Chapter 225: Appreciating Treasures
Chapter 225 Treasure Appraisal
Lu Shaoqi paid more attention to Zhang Can, but Zhang Can didn't pay attention to him. Zhang Can's attention basically fell on the four people on the middle platform, because Wang Qian said that he was bringing him to see the top figures in this industry, which was what made him pay attention to.
The staff went up to peel off the red cloth and took it away. There were nine glass cabinets in the middle of the table. Each glass cabinet had a password switch at the bottom. The glass cabinet was bulletproof and there was an antique placed inside. When it was opened, the guests around the table watched. In fact, the purpose of coming today was to see these exhibits.
Today is not an auction, but an on-site appraisal event held by one of the most famous auction houses in Beijing, taking the opportunity to stimulate the upcoming auction conference.
The exhibits on display are treasures to be taken later, and their value is far beyond ordinary antique cultural relics. In order to stimulate the atmosphere to the most popular, the organizer also specially invited four national appraisal masters to answer questions on the spot, and allowed the guests to bring antiques for several masters to appraise and price.
It is not easy for ordinary people to obtain masters of this level. They are not easily identified by others. Just like top movie stars and singers, their status reaches that level. Any words and deeds are really like the emperor's golden teeth.
Zhang Can just wants to see their appraisal skills and learn experience. The master's level is definitely different from his level. The only thing he can be confident is his perspective ability. However, he can understand that his ability is a level that they will definitely not reach.
At this time, the staff gave the four masters Zhancha, put the four masters' names and looked at them one by one. The first one was Zhong Yishan, Huang Mo, Lan Zhiqi, and Xu Qianfan.
Seeing that it was about to start, Wang Qian turned his head and whispered a few words to Lu Shaoqi. Lu Shaoqi nodded quickly, then got up and walked towards the edge of the corner, came to Zhang Can and Su Xue, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, Brother Wang asked me to invite you two to the front seat and sit."
Zhang Can didn't refuse, and must have seen it clearly and carefully in front of him. The purpose of his arrival was to this. He stood up and nodded politely to Lu Shaoqi: "I'm working!"
Su Xuehuan hugged Zhang Can's arm and followed her intimately, making the men's eyes extremely jealous of Zhang Can.
When they got closer, the two positions Lu Shaoqi arranged were against the right side of the king's front, which made the rich people present very strange. They didn't know who these two young men and women were. The person who could come to this table would at least not be lower than them, but strangely, they didn't know any of these two young people!
Wang Qian didn't want to talk about the identities of Zhang Can and Su Xue at this time, but just waved his hands and signaled to sit down and listen to the masters.
The host Fang had a person who had come out early. A middle-aged man in his thirties seemed very smart and might be particularly good at speaking, because Zhang Can could hear that this man had a very good lip service!
"Hello, guests, today is a guest remuneration event hosted by our Dingxin Auction House. The content of the guest remuneration is these four masters. Today we invite the four masters to do a free appraisal for gentlemen with treasures. I believe everyone knows that the appraisal appearance fee of these four masters is amazing, and you can't even hire them even if you have money. Haha, I won't talk much about it. Let's talk about the topic. In order to warm up the century auction event on the 25th, we will show the most important antiques to be auctioned today, so that everyone can enjoy the eyes!"
As the host said, the people around the stage began to murmur, and the host smiled again: "Okay, let's have a quiet time. Now I announce the start of the event. If you have any treasures, let the four masters appraisal, and give the authorized appraisal at the same time. Haha, I think everyone understands this. With the appraisal signed by these four masters, it means that your baby is the real treasure and is really valuable. Otherwise, it is just your own opinion and it is not counted!"
This is indeed, if there is no master's appraisal paper, in a regular store, no matter how much your antique is worth, it may not be sold into cash or money, because your own opinions and beliefs are not valuable, and the master's appraisal is valuable.
So there is another saying that even if your stuff is shit, as long as a national master gives the signature identification paper, even if it is shit, it is a shit worth a lot of money.
Although this is a joke, it can also illustrate the abilities of these masters!
The four masters did not identify the exhibits first, and the host did not ask them to do the appraisal first. Zhang Can estimated that they would leave it until the last time to explain the exhibits, so the appraisal may not be necessary because they had already identified them.
In the stage below, a man in his forties came up immediately with something. Zhang Can could see clearly that this thing was a green green utensil like a tripod, as big as a small bowl, and the color looked very simple.
After taking it, the middle-aged man placed it in front of the first master, that is, in front of Zhong Yishan.
By the side of the platform, Wang Qian asked Zhang Can in a low voice: "Zhang Can, tell me, is this thing real or fake? How much is it worth?"
Several rich people asked Zhang Can when they saw Wang Qian, and they were indeed surprised again. Who was Wang Qian? They knew very well. It would be normal to ask some famous masters about the appraisal, but now they were asking Zhang Can with serious expressions. Isn’t it too strange?
