Arabia tableware from the 1930s,
A table full of items, Do I hear 200 Euros?
150, 100, Going for 100 Euros,
110 Euros, 120,
Going once, going twice,,, 130!
Estate auction
46, Painting, seascape
Seascape, signature ambiguous, Do I hear 3007?
Do I hear 200 Euros? Do I hear 100 Euros?
100 Euros from olavi launio, Going once,,,
150, - 150,
We have a newcomer here, I have 350,
350, 400, Great,
400, - Fierce competition between the gentlemen,
550, Going once,,,
Going twice, Or do I hear 6007?
He raised his hand, 600,
Going once, going twice, Sold,
Sold to olavi launio,
One last deal
the painting has been cleaned and fully restored,
The frame is brand-new,
Eugen taube specialized in seascapes,
It's very nice,
Yes,
You may take it home and see how it looks there,
Here you are, - Thank you,
600,
I can give you a discount, -
but I don't have that much room to bargain,
600, That's what they cost at auction,
We just checked,
You've reached olavi launio, If you're calling about art, -
please leave your name and number, and I'll get back to you,
Dad, it's me,
I've been trying to reach you,
Otto hasn't been able to find a place for his job training period,
I couldn't think of anyone else I could ask for help,
Call me, Bye,
Two of these? - One, please,
Here you are, - Thank you,
Auction showroom open today
Reminder for late payment
Olavi launio fine arts,
Hello, It's been a while,
I'm good, The same as usual,
Yes, I heard,
I didn't have time to call, I've been a bit busy,
When?
I have a customer, I have to go,
I'l have to think about it, I have to go,
I have a customer here,
We'll talk, Bye,
Want to go check out dubrowski's showroom today?
I'm having trouble selling the paintings I have,
Times are so bad, I should close up shop,
You need new paintings for your window,
Come, let's go, Coffee's on me,
One last deal, That's all I'm asking,
Hi, I've missed you, If you only knew,
We have to go get coffee like we said,
You bid for the small bronze statue last time,
But the seven-day purchase period has already expired,
Oh, Do I owe you something? Our commission,
The bronze statue was sold between auctions, Everything's okay,
Oh, No one thought I should be informed,
Will you be done soon? I need to check a couple of details,
And I'm trying to make some sales here,
We'll have that coffee soon,
Here you go,
Patu, I want your opinion,
Hi, olavi!
Depends on how much people are willing to pay for it,
It's not that special a painting,
By unknown master
well, yeah, A nice piece,
From the golden age of Finnish art?
It could be a fake,
Even if it wasn't, it'd be hard to sell, -
since it's not signed and the artist is unknown,
I could look into it,
I could buy it and see if I could find something,
Graphic art is cheap, Art for the masses,
Forget that, It's too big a risk -
if you're thinking of closing up shop,
Are you going to close? Not that soon,
You remember what happened to saukkonen? - C'mon,
The big guy who had a shop around the corner,
He ran his business for 40 years,
Six months after selling his shop, he kicked the bucket,
Someone will get nice commercial space when you leave,
The rent is cheap, isn't it?
Graphic art customers
Old masters customers Albert Johnson, Stockholm
Konrad, here! Come on!
Hello? - 7his is olavi launio from Helsinki,
Excuse me? - The art dealer,
Hello, Okay, Did I call you at a bad time?
You still have your shop?
Konrad! - Maybe I'll call you back a little later,
You hear me? Konrad! I said "come!"
May I help you? - Yes,
You should fill these out,
Here you can list all the tasks I've done here,
That's the evaluation form,
Otto?
That's okay, I wouldn't have recognized you, either,
You can't come here, I don't have work for you,
Why can't I hang out here for a couple of days?
C'mon, Mom's in a panic, She's going to lose it,
Sure you can let me do my job training here, - No,
I can't have you here, Not a chance,
What do you mean you can't?
I just can't,
Right,
You never did anything for us anyway,
Rabbe, - Oh, hi,
I'd like to take one more look at a painting, Is there anybody inside?
It's strange it hasn't been signed, Yeah,
Will this take long?
Did you get this from some manor house?
I can't give you that information, But the provenance was checked,
The artist is unknown, right? It's all in the catalogue,
Russian masterpieces
Dad, can I help?
Thank you,
Can we talk?
Otto has spent time by himself, He's used to doing things for himself,
You don't have to babysit him,
Please take him for a couple of days, I wouldn't ask unless,,,
This is olavi launio,
I'd like to borrow a couple of auction catalogues from you,
I've borrowed them before, Many times,
Would it be possible,,,
I can't leave my shop, Couldn't you make an exception?
