What are the high-priced collections of gambling king Stanley Ho?

There is an old saying in China that "small gambling is good for your feelings, but big gambling is harmful to your health". Gambling has always been regarded as a speculative enterprise. But there is such a person who has developed gambling into a real career and even established his own gambling kingdom. He is Stanley Ho, the gambling king of Macau. Stanley Ho's life is indeed a legend, but what people talk about is not only the HK$ 500 billion assets he controls, but also his amazing collection. So what are the high-priced Wan Wen collections of gambling king Stanley Ho?

Both sides of the horse's head are set with 2 18 carat emeralds and 2 18 carat diamonds respectively, and two rare gems are set respectively. On the left is a "pigeon eggs" diamond weighing 2 18.08 carats. This is the largest D-colored cushion diamond in the world. It is said that this is Stanley Ho's beloved baby, so it is named "Stanley Ho's Star" after him.

Stanley Ho spent a huge sum of money to buy a collection-the bronze statue of the horse's head in Relics of Yuanmingyuan. In the end, this bronze statue was bought for HK$ 6,965,438+10,000, which set a new record for the highest auction price of China sculptures in that year. Donated by Mr. Stanley Ho to the country, it is now collected in Beijing Poly Museum. This is not the first time he has bought cultural relics lost overseas. In 2003, he bought the bronze statue of Dashuifa pig head in Yuanmingyuan from an American private collector for HK$ 6 million and sent it back to Beijing.

Of course, it also includes a huge ivory carving, a huge jade carving without money, a jade mountain and a white jade Maitreya Buddha statue, and a golden carving that is not worth mentioning. As long as we scan the dazzling exhibits that his old man put in the New Portuguese Hall in Macau, we can know that his collection style is full of four words-rich and willful. At the sky-high price, the first thing that catches the eye of ordinary people is often the huge Jinshan jade carving and the exquisite dragon boat peacock. In contrast, the calligraphy and painting whose price is appraised by experts is much lower-key.

There is also the horse head, one of the animal heads of the zodiac. This was bought by Stanley Ho from Sotheby's in Hong Kong in 2007 at a high price of 6,965.438 million+HK$. And donated it to the country at the first time, so at present, the horse head can only be temporarily released in New Portugal. And what other collections of Stanley Ho can afford the sky-high price? I believe there should be more unknown collections. This is his good heart. For him, just like the most common daily necessities, he can use them. Or, spend a lot of money to buy it and put it there to enjoy it, just like enjoying flowers.