The key is that Zhang Can is so young, what technical vision can such a young person have? Wang Qian’s expression doesn’t seem to be a joke, which really makes them strange.
There was also the surprisingly beautiful girl who was intimate with this young man and did not avoid any suspicion of Wang Qian. They didn't know who this girl was. If it weren't for Zhang Can and her expressions, they would have thought it was a little girl from Wang Qian. But now they didn't dare to look at her a few more times. They usually act like hungry ghosts in their sex scenes, but they dared not lose their composure in front of Wang Qian. Besides, they were still not sure about the origin of this beautiful girl.
When the man was holding the thing forward, he had already looked through his black and white eyes, and immediately replied in a low voice: "This thing was from the Han Dynasty, it was early, but it was not a treasure made by the royal ministers, but it was just a small object used by ordinary large households to pound food. This thing was not a tripod. In the Han Dynasty, the tripod was not so small. If you want to talk about the price, it was probably only between 8,000 and 20,000."
The few people sitting there heard Zhang Can speak without hesitation and said it without hesitation. Looking at his free expression, they didn't know whether it was true or false.
The middle-aged man who came forward with antiques also knew him. He was a nouveau riche who had made a fortune in recent years, with a net worth of over 100 million yuan. With his wealth and a strong temper, he liked to be proud of his face. If it were just a thing worth 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, he would have been fooled. If it weren't for more than a few million yuan, he would never have taken it out on such occasions!
Zhong Yishan reached out to hold the bronze tripod-shaped object and looked carefully. He turned the object while carefully looking. In just one or two minutes, he smiled and handed the device to Huang Mo next to him. Huang Mo took a magnifying glass to look at it, and then gave it to Lan Zhiqi. Finally, it was Xu Qianfan. After the four masters looked at each other one by one, they looked at each other again, smiled each other, and everything was silent.
The owner of the utensil, the middle-aged man, quickly asked, "Four masters, how much is my bronze tripod worth?"
Zhong Yishan smiled and said, "Your thing is not called 'duck' or 'pestle'. It's just used by ordinary wealthy families to pound food. Time is a product of the Han Dynasty. You can see this thing, you can see it with the patterns and styles. It is relatively rough and not exquisite. If it is really a court bronze ware from the Han Dynasty, it would be valuable!"
The middle-aged man was stunned, but still couldn't figure it out, and asked nervously: "Then is this thing real or fake? How much is it worth?"
Zhong Yishan smiled again and said, "The things are real, but they don't have much value in cultural relics. If you want to set a price, you should be 12,000!"
After saying this, Zhong Yishan stopped talking and cherished his words as much as gold.
The middle-aged man was stunned and wanted to ask the other three masters to take a closer look and recognize it. He bought it for more than 6 million yuan. A friend scraped some powder and tested it. The year was definitely from the Han Dynasty, so he believed it. However, he didn't expect that Zhong Yishan said it was only worth 12,000, which was 500 times less than his purchase price, let alone the price increase. How could he bear it? He didn't believe it even if he died!
The assistant beside Zhong Yishan immediately stretched out his hand and signaled: "Sir, please go down and let someone else get an appraisal."
The assistant asked him down directly, and Zhong Yishan did not say that he would sign and write appraisal paper. It would be unnecessary to ask them to write appraisal paper for such a thing that is only worth ten thousand yuan!
As for the Wang Qian's platform, the rich people, Lu Shaoqi, and Wang Qian and Su Xue, they could hear clearly. Wang Qian and Su Xue smiled faintly, and of course they believed in Zhang Can's appraisal results. This is Zhang Can's strongest strength, so there is still doubt?
However, those rich people and Lu Shaoqi were shocked. They never expected that Zhang Can would have such a powerful eye. Without even touching the thing, they could say that the result was exactly the same as the master's identification. The four masters had to say it after careful identification in their hands. Although it could not be said that the master was worse than Zhang Can, Zhang Can's words were indeed too surprising!
The middle-aged man looked ashen, holding the utensils, gritted his teeth and returned to the original table. After such a big fool, how could he not be angry?
At the table in front of the king, the rich people and Lu Shaoqi had a different view of Zhang Can. They were wondering whether Zhang Can colluded with that guy and then came to deceive Wang Chang?
I just don’t know what the relationship between him and Wang Qian, but with his ability and status, how can ordinary people dare to deceive him? If he deceives such a person, can he escape? Where can he escape?
I can't figure it out anyway, so I can only watch quietly to see what will happen later and what will happen.
The second person above also knew him. This person was named Yuan Defang. He was not the same nouveau riche as the previous one, but a relatively famous figure in the antique industry in Beijing. However, he was not considered a master of identification. He was just the owner of an antique shop with a good foundation and made a lot of money in the antique industry.
Chapter completed!