Oh, Well,,,
I wouldn't ask you, but he got caught stealing,
No one else will take him, And I should?
He could watch your shop if you have to go somewhere,
You can't close the shop for a whole day,
Be polite, Don't leave the shop,
Just keep these in mind, Keep a pen and paper close at hand,
I can write down phone numbers,
Listen now, Write down their number and name,
Write down the name of the painting the customer is interested in,
Okay, I don't need a pen,
And don't make a mess here,
These paintings cost money, You get it?
Sales
Hello,
Excuse me? Excuse me?
May I look around? - Sure,
How much is this seascape?
This one here?
Yeah,
It's 1,650 Euros,
What the hell?
You're supposed to be watching the shop,
The price tag said 1,250 Euros, but I sold it for 1,500, -
so the difference is mine, Or?
Huh?
The name of the painting might not be the same,
It can be anything,
Face study, Peasant, Portrait of man,
But of course not landscape or still life,
Really? You got me there,
This makes no sense,
Why don't you just sell the works you have?
We're talking about a work that's in a class all its own,
Hey, - I didn't find anything,
You sure you didn't skip anything? Yeah, yeah,
I could skip this slave work, No, you can't,
You need someone to fill out that evaluation form,
That someone is me, so keep searching,
That's what it says in your papers, Check them out,
You have to feed me once a day,
That's what it says in my papers, Check them out,
You're embarrassed about being seen here -
but not about getting caught stealing?
Why is it stealing if I bring in the same amount of money -
for every fucking detergent box as everyone else in my class?
Did you overcharge people and pocket the difference?
Why is it called "suggested retail price" -
if you can't change it?
As long as you don't have your own business, -
you sell for the price given to you,
Getting caught wasn't very smart,
What about your business?
I heard you're not that smart, either,
You collect junk, -
thinking one day you'll find a real treasure,
Huh?
Koistinen unto, 60 x 50 cm,
At auction, it would cost around 10,000 Euros,
10,000 Euros for Ronald McDonald?
Look at it,
It's vulgar and doesn't even try to resemble the model,
Maria wiik, 40 x 30 cm, Oil on canvas,
If that was sold at auction, -
you'd need thirty grand to walk away with it,
Thirty grand? For that small painting?
Hugo simberg's towards the evening,
You see the evening sky in the background?
An old hunched man and a small child with him,
One has his life ahead of him, and the other behind him,
You need to live life before you can paint something like that,
That would be sold for 200,000 at auction,
It tells you something about the painting,
It'll look nice in your office next to the sarestoniemi,
All right, bye! - Bye,
Olavi, hi, Your business is going well,
Not that well, I'm losing business to online shops, - Right,
How are you doing? - Okay,
Where are you headed? Do you have a moment?
I can lend you a couple of thousand, but think about it,
The painting is worth nothing if you don't know the artist,
Or do you?
You said it's from the golden age of Finnish art, -
but I could tell immediately -
that the subject was not typical for Finnish artists,
The painting depicts a Russian monk or a peasant or who knows what,
Besides, it's too skillful,
No Finn could ever have done that,
I don't have any real evidence, -
but I'm quite sure it's a repin,
Ilya repin? Get outta here,
They would've found that out, - They haven't looked into it properly,
They just hung it on the wall -
and wrote "unknown master" as the artist,
It's a repin, Believe me,
What I believe doesn't matter,
Besides, you need to hurry,
Today's Thursday, and the auction is on Saturday,
I just don't understand why he didn't sign it,
I mean, it's not a sketch,
It's worth 100,000, Maybe more,
And it's not about the money, I'd get to show them just once,
Of course it is about the money,
You need enough cash to be able to bid for it,
I can get a loan from the bank, I've gotten loans before,
I'll never get a chance like this again,
Sorry I'm late, I missed the bus,
You should've left earlier,
You'll miss good deals if you're always late,
We're doing the same thing as last time?
Except this time -
we're going over these exhibition catalogues from art museums,
What's this? It says "garden" here,
Millesgarden museum
Ilya repin - master of portraits
Paintings
Christ, 33 x 41 cm, oil on canvas
Damn,
The size and everything matches, The man isn't a peasant,
It's jc, Jesus,
Picture him with,,, What's it called,,,
A crown of thorns, - Yeah,
What?
You can see there's no picture of the painting,
How can I prove it's the same painting -
if there's no picture?
The auction is tomorrow, and I have to decide -
whether or not to buy it,
Did you Google it?
How would you describe your customer service experience?
