from the ground when we renovated the house in our hometown. At that time, we were packed in several sealed ceramic jars with many domestic gold and silver coins, so there was definitely no problem with the origin."

Marx translated his words to Ben and Colin. After a few people discussed for a while, Marx said to Xiao Yifei: "Xiao, we think what you are saying is true. None of your gold coins are buried underground, nor are there any traces of rust, and there is little wear and tear in circulation. It seems that it was indeed carefully collected by your ancestors very early. We have also ruled out the possibility that these three coins appeared before, and this is the fourth double leopard gold coins in the world."

“so?”

Marx was stunned for a moment and then said, "The double leopard gold coins, with a face value of six shillings, were circulated from December 1343 to July 1344. The reserve price we set for this gold coins is 400,000 euros. Don't worry, after several rounds of bidding, it will definitely exceed 500,000 euros."

He picked up another gold coin and introduced to Xiao Yifei: "This one is not a French gold coin, it is a Spanish Sevilla gold coin in 1712. The transaction price of the previous one was 30,000 euros, and our estimated reserve price was 20,000 euros."

Then he picked up a gold coin: "This is the French gold Louis. This kind of gold coin is very ordinary. The auction price is 1,000 euros. We estimate that the transaction price is also at this price."

Finally, he pointed to the dozen small gold coins and said, "These gold coins don't need to be auctioned. These are the most existing Napoleon gold coins. You can use them directly without exchange. Even if they are auctioned, they will fail. In addition, there are stores outside that are buying them. In the past, one coin was less than 100 euros. Recently, the economic crisis has caused this thing to appreciate, but now it is about 120 euros."

Xiao Yifei looked at him and introduced slowly. He could tell from the attitudes of these people towards small gold coins just now that they were not worth much. However, the base price of the three big gold coins far exceeded his expectations. The couple walked the dog and found 1,400 gold coins, which was only worth tens of millions of dollars, and the average one was not even ten thousand. He only had 15 gold coins, which was almost 700,000 US dollars.

The next thing was natural. Xiao Yifei was too lazy to find a store outside to exchange it. The 12 Napoleon small gold coins were directly purchased by the auction house at 110 yuan per piece. And the three big gold coins needed to sign a contract to be auctioned.

Xiao Yifei called William with one phone call. After knowing that Xiao Yifei wanted to find a lawyer temporarily, William recommended a lawyer's firm. He communicated several times. A lawyer took a temporary employment agreement and asked Xiao Yifei to sign it. Then the lawyer, who was the name of honest and fair, checked the auction house's contract.

In fact, this kind of contract is generally a format contract, and there are no major loopholes. However, Xiao Yifei does not know German, so he can find a lawyer to see it safer.

Soon the lawyer nodded and indicated that there was no problem with the contract, so the two parties signed the auction contract.

According to the contract, they will have a regular auction in Berlin early next month, next Sunday. Xiao Yifei's two coins will enter this batch of auctions. The precious British double leopard gold coins will be auctioned at the auction next month, the end of the year.

The reason why the auction procedure arranged by Nagao is so complicated is that it is afraid that it is too hasty. The precious double leopard gold coin cannot reach the ideal price. This is not because the auction behavior is Xiao Yifei, but because the auction house also charges commissions based on the percentage of the auction price. The higher the auction price, the more they earn. And if high-value items are not sold at the ideal price, it will also be a big problem for the auction house. This is definitely unwilling tolerant for Nagao, who is known as a famous old auction house in Europe.

Xiao Yifei came to Deutsche Bank with a check of more than 1,000 euros selling Napoleon gold coins, and quickly completed the account opening and account entry procedures.

Deutsche Bank AG is the largest bank in Germany and one of the world's most important financial institutions. It has long opened a branch in Magic City. Xiao Yifei can easily conduct deposit and withdrawal business after returning to China.

This week passed very fulfilling. It took two days for Xiao Yifei to complete the work. He was supposed to be able to return to China now. William knew that Xiao Yifei's gold coins would not be auctioned on Sundays. He took the initiative to call the country and said that Xiao Yifei would need to stay in Germany for a few days. The excuse was that their company would conduct careful acceptance of the project, and Xiao Yifei stayed here to facilitate communication between the two parties. So Xiao Yifei got a few days of free time. He made full use of this time to clean up the space and threw all the dangerous items that should be thrown out of the space.

After several days of watering, the two pots of flowers in the space seemed to have changed. The experimental group seemed to be more beautiful than the control group, and the leaves seemed to be greener. Maybe the space water is really useful, or maybe it was Xiao Yifei's psychological effect.

The auction went smoothly on Sunday. Both gold coins were sold at an ideal price, with a total transaction volume of 50,000 euros. Unfortunately, after paying 20% ​​of the tax, Xiao Yifei only received more than 40,000 euros. The commission of the auction house was as high as 20-30%. Fortunately, the commission was paid by the buyer. This transaction allowed Xiao Yifei to taste the power of German taxation for the first time.
Chapter completed!