11.5 million dollars!
Such a book had appeared at Christie's New York auction in 2010 and was sold for a sky-high price of 11.5 million dollars!
There were too many museums in the United States, and they all needed a treasure. Needless to say, "Birds of America" had that value, so the main competition for this book was among the museums.
The original starting price of "Birds of America" was 2.2 million dollars, but after a round of bidding, the price soared and eventually broke through the ten million mark.
Li Du looked at the picture in the news. It was an elegant girl opening the big book. From the picture, the quality of the book was not as good as the one in his hand.
The book was well protected. From the cover to the pages inside, it was covered with a thin layer of wax. In addition, it was stored in a hollow wooden board, so there was not even a speck of dust on it!
The eyes of the treasure hunters lit up, and someone exclaimed, "Ah, this guy is really lucky, he's lucky! He's a lucky b * stard! "
"Lucky? I don't think so. Do you know who he is? The new treasure hunter king in the southwest, China Li, "the treasure hunter who knew Li Du said proudly, as if he was proud of this.
Li Du was more famous in Arizona. He was also a little famous in California, but not many people in the northeast knew about him.
There was someone next to him who was a little confused and said, "This book is so expensive? Tens of millions of dollars? God, it's just a book! "
Someone explained to him, "Ha, this is expensive? Do you know when this book was published? 1838! Do you know how much it was sold at that time? 182 pounds and 14 shillings! "
"Converted, this book was sold for more than a thousand dollars at that time. Buddy, that's more than a thousand dollars in 1838. You could have bought a big farm in Philadelphia with that amount of money! "someone else said.
Li Du did not know about this. He did not expect this book to be so expensive at that time.
Even so expensive, after the book was published, 120 copies were sold quickly. Audubon was already very famous at that time, and his published works were very popular.
Li Du flipped through the book. There were all kinds of birds in it, and the drawings were very beautiful. It could be seen that Audubon was not only an excellent naturalist, but also an excellent painter.
He handed the book to Brother Wolf and asked him to protect it.
Brother Wolf carefully tucked it under his arm. This was more than ten million US dollars!
Li Du called Hans and asked, "Hello, where are you?"
The voice on the phone was very noisy. "Ah, I, ah, I'm busy, buddy, what's up? It's a bit messy here. I'm too busy with work … "
"F * ck you, b * tch, are you drinking with prostitutes?" Li Du exposed the truth.
Hans was not convinced and said, "Don't pour dirty water on me!"
"I heard a woman's voice from your side," Li Du retorted sarcastically. "Do you think I don't know what a woman with a voice like that is?"
Hans said, "What did you hear? You heard wrong."
Li Du said, "Let me give you a kind reminder. Behave yourself and don't mess around abroad. Be careful not to offend someone you can't afford to offend and get that stupid gun of yours chopped off."
Hans smirked and said, "Who told you I'm still abroad?"
Li Du was stunned. "You're back in the country? On Christmas Day? "
"You don't have to worry about that. What's the matter? If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. "
Li Du said, "Of course there's something. Let me tell you, don't mess around anymore. No one can save you if you get AIDS. Even if you don't get AIDS, you'll have to get other STDs, such as lousy —"
"Stop, stop, stop. Big Fox has been with women for years. Of course he knows how to protect himself. Anyway, I'm very busy here. If there's nothing else, I'll go first … "
"I'm in Philadelphia. Hurry over. I got a book called 'Birds of America.' You can check its value online. Anyway, we can enter the Million Dollar Club now."
With that, Li Du hung up and switched off his phone.
After a while, Brother Wolf's phone rang. Hans's voice was very loud. "Give me the address! Otherwise, how would I know where to find you?! "
Brother Wolf said, "Boss didn't say I could tell you, so I can't talk."
Li Du was very unhappy that Hans had gone to America to have fun instead of looking for him. He decided to teach this b * stard a lesson.
In order to cover up the book, he had bought quite a lot of storage units and it was quite tiring to pack them up.
Godzilla and the others were busy moving things out when two police cars suddenly drove over.
A few police officers got out of the car. Dr. Saatchi led the way like a traitor. When he found Li Du, he pointed at him and said, "It's him!"
A police officer said to Li Du, "Hello, sir. We received a report that you and your men sneaked into the museum last night and destroyed the building. Please cooperate with our investigation."
Li Du smiled calmly and said, "No problem. But I want to know, is there any evidence for this report?"
The police officers looked at Dr. Saatchi. Dr. Saatchi pointed at the bricks, concrete, and floor fragments that had fallen from the exhibition room. He said confidently, "This was definitely smashed by someone. The museum is well protected. It's impossible for it to have become like this!"
Some police officers carefully went in to take a look. They put on white gloves and picked up the broken concrete. After squeezing it with their hands, they shook their heads.
"This is the result of natural aging," an old police officer in his fifties said. An old policeman in his fifties said. He took off his gloves and took a piece of concrete. He squeezed it with his hand and it broke.
Dr. Saatchi was anxious and said, "How can it be? We check the quality of the building every year and never find any problems …"
"This is the truth, Doctor," the police officer insisted. "You have to respect the truth. This can't be used as evidence. Is there any other evidence? For example, is there any surveillance? "
Dr. Saatchi was stunned. He shook his head and said, "No, the surveillance is useless …"
Li Du pointed to a camera and said, "Why is it useless? Look, the infrared light of this camera is still on. The surveillance can be used. Let's look at the surveillance. "
Dr. Saatchi shook his head impatiently and said, "It's useless. There's no need to look. Damn it, I have no evidence."
Li Du smiled and insisted, "No, I have to look. I have to wash away the dirty water that someone has poured on me."
The police officer also said, "Look at the surveillance. The museum has not lost power. The surveillance camera should be automatically saved."
Dr. Saatchi's face changed and he said, "No, there's no need to look. I withdraw my suspicion of this treasure hunter. Maybe there's something wrong with the building."
Li Du continued to insist, "No, we have to look at the surveillance. I don't want to be wronged for no reason."
The admiration and good feeling he had for the old curator last night had now disappeared. The old curator was making trouble again and again. Did he think he was easy to mess with? Very well, then Old Li would show his skills.
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