Hi, How did it go? - Okay,
Did he talk to you today? - Yes,
What did you talk about? Paintings,
Anything else? - Yeah, money,
Are you still there? Hello?
Did the customer service meet your expectations,,,
8 Christ
on loan from Anastasia lehtonen, kotka, Finland
Mom
Hi,
Hi, - I'm here to see Anastasia lehtonen,
Are you family?
Yeah, she's my mother's aunt, I mean, godmother,
We tried to contact family, -
but your mother not being an actual relative explains -
why we couldn't find anybody,
Thank you for helping, You're a good person,
All the valuable things were taken to an auction house,
If you want to take something for your mother, feel free,
The rest is going in the dumpster,
Hello, Welcome,
Thank you,
Hello, It's been a long time,
Welcome,
Flowers for you, I can't have flowers here,
Sorry, I'm reserving this seat for my friend,
No flowers, thank you,
Take them to the office,
I'd like to remind you of the terms of the auction,
A bidding fee and vat will be added -
to the hammer price,
The items shall be paid for within seven days of the auction,
The first lot of the day is item 1, marja salo,
Religious art by ilya repin
the next lot is item 121, Artturi aarre, rural landscape,
100 Euros,
Do I hear 80 Euros?
You could get this painting cheap, There we have a bidder,
Thank you, I have 50 Euros, 60,
80,
Do I hear 100? I have 100,
120, 140,
Going once, going twice, sold,
Next we have item 122,
Portrait of a man, artist unknown,
We have an advance bid for 1,300 Euros,
Do I hear 1,400?
1,400 from a bidder on the phone, Do I hear 1,500?
1,500, 1,600,
1,700, 1,800,
1,900,
I have 2,000, From a bidder on the phone, And from the hall?
Do I hear 2,200?
2,200 from the gentleman on the side, Do I hear 2,400?
2,400 from the gentleman up front, I have 2,600,
I have 3,000 from a bidder on the phone, 3,000,
And from the hall?
Do I hear 3,500?
Do I hear 4,000?
4,000?
4,000 from the gentleman in the front,
4,500, Do I hear 4,500?
4,500 from the gentleman in the back, Thank you,
Do I hear 5,000?
Now 5,000,
5,500 on the phone,
Do I hear 6,000?
6,000 from the gentleman in the front,
Do I hear 6,500?
6,500 from the gentleman in the back,
Do I hear 7,000?
7,000 on the phone,
Do I hear 7,500?
7,500 from the gentleman in the back,
Do I hear 8,000?
Can olavi afford it?
8,000, Do I hear 8,000?
9,000, - 9,000 on the phone,
What about the hall?
Do I hear 10,0007?
10,000,
10,000 from the gentleman in the back,
Any higher bids?
What about the bidder on the phone?
10,000 going once,
10,000 going twice,
Sold for 10,000,
What did you just do?
Christ by ilya repin
goddammit, olavi!
Hello? - 7his is olavi launio from Finland,
Oh, hello, How are things in Stockholm?
Here in sandhamn everything's great,
Is everything great in Finland too? I'm calling about a painting,
You're interested in repin, right? Yes,
Good, Very good,
But the prices have gone up because Russians are buying them,
Do you have a repin? Yes, I do, For a good price,
I have a few interested parties, -
but I thought I'd call you first,
Please tell me more,
I could've sent your papers in the mail
but it's nice you could stop by,
You drink coffee, right? Yes, coffee is fine,
I guess you don't remember my place that well,
I remember something,
I think I've been here with mom when grandma was still alive,
But then we stopped coming,
Let's sort these papers out,
Student's performance at work: Good,
Thank you for helping me get that book,
Guess if it was easy to come up with what to say to the nurse,
I'm surprised she believed me, Did you buy the painting?
I would've been there, but mom was a nervous wreck,
She almost called the cops,
Didn't we agree that we'd buy the painting if we find a picture of it?
How much did you pay for it? Guess,
2,000?
2,500?
5,000? - No,,,
I bid 10,000 for it,
It's a lot of money, but I'm going to make even more with it,
So you'll give me a bonus? Well, I need to sell it first,
Shouldn't you sell it as quickly as possible?
If you know anything about selling, -
you know that this is the moment when you have to keep a cool head,
You mustn't scare the buyer away,
Well, what did you do at the nursing home?
Did you tell the nurse everything right away?
Of course you didn't,
You watched her reactions,
Fed her information,
Let her take it in,
And then you struck, - Right,
The other person has to think it's their decision, - That's right,
Strengths: Otto takes initiative,
He's a good guy,
Your grandpa?
Olavi,
Thanks, mom,
You still have that work by maarni,
Oh, hi,
I liked it when I was little,
I haven't really tried to sell it,
Aren't you going to close soon?
I mean, we could walk the same way,
I'm open till 7 these days,
I have to because the others are also,
Hey, Wait,
I'll close early,
You really loved some of the paintings,
I remember how you got really angry -
when I sold the painting by taisto ahtola,
I think you were seven,
I was nine, I remember it well,
But it was Alice kaira's painting, No, ahtola's,
It was kaira's painting,
It had a white horse and a forest in the background,
I even remember where I bought the painting,
I was thinking,,,
If it's all right with you,,,
We could get together, the three of us,
I'm sure Otto would like it,
You have a great son,
He'd make,,,
He'd make a good salesman,
Launio?
Launio, - Hello, - Hello,
You have a business mortgage for 30,000 from 2002,
That's okay,
You have procuration? - Yes,
But your turnover isn't what it used to be,
I'm not looking for a very big loan,
I was thinking of 10,000 Euros,
You have no other collateral? No,
You don't own an apartment? No, I rent one,
Could you, by any chance, lend me more -
than the couple of thousands we talked about?
I'm asking because I need to pay for the painting in a couple of days,
I need more than 10,000,
Darn, Olavi, you know I'd like to help you, -
but I don't have that much,
Hello? Are you still there?
Yes, I'm here,
Well, I'll have to sort things out, That's right,
I'll see you around, - Bye,
Hi, I came to see the painting, Shouldn't you be in school?
I said I needed to take care of some job training stuff,
Where's the painting?
These things are complicated,
When are you going to go get it?
When will it get my,,,? - Hey,,,
Let it be,
Missing 3,600 Euros
Well, hello, - Hi, it's me, dad,
Thank you, It was delicious,
I've never had this kind of food, I'm glad you liked it,
This is Otto's favorite,
Thanks,
That's how young people are,
But he's got a lot of potential, You've raised him well
I'm sure you haven't had it easy, -
doing it all by yourself,
I should've been there for you more,
Especially when you,,,
When you got divorced,
I've also been thinking -
about closing my business little by little,
I've been running it for quite a while, But,,,
Would you have the heart to close it?
I just happen to be short of money at the moment, so I,,,
I thought that,,,
Could you lend me some?
A couple of thousand, no more,
Four thousand would be even better,
I'll pay you back, with interest,
Interest? - Yes, five percent,
Eight? Okay, let's make it ten,
Just for a short time until I close the deal,
I'm your only child,
And you know nothing about my life,
We're still paying off debts,
Otto's dad's gambling debts, We can barely get by,
We save wherever possible, On food,
Clothes, Otto's hobbies,
I thought you knew,
Oh,
Well,,,
How about,,,
How much could you lend me?
I just came to say hi,
You're saving money?
Your mom told you to do that?
I can tell you -
that no one ever got rich by saving,
The only way to make money is to invest it,
Preferably in something that will yield profit,
Huge profit,
710,700, 10,200,
10,300,
Here we go,
And you want to pay the rest, 2,432 Euros, with a card, right?
Rabbe,
Did you ever check if we have any information on that painting?
Did you find anything?
Dick! Could you help me?
Could you get the painting?
Please bring the ladder, - Otto!
Go help him, Here's the receipt,
Don't drop it, It's worth hell of a lot,
I found this on your desk, Did you ever bother to look?
What do you think? - It's nice,
Thank you for lending us ilya repin's Christ,
Thanks! - Bye!
Give me a smile,
That's it, Hold it there,
Hi, You made it,
Of course, How's it going? Great, thank you,
Come on in,
There it is,
So how much are you asking?
I want 120,000 for it,
I have all the proof right here,
I think we have a deal,
Is it okay if I come back later?
And we'll do the paperwork then? Sure, that's okay,
Do you mind if I take a shot? Excuse me?
A photo, - Okay, Wait,
I have a photo here,
Fantastic, I'll see you later then,
I'd still like to know -
why he didn't sign it, - Maybe he forgot,
He wouldn't forget that,
Let's ask that museum in Sweden,
Maybe they know why,
No, we won't,
Go ahead, Write your message,
What did I do?
Just touch the screen lightly,
Learn to use it and then buy one for yourself,
Receipt Christ
We have a customer, Can't you take care of it?
Hi, How may I help you?
Sure, I'm dick sundell, - Good,
There's a painting I'd like to ask you about,
Let's step into my office,
Hi, - Hello,
I couldn't get hold of you, -
so I thought I'd make it easy for you,
I thought you might be busy, No, I'm okay,
I think I'll pass this time,
It would pay off,,,
We'll let it be,
You have others interested in the painting, right?
Of course I'ul pay him back,
What are you talking about? It's not even his money,
Sure it is,
That 4,000 Euros came from his savings account,
That money was meant to help him get through university,
How was I supposed to know that?
How would a 15-year-old boy have that much money?
I wouldn't have taken the money if I had known, - You wouldn't?
I've managed to build a life for my son and myself -
with the few resources I have, What about you?
When have you ever done anything for anyone?
You never helped us,
Not even when we lost our home due to debt,
That's the account number,
We don't want anything from you,
Otto and I will do fine without you,
We've done fine up till now,
You'll pay back what you took from us,
I've cried so many times because of you,
I'm done crying,
I'l hand over the lease for 10,000,
We'll do this as an asset sale, -
so no one can cut in,
I can rent the space from the owners -
and save the ten grand,
It's not certain you'd get it,
And even if you did, -
they'd want to write a new contract with you,
I've looked at the rents for similar spaces,
The owners would double the rent,
You'll lose ten grand in no time if you pay that much,
According to this asset sale contract, -
the purchase price shall be paid within 14 days,
The ownership shall be transferred,,,
Shall I take this one as well? No, I'll take it,
Message: Thank you, Pay 4,000 to Lea,
Dad
Come on in,
You got mail at your old shop, Please put it on the table,
You were right from the beginning,
They had all the information at dubrowski,
Thank you letters from the museum and everything, -
but they managed to screw things up somehow,
You lost that deal because they set up a minefield of shit,
Your client consulted dick sundell,
Sundell told him your asking price wasn't reasonable -
because that painting might not be authentic,
Wait a couple of years and sell it when the dust has settled,
People won't forget in a couple of years,
I'm running out of time,
Hey! You!
What did you tell him about my painting?
A customer asked me about the price we sold it for,
Shut up!
You know it's a repin,
How the hell will I be able to sell it for the fair value -
with you saying it's worth 10,000?
If you're having trouble finding a buyer, -
we can cancel the purchase,
Goddammit!
Thank you
Otto toivakka from class 8a gave the following rating -
This is olavi launio, If you're calling about art, -
please leave your name and number, and I'll get back to you,
Hello, this is kerstin langstrom from millesgdrden museum in Stockholm,
You sent us an e-mail regarding repin's Christ,
We were also puzzled about the missing signature,
The only explanation we could come up with -
was that repin saw his painting as a kind of icon,
And icons are not signed, of course,
The artist is not important when it comes to icons,
Icons are about man's humility regarding his lot,
That's all we have,
I hope this was of some help, Bye,
I'll get someone to evaluate his paintings,
But I'd like you to be there too because you know their value,
I also want to talk to you about something, -
but we can do that then,
We don't have to do it here,
Hello, This is olavi launio from Helsinki, I'm an art dealer,,,
Finish the e-mail, okay?
I don't know any better than you,
What about this one?
There's an oversupply of these kinds of items on the market,
These don't really have a specialty value,
But that painting there,,,
I think he purchased it from us recently,
Olavi was a dear, long-time customer,
If you're in need of cash, -
we could make an exception,,,
We could cancel the purchase,
If I remember correctly, olavi paid 10,000 Euros for this,
You're not giving that away, It's worth a hell of a lot,
Otto, - We know the value of our items very well,
Bullshit, He knows nothing,
I'll prove it to you, There should be a book here,,,
Otto! - Where the hell is it?
Otto, calm down, Don't you get it?
Olavi knew from the beginning that was a repin,
Otto, that's enough,
He knew a thousand times more about art than that frigging clown,
I'm sorry I'm late,
I couldn't leave my shop earlier,
I think this is for you,
That's the painting I wanted to talk to you about,
We can make the purchase cancellation documents now,
Wait a minute,
My grandson Otto will inherit ilya repin's Christ,
You understand?
He didn't want you to sell it for too low a price,
It's a very valuable painting,
It's worth more than 100,000,
Dear leas,
If you get this letter, /t means -
I didn't manage to sell my repin yet,
Don't be upset that I left the painting to Otto,
Patu will explain why, -
and Otto also knows quite a bit about the painting,
If there's something I regret, -
it's not being there for you more,
I should've been,
You were right about that,
Take care of Otto, I know you will,
And I mean it
Tell him I said bj,
Tell him I rate his performance as excellent +,
All the best for you,
Dad,
Translated by aretta vahala proofread by rich lyons